£4.50Spicy Smashed Cucumber
smashed cucumber topped with crispy chilli oil. sesame seeds + oil
- 224Cal
- 3.2gProtein
- 14.9gCarbs
Wagamama Lighter Bites Menu with Prices
The wagamama lighter bites menu covers 5 plates and starts at £3.90 for the koko prawn crackers, with edamame, cucumber and greens filling out the range. Every dish in the section is marked vegan. The headline act is the spicy smashed cucumber at £4.50: cucumber cracked open so the crispy chilli oil soaks into the splits rather than sliding off.
The salted edamame at £5.10 carry 24 g of protein, more than most starters twice their size, and the wok fried greens at 163 kcal are the lightest cooked dish wagamama serves. Every price comes from published data, and the full menu shows the rest.
These plates exist to balance a table of curry and broth, which is exactly how regulars use them. Find your nearest restaurant with the store locator, and note that four of the five carry a gluten free marking too.
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All Wagamama Lighter Bites Menu Items (5)
£4.50
£5.10Edamame with Salt
beans with salt
- 280Cal
- 24gProtein
- 9.2gCarbs
£5.10Edamame with Chilli + Garlic Salt
beans with chilli + garlic salt
- 287Cal
- 24.3gProtein
- 10.2gCarbs
£3.90Koko 'prawn' Crackers
chilli + lime salt. sweet chilli dipping sauce
- 255Cal
- 2.3gProtein
- 35.6gCarbs
£6.60Wok-fried Greens
cooked in a flavourful garlic + soy sauce
- 163Cal
- 4.1gProtein
- 11.6gCarbs
Wagamama Lighter Bites Prices and Nutrition
| Dish | Price | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Salt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koko 'prawn' Crackers | £3.90 | 255 | 2.3g | 35.6g | 10.2g | 2.1g |
| Spicy Smashed Cucumber | £4.50 | 224 | 3.2g | 14.9g | 15.9g | 1g |
| Edamame with Salt | £5.10 | 280 | 24g | 9.2g | 13.2g | 2g |
| Edamame with Chilli + Garlic Salt | £5.10est. | 287 | 24.3g | 10.2g | 13.3g | 1g |
| Wok-fried Greens | £6.60 | 163 | 4.1g | 11.6g | 10.4g | 1.3g |
Prices marked est. are our estimate. Wagamama does not publish a price for those dishes, so we work it out from what they do publish. Check with the restaurant before you rely on one.
Data from publicly available wagamama information. Prices vary by location. Updated 16 July 2026. Report an error
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About Wagamama Lighter Bites
This is the section that balances a wagamama order. The plates are small, sharp and cheap, from koko prawn crackers at £3.90 to wok fried greens at £6.60, and they do the job rich mains cannot do for themselves: something crunchy, something sour, something green on a table of curry and broth.
Edamame come two ways, plain with salt at £5.10 or with a chilli and garlic salt that turns them from snack to event. The spicy smashed cucumber is the sleeper at £4.50: smashing rather than slicing lets the dressing soak into the cracks, so every piece arrives already seasoned. The whole section is plant based, and the wok fried greens at 163 kcal are the lightest cooked dish on the entire menu. One caution for coeliac visitors: vegan and gluten free are different lists, and most of these plates still carry soy based dressings, so check the marking on the day.
Wagamama Lighter Bites Questions
The small vegetable forward plates: edamame two ways, spicy smashed cucumber, wok fried greens and koko prawn crackers. Every dish in the section is marked vegan, including the prawn crackers, which are koko style rather than shellfish based.
From £3.90 for the prawn crackers to £6.60 for the wok fried greens. Only the chilli and garlic edamame lacks a published price, so that one is our estimate.
Cucumber smashed so it splits and cracks, then dressed while the surfaces are rough and thirsty. The technique comes from Chinese pai huang gua, and it is why the dressing tastes soaked in rather than sitting on top. It costs £4.50.
All of them are marked vegan by wagamama, which makes this the only fully vegan section on the menu. The koko prawn crackers are made without shellfish, which is where the name and the marking come from.
From this section, the wok fried greens at 163 kcal lead the cooked dishes. Only bare sides like pickles and kimchee from the extras list come in lower across the whole menu.
Young soybeans steamed in the pod, eaten by squeezing the beans out with your teeth. The pod itself is not eaten. With chilli and garlic salt they carry 287 kcal; plain with salt slightly less.
Two or three plates make an honest light lunch, and the maths stays modest: even the biggest plate in the section stays under three hundred calories. Most people use them alongside a main instead, which is what they are built for.
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