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Vegan & vegetarisch · Hamburg

Vegan & vegetarian cafés in Hamburg

Plant-based cake on Lappenbergsallee and in Ottensen, vegan donuts on Jungfernstieg, and oat milk at no extra charge.

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Vegan and vegetarisch (vegetarian) dishes are on most Hamburg café menus, and plant milk often costs nothing extra. In October 2026 em Breakfast Club and Gretchens Villa both priced oat, soy, coconut and lactose-free milk at €0.00 on their drinks menus.12

Eimsbüttel has the most cafés with vegan options, ahead of Eppendorf & Hoheluft, Rotherbaum & Harvestehude and the Altstadt & Neustadt. Fully plant-based cafés are fewer; the city's own café guide names several, among them Manos Vegan Cake in Ottensen, Good One Café in Eimsbüttel and Brammibal's Donuts.3

Local tip: Ask for Hafermilch (oat milk) when you order: at em Breakfast Club and Gretchens Villa the swap cost nothing in October 2026.12

Where these cafés are: Eimsbüttel (23), Eppendorf & Hoheluft (18), Rotherbaum & Harvestehude (17), Altstadt & Neustadt (16), St. Georg (14), St. Pauli (13), Uhlenhorst (10), Ottensen (10), Winterhude (9), Altona (9), Sternschanze (4), Bahrenfeld (4), Hammerbrook, Hamm & Rothenburgsort (4), Speicherstadt & HafenCity (4), Hohenfelde, Borgfelde & Eilbek (3), Barmbek (3), Stellingen & Lokstedt (3).

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  • Opens earliest: Schanzenbäckerei, from 04:00 (Daily 04:00–19:00).
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Lappenbergsallee and Eimsbüttel

A short stretch of Lappenbergsallee in Eimsbüttel has several vegan-friendly cafés. Public Coffee Roasters at number 43 moved into a site where there had always been a bakery and runs its own bakery there, with vegan cakes, cookies, raw balls and granola.4 ima vegan, a vegan patisserie at number 36, opens Thursday and Friday 09:00–16:00 and weekends from 10:00.

Good One Café at Eimsbütteler Chaussee 71 is fully plant-based: coffee, cake, waffles and a breakfast burrito, a lunch menu that changes weekly, and takeaway in reusable bowls. On Saturdays it also sells its baking and coffee at the Grundstraße farmers' market.3 It takes cash only.

Cake and donuts

Manos Vegan Cake at Hohenesch 43 in Ottensen bakes plant-based cakes and tortes that change daily, such as marzipan cake and a Snickers torte, and keeps a short list of coffee and tea.3 It is closed on Mondays. Nearby, El Rojito on Große Brunnenstraße sells vegan spelt cake from the organic Konditorei Eichel and cakes from Manos.3

Brammibal's, which sells vegan donuts in Berlin and Hamburg, has a café at Jungfernstieg 47. Since 2018 it has given €0.50 from every Strawberry Sprinkles donut to nonprofits working for a more compassionate and sustainable society, more than €500,000 so far.5

Vegan breakfast and lunch

Gretchens Villa's breakfast menu includes Gretchen isst vegan for €14.50: rolls and sourdough with three homemade spreads (hummus, tomato-cashew and jam), avocado, vegetable sticks and a small fruit salad.2 Honeybee Breakfast at Grindelallee 18 offers a range of vegetarian and vegan dishes next to its egg dishes.6

In the Neustadt, Nasch in the Gängeviertel makes vegan börek, quiche, cakes, tarts and cookies, with a lunch that changes daily.3 At the university, the Studierendenwerk runs Café Blattwerk next to Blattwerk, its vegetarian Mensa (canteen), at Von-Melle-Park 5; the café opens on weekdays 08:00–18:00.7

Roasters and evening hours

Several roastery cafés bake vegan too. Deathpresso, which roasts between St. Pauli and the Schanze and serves at Beim Grünen Jäger 24, now offers its cakes and snacks in vegan versions as well.8 Kaffee Aramo Roasters on Hoheluftchaussee and Stockholm Coffee Roasters on Peter-Marquard-Straße in Winterhude also serve vegan options.

For later in the day, Cafe Gnosa at Lange Reihe 93 in St. Georg is open daily until 23:00, Würfel & Zucker at Eilbeker Weg 39 opens at 17:00 from Tuesday to Friday and closes at 23:00, and Graupi Bistro & Café at Wohlwillstraße 54 in St. Pauli serves until 22:00, closing on Tuesdays.

Sources

  1. Speisekarte (menu, as of October 2026), em Breakfast Club, accessed October 2026
  2. Speisekarte (menu, as of October 2026), Gretchens Villa, accessed October 2026
  3. Vegane Cafés in Hamburg, hamburg.de, accessed October 2026
  4. Unsere Cafés, Public Coffee Roasters, accessed October 2026
  5. Brammibal's Vegan Donuts, Brammibal's Donuts, accessed October 2026
  6. Honeybee Breakfast, Honeybee Breakfast, accessed October 2026
  7. Mensen, Cafés & Weiteres, Studierendenwerk Hamburg, accessed October 2026
  8. Kaffeerösterei Deathpresso, Deathpresso, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Vegan & vegetarian in Hamburg: questions

Where are the fully vegan cafés in Hamburg?

Manos Vegan Cake on Hohenesch in Ottensen bakes only plant-based cakes and tortes, Good One Café on Eimsbütteler Chaussee serves fully plant-based coffee, cake, waffles and lunch, and Brammibal's sells vegan donuts at Jungfernstieg 47. In Eimsbüttel, ima vegan is a vegan patisserie on Lappenbergsallee.

Do Hamburg cafés charge extra for oat milk and other plant milks?

Not always. In October 2026 em Breakfast Club on Neuer Pferdemarkt and Gretchens Villa in the Karoviertel both charged €0.00 for oat, soy, coconut or lactose-free milk instead of cow's milk.

Where can you get a vegan breakfast in Hamburg?

Gretchens Villa on Marktstraße serves a vegan breakfast of rolls, sourdough, three homemade spreads, avocado and fruit salad for €14.50 (October 2026). Good One Café in Eimsbüttel has a breakfast burrito and waffles, and Honeybee Breakfast on Grindelallee offers vegetarian and vegan dishes.

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