Complete Guide to Vegan Options in Downtown Disney (October 2025)

Welcome to Downtown Disney! Let’s eat some vegan food!

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For quick service locations, you can mobile order with the Disneyland app. Most locations allow both mobile ordering and standby lines, it sometimes depends on the restaurant and the day. I would suggest looking on the app about an hour before you’d like to mobile order, just to make sure that there are mobile order windows available, because it can get backed up when it’s busy.

If you would like to eat at a Table Service restaurant, you should try to make a reservation on the Disneyland app or website. You can make table service reservations up to 60 days in advance, and for some restaurants, they will get booked within minutes of becoming available. I suggest setting your alarm for 6am on your 60-days ahead day, and going on the website and trying to book. If there aren’t any times available, keep checking back in case there are cancellations, and in case they add more capacity.

Another option is to use Mouse Dining – they can send you email alerts of when reservations become available.

On the day you are in the park, however, if it’s not too busy, you can often get lucky as a walk-up. Look on the map on the app and find the restaurant, and see if it has the option to “Join Walk-Up List,” and then you can just join there. You can also go ask at the host stand. I almost always do walk-ups and I’m almost always successful, but if it’s really busy, then sometimes you have to just go for quick service instead.

By the way, nothing below is meant to be health food; rather, it is theme park food. Whenever I have access to ingredients lists, I do post photos of them, but this is not so that you can pick them apart for not being healthy enough. The point of showing the ingredients is that I’m trying to be helpful and show how the item does not contain meat, dairy, eggs, or honey. I have no control over what goes into the food, so I do not need to hear about it when you think something isn’t healthy enough. I pour a lot of time, effort, and money into maintaining this website, and I do all of this research for you for free, so I appreciate you not leaving negative, unhelpful comments about whether or not the food is healthy enough. Any health policing comments will be deleted 😊

Table of Contents (Jump to a section!)

Black Tap Burgers and Shakes (Table service)
Ballast Point (Table service)
Centrico (Table Service)
Din Tai Fung (Table Service)
Earl of Sandwich (At temporary location during construction)
Jamba Juice (Quick service)
Jazz Kitchen (Table service)
Naples (Table service for Naples; Quick service for Napolini)
Parkside Market: Sip & Sonder (Coffee shop)
Parkside Market: Seoul Sister (Fast casual)
Parkside Market: GG’s Chicken Shop (Fast casual)
Parkside Market: Vista Parkside Market (Bar/lounge)
Paseo (Table Service)
Salt and Straw (Quick service)
Splitsville (Table service)
Starbucks (Quick service)
Wetzel’s Pretzels (Quick service)
Sephora (Retail location)
Wonderful World of Sweets (Retail location)

Black Tap

They change this menu relatively often, and I went again in July 2025. I was expecting to find the Crispy Cauliflower Corn Burger, because that is what is listed on the menu online, but on the physical menus there, it appears they have now replaced that with the Black Bean Burger and the accompanying Black Bean Burger Salad.

I was told that these both come vegan by default, no modifications needed.

Black Bean Burger: Black bean burger, salsa verde, cilantro, charred corn, pickled onions, on a vegan bun

If you like a nice old-school black bean burger, you’ll probably like this one! Very hearty and relatively spicy. I think the patty on its own has some level of spice, and the salsa verde adds quite a bit of spice as well. You can see in the photo above, I decided to substitute sweet potato fries for the regular fries because they’re just so good!!

They also make a salad version of each burger, where it’s a bed of greens and some different ingredients, topped with the burger patty, so for this one, it is:

Black Bean Burger Salad: Black bean burger, salsa verde, marinated kale, arugula, quinoa, charred corn, pickled onions, cilantro, mojito dressing

This Black Bean Burger Salad is probably one of the healthiest things you can order in all of the Disneyland Resort! A generous portion of kale topped with all the components listed in that menu description. A lot of salsa verde on top, more than on the burger, so the spice level is quite high. The mojito dressing is really interesting and tasty! Very minty. It seemed like it might be too overpowering, so I didn’t drizzle it over the whole salad, I just kept it in its cup and dipped into it sometimes.

