Local Eats In Belize City: Vegan Friendly

As the travel hub for the country, Belize City has very good options for vegan restaurants. Some are just a short walk away from the water taxi.

Having lived in Belize City for a little over a year, the city has the most veggie-friendly restaurants in the entirety of Belize.

Here's a short list of my favorite places to eat: 👇

Street Food

Vegan Bites

Price

$5.00 USD

Vegan Bites is a small fully vegan food shack located at BTL Park which sits by the seaside. The owner serves buffet-style vegan food that is actually nutritious with options like tofu vegan curries, steam broccoli and local seasonal veggies and fruits like callaloo & breadfruit. Worth noting is that the price is quite expensive for it to be a shack, and I'm not a big fan of the food served in a styrofoam. But I'm still grateful this place exists in my little country.

• 🏆 What To Try: Daily Special
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Vegan lasagna

Sonia Pupuseria

Price

5.00 USD

This pupusas stall is located in an area called King's Park. You can safely walk here from the city center. They sell the tastiest pupusas I've had in the entire country. The pupusas are a bit more expensive than usual but they're bigger. You can also mix up to three ingredients together.

• 🏆 What To Try: Mixed pupusas
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Beans pupusas

Restaurants

Sumathi Indian Restaurant

Price

$7.50 USD

This restaurant serves traditional Indian food which is extremely popular among local Belizeans in the city. Dishes are buffet style and relatively expensive compared to most veggie friendly restaurants. Buffet dishes doesn't translate to free refills at this place. Besides that fact, the food is very good with large portions. There is outdoor seating available since it gets warm inside. Their buffet menu is posted weekly on their Facebook page linked as website above.

• 🏆 What To Try: Hudut
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Veganized hudut

Chef Roger's

Price

$6.00 USD

After living in Belize City for a year, this is by far the best veggie-friendly restaurant I've found. Their wraps and hummus dishes are incredibly tasty. The restaurant is a family-owned business so you can expect exceptional service.

• 🏆 What To Try: Hummus
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Falafel wrap

Ma Ma Chen

Price

$7.00 USD

This restaurant is a little gem in Belize City. It's only a 7-minute walk (500m) from the water taxi terminal so you can grab lunch while you wait for the ferry. Meals include food like vegetarian lunch boxes, dumpling soups, spring rolls and veggie sushi.

• 🏆 What To Try: Dumpling Soup
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Veggie Sushi

Canton Restaurant

Price

$10.00 USD

This is not your typical fast food Chinese restaurant and only the local people from the city go to this place. They sell authentic Chinese food and have a huge menu to choose from. The only downside to this place is that it's not that aesthetic and the neighborhood may not be the best but the food is excellent.

• 🏆 What To Try: Chicken w/ black bean sauce
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Garlic Bok Choi

Cafes

Martha's Cafe

Price

$10.00 USD

As one of the few fully vegan restaurants in Belize City, this places is perfect but at the cost of also being the priciest. Then again, you get are paying for along with a stunning view of the sea.

• 🏆 What To Try: Nachos
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Homemade vegan hummus

Bleu Bakery

Price

$4.00 USD

One of my favorite bakeries in Belize City is Bleu Bakery by Einar Marin. He's a local Belizean that makes some of the best pastries and the cafe has coffee served of course.

• 🏆 What To Try: Chocolate Croissant
• 🌱 Vegan Option: Sourdough bread

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