Cooking with Gaurav is a personal collection of vegetarian and vegan-friendly food reviews around Melbourne. These are places we have actually visited, with simple notes on what we tried, what we liked, what could be better, and whether we would go again.
The focus here is not recipes or general travel. It is useful, honest food notes for vegetarian and vegan-friendly places around Melbourne.
Melbourne Vegan & Vegetarian Food Map
Good vegetarian and vegan-friendly food places we have personally visited around Melbourne.
Pins are based on places we have written about. Some pins may be approximate and will be refined as the map grows.
Latest Melbourne Reviews
Recent personal reviews of vegetarian, vegan-friendly and vegetarian-option places around Melbourne.
- Half Moon Cafe Coburg – One of Our Favourite Falafel Spots
- Garg Indian Kitchen Truganina: Indian Fusion Food Visit
- Al Alamy Coburg – Vegetarian Middle Eastern Platter and Grocery Shopping
- Brother Bon Northcote: Vegan Lunch We’d Go Back For
- Nagra Sweets, Melton – Simple North Indian Food
- Fruit Picking at Payne’s Orchards, Bacchus Marsh
- Kumar Sweets Derrimut: Vegetarian Sweets and Snacks Visit
- Nine Elephants Docklands: Thai Lunch with Veg Options
Browse by type
- Fully vegetarian / vegan — places where vegetarian or vegan food is the main focus.
- Vegetarian options — regular restaurants where we found useful vegetarian dishes.
- Snacks & sweets — samosa, chaat, Indian sweets, bakery stops and quick bites.
- Family-friendly notes — simple comments on seating, parking, spice level and whether it works for a casual family meal.
India Food Memories
I am keeping the older India posts as food memories and travel notes. They are still part of the site, but going forward I want the main focus to be Melbourne vegetarian and vegan-friendly food reviews.
- Amritsar food travel notes
- Benaras food travel notes
- Udupi & Mangalore food travel notes
- Kutch food travel notes
- Jaisalmer fort and food notes
- Bikaner food notes
- Lucknow food travel notes
Looking for recipes?
For full vegetarian, vegan and air fryer recipes, visit my main recipe blog, SecondRecipe.