Pizza Express launches its first ever vegan restaurant – and it looks amazing

The pizza chain has delighted its customers by launching its first ever vegan branch in London as well as adding five new tasty plant based dishes to its menu

Fellow vegans, rejoice! Pizza Express has just launched its first ever plant-based restaurant in London – and we can’t wait to try it out.

Located in The Strand, the new pop up restaurant will provide a vegan alternative to some of its most famous dishes including the ‘American Jack’ and the ‘Pollo Ad Astra’ which will be changed to the ‘Vegan Ad Astra’.

The ‘American Jack’ features smoky jackfruit ‘pepperoni’ and tomato with the signature vegan mozzarella alternative and the ‘Vegan Ad Astra’ has been turned into a Quorn pizza with sweet red peppers, Cajun spice, red onion, tomato, garlic oil and vegan mozzarella alternative – our mouths are already watering.

Best of all? Pizza Express will also be launching a brand-new menu in its standard restaurants from today (21st September), which sees the biggest ever number of new vegan additions, including exclusive new vegan versions of the most famous PizzaExpress favourites.

The Vegan Pizza Express is open now, so you can head there to test out their delicious plant-based options.

The brand has been working with Jack and Bry for over a year in order to develop an exclusive vegan pepperoni, and it will be included in several vegan versions of classic Pizza Express recipes.

Now five classic PizzaExpress recipes are being introduced in vegan form – leaving diners spoilt for choice.

What’s on Pizza Express’ vegan menu?

American Jack – Smoky jackfruit ‘pepperoni’ and tomato with the signature vegan mozzarella alternative.

Vegan American Hot – Turn up the heat with smoky jackfruit ‘pepperoni’, tomato and vegan mozzarella alternative, with your choice of hot green, hot & sweet chilli or jalapeno peppers.

Vegan Diavolo – Smoky jackfruit ‘pepperoni’, Quorn pieces, Tabasco, smoky chilli, garlic oil, fennel seeds, tomato, green peppers and onions with vegan mozzarella alternative and your choice of hot green, hot & sweet chilli or jalapeno peppers.

Vegan Ad Astra – Quorn with sweet red peppers, Cajun spice, red onion, tomato, garlic oil and vegan mozzarella alternative.

Vegan Forza – Big on flavour and full of colour, smoky chilli Quorn with mixed peppers, tomato, hot & sweet chilli peppers, garlic oil, vegan mozzarella alternative, chilli oil and parsley, this delivers.

Commenting on the new vegan menu additions and restaurant, Shadi Halliwell, Chief Customer Officer at PizzaExpress said: “Vegan PizzaExpress is our first restaurant that will serve our vegan menu exclusively and is a true showcase of these authentic flavours that we’ve been perfecting since 1965. We’re thrilled to finally open the doors and can’t wait to welcome everyone from across London and beyond as they come to enjoy our wonderful new vegan menu.”

The restaurant is already open for bookings and walk-ins, and is located on 147 Strand, Aldwych, London, WC2R 1JA.