Vegetarian diet

Menus with Vegetarian options on SeEat. Tap a card to open the visual menu.

A vegetarian diet excludes meat, poultry, fish, and seafood, while typically allowing dairy and eggs (lacto-ovo vegetarian). The common restaurant traps are not the obvious ones: meat stocks in soups and risottos, fish sauce in Thai and Vietnamese dishes, gelatin in desserts, and animal rennet in some hard cheeses like traditional Parmesan.

What to order

Paneer dishes (palak paneer, paneer tikka) — Indian cuisine’s vegetarian backbone
Margherita pizza or pasta al pomodoro — Italian staples, meat-free by design
Vegetable dumplings or mapo tofu (ask: classic uses minced pork)
Falafel wraps and meze spreads
Egg-based dishes — shakshuka, tortilla española, omelets

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Frequently asked questions

Do vegetarians eat eggs and dairy?

Most do — lacto-ovo vegetarianism allows both. Lacto-vegetarians skip eggs, ovo-vegetarians skip dairy, and vegans skip every animal product; menus and kitchens vary in which definition they assume.

Which menu items look vegetarian but often are not?

Soups and risottos (chicken or beef stock), Thai curries and som tam (fish sauce, shrimp paste), Caesar dressing (anchovy), refried beans (lard), and some hard cheeses (animal rennet).

How do I eat vegetarian at a restaurant that barely marks it?

Ask about the stock and the sauce — that is where meat hides. SeEat tags vegetarian-matching dishes and describes what is in each plate, so an unmarked menu stops being a minefield.