Thrive Cafe Bar

Things just keep getting better and better for the veggies and vegans among Edinburgh's residents, with seemingly every other new opening catering to herbivores.

Thrive is one such place. This newcomer to the ever-popular Bruntsfield Place offers up a relaxed cafe-style menu based around big salads, chunky burgers and veg-packed brunches. Nearly everything on the menu is vegan-friendly, which means you won't find any sandwiches, but there are plenty of creative alternatives just waiting to kill those hunger pangs.

Take brunch, for example. Why tuck into a traditional bap when you could find yourself falling a little bit in love with a tofu taco, or a full-on vegan spread, including haggis, black pudding and roasted red peppers? Moving on to the main menu itself, you'll find options a'plenty, from their in-house wings (made using tempura-battered cauliflower florets), spicy chili made from shredded jackfruit, tempting falafel bowls and a hearty black bean and quinoa burger, served with homemade salsa.

With their colourful dishes, laidback vibes and cleverly-selected accompanying tipples, Thrive want everyone, whether carnivore, herbivore or otherwise, to feel welcome in their home, and to not think of their animal-product menu as limited, but as a doors-open way of looking at what the future could hold with a plant-based diet.