VEGAN

Boca Boca

Mikołaja Kopernika 25

Anchored by a geometric mural that declares ‘Guilty Pleasure’ in glowing pink letters, this pocket-sized locale exudes a sense of fun. Written on a blackboard, the menu casts it net over the biggest comfort foods known to man, and these include Not Dogs forged from marinated carrots, onion and red cabbage and a stonkingly brilliant chimichanga. Looking directly down Tamka, the hip ambiance captures modern Warsaw to a tee.

Dziki Królik

Rzeczypospolitej 2A

The four-table intimacy of this timber-encased room charms immediately but does make reservations mandatory – with that in mind, the opening of a terrace has been welcomed. Head chef Magdalena Kurowicka mixes familiar faves (order the tacos!) with more fine-handed concoctions that are veganized with love – for example, soy meat bourguignon or scallop-style Eryngii mushrooms in a white wine sauce abetted by chili, saffron, lime and three types of seaweed.

Peaches Gastro Girls

Mokotowska 58

Cooped up during lockdown, flat mates

Monika and Klaudia began scouring the web for exotic recipes and veganizing what they found. Sharing their creations with friends, the positive feedback led them to open Peaches, a place with a cool, scuffed courtyard and radical orange interiors. Substituting meat with Portobellos, their tacos are as authentic as they come, while the wontons deserve their own gold medal.