You'll hardly find a vegan offering as big as at the Oktoberfest in restaurants.
The Oktoberfest is not immune to current dietary trends either. Although vegetarian dishes such as pastries are traditionally part of every Bavarian menu, vegan dishes have actually been quite unusual at a volksfest, given only alittle more than one percent of Germans are vegan. But even if some people shake their heads at a chicken-free organic chicken fricassee, there is ultimately one food that unites all Wiesn visitors, whether vegetarian, vegan or carnivore: Wiesn beer. Even vegans can drink it without remorse - at least in moderation.
Vegetarians don't have to search long for a suitable offer at the Wiesn. Obatzda, Radi or Brezn are suitable as starters or snacks and soups are also offered in vegetarian varieties. Various dumpling dishes, e.g. with creamed mushrooms (Rahmschwammerl) or a Gröstl (also called Kartoffelgröstl) as well as Schupfnudeln, which are usually served with cabbage, are suitable as a main course. There are also the aforementioned pastries, which can be eaten as a main course or as a dessert: Kaiserschmarrn, steamed dumplings, apple and curd cheese strudel or even sweet dumpling variations such as apricot dumplings.
Pastries are also sold at stalls. Just like Rahmfleckerl or hearty and sweet Auszogne, Reiberdatschi or even vegetarian Bratwürstl.
Vegan Cuisine at the Oktoberfest
Of course, vegans have a significantly reduced choice, but there are now also some special dishes on offer. Some meat substitutes have been on offer since the 2010s. Unfortunately, vegan cuisine often doesn't even try to serve anything halfway Bavarian. In the meantime, however, word has gotten around that a vegan stomach doesn't necessarily need quinoa. Some menus are also lacking in good basics for a wide range of meals.
Vegetarian and Vegan Menus in the Big Tents in 2024
Even though the demand dropped significantly from 2022 to 2023, the vegetarian and vegan offering is stable. We don't include starters, desserts and brotzeit (cold dishes) in this overview.
| Spätzle with cheese, onions, and salad | €22.50 |
| Vegetable strudel with sour cream and potatoes | €18.50 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €24.95 |
| (Vegan) Thick vegetable lentils soup with potatoes | €15.95 |
| (Vegan) Seitan goulash with potato dumplings | €26.90 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €17.00 |
| Cheese dumplings with root vegetables and red cabbage | €17.90 |
| Pasta filled with spinach and curd with mushrooms in cream | €17.00 |
| (Vegan) Hummus with beetroots and pumpkin seed bread | €14.80 |
| (Vegan) Durum pasta with tomato vegetable bolognese | €15.50 |
| Organic spätzle with cheese, and onions | €19.80 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €24.90 |
| (Vegan) Vegetables with hominy grits baked in filo pastry with arugula and tomato ragout | €22.40 |
| (Vegan) Emmer patties with herb pesto and grilled vegetables | €22.90 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €19.90 |
| Organic spätzle with cheese, and onions | €21.90 |
| (Vegan) Bacon dumpling soup with bread dumplings and vegan bacon in homemade vegetable stock | €16.50 |
(Vegan) Krautfleckerl, steamed Bavarian cabbage extinguished with dark beer, crispy vegan bacon,
broad noodles | €18.50 |
| (Vegan) Fish-inspired patties with potato purée | €20.50 |
| Spätzle with cheese and onions | €19.80 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €22.50 |
| Vegetables with baked organic goat cheese, dried tomatoes, grilled zucchini, paprika, and mushrooms with arugula salad and potato bread roll | €24.50 |
| (Vegan) Currywurst with potato bread roll | €18.00 |
| (Vegan) Vegetable rissoles with natural jus and potato salad | €18.50 |
| Cheese spaetzle with fresh fried onions and cucumber salad in dill sauce | €19.50 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €31.00 |
| Bigoli pasta with white truffle cream sauce, fried porcinos and truffle | €31.00 |
(Vegan) Greenforce burger patty in pepper sauce, with fluffy creamed potatoes and
homemade fried onions | €27.50 |
French artichoke to pull cooked, stuffed with eggplant-chickpea puree, served with