But of course, the exciting part about Black Tap for me is the shakes! They can make a vegan version of many of their Classic Shake flavors.

Ask for the non-dairy/soymilk base for the Classic Shake, and then choose one of the vegan flavors:

Vegan Classic Shake flavors (non-dairy):

Chocolate
Vanilla
Coffee
Black Cherry
Strawberry
Peanut Butter
Oreo Cookies & Cream

Non-vegan Classic Shake flavors (contain dairy):

Nutella
Funfetti Cake Batter
Brownie Batter
Dulce de leche

I’ve had the black cherry and coffee before, and they were fantastic, and most recently I got the Peanut Butter flavor, and it was my favorite so far!! So thick and creamy and satisfying. It was such a tasty sweet+salty combo, and there were big pieces of actual peanut butter, not just a homogenous shake throughout. 10/10 recommend!!

You can order a shake from inside the restaurant as usual, or you can go up to their walk-up shake window outside the restaurant for a quick shake to take with you.

If you order it from the walk-up shake window, then you will get it in a plastic cup, as shown below with a black cherry shake.

A while back, they had the Vegan Black ‘N White CakeShake, but it has been gone for quite a while. It could always make a comeback, but I wouldn’t count on it any time soon.

Ballast Point

This menu changes often, and I do my best to keep it up to date, but it is hard to keep up with how often they change it sometimes!

The vegan entree at the moment seems to be the:

Beyond Delicious Burger: Beyond Patty served on a Vegan Brioche Bun, Topped with Pepper Jack Cheese, Vegan Bell Pepper Aïoli, Lettuce, Tomato & Pickle Spear

I haven’t had this myself yet, so I’m not sure if it’s implied that it is vegan cheese, please check with your server! I believe that it is not vegan, so depending on what your server says, just ask to omit it.

Also, the House Salad says that it has a vegan version.

There may be other secretly vegan things available, beyond what is obvious on the menu, so ask your server!

Centrico

I haven’t been here yet, but below are the reports I’ve gotten from other vegan guests.

The servers have said that the black beans have lard and the pinto beans have butter. I’m not sure about the rice.

The guacamole is not supposed to come with cheese, so it should be vegan as is, but always double check.

Chips & Salsa: crispy Tortilla Chips, fresh housemade Salsa [These are labeled vegan on the menu]

Mexican Rice: Tomato Broth, Diced Veggies [The fact that they specify tomato broth instead of chicken stock makes me think this is vegan, but it’s not labelled, so you would have to ask to be sure]

Huarache de Hongos: Oval-shaped corn masa, mushroom tinga, pinto beans, sour cream, queso fresco: Ask to remove the sour cream and beans to make it vegan, and replace with sauteed spinach.

Din Tai Fung

One of the newest and fanciest restaurants in Downtown Disney is Din Tai Fung! This is such an upgrade compared to other restaurants that have been in Downtown Disney in the past, not only in terms of fanciness, but also in terms of the wide variety of vegan options!

It is quite in demand, so I would definitely go with a reservation over a walk up. I had a reservation, and I’m not sure if or when walk ups would work. You can make a reservation directly on Din Tai Fung’s website, and the slots tend to fill up quickly for the usual meal times. For this reservation, I had made it three weeks in advance.

They have at least one, and sometimes several, vegan options in each section of the menu. Our server was super knowledgeable about all of the ingredients.

You mark your choices on the paper menu, and then the server goes over them with you. Vegan options are clearly marked with a V:

They recommend that you share everything, with 1-2 dishes per person. We were 4 people in our party and we tried to get as much as we could feasibly eat so that I could review as much as possible for you.

I’ll give you the full list of everything marked vegan, and then I’ll show the photos and reviews of what we were able to try.

