PLANTA & PLANTA Queen in Toronto

PLANTA, PLANTA Queen, and their many varied concepts have long been favorites of The Vegan Digest. The restaurant group offers chef-crafted, balanced, and delicious signature dishes as well as many traditional classics from varied cuisines. Review the restaurant group’s various locations at its website, linked below for your perusal. The restaurant group was named TVD’s #1 Market Presence Favorite in 2023.

PLANTA Restaurants

Avelo in Toronto

Avelo is a premier, fully vegan fine-dining restaurant located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Downtown Toronto. It’s situated in a beautifully restored Victorian heritage townhouse on St. Nicholas Street. It is widely recognized for its immersive and adventurous approach to plant-based gastronomy, exclusively serving seasonally rotating 5-course and 8-course tasting menus. The establishment is highly regarded for its intimate 22-seat atmosphere. Servers meticulously describe each dish, highlighting refined techniques like fermentation and the use of rare, seasonal ingredients. The restaurant serves as a sophisticated destination for special occasions, successfully elevating plant-based cuisine to the standards of luxury fine dining. Upstairs in this heritage building is Bar Avelo, a fully plant-based cocktail bar and tapas lounge. The concept offers a “speakeasy” aesthetic, featuring a dramatic curved white ceiling and plush blue velvet seating that reflects its Victorian origins. Away from the tasting-menu focus of the main dining room, the bar offers a more casual à la carte tapas menu featuring internationally inspired small plates such as mushroom pâté, empanadas, and house-made vegan cheeses. Bar Avelo is highly regarded for its extensive handcrafted cocktail program and curated wine selection. TVD is yet to visit, and so, if you do visit, let us know how you enjoyed the experience!

Avelo & Bar Avelo

Avelo on Instagram with TVD

Where to Dine in Toronto, Canada

Toronto has a diverse and well-established plant-based dining scene. It includes long-standing and contemporary venues that have gained international recognition. As of March 31, 2026, the city’s top-tier establishments are categorized into refined plant-forward dining, global casual concepts, and artisanal bakeries. Each venue is a meat-free establishment, offering menus that are either fully vegan or predominantly plant-based with clear vegetarian designations. [Prompted by TVD and fully generated by Google’s Gemini as of March 31, 2026. These purported venues are entirely identified by Gemini and have not been linked herein or verified by TVD, and so, should you decide to visit any of these venues, please review their website, online presence, and their Google Maps profile.]
 
 
 
 
Upscale Dining in Toronto
 
 
Avelo is a fine-dining restaurant experience inside a historic Victorian townhouse near Yorkville. It is widely recognized for its multi-course tasting menus that utilize advanced techniques such as fermentation and local foraging to highlight seasonal, high-end flavors. Bar Avelo drinks menu offers hand-crafted cocktails, charcuterie, a prix fixe menu, entrées, appetizers, desserts, and more. The establishment was founded in 2019.
 
Gia is an Italian restaurant in Toronto’s west end neighborhood of Trinity Bellwoods. The establishment has earned recognition from the Michelin Guide for its refined approach to meat-free cuisine. The kitchen focuses on handmade pastas and seasonal small plates such as rigatoni bolognese, meatballs, spaghetti truffle carbonara, lion’s mane bistecca, risotto, gnocchi, and more. The restaurant was founded in August 2021.
 
PLANTA is the flagship, fully plant-based restaurant that established the brand’s reputation for high-end dining. Located in a stylish, light-filled space in the Yorkville district, it offers a sophisticated menu featuring innovative takes on global favorites, such as orecchiette pasta, spaghetti carbonara, calzones, artisanal pizzas, gourmet burgers, truffle fries, desserts, wines, beers, cocktails, juices, happy hour beverages, and more. The establishment was founded in 2016.
 
 
 
 
Casual Dining in Toronto
 
 
PLANTA Queen is an Asian-inspired plant-based restaurant concept, offering a refined yet high-energy atmosphere on Queen Street West. The menu is extensive with fully vegan items such as torched nigiri, maki rolls, hand rolls, noodles, stir-fried rice, dumplings, gyoza, bao buns, poke bowls, salads, desserts, wines, beers, cocktails, juices, happy hour beverages, and more. The establishment was founded in March 2019.
 
Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar is a fully plant-based, woman-founded institution that evolved from a single juice bar into a brand with many locations. The menu provides a wide variety of approachable dishes, including its signature dragon bowls, burgers, tacos, onion rings, nachos, bowls, salads, dips, freshly squeezed juices, and more. The brand has been operating since 1999.
 
Fat Choi is a fully plant-based concept that celebrates modern Malaysian street food flavors. It is located in Toronto’s west end neighborhood of Beaconsville Village. Operating with a focus on bold Southeast Asian culinary traditions, the menu includes items such as soups, noodles, bao, wonton, satay, roti, desserts, beverages, and more. The brand was founded in 2018.
 
 
 
 
Cafes & Sweets in Toronto
 
 
Bunner’s Bakeshop is a dedicated vegan and gluten-free bakery that specializes in classic comfort treats. They are known for their high-quality cinnamon buns, cupcakes, custom seasonal cakes, celebration cakes, muffins, brownies, scones, pies, tarts, and cookies that use entirely plant-based and gluten-free ingredients. The establishment was founded in 2010.