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title: A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today. · what assistants recommend in Johannesburg · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/johannesburg/recommended/vegan-lunch
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 Recommended by assistants · Johannesburg, ZA · October 2026

# A good vegan or vegetarian lunch near the centre, today.

What ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini answered when asked this in Johannesburg on 2026-10-16, with web search on: the places named, who named them, and the direct link where the place has one.

| Place | Named by | Direct link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Asian Herbivore](https://directindex.org/r/asianherbivore.com) | Claude with its own site
Gemini with its own site | [asianherbivore.com](https://asianherbivore.com/) |
| [Anderson & Simmonds Streets](https://directindex.org/scan/gandhisquareprecinct.com)
not in the index | ChatGPT with its own site | [gandhisquareprecinct.com](https://gandhisquareprecinct.com/) |
| [Bersufekad Bar & Restaurant](https://directindex.org/scan/bersufekadbarandrestaurant.co.za)
not in the index | ChatGPT with its own site | [bersufekadbarandrestaurant.co.za](https://bersufekadbarandrestaurant.co.za/) |
| [Fruits & Roots](https://directindex.org/scan/fruitsandroots.co.za)
not in the index | Claude with its own site | [fruitsandroots.co.za](https://fruitsandroots.co.za/) |
| [La Pergola](https://directindex.org/scan/lapergola.co.za)
not in the index | ChatGPT with its own site | [lapergola.co.za](https://lapergola.co.za/) |
| [Leafy Greens Whole Food Café](https://directindex.org/r/leafygreens.co.za) | Claude with its own site | [leafygreens.co.za](https://leafygreens.co.za/) |
| [Little Addis Cafe](https://directindex.org/r/wixsite.com) | Gemini with its own site | [wixsite.com](https://wixsite.com/) |
| [The Fussy Vegan](https://directindex.org/r/thefussyvegan.co.za) | Gemini with its own site | [thefussyvegan.co.za](https://thefussyvegan.co.za/) |
| Saffron Hot ’n Spicy
not in the index | ChatGPT by name | no link given |

 Method

## How this is read

Each assistant was asked once per question, with web search on, for up to three places and the link to each one's own website. Names are read from the answer and matched against the index; links between a name and the next are that place's. "With its own site" means the assistant linked the place's own website; "through a marketplace" or "a directory" that it linked a listing instead; "by name" that it gave no link. The direct links come from the Direct Index scan of the place's site, not from the assistant.

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