Cucumber Salad
Seaweed and Beancurd Salad
Soy Noodle Salad
Woodear Mushrooms in a Vinegar Dressing
Vegan Dumplings
Vegan Buns
Vegan Spicy Wontons
Vegan Wonton Soup
String Beans with Garlic
Broccoli with Garlic
Bok Choy with Scallion Infused Oil
Spinach with Garlic
Taiwanese Cabbage with Garlic
Kale with Garlic
Vegan Noodles with Sesame Sauce
Vegan Noodles with Spicy Sauce
Vegan Shanghai Rice Cakes
Red Bean and Mochi Xiao Long Bao
Sweet Taro Xiao Long Bao
Sesame and Mochi Xiao Long Bao
Red Bean Buns
Sweet Taro Buns
Sesame Buns
Red Bean Sticky Rice Wrap

Our server also suggested that the Fried Rice is easily modified (remove egg) and that it is quite popular, so we also got one of those. If you tell them “Vegan Fried Rice,” they should know what to do.

Cucumber Salad. I’d noticed that a lot of people get this, and it makes sense! The sauce on these was so fun and zippy and the crunch on the cucumbers was just right.

Vegan Dumplings. These were amazing!! So satisfying with the dough and a filling of veggies (I think mostly mushrooms, cabbage, onions? Ask your server for full details).

Vegan Shanghai Rice Cakes. I just love the texture of rice cakes, and these did not disappoint!! The chewiness is so satisfying to me. It’s so hard to choose a favorite of what we got, but these were definitely top tier for me.

Vegan Spicy Wontons. Oh my goodness these were fabulous. I think the spicy sauce on these is the same on the noodles and elsewhere on the menu. It’s a complex type of spicy that doesn’t hit you in the face per se, it just livens everything up.

Vegan Spicy Noodles. These might be my favorite of what we got, but it’s impossible to choose! I believe they are spinach noodles. The spicy sauce is just the right level for me, enough to make it exciting without distracting from the other flavors.

String Beans with Garlic. These were great as well! Definitely good as a side, but it’s had to compete with everything we had. Next time, just to switch it up, I would probably try one of the other veggie sides, but I’d also happily get these again.

Vegan Fried Rice. Ask your server for the vegan version without egg. This was super tasty, as fried rice tends to be! It had the most miniature mushrooms in it, not just chopped up, but tiny whole mushrooms. Felt very fancy.

Sweet Taro Xiao Long Bao. I think these are described as “sweet” only relative to the fact that taro is not sweet on its own, but they are not really sweet in the way you might expect a taro ice cream to be sweet, for example. They’re only a tiny bit sweet. But the texture of the xiao long bao dough and the mochi inside is very satisfying! And because they don’t offer vegan versions of the savory xiao long bao on the menu, these are worth getting just for that, or you could also go with the red bean version of these.

Red Bean Buns. Oh my goodness these take me back to which I visited Hong Kong!! The fluffy buns and the red bean filling is just so satisfying to me on so many levels. The red bean filling is a bit sweet, as you would expect if you’ve had it before. These are a bit better than the dessert xiao long bao in my opinion. If you’re sharing, you can have them pre-cut them in half for you for easier sharing.

It’s wild that we had all those things, and there are still more vegan options left on the menu to try next time!!

Earl of Sandwich

Earl of Sandwich is temporarily operating in the space that used to be La Brea Bakery (which is permanently gone), and sometime in the near, that space will become Porto’s. Earl of Sandwich is not using its full menu here as it does in some of its other locations, so while you may see a vegan meatball sandwich at other locations, the Downtown Disney one is just a temporary, smaller menu location and doesn’t offer that sandwich. You can check out the menu here, but in general, I’d say to avoid this place. Hopefully when it becomes Porto’s there will be some interesting vegan options there.

Jamba Juice

Many of Jamba Juice’s smoothies are vegan by default, i.e. the following smoothies in the “Plant-Based” section of their menu:⁣
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Blackberry Smoothie⁣
Apples ‘n Greens⁣
Mega Mango⁣
Smooth Talkin’ Mango⁣
Strawberry Whirl⁣
Greens ‘n Ginger⁣
Pomegranate Paradise⁣
Peach Perfection⁣
Amazing Greens⁣
Vanilla Blue Sky⁣
Protein Berry Workout⁣
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They also have smoothie bowls, which are smoothies with toppings such as granola, berries, chia seeds, and nuts. The following bowls are vegan without modifications:⁣
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Vanilla Blue Sky Bowl⁣
Peachy Green Goodness Bowl⁣
Nutty Almond Butter Bowl⁣

Many of the other smoothies can be veganized with a substitution or two as well! For example, omit the Greek yogurt and swap it for oat milk.

