Govindas Vegetarian Restaurant

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At Govindas restaurant we have been serving delicious meals for more than 15 years in Brisbane. Our menu is pure vegetarian and cooked fresh daily from only the finest ingredients sourced from selected providers. We cater for all functions, big or small, and we also hold regular cooking classes.

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  • Ms Krissy Liz   21 reviews
    I first tried to Govindas years ago and fell in love with the delicious vegetarian food choices. I have been back so many times over the years just for the dumplings & dipping sauce... Yum! This place is definitely on my list for favourite lunches though I wish the atmosphere was less hectic/busy/crowded. I suppose that's what happens when you combine good food at a good price.

    2 months ago - 22/02/2013 via TrueLocal for iPhone

  • Livke   2 reviews
    Love the variety of vegetarian food, and the prices are also good.

    6 months ago - 09/11/2012

  • CandiceP   8 reviews
    This place is an institution. I've been going here for YEARS and it's delicious, healthy and good for the pocket. Win.

    10 months ago - 11/07/2012

  • SocialSass  Local Star   108 reviews
    Lovely staff. Need more variety though. And a full plate of food is almost the same price as the tiny glass of juice you get!

    24/04/2012

  • Piyush Khera   11 reviews
    Really nice food. Love customer service.

    17/03/2012

  • NathanRobe   10 reviews
    Love vegetarion, good range of food , cheap in price and healthy, give it a go.

    20/12/2011

  • EllezWorld   30 reviews
    I still crave food from here! It was full of flavor and very cheap!

    Please open a restaurant in Adelaide! :)

    09/09/2011 via TrueLocal for iPhone

  • Patel Chandubhai C  Newbie   1 review
    Nice veg. food in Australia
    very nice experience of veg hotel with Indian traditional food..
    Price is very reasonable too.

    22/01/2011

  • vcol7652  Newbie   1 review
    Both my boyfriend and I are no strangers to vegetarian cooking - and he is particularly fond of learning new recipes... so for his birthday I decided to take a gamble and book us both into what was advertised as a 'vegetarian cooking class' at Govinda's Restaurant on Saturday night. We arrived to a room completely decked out with hari krishna paraphernalia and a motley crew of strange people sitting at tables with salty peanuts and vile chocolate pieces. These odd types were seated around what appeared to just be one table at the front with a single element for cooking. My boyfriend was already giving me looks and alarm bells were going off in my head - but I wanted to give it a go anyway - so we took a seat after paying and it was then that the true horror began to unfold. This 'cooking' class started off with a strange MC going on for fifteen long minutes about how good the chef was and we became extremely bored. Finally the chef came out and proceeded to lecture us on how salt was a 'killer' and not to use it in cooking (when everyone knows that salt is essential in cooking!) and then put in what I considered a 'killer' entire slab of butter into a pan, some strange smelling cheese, some blended spinach and some curry powder and called it a dish? It would be ok if it tasted great, so I reserved total judgement until tasting. Then (after only 15 minutes out of the 2 hour class booking) he said he'd finished the teaching?!? and handed over to some random lady who then proceeded to talk to us about homiopathic remedies for twice as long as he did with his lesson! I was livid and so was my boyfriend. So far, we'd learnt that salt was a killer - but that arsenic was good for you in small amounts in homiothapy! After that lady finally sat down - another 15 minutes were spent giving out lucky door prizes (that turned out to be hari krishna chanting books)! I was beside myself. Finally, the food came out (keep in mind that NONE of it had been demonstrated to us in a cooking sense apart from the spinach cheesy nightmare) and we thought well we might as well sample this food before abandoning the night entirely.... BIG MISTAKE. I literally had 2 mouthfuls - one of a disgusting fried specimen (no idea what it was called) and one of the dish the chef had taught us - and both were so vile that it was then that we decided to call it quits and go somewhere else for dinner to try and salvage this birthday night turned into nightmare. I started to feel sick on the way to the other restaurant, and when we sat down, my boyfriend - who i have NEVER seen throw up since we've been together (over 3.5 years) suddenly leapt up and ran to the bathroom to vomit. Ten minutes later, I did the same. DO NOT go to this restaurant - neither for it's sham 'cooking classes' or to eat - if you have any kind of disearnable palette or like to keep your food down. Worst food exprience - ever. Could not have scripted this if I had tried.

    12/12/2010

  • ljsargent   5 reviews
    Great for vegetarians, always busy, food can be a little rich though but there's great variety.

    10/11/2008

  • Ab0lish3d   10 reviews
    WOW! you have got to give this a go! I dont know how many people say to me "aww i am not eating vegetarian" and after i take them to Govindas, they realise that you cant even tell that its only vegetarian! you must MUST have the halava desest, they are amazing! they even have many hari krisher books available to browse, the atmosphere is relaxing and casual! not the kind of place for Paris wanna-be's as its not a yuppie establishment.

    04/09/2008

  • zuckerkeks   32 reviews
    Beautiful vegetarian fare here to satisfy even the most carnivorous of taste buds - very wholesome and filling. They have now stopped the all you can eat. Now you pay the same price for the same plate full of food - just that you can't go back for seconds. Price still includes the delicious halawa (??) dessert and homemade lemon drink. Walls are extremely brightly coloured and lined with hari krishna books creating an no-fills, though warm and eccentric surrounding.

    04/08/2008

  • green01   36 reviews
    Great wholesome food however beware as it is very high in sugar unfortunately

    27/07/2008

  • jamesjoh   3 reviews
    Govindas provide a great service to the people of Brisbane providing a great meal for a great price. The vege food and service are first class. I fully recomend Govindas Restaurant.

    16/07/2008

  • Mick K   55 reviews
    Although I'm a carnivore at heart, I still find the food here amazing and so tasty you don't even realise that it's a vegetarian meal. Unfortunately they don't open too late for dinner, so it's usually best to try for lunch during the week.

    15/07/2008

  • monash   39 reviews
    This is no-frills soul food. There is another one in Maroochydore. Great value.

    15/07/2008

  • harche  Area Expert   38 reviews
    It is a vegetarian's heaven, if you're strict vegetarian and I would recommend this place as you'd find a great variety of vetarian dishes that aren't found else where.

    15/07/2008

  • piratepete   38 reviews
    Govindas is basically an eating hall with sparse furniture. But what it lacks in ambience it makes up for in the food. Yummy,...

    14/07/2008

  • Dr Green   41 reviews
    Great food for vegeatrains, but odd hours.
    If they're open, definatley give them a try.

    14/07/2008

  • Dian   32 reviews
    Been there only once, but even though I am not vegetarian, I still like the food. Location is quite handy, in front of the myer centre. If you have vegetarian friend, go there with them, and they would like it I think

    11/07/2008

  • Monday:
    11:00 AM-6:30 PM
  • Tuesday:
    11:00 AM-6:30 PM
  • Wednesday:
    11:00 AM-6:30 PM
  • Thursday:
    11:00 AM-6:30 PM
  • Friday:
    11:00 AM-8:30 PM
  • Saturday:
    11:00 AM-2:30 PM

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