Restaurants in Kentwood With Vegetarian Menus
Mithu Srilankan & Indian Cuisine pairs a vegetarian menu section with the table's top rating: a whole curry section of eggplant, lentil, sambar, channa and paneer, and a 4.8 across 646 reviews. It sits a block over the line in Grand Rapids and keeps short hours, so it pays to know the other nine.
What separates them is how much the menu does for you. Mithu, Desi Spice and Tokyo Grill & Sushi give vegetarians a section of their own, Pal's Indian Cuisine and Broad Leaf Brewery + Spirits flag dishes one by one, and the other five, from Thai Express to China 1, have meat-free plates you pick out yourself. The cuisines range just as widely, with signature vegetarian dishes priced from $10.99 to $15.99.
Our picks
- A whole vegetarian curry section: Mithu Srilankan & Indian Cuisine. The Eggplant Curry is $13.99 on a menu with its own vegetarian curry section, at the best-rated room here (4.8 from 646).
- The cheapest meat-free meal: The Pita House. The Veggie Pita is $10.99, and the menu notes the hummus and baba ghanooj are both vegan.
- Dinner with small kids: Tokyo Grill & Sushi. Eleven vegetarian maki rolls from $3.75 to the $11.50 Veggie Futomaki, plus high chairs and a kids' menu.
- Pizza with no meat and no dairy: PJ's Pizza & Slice. Non-dairy mozzarella and plant-based pepperoni and sausage on any crust; the plain Veggie Pizza is $15.99.
- A group that wants beer and something to do: Broad Leaf Brewery + Spirits. Indoor pickleball, and a $14 falafel plate carrying the menu's own vegan mark.
At a glance
| Option | Vegetarian Dish Price | Cuisine | Vegetarian Menu | Signature Vegetarian Dish | Rating | Reviews | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13.99source | Indiansource | Separate vegetarian menu sectionsource | Eggplant Currysource | 4.8source | 646source | 4309 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508source | |
| $14.69source | Indiansource | Vegetarian dishes marked on the menusource | Palak Paneersource | 4.1source | 248source | 2887 28th St SE, Kentwood, MI 49512source | |
| $13.99source | Indiansource | Separate vegetarian menu sectionsource | Palak Paneersource | 4.5source | 240source | 4445 Breton Rd SE Suite D, Grand Rapids, MI 49508source | |
| $14source | Mediterraneansource | Several vegetarian dishessource | Falafel Platesource | 4.5source | 380source | 3122 28th St SE, Kentwood, MI 49512source | |
| $10.99source | Mediterraneansource | Several vegetarian dishessource | Veggie Pitasource | 4.4source | 238source | 3730 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512source | |
| $13.99source | Thaisource | Several vegetarian dishessource | Pad Prak Roum Mid (Stir Fried Vegetables)source | 4.7source | 226source | 4313 Kalamazoo Ave SE, Kentwood, MI 49508source | |
| $11.5source | Japanesesource | Separate vegetarian menu sectionsource | Veggie Futomakisource | 4.2source | 304source | 4478 Breton Rd SE, Kentwood, MI 49508source | |
| $12.95source | Chinesesource | Several vegetarian dishessource | Mixed Vegetables Tofusource | 3.7source | 133source | 3838 52nd St SE, Kentwood, MI 49512source | |
| $14source | Brewerysource | Vegetarian dishes marked on the menusource | Falafel Platesource | 4.4source | 242source | 2885 Lake Eastbrook Blvd SE, Kentwood, MI 49512source | |
| $15.99source | Pizzasource | Several vegetarian dishessource | Veggie Pizzasource | 4.4source | 169source | 3836 52nd St SE, Kentwood, MI 49512source |
Mithu, Pal's or Desi Spice for Indian vegetarian
The three Indian kitchens handle vegetarians differently. Mithu puts its curries in a section of their own, most around $13 and built on coconut milk, with heat picked on a 1 to 10 scale. Pal's labels every dish vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free, marks the ones that can be made vegan with an asterisk, and lists which dishes carry bell peppers, cashews, egg or soy; it doesn't serve tofu. Desi Spice is the one that also does Nepalese food, so vegetarian momos, chowmein and biryani sit beside the curries.
