My first go at eating all-vegan and I have to admit I really enjoyed the food. I ventured in on a week night around 7pm and it wasn’t busy at all so we grabbed a plate each and filled ‘em up with buffet style vegan food. As soon as you’re done choosing all your goodies you place your plate on a scale and pay by the weight. Staff aren’t overly friendly or attentive so this is a good place if you want to go chill out and not be fussed over. I had a spring roll, curry puff, dumplings, broccoli, noodles with Chinese vegetables and a potato curry. There was food made to look like pork and tofu was everywhere but I didn’t feel like I was eating vegan as it was full of flavour and not what I expected. There also happens to be a cat that sits in the hallway towards the kitchen/bathroom so if you’re into that sort of thing…
Mirzia B.
Tu valoración: 3 Sydney, Australia
This was my second time at this restaurant and I must say, I enjoyed the first time so much more, we ordered the spring rolls, they were really good. Sang choy bow also was tasty, bbq pork was ok, the fried eggplant parcels was not great and its usually one of my favs, the dumplings were ok as was the salt and pepper calamari, and we ordered other things but I cant even remember what it was which is probably a tell tale sign that i was not overly impressed by it, but my biggest dissapointment was the Singapore noodles, they had a strong curry flavor and were very dry, I pretty much ate steamed rice so i felt like I was getting my $ 30 worth as the bill came to $ 180 for 6 of us. I would probably go again being that my first visit was great and I remember I enjoyed everything I had and they have so much to offer on the menu, over 60 dishes, and I would try something different, being that I am not vegan, I suppose some things are an aquired taste and the food there is fresh and well prepared.
Jason S.
Tu valoración: 3 Moore Park, Australia
Waiters are slow and not very attentive. Food is nice but relatively expensive for the quantity. Nice people though. Average Wait Service + Expensive Food = 2.5 stars(rounded to 3).
Claire D.
Tu valoración: 4 Sydney, Australia
This place has always been one of my favourites. I was honestly a bit sceptical about the idea of vegan yum cha at first but one visit was enough to convince me otherwise. I actually took a large group of non-vegetarians here and they all reported really enjoying the food which is a good sign. And we were pleased when our cost per person worked out to be significantly cheaper than other yum cha places we frequent. Their normal menu is really good too, and I like that they use a lot of different vegetables that are less commonly used in food found in Sydney. I am pretty big on onion/garlic etc. so for their food flavours to win me over without using those was pretty unexpected. Also I tried one of their vegan cheesecakes — passion fruit flavour — reluctantly as vegan cheese tends to gross me out, but it was actually my favourite cheesecake I have ever eaten, and I tend to get it whenever I go back.
Kitty J.
Tu valoración: 3 Sydney, Australia
Go for the buffet at lunch time as you pay less per gram than at dinner time! Also, the cake from next door is TINY but awesome… I just wish that they had a better selection of side dishes, steamed veg and the like, to accompany their mains. Yum cha on a Saturday is expensive unless you go as a big group, in which case it ROCKS!
Debbie Y.
Tu valoración: 4 Sydney, Australia
Guilt-free icecream! Everytime I’m in the area, I stop by for a scoop of black sesame tofu icecream. It may not sound appetizing but it is delicious. They also have unique flavors like durian and goji berry. I haven’t tried their restaurant food yet but I will eventually.
Rachel Q.
Tu valoración: 4 Monterey Park, CA
Came here before watching a play in Newtown. My friend and I were starving so we decided to do buffet style, so we could eat quicker. Basically you just fill your plate and then they weigh it, and you pay for exactly what you want. I like this, but buffets can get a little bit dangerous in that sense. So my friend and I started piling things on our plate. I got a dim sim, some bbq pork, some crispy chicken, tofu, eggplant, veggies and chow mein. We also split a rice paper roll. My friend’s dish ended up being about $ 19 and mine was $ 14. Overall everything was good, the stand outs were the bbq pork and crispy chicken. Some of the tofu dishes were just ok. My friend told me that this place doesn’t use specific ingredients like onion, garlic or leek in their dishes because it can be harmful to the lungs, heart and liver, which I never knew. I think that’s pretty cool. After dinner we got some tofu ice cream. My friend got coconut and I went for my favorite black sesame. Tofu ice cream is interesting. It’s different but tasty nonetheless. Overall a good place. Nice staff and not too expensive. Probably better to order a la carte as it is fresher.
Abhaya P.
Tu valoración: 4 Palo Alto, CA
I’m a vegetarian and I love going here. Some dishes may not be the best, but I love the crispy skin not chicken and the BBQ not pork. The dumplings are also very nice. They usually have great vegan cheesecake too.
Laura c.
Tu valoración: 2 Sydney, Australia
I am not a vegan, far from it in fact, but I have a vegan friend and we went here one night for her birthday. Green Gourmet is an interesting place. It is self serve and you pay for your food by the weight. Score for me because at times I tend not to be a very big eater. This happened to be the case on this particular night, not because I wasn’t hungry but rather because I didn’t find the food very inspiring. As Danielle L previously noted, the food was especially oily and bland, a contradiction to their name ‘Green Gourmet’. Most of the food was cold, despite it sitting on hot plates for what was probably the better part of the day. Others ordered desert, but I just couldn’t stomach it. And I don’t think it is a problem with vegan cuisine because I am keen to visit other vegan restaurants with my friend, but I think it is the way that this restaurant has decided to execute it. Sorry, friend.
Lauren B.
Tu valoración: 2 Sydney, Australia
Green Gourmet is great news for vegos and coeliacs. Even though I’m neither, I still love it for a healthy lunch fix. The first restaurant opened in Mosman in 1989, which was followed by the Newtown restaurant in 1998 and one in St Leonards in 1992. Now the Newtown outlet has expanded to a Vegan’s Choice Grocery shop next door, where you can buy plenty of take-home vegan products. The Chinese menu is 100% vegan, so there’s no meat, dairy, garlic or onion in sight, and many of the dishes are wheat and gluten-free. Green Gourmet is open for lunch and dinner seven days. For entrees, I love the selection of steamed dumplings for just under $ 10. The shredded Beijing«mock duck» wrap is a bit of make-your-own fun, with vegies wrapped in a hand-made, traditional pancake. The chestnut sang choy bow for two is also a clear favourite. Soy mince(don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!) blends with snowpeas, sweet corn, mushrooms and water chestnuts in crisp, chilled lettuce leaves.
Danielle L.
Tu valoración: 1 Sydney, Australia
I write this review with a HUGEHUGE apology to my family… Last year I went through this Vegan phase after watching the documentary Earthlings. I was determined not to eat any animal product again… Unfortunately for my family I went through this phase a few weeks before my birthday– which meant, that when it came to deciding what restaurant to go to, I picked a Vegan one — Green Gourmet… Now I’m sure Vegan does not equal oily and tasteless, yet somehow is this eatery it did. I watched my poor meat eating family endure their tofu pseudo meat — swallowing it down, feigning enthusiasm… now, I will say what my family couldn’t because they were being polite… this sucks! Veggies are delicious and when cooked well and with great flavours can be simply amazing. Unfortunately that was not the case with Green Gourmet. It seemed like their motto was the oilier the better. The reconstituted meats felt and tasted fake and all in all it was not fun… I didn’t stay Vegan for long after this meal and i’mnot blaming Green Gourmet for my lack of convictions — i just think if you’re meant to specialise in a food — you should at least specialise!