After a trip to India, Mexican chef Christian Ventura became a vegetarian and decided to open a vegan sushi and Japanese cuisine restaurant in Montreal, Canada, where he already owned several restaurants. His botanical sushi was a big hit, so Ventura and his partners judged that Paris was ready for a similar restaurant and opened Bloom with a 100-percent plant-based menu. Parisians quickly fell in love with his vegan sushi, including favorite dishes like oyster mushroom tempura with truffle sauce or Dragon Eyes, a California roll with sweet potato, asparagus tempura, green onion, and spicy sauce. Bloom now has two addresses in Paris. Finish up a meal with some iced mochi.

In 2016, Emmanuelle Sawko, who also runs Comptoir 102 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, opened this coffee shop, which has since become a regular pit stop for anyone who wants to eat healthy and well in Paris. The menu is 100-percent vegan and runs to freshly pressed juices, smoothies, vegetable salads, and international street food, along with blueberry scones and chiamisu, a coconut milk version of tiramisu. All nine Wild and the Moon addresses in Paris are plastic-free, too.

Tucked away in the trendy Hoy Hotel, Mesa serves a vegan menu developed by Lauren Lovatt and Carolina Rodriguez, plant-based chefs and founders of the Plant Academy in London. Inspired by the kitchens of Latin America, Mesa is open from breakfast to dinner, serving dishes made mostly with organic seasonal produce from small farmers in the Île-de-France, the region surrounding Paris. The menu evolves regularly but could include tacos stuffed with avocado, salad, and smoked mushrooms; crispy cauliflower fried with buckwheat; and tortelloni with vegan ricotta and pickled lemons. Desserts are excellent, including vegan dulce de leche and others that include CBD.

Founded by David and Adrien Valentin, two brothers from Nîmes, this vegan restaurant (with a second branch in the 17th) is often recommended by local vegans. The kitchens work with local, seasonal, and usually organic produce to make vegan versions of traditional French dishes that are indistinguishable from the originals. These include mushroom gnocchi and a seriously good lemon tart. The chickpea and rice crepes with sweet potatoes and the smoked tofu also have a keen following among regulars.

Pastry chef Amanda Bankert, a native of Washington, D.C., worked as a pastry chef in Dublin for 10 years before moving to Paris and picking up a small home fryer at a yard sale. This was the beginning of her ascension as the doughnut queen of Paris, a reign she earned by using the highest-quality ingredients to make her doughnuts fresh several times daily. Then in 2019, she revised all of her recipes to make them vegan. “I didn’t announce I was going vegan (for reasons of health and the environment), so my customers were pretty excited when they discovered that vegan could be delicious,” she says. The menu changes regularly, but speculoos and pumpkin cake flavors are some recent hits.

Hidden in a lively corner of the Upper Marais, this low-lit restaurant — with honey-colored wood furnishings and a patio courtyard — is the latest address from Michelin Star–winning chef Assaf Granit and the rest of the Israeli team that brought the city the very popular Balagan and Shabour. Led by chefs Cécile Levy and Dan Yosha, the busy open kitchen puts on a great show while producing dishes like watermelon ceviche with citrus sauce and sunflower seeds, roasted carrots with herbs, and rotisseried celeriac lacquered with pomegranate molasses. There’s an excellent wine list, too.

Named for the Rastafari God Jah, this brightly painted Afro vegan restaurant founded by Coralie Jouhier and Daquisiline Gomis offers a large variety of different vegetal milks, including coconut, hemp, soya, almond, and oat, along with a variety of African specialties like mafe, the savory West African peanut stew. Caribbean vegan dishes are also served, including soy fritters with spicy tomato sauce and spinach callaloo with okra.

New York filmmaker Marc Grossman set up shop in Paris in 2006 to offer Parisians a dose of New York atmosphere — and some U.S.-style healthy eating, too. The menu features toast topped with pumpkin, smoked tofu, and mushrooms; veggie stew; and vegan takes on pad thai, pancakes, and cheesecake. The ingredients are first-rate, too, including coffee from local roaster Lomi and bread brought in from the Ten Belles Bakery.

Located near the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th Arrondissement, this is one of four Krishna Bhavan restaurants in Paris specializing in Northern Indian vegetarian cooking. A variety of vegan dishes are on offer, and the generous portions of inexpensive food, well-cooked with lively seasonings, have made this snug outlet as popular as the group’s other three tables. Popular dishes include onion bhajis (fritters) and aloo gobi masala (cauliflower with potatoes and spices).

This friendly, easygoing restaurant with blonde wood furnishings is the project of mononymous chef Kumpi and her partner, Richard, who wanted to introduce Parisians to the excellent vegan cooking of Berlin (long one of the most vegan-friendly and innovative cities in Europe). Grab one of the high-top tables by the front window to enjoy dishes like mushroom gyoza and soy croquetas with cumin-roasted broccoli. Delicious gluten-free desserts are available, too.

Located in a working-class district well known for its street art, this friendly storefront on a pedestrian street is a neighborhood favorite for its regularly changing, reasonably priced, almost entirely vegan menu. Don’t miss the vegan lasagne, mafe (West African peanut stew), and various iterations of Vietnamese bo bun.