🥗 Vegan & healthy

Sourdough, gluten-free and keto loaves, plus cakes straight from the oven

Everything here is vegan from the ground up — including the 'cheese', the pesto and the chocolate — and almost the whole range also comes gluten-free, from bread to sweets. Anyone cutting carbs will find keto and low-carb loaves, and the shelves hold date syrup, Egyptian tahini and nut butters.

ℹ Bread sells out over the course of the day; gluten-free by advance order

Some of the island's best açaí bowls, vegan sandwiches, cold tomato gazpacho

Non-vegans come back here too: the vegan sandwiches are among the tastiest on the island, and beside them sit shelves of cashew cheeses, almond butters, natural peanut butter and fermented goods. On the sweet side — cacao shots and good chocolate.

⚠ The soups and toasties are less of a sure thing

A vegan kitchen with chef's takes on Thai dishes, all of it gluten-free

The interesting thread here is chef's versions of Thai dishes like khao soi, alongside poke and a rice salad, and the whole kitchen is gluten-free. Anyone chasing protein gets a protein bowl and tofu skewers, and chocolate cake waits at the end.

⚠ Very hit or miss

Vegan cafe in Thong Sala — the Ananda sandwich, salads and good coffee

Wild rice is the thread running through the menu — once as the base of a salad with lentils and roasted vegetables, once as a dish of its own — alongside tofu balls in cashew yoghurt and an unusual Burmese plate. The pad thai salad comes in a light version, and the sauerkraut, purple or plain, is fermented on site without sugar.

An organic farm looking out over lake and mountains, with the island's best shakshuka

Beyond the restaurant there is a shop selling the farm's own produce: organic eggs, greens and vegetables that rotate with the season, herb seedlings, locally grown turmeric powder and sometimes reishi mushrooms. The menu leans the same way — vegan options, coconut-milk malabi and a gluten-free wrap.

The burger that splits the island, plus lobster bisque and duck

Of all places, the steakhouse hides one of the island's better vegan burgers: a Beyond patty in a bun, which you can order in the restaurant itself or at their burger counter in the food court, for something less of a commitment.

⚠ The burger divides opinion

Vegan in Chaloklum: noodle soup, mushroom shawarma and plenty of gluten-free plates

Anyone avoiding gluten is well covered here — a good share of the menu is free of it. From the dishes themselves: a vegan noodle soup without MSG that doubles as comfort food, mushroom shawarma, a green curry that surprises precisely through its simplicity, and raw desserts to finish.

⚠ Opinions are divided

The green salad — avocado, fennel and nut dressing, among the island's best

If you are after a plate of greens, the green salad is what you come for: lettuce, avocado, fennel, cucumber and soy in a nut dressing, in a make-up that changes by the day. There is a good avocado salad too, and the seating is quiet and air-conditioned.

ℹ The green salad changes name and make-up with whatever is in the kitchen

The island's delivery app, fruit boxes included and they arrive cold

The fruit boxes are the right buy here: fresh, varied, well packed — and, crucially, they arrive cold. The same order can carry light breakfast plates and fruit tea in several varieties, so a healthy morning turns up without you leaving the house.

ℹ The app is not always stable

The vegan burger that surprises people who weren't looking for vegan

The strong point is the vegan burger: Beyond Meat, available in a gluten-free bun, and convincing even to people who weren't after vegan. The rest fills in nicely — pumpkin soup, a Belgian waffle, vegan cookies — on a menu that also suits vegetarians and anyone keeping kosher.

Organic salads, green smoothies and breakfasts worth lingering over

Order a salad here and you get the serious version — organic greens, with an option to add chicken breast that turns it into a meal — and the green smoothie beside it is one to sit with rather than rush. Pricier than average, and the difference shows up on the plate.

ℹ Expensive

Quinoa salad, tacos and quesadillas — light cooking with a Mexican lean

The quinoa salad is the order to build around — among the best things this kitchen sends out — with chicken salad, a cheese quesadilla and tacos beside it, the fish version included and working nicely. Since the move to the new location the level is less steady, so calibrate expectations accordingly.

⚠ Opinions are divided since the move to the new location

A fully vegan café — zen bowls, mushroom wraps and desserts

Vegan all the way down — you won't find dairy even in the coffee — with house tempeh in the zen bowl and desserts made on site, like the Snickers and the passionfruit-mango cake. New dishes turn up on the menu now and then, and the pool with its day pass turns a meal into half a day.

Protein bowls and a Beyond burger — a break from Thai food and burgers

The protein bowl is the reason to come — an answer for anyone after a plate with real protein on it — and the salad with chicken breast carries the same idea. Vegans get a Beyond burger here that stands as a dish in its own right, not a compromise.

Careful vegetarian cooking from good ingredients, and good coffee too

A good answer for anyone after a fun vegetarian dinner with a fancy touch to it. The kitchen itself is among the cleanest you'll see on the island, and matcha drinkers get an organic version here.

Vegan with plenty of gluten-free options — teriyaki tofu bowl and pumpkin soup

The advantage here is the breadth for anyone avoiding gluten — a good share of the menu is free of it. On the plates: a teriyaki tofu bowl, and a pumpkin soup that does the job of a homemade orange soup.

Fruit cut on the spot, and platters packed to order

A one-minute stop right on the junction opposite Lotus. Beyond the ready-made bags you can sometimes find peeled pomegranate and dates here, and anyone who brings a tray from home gets it back arranged and laid out — a clever solution for hosting without the work.