Utopia Vegan — Restaurant in District of Canberra Central

My boyfriend and I had seen such great reviews about this place that we had been absolutely dying to come visit .. and it did not disappoint!! Such a beautiful and peaceful feel in the restaurant with happy families, young business men and women, and people coming and going collecting their delicious smelling takeaway orders. The presentation of the menu is perfect with easy to read prices, descriptions of ingredients and a lovely photo of how the dish is served. This is such a good idea as you don't have to guess how it will look once bought out. We had decided to be starving once we arrived here and order as many things as we could to sample during our special evening. I guess the waiter thought we were being excessive as while we were ordering he interrupted with "I doubt you can eat all this" muttered under his breath. It was quite hurtful and even though a possibly true statement, it made us feel as though we were being greedy and a nuisance. This sadly is now a lasting memory that we associate with this place and it did offend us. The food, however, lifted the mood once it arrived as it was so incredibly scrumptious and bursting with flavour. It is extremely clever and a real eye opener for people to taste and experience these dishes when they assume vegans only eat things like lettuce. Each mouthful was moist and addictive and so good. Yum! Despite a slightly rocky start this evening was a total success and we will be back! Also, we totally ate every single plate of food...

Delicious food but completely incompetent service. Our order was not taken until 50 minutes after we had arrived, and even that required prompting. We were a big group, but the delays were longer than reasonable.

Most of the food then arrived quickly enough, but in almost random order. Some dishes were delivered to the table behind us, an entree was served after the mains, and two empty rice containers were served to us. One main was served to another table and not even replaced.

The restaurant also ran out of quite a few dishes, which is fine. But then they ran out of rice. Rice. Pro tip, don't run out of rice. And if you do, send a waiter to Woolworths to buy some more.

Really delicious food, though. If you've got an entire evening to spare,...

Vietnamese restaurant. All vegan. Massive menu, lots of choice, all the usual favourites as well. Wonton soup, chicken white noodle soup, fried rice and cashew vegetable stir fry were all particular favourites of ours. Kids absolutely loved it and ate a lot of vegetables at the same time which was a bonus. I have been coming here every year for the last 4 years when I camp in Canberra or drive through on my way from Melbourne to Sydney and it's worth the drive and never disappoints. Very reasonable price, good portions, plenty of choice, delicious food. Wish they were located in my hometown. Love this place. They have been around for 10 years, which tells you something, and hope they...