Offering Antipodean speciality coffee culture alongside high-quality all-day dining, Caravan is a brilliant new spot near Aviva Studios, and the vegan plates are some of the stars of the menu.

Looking for the real spirit of Manchester? You’ll find it in Levenshulme, where Nordie puts as much, if not more, effort into the creation of their vegan and vegetarian dishes as the meat options.

If you’ve not been to Diecast yet, here’s a primer: there’s a lot going on. Among it, vegans are well catered for, our top pick being the Sunday roast, just pipping the vegan cheeze burger.

On the seventh day, head to Madre for the excellent Mexican-style Sunday feast, where the vegetarian and vegan options aren’t just afterthoughts.

Known for its chic, greenery-filled interiors and Mediterranean-inspired menu, The Firehouse features plenty of dedicated vegan options as part of its small plate dining experience.

For quick lunchtime bite, Nibble NQ is the ideal place, with brilliant vegan options including the harissa pomegranate glazed beetroot panini – earthy, satisfying, and full of flavour.

Vegans take note. At Evelyn’s, you’ll find some of the finest plant-based plates in Manchester right now. Our standouts: the braised butter beans and roasted cauliflower.

Located in Kampus, Bondi Bowls is the perfect spot to grab a healthy vegan lunch in Manchester city centre.

A must-visit pop-up, specialising in awe-inspiring Sri Lankan dishes, The Little Sri Lankan usually provide vegan options for each of their dishes.

GRUB is simply one of our favourites spots in Manchester, not least because of the excellent street food vendors (many of them vegan), but also the regular plant-based food events they host.

On the edge of Piccadilly, this underground restaurant serves up tapas-style small plates of vegan (and some vegetarian) Indian food, along with an exhaustive – and somewhat exhausting – list of beers and craft ales.

Indian street food is often vegan-friendly, and Dishoom have an entire menu devoted to it! It’s a little higher end than the other Indian options on this list, but the price is reflected in both the taste and the beautiful surroundings.

The Allotment Vegan Restaurant is an award-winning vegan restaurant, formerly based in Stockport and now in heart of Manchester’s city centre. Stockport’s loss is very much Manchester’s gain.

Ducie Street Warehouse impress every time we visit, and the substantial plant-based section of the menu gets bigger and more mouth-watering each and every time. Pop in for a bite, stay for the music and drinks.

So good we included them twice. Bundobust is storming ahead in the non-meat stakes and this new venue on Oxford Road is perfect for those of you who like an environmentally-friendly bite to eat alongside the freshest beer possible.

The Ivy is the iconic centrepiece of Spinningfields. Everything here screams luxury, from the nature-themed architecture outside to the relaxing and eccentric interior. Happily, you’ll also find many a vegan treat here.

Of course there are plenty of meaty things on this off-kilter small plates menu, but The Refuge have a quality selection of cruelty-free choices too. From curried sweet potato to beetroot pakora via a delicious assortment of wonderfully crafted vegetable dishes.

Eighth Day is a veggie and vegan superstore that’s less of a shop-cum-cafe and more of a Manchester institution. Not only a great place to pick up your hemp milk and agave syrup, but also a deliciously hearty, fairly priced vegetarian/vegan lunch in the laid-back downstairs café.

A dairy alternative is no new thing to the coffee shops of Manchester, that said, so many of them are bloody useless at getting it right. Not here, Idle Hands can whip up a mean Oatly flat-white and they’ve plenty of vegan cakes and pies to enjoy on the side.

An ever popular food cooperative in Chorlton who stock a wide-range of locally and ethically sourced organic, fruit, veg and fair trade products.