Here is the Vanilla Blue Sky, which is unsweetened almond milk, vanilla coconut milk, bananas, pineapples, and blue spirulina:

They also added a breakfast sandwich with an Impossible patty recently. You have to remove the cheese and egg, but the bread is vegan, so it’s still feasible. I have heard that they come pre-made and that they just throw the egg and cheese in the trash if you order it that way, so for me, that is not ideal at all, because it doesn’t indicate that I ordered it without, and as far as the ledgers look, I bought the cheese and egg. So I won’t be getting this one until they make it fully vegan or at least until I’m confident that it can be modified in a way that makes a difference.

Jazz Kitchen

Since this restaurant got an extensive retheming, the menu changed, and I don’t think they offer an Impossible burger anymore. To my knowledge, they can make you an off-menu vegan version of the Jambalaya, similar to how they have always done (from the Dietary Specific Menu).

Naples (Table Service) / Napolini (Quick Service)

Naples recently added a vegan pizza to their menu, so it’s much better than before! Also, they now label vegan items clearly on the menu with “vg”, so it’s much easier to order here without having to ask so many questions or get modifications.

Labeled on the menu as vegan are:

House-made Focaccia with arrabbiata dipping sauce
Minestrone soup
Venice Beach Vegan Pizza: Vegan Mozzarella, tomato sauce, marinated artichoke, roasted red pepper, grilled red onion and green pepper
Sides:
- Potatoes
- Broccoli
- Heirloom Baby Carrots
- Fruit Cup

You could also modify some items to be vegan, for example, omit the cheese on the side Della Casa Salad. But in general, I think the lineup of the focaccia, minestrone, and vegan pizza is great to order without having to make modifications!

House-made Focaccia with arrabbiata dipping sauce:

Minestrone soup:

I asked the server about the brand of vegan cheese they use; he told me it was Daiya.

It’s amazing how well Daiya melts nowadays! The recipe has improved so much!

Napolini is the quick service side of Naples. It has a different menu than Naples, but you should still be able to get a vegan pizza with your choice of toppings.

Parkside Market: Sip & Sonder

Parkside Market is a new addition to Downtown Disney that occupies the space that used to be the movie theater back in the day. It’s now a food hall that contains Sip & Sonder, Seoul Sister, GG’s Chicken Shop, and Vista Parkside Market.

Sip & Sonder is a coffee shop with a few food items as well. They have quite fancy and creative looking espresso drinks that I will need to try all of eventually! Things like a Lavender Mocha Latté, Vanilla Charcoal Latté, etc.

Customize the drinks by choosing one of the plant milks they offer:
Almond Milk • Soy Milk • Oat Milk • Coconut Milk • Macadamia Milk

I meant to ask if their Chai has honey (Starbucks chai has honey, but most smaller coffee shops don’t), but I didn’t get around to it this time. I’ll definitely be getting one of their tasty looking chai drinks next time if it turns out that it is vegan!

They have breakfast sandwiches available from 7am-11am, and one of them is fully vegan! It is clearly marked vegan on the menu.

Vegan Sausage Breakfast Sandwich: Plant Based Sausage, Vegan Cheese, Avocado, Garlic Vegenaise, Ciabatta

Such a treat to have a fully vegan breakfast sandwich with two types of vegan cheese, Vegenaise, etc.! Putting Starbucks to shame!!

I don’t have much of a measuring stick for coffee shop style breakfast sandwiches since they’ve never really been my thing, so it’s hard to compare this to others, but I thought it was very tasty! A nice generous portion of avocado, and mostly melted vegan cheese before it sort of unmelted again while I was taking a long time with my photos 😉

It’s a bit on the heavy/oily side, but if you’re in the mood for a hefty breakfast, this could hit the spot!

