vegetarian (!) restaurants in goa

hemarprasad

hi,

i will be making my fourth trip to goa this year and in all my trips, as i am a vegetarian, food has been a bit of a bummer and people often tell me i might as well be dead than vegetarian in goa. i have tried little italy and this other place called bean me up (which i think closed down; can't seem to remember where it was located anyway...). looking for other options now. i usually get pretty sick of eating pasta with mushrooms in a dubious white sauce everywhere i go.

am looking for restaurant recommendations (breakfast, lunch, dinner) where i can have a good vegetarian meal (any cuisine), which doesn't taste like an after-thought. not sure where exactly i will stay, but it will definitely be in baga or calangute (or candolim perhaps). all recommendations within bardez/ north goa are welcome.

thanks,
hema

capt_mahajan

It would help others reply if you indicated which part of Goa you were going to be in.

catpat123

If you are in north Goa there is a new veggie restaurant on the Calangute/Candolim road. It only opened last season. We are not veggie but really enjoyed the food there. I think it's called Sharanam Green, it's on the left hand side as you go from Calangute to Candolim.

Indic

In Panaji you have the Kamat Hotel which has been there for time immemorial. Popular menu being standard thali or dosa etc. Basically, with some risk of generalization, in Goa for pure veggi, you best bet would be a gujarati restaurant or a southern Indian one. Other knowledgeable members please correct me if I am wrong.

regards

Indic

goagirlwannabee

I have noticed that Sharanam Green - 'open 24 hours' except on weekends and week days and during the night too so really open just during the day :-)

happysnapper999

We rented a house in Arambol for five weeks and are both veggie and found a number of vegetarian restaurants there. There's quite a good Tibetan one called something like The Laughing Buddha

roobob

I beleive the Plantain Leaf in Calangute/Baga on the main road and upstairs is a longstanding vegetarian restaurant. Very basis but as it has been going for years assume it does well.

shahronakm

Plantain's leaf at Calangute is def. best bet for vegetarians. It's one of my favourite restaurants during my visits to Goa which are very often for my business.

Also at Mapusa there is one Navtara restaurant near the bus stand.

In Panjim there are many
Restaurant at Hotel Rajdhani (Gujarati Thali & Punjai duishes available)
Also there is one restaurant at Hotel Fidalgo which serves Gujarati Thali.
Then for snacks like Idli & Pav Bhaji try Shiv Sagar.
Also theres Hotel Kamat.

Ronak.

fredericknoronha

The coast tends to have few veg options (even Goan Hindus are largely fish-eaters too). But the towns have good options.

Please see an earlier post... (not veg, but...)
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Hellsbells

The Plaintain Leaf in Calangute has amazing veggie food. My husband and I travelled to Goa earlier this year, he is a vegetarian and never just about every restaurant we visited had an incredible amount of options to choose from. Im not a meat eater but found I was eating mainly vegetarian food as it was so good. If you visit the Plaintain leaf they have this Okra dish which is the best thing Ive ever tasted and thats not normally a vegetable I would rave about!

GauhatiBoy

irrelevant post I made

goodytwoshoes

Plantain Leaf - only veggie restaurant which has made me VERY ill. Coming from Baga to Calangute - before you turn left at the roundabout to go up Calangute High Street - on the left is a fairly new veggie place called Shree Sagar which is OK. There are a couple of veggie places at the top of Calangute High Street opposite the large Temple which are both a bit dodgy looking but they do great Masala Dosas. Going towards Candolim from the Temple is a new complex called Sharnham Green (just past the turning to Little Italy) near the Ice Factory on the same side of the road. They have a nice veggie restaurant - a bit more upmarket than most but the prices and the food are ok - eaten there a few times.
Last season a few small veggie places opened up on this road.
Navtara in Mapusa is brilliant - before you get into Mapusa from Calangute opposite the large temple (which is the field on your right).
The Navtara in Panjim is nowhere near as good as the one in Mapusa. Kamat near the big church have very good veggie burgers and whilst you are in Panjim do not miss the Hotel Fidalgo which do an amazing Thali for 125rps - all you can eat with about 4 different drinks. Shiva Sagar is ok if not a bit rich.

ananda2193

The Udipi Restaurant in Chaudi does typical South Indian thali kind of food. It's real popular with locals. And they have awesome lassis'.

ALPHABAR

the udupi hotel in chaudi gets my vote also...but make sure you go to the right one - there are two. the good one is next door to the bank.

great for indian breakfasts

TDK

Hi All,

Two veggie restaurants i really recommend are:

'Bean me up'(near Vagator petrol pump) & 'Blue Tao' in Anjuna which also both have many vegan options.

Regards
TDK