Being primarily based within the area, we’re fortunate to get pleasure from frequent weekends and staycations in Bangkok. As vegan foodies, these visits all the time revolve round the place we’re going to eat and the place greatest to remain to entry our favorite vegan eateries. For us, staying in and across the Sukhumvit space supplies easy accessibility to numerous vegan and vegan-friendly eating places, and if we want to journey additional afield, a brief stroll to the BTS makes this easy. However, with so many inns to select from within the neighborhood, we’re really spoilt for selection. On our most up-to-date vegan staycation in Bangkok, we determined to take a look at two new inns to see what they needed to provide. Of course, each had vegan and plant-based choices, so along with having fun with our rooms, the service, and enjoyable by the pool, we had been on the town to eat vegan meals – plenty of it.
Stay at Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15
By selecting to remain at Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, you not solely get to get pleasure from a contemporary lodge within the centre of Bangkok, however for those who time your staycation accurately, you possibly can expertise their expansive and completely scrumptious vegan and vegetarian brunch buffet. We should admit, this was the primary motive for our current journey – once we examine its launch in early 2025, we knew we needed to go to sooner reasonably than later.
The lodge itself is only a quick stroll from BTS Asok and BTS Nana, making it an ideal possibility for enterprise travellers or these eager to discover the numerous eating places, bars, and procuring alternatives within the Sukhumvit space. The lodge options trendy, well-appointed rooms, a rooftop pool that gives respite from the bustling streets beneath, and The Eatery, the place the vegan brunch buffet is accessible to company and non-guests alike.
The first vegan and vegetarian brunch buffet in Bangkok
On the second and fourth Saturday of every month, the vegan and vegetarian brunch buffet at Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15, must be seen to be believed.
Thai curries, salads, and soups? Pizzas, pastas, and lasagne? Indian curries, burritos, and sushi? Dumplings, shepherd’s pie, and risotto? Cruelty Free Chicken (CFC) created from lion’s mane mushrooms? A regionally made vegan cheese station? A stay som tam station? Expect all of this and extra.
And that’s with out mentioning dessert. Stacks of signature brownies, a lavish chocolate tart, and salted caramel cheesecake. Thai desserts with rainbow-coloured jellies and, after all, mango sticky rice. Fruits, a chocolate fountain, biscuits, and vegan ice cream with waffle cones and all of the toppings.
In our years of vegan journey, we’ve seen rather a lot, we’ve eaten rather a lot, however nothing ready us for this. The heady pleasure of selection, of figuring out that individuals care sufficient to organize meals like this (with such creativeness and imaginative and prescient) was really indulgent, celebratory, and provoking. Needless to say, we’ve already scheduled our return to get pleasure from what Chef Par, Chef Pae, and their groups have created.
Veganerie, the primary 100% vegan bakery in Bangkok
With their first retailer opening in 2016, the household crew behind Veganerie are true trailblazers in Bangkok’s vegan meals scene. Nearly ten years later, and with a number of places to select from, no journey to Bangkok is full for us with out a minimum of one go to to Veganerie.
We headed to their Sukhumvit Soi 11 outlet, only a five-minute stroll from Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, and ordered the ‘Fruity Delight Waffles’ which had been certainly fruity and pleasant. In addition to their waffles, desserts, and bakery choices, the intensive menu options breakfast and brunch, burgers and wraps, salads, pastas, curries, and soups. Rest assured, you should have lots to select from at this Bangkok vegan establishment.
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Stay at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
We additionally stayed at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, which is situated immediately on Sukhumvit Road within the coronary heart of town, adjoining to the bustling Asoke intersection.
From our arrival within the elegant and spacious foyer on the seventh ground to our luxuriously appointed ‘Westin Executive Club King’ room, we had been impressed with what this five-star luxurious lodge needed to provide. Just a brief stroll from lots of our favorite vegan eateries and each the BTS and MRT stations, we liked the placement. We additionally liked the pool on the eighth ground, the place we may relaxation and chill out between all of the consuming we had deliberate. It was nice that we didn’t have to go away The Westin Grande Sukhumvit to search out plant-based meals, as every of their eating places both had vegetarian choices that may very well be tailored or clearly labelled plant-based and vegan dishes out there.
Vegan meals The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
Whilst staying at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, we loved vegan welcome facilities in our room, which began our keep in such a optimistic method. We had knowledgeable the lodge that we had been vegan earlier than arrival, and this info had clearly been handed on to the crew liable for welcome facilities primarily based on Marriott Bonvoy standing. Lunch at Kisso, the lodge’s Japanese restaurant, was a deal with.
Dining in certainly one of their non-public rooms, we loved a vegetarian bento field from the set lunch menu, which was tailored to be vegan – and it was excellent. The tempura was flippantly fried and tremendous crispy, the avocado salad with a creamy sesame dressing was wholesome and nutritious, and the tofu steak with mushrooms was filled with umami. The textures and flavours in our bento field mixed to ship a wonderful plant-based eating expertise.
Seasonal Tastes, the lodge’s all-day eating restaurant, featured a devoted plant-based part on the à la carte menu, providing a number of vegan dishes together with a plant-based burger and Thai classics similar to inexperienced curry, pad krapow, and pad Thai.
We sampled all three and had been completely impressed. The pad krapow, made with Let’s Plant Meat, was wealthy and flavoursome, whereas the pad Thai had loads of tofu for that further protein hit.
Vegan sushi, tacos and burgers at Golden State Vegan
Just a 15-minute stroll from our ‘home’ at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit is certainly one of our favorite vegan eateries in Bangkok. Serving a number of vegan sushi, tacos, burgers, and small bites accompanied by cocktails, craft beers, and stay music at weekends, Golden State Vegan is effectively price a go to. The sushi is excellent, as are the burgers, however our favorite dish must be the tacos – particularly, the ‘Crispy Oyster Mushroom’ tacos, which we merely couldn’t go away Bangkok with out having fun with yet one more time.
Mercy Republic, the brand new child on the block
With Bangkok’s vegan eating scene increasing quickly, we all the time goal to go to a minimum of one new vegan eatery every time we’re on the town. On our newest journey, we headed to Mercy Republic, which opened in the direction of the tip of 2024 and is conveniently situated within the Sukhumvit space. This severely cool restaurant serves ‘vegan Thai fusion street food’ towards a backdrop of iconic vegan musicians on the partitions and a soundtrack of funky hip-hop and R&B. We liked the vibes, the extremely welcoming employees, and, after all, the excellent meals. We loved a creamy curry, selfmade tofu, and ‘Mercy Croquettes’ made with mushrooms and potato. Our meal was washed down with a few Heineken 0.0’s, making for the right night time out. There’s a complete lot of ardour behind Mercy Republic, and it’s a welcome addition to the Bangkok vegan scene.
Despite continuous consuming throughout our vegan staycation in Bangkok, we’ve barely scratched the floor of this thrilling and ever-expanding vegan meals scene. Both Four Points by Sheraton Bangkok, Sukhumvit 15, and The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, not solely supplied their very own vegan choices however had been additionally completely situated to go to lots of our favorite vegan eating places. Finally, did we point out the vegan brunch buffet at Four Points? Head there as quickly as you possibly can – you gained’t be disillusioned!
Paul Eyers
Paul Eyers is co-founder of Vegan Food Quest who write about luxurious inns and resorts in Southeast Asia with a deal with sustainable journey, eco journey and vegan journey. Currently primarily based in Malaysia, Paul additionally writes about sporting occasions and a few of the most interesting golf programs all through the area.
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