Vegetarian Restaurants in Sydney

You hardly ever hear anyone raving about vegetarian restaurants in Sydney. Those poor vegos seem to get a raw deal (and we're not just talking about their barely blanched beans) on almost every restaurant menu in town. You can blame the chefs who turn up their noses at herbivorous ingredients or blame the public who loudly demand their pound of flesh (or 500 grams of wagyu). Or you can just shun these mainstream eateries in favour of those few quiet vegetarian heroes.

Indian restaurants are the saviour of many a starving vego, usually offering an admirable selection of vegetarian dishes. Maya Sweets takes it one step further with an entirely meat-free menu, as well as colourful Indian sweets and a constant stream of Bollywood music videos. But if you're a recent vegie convert or a dubious carnivore, there are vegetarian restaurants sensitive to your plight, offering plenty of faux-meat dishes. Green Gourmet creatively uses vegan products to make "I can't believe it's not meat" dishes such as not-pork buns and soy drumsticks.

There's nothing worse than nervously venturing out on a first date, only to find that your chosen steakhouse has your vegetarian date gagging. Govinda's circumvents that little catastrophe by offering an all-vegie buffet. Better yet, there's a cinema upstairs where you can snuggle up after your vegie dahl, making this place a top pick for romantics as well as vegetarians.

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