Parkside Market: Seoul Sister

Seoul Sister has a very nice vegan entree (Tofu Bowl), a vegan Kid’s rice bowl, and one of the sides marked vegan (Gimme Seaweed: Sea Salt).

The Tofu Bowl has Crispy Organic Tofu, Carrots, Kale, Cucumber, Avocado, Creamy Vegenaise Cali Sauce, and you choose your base of rice, japchae noodles, or salad.

I checked with the cast member that it remains vegan no matter which side you choose. The dish is labeled vegan as a whole, and the cast member went to the kitchen to check that the japchae noodles are also vegan, and that there wouldn’t be any surprise non-vegan dressings or anything like that if you choose the salad. He said that it’s all vegan, no matter which base you choose.

I went for the noodles, which I did not regret!!

This dish is quite a winner for me! Really well executed crispy tofu, delicious medium-spicy vegenaise sauce, and the kale and greens were fresh and well seasoned. A generous portion of 1/2 an entire avocado! And of course the noodles were fantastic!

I’d definitely get this one again! If you’re looking for quick service in Downtown Disney, this would rank pretty highly in my recommendations.

Parkside Market: GG’s Chicken Shop

The only thing labeled vegan on the menu is the Crispy Brussels Sprouts: Chili Lime Salt. I would suggest just avoiding this place 😉

Parkside Market: Vista Parkside Market

This is a bar/lounge on the 2nd level of Parkside Market. They have wide selection of cocktails, beers, and wines. The cocktail ingredients are listed on the menu. One has milk, but the rest should all be vegan. If you are so inclined, you can try to find beers and wines on Barnivore.

Paseo

I haven’t been here yet, but I’ll point out what I see on the menu that looks like a good option. As always, double check everything with your server when ordering!

Small Plates:

Heirloom Tomatoes: local Heirloom Tomatoes, Huitlacoche & Brie Queso Fundido, Queso Cincho, Cilantro Criollo [Made without Gluten] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Caesar Salad: Baby Romaine, Oven-Roasted Tomatoes, Avocado, Roasted Poblano Dressing, Sunflower [add chicken +8, add shrimp +9] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Guacamole [Prepared Tableside]: creamy Haas Avocados, Tomato, Cilantro, Onion, Lime, Serrano, Chips. Additions: Queso Cincho [2] Queso Panela [2] crispy Pork Belly [4] Chicharrón [3] [Made without Gluten] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Acompañante:

Rajas con Crema: Poblano Pepper, Onion, Tomatoes, Sour Cream, Corn [Made without Gluten] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Esquites: local fresh Corn, Epazote, Garlic Aïoli, Chili Powder, Lime Juice [Made without Gluten] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Corn Tortillas: fresh, Handmade Corn Tortillas [Made without Gluten] [Vegetarian. Ask about Vegan option]

Salt and Straw

Salt and Straw is a Portland based ice cream company with lots of vegan flavors! They are all marked clearly on the menu with a (V).

The three vegan flavors on the permanent menu are:

1. Strawberry Coconut Water Sherbert
2. Freckled Mint Tcho-colate Chip
3. Hazelnut Cookies & Cream

The most recent addition to the permanent menu is the Hazelnut Cookies & Cream. It’s by far my new favorite flavor!!

You may remember another Hazelnut Cookies and Cream flavor they had a few years ago (with Dandelion Chocolate), which was much heavier on the chocolate than this one is. This new one is more of a classic Cookies and Cream, where the homemade oreos take center stage, and then the fudge swirls are actually the hazelnut butter.

This one is a 10/10 for me! I hope it stays on the regular menu for a long time!

Below is a scoop of the Freckled Mint Tcho-colate Chip, which is spot on if you like mint chocolate chip!

The sugar cones, which are pictured in all of these photos, are vegan. They are also sometimes called kid’s cones. The waffle cones (the larger ones) are not vegan; they contain egg.

You can also get scoops in a cup, as seen above.

They have seasonal flavors that rotate about once a month, and there is usually at least one vegan flavor among the seasonal flavors! Check the Salt & Straw menu for the most recent into about the ever-changing seasonal flavors.

