Vegan near the BTS: plant-based eating along the Skytrain
Bangkok traffic is famous for the wrong reasons, but the BTS Skytrain and MRT make the city's best plant-based food surprisingly reachable. Every place on this list is within roughly 500 metres of a station — close enough to walk even in April heat.
Distances shown are from the station exit. We've ordered by rating, but they're spread across the network, so wherever you're staying there's a good meal a few stops away.
The list
Shree Bhavan Pure South Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
A highly-rated pure South Indian vegetarian restaurant in Pratunam — dosas, idli and thalis at budget prices.
Chotivala 100% Pure Vegetarian & Jain Food Indian Restaurant
A pure-vegetarian & Jain North/South Indian restaurant near Indra Square, Pratunam.
India Greens Restaurant
A 24-hour pure-vegetarian Indian restaurant in Makkasan with separate North and South Indian chefs. Customers rave about the paneer dishes, biryani, thali and freshly baked naan.
Shree Khodiyar Kathiyawadi Dhaba pure vegetarian Indian restaurant Bangkok
A pure-vegetarian Gujarati (Kathiyawadi) restaurant near Pratunam. Known for its Gujarati and dal-baati thalis, Kathiyawadi paneer dishes and Surti undhiyu, with free salads and pickles and Jain options.
Mercy Republic
A hip-hop-themed vegan bar & restaurant in Sukhumvit 23 — Thai fusion street food and vegan cocktails inspired by R&B classics.
DOSA KING, 100% Pure Vegetarian Indian Experience Since 2002
A pure-vegetarian Punjabi & South Indian stalwart since 2002 on Sukhumvit 11 — dosas and curries with vegan and Jain options.
Kem-Kon Vegan Phahurat
A 100% vegan Thai ‘street food by plant’ concept with several branches — familiar Thai dishes done entirely plant-based.
Maa Pure Vegetarian Indian Restaurant
A pure-vegetarian Indian restaurant in Indra Square, Pratunam, with bright interiors themed around mothers. Its samosa chaat is a signature (praised as 'the best outside India'), alongside paneer makhani, chole bhature and Chinese bhel.
Ruyi vegetarian
A long-loved Thai-Chinese vegetarian restaurant near Hua Lamphong MRT, popular with locals. Generous, cheap plates of mock 'duck' and 'pork', fried dumplings, stir-fried 'crab' curry and tom-yum noodle soup — expect a wait at peak times.
Golden State Vegan Restaurant
Coastal-Californian vegan cooking near Phrom Phong — plant-based burgers and fusion plates in a relaxed bar-restaurant.
Vegetarian Society in Chatuchak
A Santi-Asoke Buddhist food hall behind Chatuchak with ~20 very cheap jay stalls — open mornings only.
Sugam South Indian Restaurant (Silom)
Authentic South Indian vegetarian near Silom's Mariamman temple — dosas, thalis and coconut chutney at fair prices.
The Bikanervala | Bangkok Pratunam Indian restaurant Pure Vegetarian
The Bangkok outpost of Bikanervala, the 1905 Indian sweets-and-snacks institution, in Pratunam. Come for traditional sweets (gulab jamun, barfi, jalebi) and chaats like the Delhi-style raj kachori, plus pure-veg curries and biryani.
Snoop's Joint
A 100% plant-based, pet-friendly joint on Sukhumvit 21, named after the owner's dog. Famous for vegan burgers — the signature Snoop's cheeseburger and the crisp 'n' spicy paneer burger — plus the UnBEETable salad, enoki 'tenders' and oat-milk shakes.
So Vegan - i'm Chinatown (2F)
Casual vegan Thai inside the I'm Chinatown mall — known for its mushroom noodle soup and mock-meat Thai dishes.