Great Vegan Friendly Restaurants in Orange, CA

If you’re living in Orange, California, you’ll know that this area offers an abundance of delicious dining options for all dietary needs. Vegan diners can find a wide variety of choices available at their fingertips for everything, from piled-high salads to vegan burgers and pizza. Here are some of our top picks.

Green Tomato Grill

Green Tomato Grill focuses on serving healthy, sustainable food with a focus on ample use of fresh produce. Everything on the menu is made to order, making it easy for you to get vegan fare that’s free of all animal products. Just let the staff know your needs, so they can make the appropriate adjustments when necessary. Vegan flatbreads, buns, and cheeses are all available. Many of the sauces and dressings on the menu are both vegan and gluten-free.

For breakfast or brunch, you can enjoy such options as avocado toast or overnight oats made with almond milk. The lunch wraps are available with vegan proteins, such as crispy tofu and avocado, paired with flavorful fillings. The vegan char burger features a hearty Beyond Meat patty, vegan cheddar, grilled mushrooms, caramelized onions, arugula, tomato, pickle, and vegan dijonnaise. You can even warm up with vegan chipotle corn chowder or tomato bisque.

Location: 1419 N. Tustin St., Orange.

Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Rutabegorz

Rutabegorz began as a small coffee joint that only sold desserts to accompany its brews. It soon became one of the area’s most popular destinations for healthy dining. You’ll find plenty of vegan munchies on the menu, including chips and guacamole, hummus, and avocado toasties, for times when you just need a little bite. For something more filling, try the falafel wrap with hummus and creamy herb dressing or the quinoa wrap filled with black beans, avocado, corn, lettuce, and tomatoes with carrot–ginger dressing.

The quinoa Thai bowl is a house favorite featuring brown rice, quinoa, black beans, corn, tofu, mushrooms, broccoli, water chestnuts, and peanuts in a peanut–cilantro dressing. If you’re in the mood for a sweet treat, order a slice of the vegan, gluten-free chocolate zucchini cake. Beer, wine, cocktails, coffee, and tea are available to complete your meal.

Location: 264 N. Glassell St., Orange.

Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

Vegan Pizza

Vegan Pizza makes this popular go-to meal easily accessible for customers on a vegan diet. The vegan cheez lets you enjoy classic flavors with a dairy-free twist. Try the Veggie Delights pizza with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and spinach, or order the Margherita pizza with tomatoes and basil. You can even get gourmet vegan pizzas, such as the Barbecue Chik’un with vegan chicken, tomatoes, and onions topped with barbecue sauce.

Vegan Pizza also serves calzones, pasta, and sides, such as cheezy garlic breadsticks and chili cheez french fries. There are plenty of ways to put together a delicious vegan dinner here.

Location: 12022 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove.

Hours: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Blue Bowl

Blue Bowl was born of the desire to deliver healthy, energy-boosting meals to customers on the go. The restaurant spearheaded the create-your-own acai bowl model, a trend that’s taken off with such success that Blue Bowl founder Teague has been referred to as the “Steve Jobs of acai.”

All the bowls here feature a fixed price, no matter what you decide to add. You start with a base, such as acai, matcha, blue coconut, or maqui berry yogurt. Next, you add granola from various options, including chocolate with chia seeds and maple quinoa. For your fruit, you can choose from bananas, strawberries, blueberries, or apples. Ramp up the protein with your nut butter of choice and pile on the toppings. Options include almonds, coconut, cranberries, mulberries, cacao nibs, flax seeds, hemp seeds, and more. Finally, you can add a sweetener, such as cinnamon, agave nectar, or date honee.

Blue Bowl offers the perfect build-your-own approach to vegan eating that lets you prep your meal just the way you want.

Locations: 417 S. Main St., Orange, and 152-A Glassell St., Orange.

Hours: Main Street: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Glassell Street: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Hummus Way

Hummus Way serves Middle Eastern and Mediterranean fare with an assortment of vegan options. The menu is composed entirely of create-your-own dishes, including bowls, pitas, wraps, and loaded wedges. You can pile on vegan ingredients, such as rice, hummus, falafel, mushroom shawarma, pickled cucumbers, beets, jalapenos, kalamata olives, sumac onions, red cabbage, and more, to make a vegan meal just the way you like it.

Location: 3203 North Glassell St., Orange.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Subvegan

Subvegan prepares 100% vegan sub sandwiches that make it easy to get a quick meal in during your busy day. Vegan alternatives to cheeses and deli meats make it possible to get an Italian sub with vegan corned beef, turkey, ham, and provolone or a chicken pesto sub with vegan chicken. If you prefer to avoid meat alternatives altogether, you could opt for sandwiches such as the Mother Earth, a veggie-packed sub with avocado, arugula, lettuce, red onion, tomato, black olives, pepperoncini, garlic aioli, and balsamic vinaigrette.

You can finish your meal with a sweet treat thanks to the soy and oat milk-based soft serve ice cream available for dessert.

Location: 12046 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Do you know of other great vegan restaurants in the area? Contact our team at Mazda of Orange and let us know, so we can update our listings.

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