If you thought going vegan meant forfeiting all your favourite foods, you’d be wrong.

Just have a look at the hundreds of posts under the #morethansalad hashtag.

Sometimes though, all that will do is a pizza oozing with hot melted cheese.


And there’s no need for it to be off the menu.

We’ve lined up some of the best places to grab a vegan pizza to go or to eat in, from independent businesses to the biggest chains in the country.

Firezza

With 17 branches all serving a mouthwatering vegan option, this is a great choice for pizza to go.



Firezza uses Violife for pizza vegan cheese which melts amazingly.

Other topping options include pineapple, olives, slow roasted marinated tomatoes, chillies, fresh basil, mushrooms and red peppers.

Find them in Chiswick, Notting Hill, Ealing, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Battersea, Wandsworth, Herne Hill, London Bridge, Stratford, Docklands, Crouch End, Highbury, Islington & City, Hornsey, Willesden Green and Royal Tunbridge Wells.

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Wedge Issue

(Picture: Wedge Issue)

This brand new pizza place in Clerkenwell specialises in bespoke pizzas and craft beer (most of which are suitable for vegans).

You can customise your pizza with as many vegan toppings as you like in any combination for £8.50.

Purezza

Purezza in Brighton opened in November and is the first and only vegan pizzeria the UK.

Serves an incredible 18 types of pizza starting at just £5.40.

FED By Water

This Dalston haunt is a brand new Italian concept restaurant pushing the importance of nutrition.

FED promotes an alkaline Mediterranean, vegetarian and vegan diet and encourages healthy living ‘while also appealing to the most discerning foodies’.

Pizza Express

Pianta pizza is loaded with spinach, chestnut mushrooms, pine kernels and artichokes on a spicy Arrabbiata base (Picture: Pizza Express)

This may not be the most indulgent pizza on our list but it is the most prolific.

With more than 400 branches in the UK, there’s bound to be a Pizza Express near you, and they sell a dedicated 100% vegan pizza.

The Pianta pizza is loaded with spinach, chestnut mushrooms, pine kernels and artichokes on a spicy Arrabbiata base.

Voodoo Ray’s

Voodoo Ray’s has branches on Kingsland Road and Boxpark in East London.

Pizza options vary night by night – they use ever-changing seasonal toppings – and they always have at least one vegan option.

Order a giant slice of their 22in pizzas (equivalent to half an 11in pizza) for less than £4.

Franco Manca

At Franco Manca, just ask for pizza without the cheese. We tried it and it still tastes amazing (Picture: Deni Kirkova)

If you can get down to one of Franco Manca’s 20 London branches, just ask for a veggie sourdough pizza without the cheese.

We made our own with artichokes and pine nuts, added loads of chilli oil, and it tasted amazing.

Basilico

Try Basilico’s classic italian pizza to go.

It comes basilico pizza sauce, vegan cheese, chopped fresh tomato and basil, baked in a wood-fired oven.

From £9.45 for 10in.

NAMA Raw Artisan Foods

This Italian Pizza comes in at £12 and features a crunchy walnut and courgette crust (Picture: NAMA)

The healthiest pizza on this list by far, this all-raw dish from NAMA in Notting HIll is pushing the barriers of what a pizza is by definition.



It comes in at £12 and features a crunchy walnut and courgette crust, a rich tomato sauce, macadamia ‘ricotta’, sliced black olives, marinated mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, caramelised onions and a sprinkle of almonds.

We’ve tried it and it really is amazing.

Village Pizza

With branches in Twickenham, Eastcote, London, Surbiton and Ewell, Village Pizza caters far and wide for vegans in the south.

It’s been in business for 20 years and has an incredible seven vegan pizza options.

They feature toppings like vegan pepperoni, vegan garlic sausage, vegan chicken, and of course a huge array of veg and vegan cheese.

From £10.99 depending on the size.

ICCO

Caramelised onions, roasted aubergines, roasted courgettes, roasted peppers, vegan cheese, tomato sauce with basil and herbs top the Vegan Veggie pizza from London’s Icco (Picture: Icco)

Eat in or take away (we recommend eating in) at this independent Italian pizza place on London’s Goodge Street.

£6.70 will get you this 12in vegan pizza topped with vegan cheese and roast veg.

Open 7am til midnight for pre-work breakfast pizza all the way up to your midnight feast.

You’re welcome.

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