Do you love a good breakfast? Then Glasgow is the right city for you! Whether you live here, plan a foodie getaway or need a hearty start for a day of exploring the city, these delicious places for vegan breakfast in Glasgow will water your mouth!
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The Glad Cafe
After a few menu changes, The Glad Cafe has gone 100% vegan in 2022 – but the Hen of the Woods team is no longer in charge of the kitchen.
The Glad Cafe is a local favourite in the Southside of Glasgow and they recently got a new food team in to host their weekend brunch. Every Saturday and Sunday, the team from Hen of the Woods dishes up fantastic vegetarian and vegan food (the same people are also behind the Asian-inspired vegan menu at The Hug & Pint in the West End).
We tried the carrot & turmeric soup, the coconut porridge with plums and hazelnuts and the vegan fry up which comes with homemade pickled chilli beans, shiitake mushrooms, shiitake and lentil haggis and lots of vegetables and potatoes.
Favourites: Coconut & turmeric soup, coconut porridge
Price range: ££ (vegan mains from £6.50; £10 for the fry up)
Website: https://www.thegladcafe.co.uk/
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Gusto & Relish
Gusto & Relish is an amazing place to go for brunch at the weekend or to get some work done during the week. They have fantastic coffee (Firebird) and make the most filling smoothies. The cafe is not vegan or vegetarian, but has an incredibly satisfying full vegan breakfast on their menu, with some of the grainiest (read: delicious) square sausages in town!
Come with an empty belly and plenty of time, because the breakfast plus a smoothie will fill you up – you won’t be able to leave too quickly. A walk in the nearby Queen’s Park is the perfect countermeasure!
Favourites: banana & oats smoothie; full breakfast
Price range: ££ (£6-8 for a lunch meal)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/gustoandrelish/
Rose & Grants
There are a lot of vegan restaurants in the city centre, but when it comes to breakfast and people watching, Rose & Grants is my favourite. It’s best to find a table with a good view through the massive glass front, to watch the busy city life pass by outside.
Again, it’s not a 100% vegan place, but the vegan breakfast is worth coming here! I might sound repetitive, but what can I say – the square sausage is amazing. I never even liked “real” square sausage, but there is something about how every cafe makes its own vegan square sausage, that interests me. They also sell loads of vegan cakes and rolls over the counter, as well as vegan ice cream on the go!
Favourites: square sausage; vegan ice cream
Price range: £ (£5-7 for a breakfast meal)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RoseandGrants/
Picnic
Picnic is a gorgeous cafe in the Merchant City. All the food is 100% vegan and prepared with fresh ingredients. I come here for lunch whenever I’m in the city centre and craving a healthy fill. The cakes and smoothies are a great takeaway or pick me up. Judging by that I’m convinced that the cooked breakfast is a delight too!
The cafe was founded by Michelle Morrow who wanted to provide a healthy and cruelty-free alternative to the otherwise chip shop, pub and seafood dominated neighbourhood. Aside from that I always get the sense that it is a very female- & family-friendly space, and I love the pops of colour it adds to the city!
I usually come here when I’m in town, particularly when I need a break from sightseeing or after coming back from a tour – it’s location just off George Square makes it perfect for that!
Favourites: Pastramheat sandwich, green smoothies, raw pad thai bowl
Price range: £ (from £5 for a breakfast meal)
Website: http://picnic-cafe.co.uk
Singl-end
Singl-end is a cafe and bakehouse with two branches in the city centre of Glasgow – one in Garnethill near the School of Art and one in the Merchant City behind the City Chambers.
All the food at Singl-end is freshly prepared on site – they bake their own bread and delicious cakes, serve great breakfast and always have different salads on the go.
There are many vegan options and it’s one of my favourite places for vegan breafast in Glasgow – or brunch or lunch!
Favourites: Vegan cooked breakfast, vegan granola
Price range: ££ (the full breakfast is £12)
Website: https://thesingl-end.co.uk/
You could spend an entire week just exploring the scene for vegan breakfast in Glasgow, and I’m sure I’ve not managed to squeeze in every cafe or restaurant that offers vegan options.
Which vegan breakfast in Glasgow do you think I should add?
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Serenity now has fantastic vegan fare on its west end. Stumbled in and yum yum yum!!
Oh yes, I need to add this! I was there just last week and had amazing French toast!!
What’s the point in including the ones that are permanently closed – they sounded fantatstic and i really wanted to go and eat the food from them but i can’t becasue they’re permanently closed (sad face)
I just haven’t had time yet, to replace them since they were shut 🙁
Thanks so much for this list! Going next to check not one of them now – vegan Lorne sausage yes please.
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Add In Bloom! The breakfast bloomers are INSANE 😀 x
I’ve had lunch there for the first time recently – definitely need to add them! Thanks for reminding me – and I’ll have to try the breakfast bloomer next time 🙂
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I am still to try it but I hear that Christopher Robin on Nithsdale Road offer full vegan breakfast!
Oh, interesting! Thanks for the tip – I shall investigate!!
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Thank you so much for this list; I am headed to Glasgow soon and can’t wait to try these out!!
Brilliant, thanks! Off to Glasgow next weekend, so I’ve saved all of these to have a look at 🙂
Happy you found my post – the vegan food here is amazing!!
These look lovely! I’m always trying to find new places to eat when we go to Glasgow. And I LOVE a good brunch/breakfast!
They really are all incredible – just heard Kind Crusts is now making their own seitan, so need to go back!! 🙂