If you are visiting Disney World with a plant-based eater in your group, or if you’d simply like to enjoy “Meatless Mondays” Disney-style during your vacation, you can easily enjoy LOTS of flavorful cuisine around the Resort!

Vegetarians often find dining in Disney World to be relatively easy and plentiful, and with over-400 plant-based plant-based menu items, it is now more straightforward for vegans to dine around Disney World, too. For starters, in October 2019, Disney announced that every major table and counter service restaurant in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort will offer plant-based options!

Disney shares the following on the Disney World website regarding their plant-based menu items: “Our plant-powered cuisine is made with plant foods like grains, nuts, vegetables and fruit—and without animal meat, dairy, eggs or honey.”

“Look for the Leaf”

Disney notifies that guests can easily identify plant-based options on Disney restaurant menus by looking for the Leaf icon.

But there are additional ways to find vegetarian and vegan options, even in advance of your trip, if you like!

Table Service Restaurants

If you would like to learn more about your options prior to making your Advance Dining Reservations for Table Service restaurants, you can peruse individual restaurant menus on the Walt Disney World website or the My Disney Experience app to find dishes that are marked as plant-based. You can also visit the Walt Disney World website’s Plant-based Dining Guide page to find some specific recommendations!

Again, once you are in Disney World, that’s when you can “Look for the Leaf.” 

When you look at the Small Plates menu in our example from Animal Kingdom’s Nomad Lounge, you’ll notice the plant-based leaf icon next to the Wild Mushroom Dumplings.

You can also trust that restaurants featuring All-You-Care-to-Enjoy prix-fixe meals can easily accommodate vegan guests without any advance notice.

These include spots such as ‘Ohana, Garden Grill Restarant, Roundup Rodeo BBQ, and Sebastian’s Bistro. It’s even possible to eat plant-based at the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Disney’s Fort Wilderness! You can read our review of the Vegan and Gluten-Free Platter at this all-you-care-to-eat meal here.

Disney Character Meals such as Princess Storybook Dining at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall present at least one vegan option.

Think you can’t enjoy fine dining in Disney World as a plant-based eater? Think again… Or, better yet, read our review of the  plant-based meal at EPCOT’s Takumi-Tei in the Japan pavilion!

And THAT’s just a glimpse!

Quick Service Restaurants

Posted menus at Quick Service restaurants also use the leaf icon to designate plant-based dishes.

In this example from Animal Kingdom’s Flame Tree Barbecue, you’ll notice the leaf icon designating the Plant-Based Burnt Ends.

If you are dining at a Quick Service location that accepts Mobile Order, you can also keep your eyes peeled for the Plant-based icon in the menu sorting options as seen in the top row in our example below.

(Not familiar with Mobile Order? Learn more here!)

A Few Favorite Disney SNACKS That Are Vegan

You didn’t think we’d let you go without a few SNACK recommendations, did you? Some of the most beloved and iconic Disney snacks just so happen to be vegan!

Mickey and Simba Soft Pretzels (without dipping in the accompanying cheese sauce), Popcorn, and DOLE WHIP fruit flavors (skip the vanilla and coconut) are vegan!

And don’t miss a visit to Erin McKenna’s Bakery NYC in Disney Springs, where EVERYTHING — from breads to cookies to cupcakes — is vegan (and gluten-free, to boot)!

For more information on dining with Special Diets in Disney, visit our Special Diets Resources Page.

For more Disney dining information, including details on dining discounts, restaurants, dining plans, menus, and more, visit our Disney Dining Reference Page.