Govindas West End

I’m not a full time vegetarian, but there are still a few special days every month I will go vegetarian. Yesterday was one of them. So I was here for my lunch yesterday arvo. The store is located upstairs on a main street in West End. It’s around 3pm, not much customers over there. The food was good, however, I more prefer the atmosphere, pretty relaxing, especially when sitting by the window and enjoying your food with the hustle and bustle of the busy street downstairs on a sunny Queensland arvo.

Ive eaten at fee Govindas before and the food at Westend was equally as tasty. I chose basic feast plus a pastry of spinach/fetta which was delicious accompanied by a pulpy coconut juice can. All very satisfying! 😍

I came here on a friends recommendation a few weeks ago. This is not like a traditional sit down restaurant. In saying that it's uniqueness is exquisite! The extremely reasonable price point and the large quantity of vegan and vegetarian food available is amazing! For the price of 1 meal I has several days of leftovers. Despite being vegan/vegetarian the complexity and depth of the food is amazing! This is an amazing restaurant that is Brisbane's hidden treasure. I would strongly recommend a visit!

A hidden secret in West End. It's off the beaten path and the entrance is up a flight of stairs and through an unmarked door with opening hours on it. This Govinda's amounts to an outlet for the main kitchen in George Street. All food is brought in fresh each day and therefore meets the usual quality your associate with Govinda's. The dining area is cosy and the area is air conditioned. You can get the feast option for $12.90 and there are no restrictions on how much you can have. If you don't want to gorge yourself, you can get a plated selection without halva for $10 which is very reasonable. I struggled to go back for kofta seconds at lunch and as I write this review at 5pm I'm still feeling full. Now I know it's here I'll surely be back again.

Went to west end Govindas on Saturday as CBD one stays close on sat and Sunday. The food prepared at Govindas is satvik means no onion, garlic and mushrooms so if you are a choosy vegetarian then this place has good options and great taste. Curry+rice with dal, kofta, samosa, lasagne etc. They have options in drinks as well, I tried ginger+lemon+mint and it was superb. It is a good place, pocket friendly as well worth giving a try, I am now like a regular customer there 😁

A small gem of a restaurant that unfortunately does not have a lot of visibility. The staff are super friendly and it's a simple peaceful atmosphere. You get a good portion of tasty food that's really worthy of the price.

Great. Good tasty filling food, great value, friendly service, chilled out relaxing vibe. Strong recommend.

Lovely staff. Generous portions and so delicious! You must try the koftas and semolina pudding!

This all-vegetarian restaurant is (somewhat characteristically) above the street level. It's not fancy; you're getting various curries ladled out for you onto a thali, sitting by yourself, and there's not much in the way of ambiance. I was attracted on a day when I hadn't had nearly enough to eat by the fact that they offer an all you can eat plate. Mind you, you probably don't need a ton of refills on that plate. They call it a feast for a reason. The plate is filled with some koftas (fried balls of something or other), lentils over rice, a basic vegetable curry of the day, some papadums (lentil crackers) for dipping, a bit of salad, and dessert. A light lemonade is also included. You can expect a reliably rounded and satisfying meal, with simple flavors (touch up with a spicy chutney if you like). I've still yet to find a really high-brow vegetarian restaurant with as diverse and exciting of a menu as I'd like, but you'll not likely find a better deal in West End than this right here.

There is a sad time in every student's life, when its another inconsequential day, their stomachs have caved in, and broke as a joke they are left to figure out what kind of nutrition they can get at the overpriced fare offered at their educational institution. Whenever I am stuck in this kind of existential dilemma I round up 6-10 of my closest companions and offer them one magic word, the word that unknots the stomachs and smooths the brow. GO-VIN-DAHS! For those not in the know (you poor poor human's) Govinda's offers the best cheap and amazing vegetarian fare in all of Brisbane, Student meals AND all you can eat for just $12! Grab a plate and pile on those Koftas! (Also, please please please try the Halava with Custard, you will become a better person for it.)

The food was amazing, really tasty and only $12.90 for the buffet so I was able to repeat myself a couple of times and even taste their deserts. the place is very humble, nothing flashy but the service was good and the food excellent.