Splitsville

The main entree option is their Impossible Burger, where you just have to request no cheese and no special sauce to make it vegan.

The Veggie Roll is another solid choice. Make sure to specify vegan to your server, i.e. omit pickled radish, and you may substitute avocado instead. Make sure to get the regular ponzu sauce instead of the kimchi ponzu sauce, which contains fish.

Another good one is the Spicy Veggie Bowl. Make sure you’re getting the regular ponzu sauce instead of the kimchi ponzu and tataki; both of those contain fish.

Starbucks

The Starbucks in Downtown Disney serves the full assortment of many different coffee drinks with soy, oat, almond, or coconut milk.

Wetzel’s Pretzels

The original pretzels are vegan as far as the dough goes, but they typically brush them with butter when they come out of the oven. Not to worry though — they make new batches frequently, so all you have to do is request to have one without butter, and they’ve give you one from the next batch if you can wait for a minute or two.

The Pretzel Bitz without the butter are also vegan:

Marceline’s Confectionary (Candy Shop)

The plain kettle corn is vegan, but the other varieties have milk (e.g. caramel, cheddar, etc.). Back in the day there was a Sriracha flavor that was vegan too, but I haven’t seen it in a while. For now, just look for the regular kettle corn:

On Fridays and sometimes Saturdays, they have the plain candied apples, the ones with just the red candy glaze and nothing else, and those are vegan.

Some of the Chip & Dales snacks are vegan, but some contain dairy. Below, I have photos of each of the ones that are vegan, but make sure to always double check the ingredients lists before purchasing, since they can sometimes change.

There are also a variety of packaged candies, and while some of them have gelatin, beeswax, or other animal products, there are a few that are accidentally vegan, or vegan as far as is discernible. There are no obvious animal products in them. I discuss obscure ingredients like dyes, etc., in my FAQ here on my website, but please make your own decision about them.

The Dark Chocolate Almonds recently got new packaging and became dairy-free again. They were originally vegan a few years back, and then at some point they started having milk in the ingredients list, but now with the new packaging, it appears that they have reverted back to the older, dairy-free recipe.

But now they contain shellac, which I didn’t see in the older recipe. The older ones were cocoa-dusted, so they didn’t have the shiny outside, so I guess that’s what makes these different and have the shellac included now. As far as I can tell, shellac is made from beetles, so unfortunately, while these are dairy-free again, they now contain beetles.

Shellac is a bit hard to get information on, so in general I’d err on the side of caution and say these aren’t vegan. But please let me know if you have any info on the way shellac is typically made nowadays.

These are part of a group of other packaged chocolate covered things (e.g. pretzels), but the almonds are the only ones that are dairy-free. All of the others, even the dark chocolate covered pretzels, contain dairy.

And of course these lollipops, which are almost always there:

Sephora

There is quite a bit of vegan and cruelty-free makeup and skincare here. Last time I was in there, they told me I wasn’t allowed to take photos, so unfortunately I can’t give you a very detailed update on what is currently available. But Sephora’s website will tell you whether any given product is vegan.

Wonderful World of Sweets

This is the expanded version of Marceline’s Confectionary. It has the standard selection of candy and bakery case items that you will see throughout Disneyland, DCA, and Downtown Disney.

The Snacks with Character have gotten a revamp and are much more vegan-friendly now!

Some of these are probably repackaged Enjoy Life products, and others from other allergen-focused brands.

The latest lineup of the Snacks with Character now has the following vegan items (labeled vegan on the packaging!):

Marshmallow Rice Treat
Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Squares
Churro Flavored Puffs
Cheddar Flavored Puffs (yes, vegan!)
BBQ Flavored Puffs

The new Marshmallow Rice Treat was better than I was expecting! It looks like it might be a bit dry just visually, but when you bite into it, it has this really rich and quite sweet vanilla flavor, and doesn’t come across as dry to me at all. It has really a nice chewy and crispy texture, especially for being something formulated to sit on a shelf. I was so pleasantly surprised, I’d definitely get it again! And of course, everything tastes better when it’s Mickey-shaped!