Vegan food near you.
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by a cucumber avocado roll. While we don’t hate this generic vegan offering available in pretty much every sushi place in the country, it’s so refreshing to have our pick of inventive, beautiful plant-based sushi. Below, the 14 best places to get delicious vegan sushi in Los Angeles.
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Three cheers for Shojin, an entirely vegan, macrobiotic restaurant with so many specialty rolls, we’ll have to come back ten times to order them all. Don’t sleep on the Kiss of the Spider Woman, a mock stuffed shell crab roll made with enoki mushrooms, asparagus, avocado, pumpkin tempura and yuzu pepper cream. (Yum.)
Locations in downtown LA and Culver City | mail.theshojin.com
Located inside vegan cocktail bar APB, Niku Nashi Sushi offers an entirely vegan menu, including a bento box special (with dessert–hellooo, vegan matcha cheesecake), sashimi, hand rolls, specialty rolls, izakaya and even a sushi boat. So invite all your plant-based friends and order everything on the menu.
7302 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles | nikunashi.net
From the watermelon granita to the miso eggplant sushi, you really can’t go wrong with any of the amazing Japanese offerings on this all-vegan menu. If you dine in, don’t miss the vegan omakase, and make sure to sit at the sushi bar so you can see all of the hard work and detail that goes into your sushi being prepared.
2535 S. Barrington Ave., Los Angeles | kusakila.com
This Old Town Pasadena favorite doesn’t only serve sushi–you can also get everything from a teriyaki “chicken” bowl to orange cauliflower fries. But you’d be remiss to skip the stellar Sakura’s Sweet Potato Roll or the Surf & Turf with plant-based tempura shrimp, avocado, cucumber, teriyaki plant-based beef, sesame seeds and green onions.
20 Union St. Unit 170, Pasadena | naughtyveganp.com
If you want to feel like vegan royalty, pay a visit to this Long Beach vegan sushi gem, serving an out-of-this-world Rainbow Roll, Crunch Roll and Red Dragon Roll. Not in the mood for sushi? There’s also crispy fishless tacos and even french fries on this exclusively vegan menu.
2400 Santa Fe Ave. Long Beach | instagram.com/vegancastlelb
Come for the flavorful ramen, stay for the vegan sushi rolls. When we think of sushi in Los Angeles, we want flavorful plant-based food that pushes boundaries, but doesn’t take itself too seriously. (Is that too much to ask?) We got our wish at Gokoku with rolls like the Black Dragon, featuring plant-based shrimp, cucumber and spicy sauce with eggplant and avocado on top.
4147 Lankershim Blvd., Studio City | gokoku-ramen.com
Catch this all-vegan food truck all over Los Angeles (just check their Instagram to find out where they’ll be parked this week). If you’re lucky enough to track them down, lucky you. You’ll be in vegan heaven with everything from the Yellow Pickled Radish Hand Roll to the Calamari Roll made with oyster mushrooms.
Food truck with multiple locations | instagram.com/theplantlabvegan
Plant-based sashimi? Don’t mind if we do. This Santa Monica staple is everything you could ask for in a vegan sushi spot, including dozens of fun specialty rolls. We’re partial to the Vegan Hot Lover Roll–not only is the name a winner, but with seaweed salad, kaiware (aka daikon radish sprouts), yamagobo (pickled burdock root), avocado, jalapeno, cucumber, sesame seeds and sriracha, it’s a flavor bomb, too.
2400 Main St. Santa Monica | naritavegansushi.com
OK, this vegan sushi spot is not technically in L.A., but an hour east of the city in Corona. But we had to highlight Kensho Vegan Sushi because it’s worth the trip. Take your pick of hand rolls, specialty rolls or all of the above. But don’t sleep on the tuna nigiri, made with konjac, an Asian yam.
430 N. McKinley St., Corona | kenshovegansushi.square.site
Located 35 miles west of the city in LA county, this unassuming vegan hotspot is tucked away in a shopping center. The exclusively vegan menu is inventive, elaborate and original. Try the Red Dragon, with fried oyster mushrooms, shrimp tempura and yellow pickled radish, with spicy tuna, avocado, chili oil, crispy onion and eel sauce on top.
30313 Canwood St. Unit 35, Agoura Hills | makinvegan.com
This shop by dancer and sushi-maker Yoko Hasebe is only available online for delivery (or, if you prefer, you can take a private sushi-making class with her). But you won’t be disappointed if you order her plant sushi platter, which serves four, for your next vegan dinner party. It includes four to five kinds of seasonal nigiri and two kinds of rolls–best of all, it’s brought right to your door.
Online order only | plantsushiyoko.com
This vegan outpost by the owners of takeout-and-delivery-only restaurant Sushi With Attitude is every bit as inventive and fun as the original. We recommend the Kampyo Sweet Gourd and Cucumber Roll, the Portobello and Caramelized Onions Roll and the Asparagus, Cucumber and Takuan Roll.
1842 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles | sushiwithattitude.com
We’re fans of this vegan-friendly (but not entirely plant-based) sushi restaurant on Manhattan Beach, featuring six plant-based specialty rolls that go above and beyond. Try the Yellow Submarine, an asparagus, avocado and cucumber roll topped with pumpkin and sweet soy sauce.
820 Manhattan Ave., Suite 105, Manhattan Beach | ricemb.com
Not every item on this traditional sushi restaurant is vegan, but there is a dedicated veggie menu complete with eight items to leave you satisfied. And with locations in Silver Lake and the Artis District, you’re never too far from a plant-based vegan feast. One Hippy Roll, please.
Locations in Silver Lake and Arts District | kombula.com
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