a vegan lemon cream and a tapenade of dried tomatoes | €29.90 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €23.80 |
| Small finger shaped potato dumplings with sauerkraut | €19.80 |
| Spätzle with cheese, and fried onions | €20.50 |
| (Vegan) Vegetable strudel on tomato-basil-ragout with chanterelles | €21.90 |
| Spätzle with cheese, and onions | €17.40 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €22.60 |
| Spinach pretzel dumplings with organic spinach and tomato ragout | €16.80 |
| (Vegan) Zwiebelrostbraten from field bean soy rice, with mashed organic potatoes, gravy and fried onions | €24.80 |
| (Vegan) Sausage from pea protein with mashed organic potatoes, buttered breadcrumbs, mushroom-mayoram gravy, young organic scallion rings | €17.20 |
| (Vegan) Mushroom goulash with pea “Pulled” with potato dumplings | €18.50 |
| Spätzle with cheese, and onions | €18.80 |
| Pasta filled with spinach and ricotta, tomato sauce, rocket, cheese | €19.80 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €21.80 |
| (Vegan) currywurst with roasted onions and potatoes | €18.80 |
| Spätzle with cheese onions and salad | €20.50 |
| Pumpkin and spinach dumplings with tomato-oregano sauce | €18.80 |
| Porcini-stuffed “Schlutzkrapfen” with pumpkin ratatouille and vegetable jus | €23.50 |
Roasted potato and bread dumplings with Chanterelles, Champignons, Egerling mushrooms, Oyster mushrooms,
organic onions, fresh herbs, and organic egg | €19.50 |
| (Vegan) Goulash with nutmeg pumpkin, sweet potatoes, organic lentils, organic rice | €19.50 |
| Spätzle with cheese, onions, and salad | €23.50 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €27.50 |
| Pancakes stuffed with oyster mushrooms and leek, deep-fried arugula, Parmesan cheese | €22.00 |
(Vegan) Vegetable curry with mushrooms, sweet pepper, zucchini, snow peas, bamboo shoots,
coconut-curry-sauce, rice | €23.00 |
| (Vegan) Spicy potato goulash with onions, sweet pepper, herbs, almond milk | €19.50 |
| Pinzgau spinach dumplings with cheese filling on mixed creamed mushrooms and fresh herbs | €26.00 |
| Pasta with tomato sauce | €19.00 |
| Pasta with tomato sauce and burrata | €23.00 |
| (Vegan) Mediterranean grilled vegetables with artichoke bottoms, eggplants, peppers, zucchinis and fennel, refined with olive oil and herbs - served lukewarm with baguette | €22.00 |
| (Vegan) Greenforce patty with cognac pepper cream sauce and mashed potatoes | €26.00 |
| (Vegan) Celery goulash with apple and pretzel dumplings | €26.00 |
| (Vegan) Bratwurst with onion sauce and mashed potatoes | €19.50 |
| (vegan) Wok vegetables with shiitake mushrooms in soy glaze, served with fragrant rice | €23.00 |
| Creamed mushrooms with wild mushrooms, fried bread dumplings, cherry tomato and spring onions | €18.90 |
| Cheese spaetzle with organic mountain cheese and fried onions and cucumber salad | €19.90 |
| Potato gnocchi with tomato sauce, olives, grated parmesan, olive oil, two kinds of carrot, fresh herbs | €18.90 |
| Mini organic celeriac escalope with gremolata, glazed vegetables, organic sour cream and cranberries | €19.90 |
| (Vegan) Baked organic pumpkin, with hearty creamy rice, cherry tomatoes, radishes, red onions | €19.90 |
| (vegan) Cauliflower baked on yellow beluga lentils, with curry, vegan sour cream, radishes, flowers, fresh herbs | €18.90 |
| Spätzle with cheese, and onions | €21.90 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €20.80 |
| (Vegan) Three spreads, fine, crude, truffled, radish, baguette | €15.50 |
| (Vegan) Potato goulash with mushrooms, celery, and paprika | €16.80 |
| Schupfnudeln (finger-shaped potato dumplings) with sauerkraut | €12.20 |
| Spätzle with cheese, onions, and salad | €13.60 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling | €13.80 |
| (Vegan) Baked tofu with paprika potato vegetables | €19.80 |
| (Vegan) Schnitzel with homemade potato salad | €19.60 |
| (Vegan) Currywurst with french fries | €19.40 |
| Mushrooms in cream with bread dumpling and salad | €17.80 |
| Spätzle with cheese, and onions | €19.60 |
| (Vegan) Risotto from wholegrain naked barley with mushrooms and celery | €18.90 |
| (Vegan) Roasted hazelnut potato dumpling with root vegetables | €19.50 |
