The vegan options at Qdoba are plentiful as they are at the majority of fast-casual Mexican restaurants. Order a burrito, taco salad (Qdoba has the crunchy taco shell!), vegan bowl or some nachos.

Is Qdoba where you remember Impossible Meat being available? We share more about that below, too.

Vegan Options at Qdoba

Breakfast

Check with your location for availability.
Served until 10:30am

Choose a small or regular version of the following breakfast options:

Potato Breakfast Burrito (choose small or regular size). Order with NO egg or cheese/queso. Pick your salsas (list below) … your burrito will come with potatoes, salsa choices and guacamole (optional).
Potato Breakfast Bowl (choose small or regular size). Order with NO egg or cheese/queso. Pick your salsas (list below) … your bowl will come with potatoes, salsa choices and guacamole (optional).
Simply Orange Juice

Signature Lunch/Dinner Item

Vegan Options at Qdoba — Qdoba’s Fajita Veggie Bowl. 1/2024

Fajita Veggie Vegan Bowl.

Choose your rice: cilantro lime rice, seasoned brown rice, half & half or no rice.
Choose black beans, pinto beans, half & half or no beans.

The bowl includes guacamole, fajita veggies, pico de gallo, chile corn salsa and salsa verde. These are all vegan-friendly. You can choose to eliminate any.

Create Your Own

Pick Your Entrée

Bowl. Regular size or Mini Bowl.
Burrito. Choose a Flour or Whole Wheat Tortilla
Salad. Your salad can be as-is in a bowl or in a Crunchy Tortilla Shell. Choose the Citrus-Lime Vinaigrette as your dressing. The salsas and/or guac can be used as a dressing as well.
Nachos. Order with NO queso.
1 Taco or 3 Tacos. Choose crispy or soft corn taco shells or flour tortillas.

Tortilla Soup details in FAQ.

Protein

Vegetarian … just means you want a veggie based dish/no animal protein
Impossible Meat (availability will be a long shot–more info in FAQ)

Rice (optional)

Cilantro Lime Rice
Seasoned Brown Rice
Half and Half (1/2 cilantro lime rice, 1/2 seasoned brown rice)

Beans (optional)

Black Beans
Pinto Beans
Half and Half (1/2 black beans, 1/2 pinto beans)

Choose Your Salsas & Sauces

Roasted Tomato Salsa (mild)
Pico de Gallo (mild)
Chile Corn Salsa (mild)
Salsa Verde (medium)
Fiery Habanero (hot)
Citrus Lime Vinaigrette (salad dressing)

Finish With Your Toppings

Pickled Red Onion
Pickled Jalapeno
Guacamole^
Grilled Fajita Peppers
Shredded Lettuce
Cilantro
Tortilla Strips

Sides

Add-ons to make a meal.

Guacamole & Chips
Salsa & Chips
Side of Guacamole
Side of Salsa
Side of Cilantro Lime Rice
Side of Brown Rice
Side of Black Beans

Kids Menu

For the Kid’s options, pick a Side and Drink: Applesauce, Chips or Beans (black or pinto) are considered sides. If you choose one of the beans, specify NO cheese. Your drink options are milk or juice…obviously, you will pick juice.

Kids Nachos. Order with NO queso … comes with your choice of protein (Veggie), salsas and toppings.
Kids Taco Meal (1 taco). Choose a crispy taco shell, soft taco shell or flour tortilla …comes with your choice of protein (Veggie), salsas and toppings.

* Qdoba notes their vegan options specifically on their dietary menu. With that said, they are still a shared kitchen. And as with any restaurant that is not 100% vegan or does not offer a designated cooking space for their vegan options, cross-contamination can occur and fryers/grills may be shared with animal products.

You can choose what your level of comfort is with these potential issues.

Qdoba Vegan FAQ

Is Qdoba’s Loaded Tortilla Soup Vegan?

Qdoba offers a Tortilla Soup for limited times. As of 2026, we’re not sure if we should call it vegan. We had the Tortilla Soup as being vegan, on this guide, since January 2024 because Qdoba had it noted as being vegan. Their most recent dietary guide (dated 10.14.25) has it noted as vegetarian and no longer vegan. After receiving the ingredients in the Tortilla Soup from Qdoba’s guest relations, we’re not sure why. Here are the ingredients. You can decide for yourself…

Water, Tomatoes (Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid), Seasoning (Modified Corn Starch, White Corn Flour, Dry Bell Pepper, Salt, Spices, Dry Garlic, Soy Lecithin, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Chili Pepper, Maltodextrin [from corn], Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Dextrose, Vegetable Gums [Xanthan, Guar, Carob Bean], Dry Onion, Flavor [Contains Maltodextrin (from corn), Salt], Poblano Peppers, Onions, Vegetarian Chicken Flavor Base (Water, Salt, Hydrolyzed Soy and Corn Protein, Soy Protein Concentrate, Corn Oil, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract, Flavoring, Soy Protein Isolate, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Tumeric), Soybean Oil, Tomato Paste (Tomatoes), Jalapeno Peppers, Cilantro. Contains: SOY

This was our original article created about Qdoba’s Loaded Tortilla Soup being vegan in January 2024.

Does Qdoba Offer Impossible Meat?

Here is the timeline: In February of 2019, we learned that Qdoba was testing Impossible Meat and ultimately rolled it out to all locations by the end of May that year.

Around December 2022, Qdoba removed Impossible Meat from many of their locations and chose to only serve it at restaurants that from our understanding, it does well at. Then in February 2023, Qdoba made a statement that they would no longer be offering it.

We still had VeggL users letting us know random one-off locations still had it but that even seems to be gone now.

As of 2025, we are unaware of any locations that still offer it; however, their dietary guide (most recent dated 10.14.25) still has it on there but states, only at select locations. We are trying to get a list of which locations that we can share but in the meantime, if you happen to know of any that do, please let us know!

Does Qdoba have vegan cheese?

No. Qdoba has yet to offer a vegan cheese.

Are Qdoba’s Chile Creme and Jalapeno Verde Sauces vegan?

No. According to the Qdoba’s Allergen guide, the chile creme contains egg and the jalapeno verde sauce has both dairy and egg.

Vegan Options at Qdoba (Updated 2026)