Delicious Vegan Meals on the Go: From Avanti to easyJet!

Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus

The Irish airline’s on-board menu has a vegan meal on flights between Ireland and Europe. Try the vegan tikka masala wrap with chickpeas, mango chutney, carrot, and baby spinach. In-flight shoppers can snack on Oreos while browsing vegan and animal test–free skincare products certified by the PETA US global “Beauty Without Bunnies” programme.

Ambassador Cruise Line

Ambassador Cruise Line

Sail away while indulging in the great vegan options at the sophisticated Buckingham restaurants aboard Ambassador’s cruise ships. Lunch dishes that can be made vegan include vegetable tempura with soy and ginger sauce and crispy vegetable bhajis with yoghurt sauce. From the dinner menu, it’s possible to order plant-based versions of the cauliflower mac ’n’ cheese, cobb salad, and cheese mousse. Head to Saffron for South Asian dishes such as the Vegetable Khazana and the Wild Mushroom and Green Pea Lababdar. For dessert, opt for the vegan trifle or warm vattayappam with cashews and sultanas. What’s more, you can order a chickpea and lentil burger straight to your room or find a dedicated vegan menu at the Chef’s Table featuring a cauliflower “steak”, a selection of vegan cheeses, and espresso crème brûlée.

Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast

Avanti West Coast operates services from London all the way to Glasgow, and it’s on the right track when it comes to vegan fare. From the on-board shop, grab a lemon drizzle flapjack or KIND bar for a sweet snack. Treats for first-class passengers include breakfast hash – a mix of potatoes, mushrooms, sun-blushed tomatoes, and kale seasoned with herbs and spices – or a falafel and orange salad with fresh rice and a sweet, smoky tomato dressing. Passengers in the first-class lounges can enjoy Tomato and Herb Pizzeria Bites and a double chocolate oat cookie. Soya milk is often available for hot drinks upon request.

British Airways

British Airways

Travellers, rejoice! British Airways provides vegan options on short-haul flights. Order a spicy mango chickpea wrap, designed by chef Tom Kerridge and filled with an Asian-inspired mix of chickpeas, rainbow slaw, mint, mango mayonnaise, and crunchy lettuce; a range of Pollen + Grace salads; or a hot Vegan Antipasti Ciabatta filled with Gouda-style cheese, grilled peppers, artichokes, chickpeas, and vegan basil mayonnaise. For something sweet, opt for the dark chocolate and sea salt praline truffles or a LoveRaw M:lk Choc Cre&m Wafer Bar. You can pre-order from the High Life Café menu before your flight. As part of a sustainability push, vegan options are also served in British Airways lounges in the UK and US. On long-haul international flights, passengers can enjoy PureOaty barista-style oat milk in hot drinks – perfect for early morning jet-setters.

East Midlands Railway

East Midlands Railway

PETA loves that East Midlands Railway has added delicious vegan options to its first-class menu. The selection includes a chickpea, mango, and masala wrap and THIS! Isn’t Chicken and stuffing sandwich. Soya milk is also available for hot drinks.

easyJet

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easyJet’s EAT. DRINK. SHOP menu includes many delicious vegan options. Tuck into an itsu rice noodle pot – packed full of authentic natural flavours – or opt for Thai Chilli Crunchits, crisps, olives, or other snacks. The vegan “Free From” snack box includes Nairn’s oatcakes, Urban Fruit baked mango, houmous, a Moo Free chocolate bar, and smoked BBQ–flavour Love Corn. For something more substantial, the airline also offers a mouthwatering Penne Pomodoro. Non-dairy milk is available with your choice of hot drink, so sit back, relax, and sip away as you watch the world fly by.

Greater Anglia

Greater Anglia

Greater Anglia recognises the growing demand for vegan food and the benefits to the planet of not eating meat and now has options at the café bar and trolley service. Grab a vegan sausage roll to start and a berry muffin for something sweet.

Irish Ferries

Irish Ferries was the first ferry company operating out of the UK to have vegan items on the menu. On its Holyhead to Dublin service, there are several plant-based options at various eateries. From its club-class lounge, Martello, you can enjoy the superfood salad or Thai red curry, and the kids’ menu features ramen with fried tofu. Soya milk is available for tea, coffee, porridge, and muesli. Options from Boylan’s Brasserie include the Artists Garden Salad Bar and Loughnane’s Veef Burger with Violife cheese, vegan mayonnaise, and thick-cut chips.