Palak paneer is the signature dish at two of them: $13.99 at Desi Spice and $14.69 at Pal's. The Pal's figure comes from a delivery menu, since the restaurant posts its own menu only as pictures, so the dine-in price is probably a dollar or two lower.
Falafel three ways
Le Kabob, The Pita House and Broad Leaf all lean on falafel. Le Kabob's six-piece plate is $14, and its Veggie Combo of hummus, tabouli, falafel, a stuffed grape leaf and spinach pie is one of the few vegetarian plates here built as a full meal; it doesn't take reservations. The Pita House's falafel wrap and sliders sit beside the $10.99 Veggie Pita, though a few reviewers say portions have shrunk as prices rose. Broad Leaf's $14 falafel plate is the one marked vegan on the menu, but the kitchen rotates dishes through the year.
Takeout on 52nd Street and the short-hours spots
China 1 and PJ's Pizza & Slice sit at 3838 and 3836 52nd Street. China 1 is the cheap weeknight takeout, with a whole vegetables section, mostly $11 to $13 with rice, in portions reviewers split into two meals, though its 3.7 is the lowest score here. PJ's has the only drive-through on the list.
Hours can trip you up too. Mithu is closed Mondays and serves only evenings midweek, while Thai Express and PJ's are both closed Sundays. Thai Express holds a 4.7 on 226 ratings, but with no vegetarian section you'll want to know its all-vegetable entrees going in: stir-fried mixed vegetables, a five-vegetable blend, and broccoli and snow peas in peanut sauce.
The options in detail
Mithu Srilankan & Indian Cuisine
Sri Lankan and Indian cooking out of a small strip-mall room on Kalamazoo Ave, a block over the Kentwood line in Grand Rapids, and by a clear margin the highest-rated restaurant in this table. The menu carries a full vegetarian curry section: eggplant, potato and peas, lentil, sambar, channa and paneer, most of them built on coconut milk and priced around $13. Reviewers describe a mom-and-pop room where the person who cooked your food may also be the one who brings it out, and a heat scale you pick from 1 to 10. Hours are short (closed Mondays, evenings only midweek), so check before you drive over.
Pal's Indian Cuisine
A family-run Indian kitchen open since 2010, on the stretch of 28th Street just west of the Kentwood line, though the restaurant gives its own address as Kentwood. It cooks a long list of vegetable, paneer and lentil curries alongside the meat dishes, and every dish description says whether it is vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free; anything marked with an asterisk can be made vegan if you say so when you order. The dietary page is unusually thorough for a small restaurant, spelling out which dishes contain bell peppers, cashews, egg or soy, and noting they do not serve tofu. Reviewers single out the samosas, palak paneer and garlic naan; a few say the dining room could be cleaner.
Desi Spice
Indian and Nepalese cooking (the business is Himalayan Feast) in the strip next to Horrock's on Breton Road, with a menu section given over to Indian vegetarian entrees plus vegetarian momos, chowmein and biryani. Palak paneer, navratan korma and steamed veg momos all sit at $13.99, so a full meat-free dinner here stays under fifteen dollars. Regulars call out the coconut tofu curry and the momos; the room itself is plain, better suited to a weeknight dinner than an occasion. It is one of only two places in this table where dumplings, noodles and curries all come vegetarian.
Le Kabob
A Lebanese kitchen on 28th Street where almost everything is made in house, and one of the few places here with a vegetarian plate built as a full meal rather than a side: the Veggie Combo puts hummus and tabouli in front of falafel, a stuffed grape leaf and spinach pie. Falafel is what reviewers keep coming back for, and a six-piece plate runs $14. Baba ghanooj, mujadara, batata harra, fattoush and lentil soup mean a vegan diner has real choices. It is a casual room with outdoor seating in season, and they do not take reservations.
