Where to eat when you’re flexitarian
Your best friend’s banting, you’re (mostly) vegetarian, and your boyfriend is resolutely vegan – how on earth do you keep everyone happy when booking a table? Try one of these spots.
Feel like eating in? Pick one of these easy meals, and relax – dinner’s ready.
GAUTENG
Greenside Café
Voted Jozi’s favourite vegetarian café for three years’ running, Greenside’s menu is loaded vegan, gluten-free and raw treats.
34 Gleneagles Road, Greenside, Johannesburg
011 646 3444
La Terasse Rooftop Café and deli
This gorgeous venue offers a diverse menu, with gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan delights amidst their famous meaty tagines.
435 Atterbury Road, Menlo Park
012 346 5713
KZN
Earthmother Organic
This is Green food with a capital G – very much organic, this Durban café offers yummy vegetarian dishes and gluten-free as well.
155 Bulwer and Helen Joseph Road, Glenwood, Durban
031 202 1527
The Prep Room
The ultimate flexitarian menu catering for health nuts and pleasure seekers, with inventive vegetarian, low-carb and gluten-free options to indulge in.
Bath Road, Glenwood, Durban
083 7945875
WESTERN CAPE
Honest Chocolate Café
Thankfully, chocolate can be vegan and vegetarian too. And it’s gluten-free! Well worth a visit.
64 Wale Street, Cape Town City Centre
076 765 8306
Dear Me
Whatever your particular kryptonite, you can be sure to find a tasty ‘free-from-it’ meal at this stylish eatery – and most of their dishes can be amended to make it work for you.
165 Longmarket Street, Cape Town City Centre
021 422 4920
Whole Earth Café
This gem in Scarborough makes health food cool in a totally modern way.
257 Main Road, Scarborough, Cape Town
021 780 1138