Jet2

Jet2 is flying high when it comes to delicious vegan options. The on-board menu has penne arrabbiata or a snack box containing chocolate, oat cakes, hummus, and corn snacks, and there is soya milk for tea and coffee. You can choose an onion bhaji mango wrap with minted slaw for something light or pre-order a hot vegan meal when you book your flight. Choose between the Moroccan-spiced vegetable tagine with couscous and the all-day vegan breakfast with grilled tofu sausages, hash browns, and sautéed mushrooms in tomato sauce.

LNER

LNER

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) operates trains to London, northeast England, and Scotland. The Let’s Eat menu is available from the on-board shop or for pre-order direct to your seat. Vegan options include the Gudness Poha rice pot, Chickpea Curry Naanster, and double chocolate chip cookie. The first-class Deli menu features a THIS plant-based sausage sandwich for breakfast or brunch, and for lunch and dinner you can get a chickpea and tamarind salad. The first-class Dine menu also offers a full English breakfast with wilted spinach, THIS sausage, hash browns, mushrooms, and baked beans. Oatly oat milk is available for hot drinks. Full steam ahead!

Lumo

Lumo

Lumo runs low-fare electric trains from London to Edinburgh, and as part of its sustainability philosophy, over 50% of the menu is plant-based. Highlights include the M&S Plant Kitchen Hoisin No Duck Wrap and The Pasty Shop’s vegan pasty or “sausage” roll. There are also plenty of snacks and vegan sweets on board so if you’re planning a trip between London and Edinburgh be sure to pre-order with LumoEats.

P&O Ferries

P&O Ferries

Sailing from the UK to Belgium, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands, P&O Ferries has some great vegan food available. On ferries between Hull and Rotterdam, you can find vegan dishes at The Brasserie restaurant such as Keralan vegetable curry with rice and naan bread, thick-cut chips, and a sweet potato cake in panko breadcrumbs with pickled red cabbage, broad beans, peas, and green chilli. On ferries between Scotland and Northern Ireland, head to the Food Court and opt for a classic vegan burger and chips.

Roadchef

Roadchef

Roadchef is one of the UK’s leading motorway and trunk road service area operators. It has branches in 30 locations and offers several popular brands, including McDonald’s, Costa, LEON, and The Cornish Bakery – all with a wide variety of great vegan options. Its own Fresh Food Café can be found at larger service stations and offers a range of vegan dishes – perfect for a quick but filling bite on the road. Our top picks include the sausage bap, three bean chilli and rice, and cooked breakfast with THIS vegan sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, beans, and hash browns.

Note that the retailers, restaurants, and vegan options present at each service station vary.

Ryanair

Ryanair

Ryanair’s menu offers vegan meals, drinks, and snack options. The airline’s vegan lasagne with roasted vegetables and a soya bechamel sauce has been a huge hit, and it continues to be available on all European flights, along with snacks like multi-seed pretzel thins and original-flavour Pringles. Try a Prosecco upgrade – now, that’s travelling in style.

Stena Line

Stena Line

This ferry company has set sail for a better future: it has added more vegan meals across all its European passenger routes as part of its policy to reduce its impact on the environment. You’ll find options including a plant-based burger with vegan cheese served with chunky chips and coleslaw and a bean chilli bowl served with a crusty roll and vegan creamy spread.

Transport for Wales

Transport for Wales

Transport for Wales has a fantastic vegan option for first-class breakfast dining: a feast of vegan sausages, hash browns, baked beans, button mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, and toast awaits those embarking on an early morning commute. The first-class lunch and dinner menu offers dishes like the potato and leek samosa and a butternut squash Wellington with chive pomme purée mash, mint jus, and garlicky green beans. For dessert, try the Zesty Lemon Tart.

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic offers some great plant-based options on every flight. In “Premium Economy” and “Upper Class”, passengers can also enjoy LoveRaw chocolate bars from the on-board snack selection. Menus vary by route and season and have featured dishes such as a cauliflower, sweet potato, and chickpea curry with pea pilau, mushroom and garlic palak, and naan bread and a Beyond Burger with pickled onions, vegan cheese, and plant-based mayonnaise with truffle and rosemary crisps.

Welcome Break

Subway

Welcome Break service stations have great options for vegans, including at Burger King, Chopstix, KFC, PizzaExpress, Pret A Manger, Starbucks, Subway, Waitrose, and WHSmith.

Note that the retailers and restaurants present at each service station vary.

Wightlink

Wightlink

Wightlink operates ferries from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight and prides itself on its eco-friendliness. The company has the first hybrid-energy ferry in England, offers electric car–charging points, and runs marine conservation projects. Cafés at ports and on the ferries offer vegan sandwiches, “sausage” baps, vegan cheese and caramelised onion toasties, and plant-based Magnums. When possible, produce grown locally on the island is used.