Vegan Restaurants in Portsmouth, England

Portsmouth & Southsea · Hampshire · England

Find your next vegan meal in Portsmouth

Looking for vegan restaurants in Portsmouth? Start with a vegan brunch at Southsea Coffee, choose a pie and plant-based mash at Pie & Vinyl, book a garden meal on Florence Road or explore the vegan Indian dishes at The Akash. These four Southsea addresses offer different ways to eat vegan in Portsmouth, England, with menu links, directions and practical service notes.

This is a vegan-friendly dining guide, not a list of four completely vegan restaurants. Each venue also serves food containing animal ingredients. The cards identify suitable choices and adaptations, and distinguish a café opening time from the hours when its kitchen actually serves food.

Researched 28 September 20264 restaurant and café profilesBrunch, pies, garden dining & Indian meals

Vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants in Portsmouth

Choose the kind of meal you want before comparing the route. A morning coffee and toast, a pie lunch and a late Indian dinner require different plans. This editorial shortlist focuses on Southsea, rather than claiming that every venue is beside the harbour. It is based on published menus and operator information, not personal restaurant testing or a numerical ranking.

For breakfast and brunch

Southsea Coffee marks its smashed avocado and Vegan BLT VE. Check the difference between its breakfast, all-day classics and lunch menus.

For a comfort-food lunch

Pie & Vinyl offers vegan pie choices and vegan mash. Save the kitchen timetable, not just the record shop opening hours.

For a seated dinner

Compare the separate vegan menu at The Garden with named vegan curries at The Akash.

Restaurants and cafés in this guide

Editorial selection · not a ranking

Southsea Coffee

Osborne Road · Southsea

VE-labelled vegan dishesBrunch & lunchCoffee stop

Choose a vegan classic rather than rebuilding an egg breakfast.

Southsea Coffee's all-day classics include smashed avocado on sourdough with sesame dukkah, sriracha and vegetable accompaniments. Its Vegan BLT uses coconut bacon, avocado and tomato in focaccia. Both are marked VE. Lunch adds a vegan pad Thai salad, while the Buddha bowl requires an adaptation because the standard version contains feta and egg.

Before you order VE means vegan; V means vegetarian. The breakfast section ends at noon, while the classics are listed all day and lunch starts at noon. Do not assume the granola, banana bread or standard toast with butter is vegan.

Information	Details
Vegan status	Mixed café menu with labelled vegan dishes and adaptations.
Address	63 Osborne Road Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 3LS
Published hours	Daily 8:30am–3pm on the operator's contact footer. Confirm kitchen last orders.
Contact	023 9307 9501 or [email protected]. Table reservations are linked from the website.

Official sources: Dishes, dietary key and meal windows · Operator footer with address, hours and contact.

Pie & Vinyl

Castle Road · Southsea

Vegan pie choicesPie & mashRecord-shop café

Keep the pie, mash and gravy on the same vegan page.

Pie & Vinyl combines record browsing with a pie café. Its linked ordering menu lists vegan soy-mince-and-onion and seitan kebab pies alongside meat and cheese pies. Vegan mash and onion gravy provide suitable accompaniments, whereas the traditional creamy mash is vegetarian. Ask which vegan fillings are available for your visit rather than expecting every delivery-menu item to be in stock.

Before you visit The kitchen is closed Monday–Wednesday even though the record shop may be open. The menu images could not be retrieved during this check; dish examples come from the linked restaurant ordering menu. Food hours below follow the operator's contact page.

Information	Details
Vegan status	Mixed pie café with vegan fillings, mash and gravy choices.
Address	61 Castle Road Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 3AY
Kitchen service	Thursday–Saturday noon–3pm, last orders 2:30pm; Friday–Saturday also 6pm–9pm, last orders 8:30pm. Sunday noon–4pm, last orders 3:30pm. Monday–Wednesday closed.
Contact	023 9275 3914 or [email protected].

Sources: Operator's separate shop and kitchen timetable · Operator menu page · Restaurant-supplied pie and side descriptions.

The Garden — Southsea

Florence Road · Southsea

Separate vegan menuIndoor & outdoor diningWeekend brunch enquiry

Choose the setting, then ask for the vegan menu.

The Garden offers a separate vegan menu within a broader casual-dining restaurant. Its outdoor garden, indoor glasshouse and covered seating make it a different outing from a quick café stop. Use the dedicated menu for your food choices rather than assuming the restaurant's general pizza, pasta or brunch descriptions establish a vegan preparation.

Before you book The website's brunch FAQ conflicts with its detailed timetable. The footer lists weekday evenings only and different Saturday and Sunday brunch cutoffs. Confirm the meal and sitting directly. The item-by-item vegan menu could not be fully retrieved, so specific dishes are not promised.

