During the UK’s lockdowns, many of us have been ordering takeaways. Who doesn’t love having a night off from cooking?
But what are the options like for people who follow a vegan diet across the UK? Veganism has become popular over the last few years, with our recent survey increasing the popularity of vegan takeaways.
We analysed data from Tripadvisor and Uber Eats to put together a list of the best locations for vegan takeaways across the UK.
Cities with the Highest Percentage of Vegan Options
Coming in with the highest percentage of vegan takeaways is the city of Liverpool with 63% of takeaways offering vegan options, followed by Brighton and Hove with 57% and thirdly, Norwich, with over half of takeaways (53%) offering vegan takeaway options.
Cities with the Most Vegan Takeaway Options
Topping the list for the number of vegan takeaways per population is Brighton and Hove with 89 restaurants per 100,000 people offering vegan takeaway options. Coming closely in second place is Edinburgh, with 88 restaurants per 100,000 people offering vegan takeaway options. Following in third place is Bradford, with 68 vegan takeaway options per 100,000 people.
The Highest Rated Cities for Vegan Takeaways
There are six cities that have an average rating of 4.5 on Uber Eats.
The capital city of London has the most vegan takeaway options with 2,633 restaurants!
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, has 453 restaurants offering vegan takeaway options.
Bristol has 292 vegan options, followed closely by Glasgow with 270. Brighton and Hove has 218 restaurants and last but not at all least is Stoke-On-Trent with 66 restaurants offering vegan takeaway options.
Methodology
We took the total amount of restaurants offering takeaway services and number these which offered vegan takeaway options from Tripadvisor to work out the percentage of vegan takeaway options in each town and city.
Using ONS data to get the total population of each town and city, we also worked out how many vegan takeaways there are per every 100,000 people in each place.
Finally, we took average review ratings for each vegan takeaway in each town and city, according to Uber Eats.
