Restaurant
Restaurant trading hours - Thursday to Sunday from 5.15pm - 9.30pm. Govindas restaurant will be closed from Thursday 19 December re-opening on Friday 3 January. Govindas Cinema is open for weekend MOVIE ONLY sessions during this period when the restaurant is closed.
Enjoy the friendly, down to earth atmosphere and eat to your full satisfaction for - Adults $28:00: Children $14:90 (aged 3 to 12). Separate dessert and non-alcoholic drink menus are also available (no BYO).
Movie Ticket prices: Adults $20:00 / Concession $17:00.
Payment is made on arrival at Govindas and NOT at the time of booking or prior to your arrival.
Operating for over fourty years, Govindas, a not for profit enterprise, has cemented itself in Sydney’s competitive dining scene & is widely regarded by the locals as a Sydney Institution. As one of the city's first plant based restaurants we pride ourselves on offering an ethical and unique dining experience.
Helmed by famous chef Karana Krishna Das for over twenty five years, he creates an impressive range of vegan and vegetarian dishes with particular standouts like coriander channa dahl and crispy deep fried cauliflower pakoras topped with chilli chutney.
Embrace contemporary informal dining in the heart of Darlinghurst. Feast on our extensive international buffet starting with the dahl soup, share a plate of pakoras and potato wedges and then get ready for the main course. Choose from an array of salads, baked penne pasta, sheperds pie, kofta balls in a house made tomato sauce or lightly spiced vegetable curries to name a few. Remember you can always go back for more of your favourites. Govindas offers a large selection of global cuisine and although we do offer several Indian style preparations as a part of our international mix we are not an Indian restaurant per se and our "Indian style"dishes are very lightly spiced and not spicy hot.
For large parties you can book our Magenta Room by phoning Tony, our manager, on 0425 333 086.
Special Dietary Needs
Our buffet is about 80% vegan. It is also 50% gluten free, the exceptions are kofta balls, pakoras, penne pasta bake and bread. The only preparations containing nuts is the quinoa salad and the ice-cream sundae. No onions, garlic or eggs are used in our cooking. For severe allergies please ask to speak to our chef on arrival.