By Sam Tucker, Australia and New Zealand Outreach Coordinator
Eating vegan at fast food chains in Australia has never been easier! From Dominos to Hungry Jacks to Pizza Hut, Zambrero, Pie Face and more, there are countless vegan fast food options to choose from.
If you’re craving a burger, Hungry Jacks and Grill’d both have some great vegan options.
At Hungry Jacks, try the Rebel Whopper (ask for vegan cheese and mayo or order without cheese and mayo) for a delicious mock meat burger, or the Vegan Whopper for a healthier option with a vegetable patty. The onion rings, hashbrowns and fries are also vegan.
Grill’d currently have 3 delicious vegan burgers, the Vegan Cheeseburger, the Beyond Simply Grill’d Vegan and the Beyond Garden Goodness vegan.
At Subway you can get either the Veggie Patty,Veggie Delight or Smashed Falafel (order without tzatziki) with your choice of salads and any of the following sauces: BBQ, Sweet Onion, Sweet Chili and Tomato. They also make avocado toasties for only $2 each.
If pizza’s what you’re after, Dominos and Pizza Hut both have plenty of great vegan options. Dominos vegan pizza menu includes the vegan avocado veg, spicy trio and margherita. They also make a vegan cheesy garlic bread and their regular garlic bread is vegan too.
Pizza Hut also has some great vegan pizzas, including the vegan deluxe, mediterranean, margherita and cheese lovers. They also offer vegan cheesy garlic bread, vegan chicken wings and vegan cornettos.
If you’re in the mood for Mexican food, Zambrero, Mad Mex and Guzman Y Gomez all have some pretty good vegan options. Zambreros make delicious burritos, nachos, quesadillas and bowls with vegan cheese, vegan sour cream, pinto beans and guacamole. You can also get the vegetarian burritos, tacos or nachos without the cheese and sour cream at Mad mex and Guzman Y Gomez.
Pie Face have three flavours of vegan pies, the Vegan Mexi Pie, the Vegan Spag Bol Pie and the Vegan Cheeseburger pie.
Almost all kebab shops, including Ali Baba, The Kebab Co and UTK, make falafel wraps which are traditionally vegan.
Most sushi shops have a variety of vegan options, including avocado and cucumber rolls and Inari, which is made from a deep fried sweetened tofu bag filled with sushi rice.
Indian, Thai and Chinese chains also offer vegan options such as tofu and vegetable curries and stir-fries.
And finally for you sweet tooths out there, Pancake Parlour do a range of plant-based pancakes called Plantcakes. Toppings include lemon and sugar, chocolate, strawberries and more.
Do you have a favorite vegan fast food option? Feel free to leave a comment below and let us know!
Awesome article. Thanks heaps from a another Downunder Vegan!
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Hi,
The subway veggie paty isn’t vegan at all, there is egg and dairy milk in the recipe
Hi Antoine,
Thank you for your comment! I checked in with Sam Tucker, our Australian Outreach Coordinator, and he sent me this link. It looks like the veggie patties are vegan. https://www.subway.com.au/site/assets/NutritionalDoc/2016.08.25-Ingredient.pdf
Thanks again!
Lori
I just looked at the Hungry Jacks website and the veggie whopper has eggs in the patty
Hi Britt,
Thank you for your comment! I reached out to Sam Tucker, Vegan Outreach’s Australia and New Zealand Outreach Coordinator, and he looked up the ingredients of the patty on the veggie whopper. Sam let me know that as long as you order the patty without mayo and cheese, the whopper is vegan. He was able to access an ingredient list online. You could probably do the same if you’d like!
Thanks again! 🙂
Lori
I know this is a bit late but the veggie burgers are mostly potato, with some peas, corn, ect to add a little more vegetables
Or at least that’s what my manager said, I work at hungry jacks so I try to make sure I know what’s in what we make
Thanks for the information that has been presented. I agree that “If you’re in the mood for Mexican food, Mad Mex and Guzman Y Gomez both have some pretty good vegan options.” Thanks for informing us, Very impressive blog!
Didn’t know about the Hungry Jacks burger and chips. Being vegetarian I stopped going there after I found out about the rennet in cheese. I would still avoid Hungry Jacks, but good fallback option.
For those in Melbourne check out Lord of the Fries for a veg only fast food outlet. They also provide very good vegan options. It’s a lot more pricy than Hungry Jacks, but worth it for a non-meat environment.
Hi so I went to hungry jacks to order a veggie whopper and the lady taking my order told me the veggie patty has beef fat.
Hi Kayla,
We asked VO’s Australia Outreach Coordinator, Sam Tucker, to confirm the ingredients of the veggie whopper. Here’s what he found:
There is no beef fat in the veggie whopper, the ingredients are all listed on their website here: https://www.hungryjacks.com.au/menu/whopper-icons/veggie-whopper
It’s vegan as long as you order it without the mayo and the cheese.
Thank you, Kalya, for reaching out! I hope this was helpful.
The veggie whopper is actually most likely not vegan even if you order it minus the cheese and mayo as it contains the additive 635 which usually comes from meat. This is in the ingredient list on the website https://www.hungryjacks.com.au/menu/whopper-icons/veggie-whopper. Disgusted I have been eating these for years! If you read the additives for the buns even these are types that often come from animals.
Your 100% correct Kate .. I always thought the same.
With kebabs and such and falafel rolls, just be sure to ask about the pitas and wraps they come in. My local kebab place was really open and honest and explained they use butter in their pitas so I just get a “falafel plate” instead of roll. 🙂
I’ve asked in my local Subway about their breads and wraps and have been told that they all have milk in them, so they’re not vegan. I was informed that the only truly vegan option they have is the salad bowl
Love the vegan burrito from Mad Mex! We are on the road a lot but try to be prepared by taking snacks and just buying fruit when we don’t have time to prepare anything.
There are a lot of cool new vegan products coming out which we try to add to my site http://www.veganproductfinda.com
https://vegancuts.com/ is one of the best sites to order snacks from. Either that or Amazon also have a lot of options.
I think there are a lot more vegan products becoming available at supermarkets etc in Australia which is good!
Vegan fast food is getting easier to find.
I liked vegancuts for a while but I noticed a decline in quality items. i recently switched to a Dear Vegan snack box and I’ve been loving them http://www.dearveganbox.com/
Hopefully soon I can just pick up everything at the local market instead
“Vegan 4 life” A tiny bit weary of Hungry Jacks Burger Buns I know the white ones are made with milk) only 1 of the two brown buns is VEGAN! Are you touching a meat pattie with your gloves then touching my pattie ? No thanks 🙁
Hi
I am the owner of long jetty takeaway on the central coast of Nsw . I have a very large vegan menu. I make all my vegan foods myself .
385e the entrance rd long jetty nsw 2261