Information	Details
Vegan status	Mixed restaurant advertising a full separate vegan menu.
Address	Florence Road Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2NE
Published timetable	Monday–Friday from 5:30pm, last seating 8:30pm. Saturday from 10am, last seating 8:30pm; brunch until noon. Sunday 10am–5pm; brunch until 11:30am. Confirm conflicting brunch information.
Contact	02392 008555 or [email protected]. Ask about your preferred indoor or outdoor table.

Official sources: Setting, vegan provision and conflicting service information · Menu links and detailed timetable.

The Akash

Albert Road · Southsea

Named vegan curriesIndian restaurantEvening meals

Order from the vegan section, not the vegetarian heading alone.

The Akash publishes a Vegan Options section, including mixed-vegetable biryani and vegan versions of familiar curries. Its vegan Rogan Josh is described with tomatoes, green peppers and garlic. This is the Indian dinner option in the shortlist, with restaurant dining as well as takeaway and delivery. The wider menu also includes meat, dairy and conventional breads.

Before you order Named vegan curry dishes do not automatically include rice or naan. Confirm suitable accompaniments and the complete preparation. The published hours cover opening and delivery together; ask when the dining room and kitchen take their final orders, especially late at night.

Information	Details
Vegan status	Mixed Indian restaurant with a dedicated vegan ordering section.
Address	99–101 Albert Road Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2SG
Published hours	Sunday–Thursday 5:30pm–midnight; Friday–Saturday 5:30pm–1:30am. Confirm dine-in and kitchen cutoffs.
Contact	023 9229 1813. Use the operator's contact page for reservation enquiries.

Official sources: Vegan menu section and published hours · Named vegan curry and accompaniment notice · Dining address and contact. Indexed operator pages were used where direct retrieval failed.

Vegan breakfast and brunch in Portsmouth

Start with Southsea's daytime menu

Southsea Coffee is the clearest morning starting point here. Its vegan classics offer a savoury meal without assuming the conventional egg breakfasts can be adapted. For a later visit, check which section is being served and keep your drink and extras vegan too.

Confirm a weekend garden brunch

The Garden advertises brunch, but its pages disagree about service. Ask which vegan choices will be available at your intended time. Pie & Vinyl and The Akash are included for later meals, not as promises of an early cooked breakfast.

Plan your Portsmouth vegan dining

Keep Southsea with the address

These profiles are on Osborne Road, Castle Road, Florence Road and Albert Road. Check the journey from your own accommodation or arrival point; do not assume the harbour illustration places every restaurant beside the waterfront.

Save the kitchen hours

A shop can be open while its kitchen is closed, and a restaurant can continue delivering after its last table sitting. Ask specifically about eating in, collection or delivery before making a time-sensitive plan.

Check the entire order

Vegan pie filling does not make ordinary mash vegan, and a vegan curry does not determine the ingredients in the bread. Choose sauces, sides and drinks deliberately, and discuss allergies separately from dietary preferences.

Leave time before a fixed departure

Allow for travel, waiting and food preparation before a train, ferry or event. Check current prices and reservation terms directly rather than treating a printed menu or old offer as permanent.

Continue with our England food guides to Southampton, Brighton & Hove, London and Plymouth.

Portsmouth vegan dining FAQ

Does this guide cover Portsmouth in England?

Yes. It covers four Southsea addresses within Portsmouth, Hampshire, not Portsmouth in New Hampshire. Save the full address when searching for a restaurant.

Are all four venues completely vegan?

No. Each has a mixed menu with vegan choices or a separate vegan selection. The classifications and ordering notes explain the distinction.

Can I eat at Pie & Vinyl whenever the record shop is open?

No. The operator publishes separate kitchen hours, including no kitchen service Monday–Wednesday. Check the food timetable before travelling for a meal.

Which profile should I check for breakfast?

Start with Southsea Coffee's vegan all-day classics and morning opening. Confirm The Garden's weekend vegan brunch directly because its published service information conflicts.

Where do the restaurant photographs and maps come from?

They are optional Google Maps content, loaded after consent with attribution. Pictured food is not necessarily vegan. The city title image is a separate AI-generated travel illustration.

Research notes

Researched 28 September 2026. Operator information and linked restaurant menus were prioritised. Some menu images and direct pages could not be retrieved; indexed operator information and the identified ordering menu were used where stated. The Garden's brunch information is inconsistent. This is desk research, not personal restaurant testing or kitchen inspection. Reconfirm current menus, service, access and reservations directly.

The title image is an original AI-generated Portsmouth travel illustration, not a photograph of a recommended restaurant.

Optional Google photos and mini-maps load only after Google Maps consent in the central privacy settings. Food in third-party photographs is not necessarily vegan. Ordinary text and links remain available without consent. Privacy settings.