The Best Vegan and Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants in South Carolina!

While there are plenty of delicious restaurants to try throughout the Palmetto State, there has been an emergence of vegan and vegetarian-friendly eateries. It may not be as common in the deep-fried South, but you’ll find spots serving up everything from veggie burgers to teriyaki anti-chicken salads at our favorite vegan and vegetarian-friendly restaurants in South Carolina. 

Swad Restaurant, Greenville, SC

Authentic Indian cuisine meets healthy living in this vegan-friendly restaurant. If you’re from India or have ever visited, you might think you’ve traveled back to the motherland once you taste your meal. Even the Greenville Vegan Society approves!

Good Life Cafe, Columbia, SC

Raw vegan food isn’t just for dinner. Good Life Cafe packs health into every smoothie they serve. Inspired by flavors from Italy, Thailand, India, Mexico, and America, Good Life Cafe focuses on how foods in their most natural state can make life taste better. Aside from smoothies, you can grab a variety of appetizers, salads, wraps, sandwiches, and noodles form the noodle bar—all as wholesome as nature intended.

The Gathering Cafe, Charleston, SC

Can comfort food also be healthy food? The Gathering Cafe has made it possible. Aside from sourcing fresh, local ingredients, they make it easy to customize your healthy meal from the dish up. You can also make a grab-and-go to take home family sized portions.

Five Loaves Cafe, Charleston, SC

This one isn’t exclusively vegetarian, but it does boast quite the selection for non-meat eaters. Wholly vegan and vegetarian digs are hard to come by, but Five Loaves Cafe strives to harmonize the eating habits of herbivores and carnivores with one delicious menu. Their guests agree.

Health in Hand, Spartanburg, SC

You might find that a fresh, cold-pressed juice gives you all the fuel you need to power through your day. And that’s exactly what this ambitious juice and smoothie bar aims to do. No syrups, no sugars, just clean, raw fruits and vegetables, conveniently bottled and ready for you to grab-and-go. It sure makes saying no to the drive-thru that much easier.

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