The Pita House
A Grand Rapids Mediterranean mainstay since 1995 with a second dining room on 28th Street, best known for the beef-and-lamb Sami's Gyro but well set up for meat-free eating. The Veggie Pita builds a wrap on tzatziki, hummus or baba ghanooj for $10.99, the cheapest vegetarian plate in this table, and there is also a falafel wrap, falafel sliders and a vegetarian platter of grape leaves and falafel. The menu notes that the hummus and baba ghanooj are both vegan, though the pita served with them is not gluten free. Reviewers describe a clean, welcoming room and fresh-made pita; a few say portions have shrunk as prices rose.
Thai Express
A small Thai kitchen in the Kalamazoo Ave strip, just outside Kentwood's border but listed at a Kentwood address, holding a 4.7 average across 226 ratings. Several entrees are entirely vegetable: stir-fried mixed vegetables, a five-vegetable blend and broccoli and snow peas in peanut sauce, all in the $14 to $16 range, and tofu is a protein choice on the green mango salad. There is no separate vegetarian section, so it helps to know which dishes are meat-free before you order, and the kitchen sets spice level on request. Lunch runs late morning to mid-afternoon and they are closed Sundays.
Tokyo Grill & Sushi
A Japanese restaurant on Breton Road whose ordering menu keeps an entire vegetarian maki section: eleven rolls running from a $3.75 asparagus maki to the $11.50 veggie futomaki of cucumber, gourd, yellow radish, avocado and inari. Vegetable tempura, edamame and salads fill out the meat-free side, and the hibachi kitchen will cook vegetables. It is the most family-ready room in this set, with high chairs, a kids' menu and chopstick helpers for small hands. Service slows when the dining room fills up, which reviewers mention more than anything about the food.
China 1
A no-frills Chinese takeout counter on 52nd Street with a vegetables section of its own: broccoli with snow peas, Chinese mixed vegetables, bean curd in garlic sauce, ma po tofu and mixed vegetables with tofu, most between $11 and $13 and served with rice. Portions are large enough that reviewers routinely split one order into two meals. Its 3.7 average is the lowest score in this table, and the room is a counter with a few tables rather than a place to settle in. Treat it as the cheap weeknight takeout option rather than a night out.
Broad Leaf Brewery + Spirits
A full brewery and restaurant off Lake Eastbrook with indoor pickleball courts, and the only place in this table that flags vegan dishes on the menu itself. The falafel plate and the roasted red pepper hummus both carry a vegan mark, and the Thai Pea(Not) Noodles are built on a nut-free tahini sauce instead of peanut. The kitchen rotates its menu, so the meat-free options change through the year and what is here today may not be in three months. It is the one room in this set you would pick for a group that wants beer, food and something to do in the same visit.
PJ's Pizza & Slice
A neighborhood pizza shop on 52nd Street that carries non-dairy mozzarella along with plant-based pepperoni and sausage, so a whole pizza can be built meat-free and dairy-free on any crust, including the gluten-friendly and cauliflower ones. The straightforward vegetarian order is the $15.99 Veggie Pizza with mushroom, red onion, black and green olives, green pepper and roasted red pepper. Garlic knots, salads and Chocolate Shoppe ice cream round out a family stop, and it is the only place here with a drive-through. Hours are short and it is closed Sundays, so it works better for an early dinner than a late one.
How we researched this
The Vegetarian Menu grade is read off each menu's own wording: a section heading, dish-by-dish flags, or all-vegetable entrees you find yourself, never a directory's vegetarian-friendly tag. The signature dish and its price are a pair, the price being what that one dish costs on the restaurant's menu or ordering site, with Pal's as the delivery-menu exception. Ratings and review counts come from Restaurantji. Three places, Mithu, Thai Express and Pal's, sit just over the city line in Grand Rapids; they stayed because their vegetarian menus are among the strongest nearby, and two of them list Kentwood addresses themselves.
Curry Leaf Indian Cuisine on 44th Street has a serious vegetarian menu of its own but no rating or photo we could source, so it isn't here. Gursha Ethiopian is listed as closed, Thai Fusion's website has no menu to cite, and chains like The Cheesecake Factory and Chipotle gave way to local kitchens. Broad Leaf rotates its menu through the year and hours at the smaller rooms shift, so look at the current menu before a special trip; this table reflects September 2026.