Are you hungry? Are you poor? Are you Hare Krishna? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you'd best hurry in the little door and up the worn stairwell to Govinda's. Emerging from the damp, dark stairwell and hallway into the huge hall-like room that is Govinda's is a pleasant experience in itself. The walls in here are painted with bright colours and murals and big windows looking down onto Elizabeth street light the whole room all the way up to it's high ceilings. The creaky wooden floorboards and echoing hubbub reminds me of an old boarding school cafeteria, but the food is so much better. The atmosphere at Govinda's is very welcoming and communal and you will see all kinds of people getting their lentil fix up here. Business men, gaggles of teenagers, Hare Krishna's and the homeless are all fixtures here, and so am I because for a exploitatively low price you receive an all-you-can-eat portion of dhal, curries, rice, salad, and the AMAZING kofte balls. It's all vegetarian of course, since it's run by Hare Krishnas, and the curries change daily. When you've filled up on curry, it's time for desert and there's halva and other sweet treats ready for your plate. One of my favourite things at Govinda's is the big keg of homemade ginger and mint drink that you can refill your glass from as many times as you want. It's so refreshing and thirst-quenching that on a hot day you'll never want to leave. Thank you, Govinda's, for your generosity and kofte balls!

Cheap cheap cheap, and the food's good too. $12.90 for the feast Feast Meal Menu Include: Fragrant Jasmine Rice, Daily special mixed vegetable curry, Split mung dahl (Lentil soup) , Koftas (Savoury vegetable puffs), Fresh tomato and herb chutney , Pappadam (Lentil tortillas), Fresh garden salad , Halava (Semolina fruit pudding) with custard and home made ginger & mint lemonade. The good: koftas in the tomato and herb chutney. The bad: too much food for one person - this says more about my big eyes and small stomach than it does about Govinda's.

Like every hare krishna place, lovely people, generous servings and a calming place to eat lunch by yourself more than with people (in my personal opinion).

As far as healthy, tasty and cheap eats go, you don't get much better than Govindas. The Hare Krishna food joint is somewhat of an institution among students and the generally 'povvo' about town for its low prices and all-you-can eat style (though seconds are rarely necessary). The service is nice, what you'd expect from spiritually enlightened staff, and the portions come packed to the edges on large metal compartmentalised plates. There's rice, various vege curries, salad with this nice yoghurt dressing, halva and custard for dessert and best of all -- the ultra delicious kofta balls. Not being a huge fan of the halva (it's a bit stodgy for me) I usually ask for extra koftas instead. They are crispy on the outside, soft in the middle and come with this sweet tomato chutney. They are quite literally, to use the idiotic parlance of our times, "AMAZE-BALLS".

Went there today for a lunch. 5 star Quality and quantity of food for the price you pay and it's nutritious for the Body and soul. Good escape from the buzzing vibe of West end. Good customer service. Limited food and seating options though.

Been here twice and loved it both times! The feast plate of $12 was so filling - rice, mixed vegetable curry, daal, papadums, halva in custard, green salad with mint chutney + drink! Loved every bite of the karma-free meal. As I was struggling to find the right bus to get to West End from the city, I quickly called the restaurant up - 10 mins before their closing time to say that I would be there for a late lunch! Guess what - they kept the place opened just for me to come and get my meal. I loved them just for doing that!

This restaurant was not at all what I had expected. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE VEGETARIAN BUFFETS, but I was not at all even remotely impressed with this establishment. The metal trays, unkempt appearances and food of questionable origin and freshness was not my cup of tea. The koftas everyone speaks so highly of, were soggy and chewy masses of dough, the salad was pallid, and the vegetable and bean stew tasted of canned tomatoes. Guys, I know this place is cheap, but for what you're paying there are a lot better options in the neighbourhood. Keep yelping.

For what it is, it's really good. Cheap, vegetarian / vegan Indian buffet. We came for dinner one night. It was something like $12 for the buffet option, but you can order smaller amounts for cheaper. Food is tasty, though not incredible. Service is very friendly. Interior is simple, but clean. If you're starving and are craving this type of thing, I'd recommend giving this place a try.

Delicious. I get Govindas usually once a week for lunch (sometimes more) and I look forward to it every time. The food is delicious, the kofta balls and pappadams are the best. The staff are really nice and the price is great. Very simple inside but I think it's part of the charm.