Vina Newtown, Sydney

100% vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant that is also suitable for vegans (no milk or milk related products in dishes with the exception of some desserts). This restaurant replaced Vinh Loi Vietnamese restaurant. Simple interior and friendly staff. Offer a range of Vietnamese salads, soups, vermicelli dishes, fried rice, tofu, and mock meats. They describe themselves as 'A family business with a long history of commitment to a vegetarian lifestyle. We hope to serve you the finest vegetarian dishes and hope to satisfy our customers with our cooking'.

User Reviews of Vina, Newtown

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8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 9 Value 8

Delicious food for all likes. I'm a vego but have brought friends who aren't and it has always been a success. The service is friendly and fairly prompt and the fact that it's a family run business makes it cosy. Their cold rolls are the best item on the menu as I could eat this for brekkie, lunch and dinner. Absolutely delicious! I also like their Tom Yum soup and their fried rice. We go here at least once a month, if not more, and eat. Highly recommended!

Mar 24, 2012

stiffany
13

8 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 10

I love the steamboat here. Delicious, flavoursome stock with large plates of fresh veges, mock meat/tofu and noodles. Great value, very tasty!

Feb 16, 2012

ant-eater
38

7.5 Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 3 Service 9 Value 9

Great vegetarian and faux meat! With so much to choose we often order a bunch of entrees and it comes out like yum cha, and the total bill comes to under $30 for 2. The service is always helpful and with a smile, it's family owned/run and the owners take pride in what they do.

Only problem is the looping 4 bars of vietnamese music gets really painful. Fix that and change the flouro lights and this place is a gem.

Nov 20, 2011

shizzle
'hungry'
7

9.5 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 10

Best vegetarian food in Sydney, this restaurant is run by a lovely family. I have been eating there at least once a week for over a year and never get tired of it, I haven't even tried everything on the menu. For drinks, you get served free jasmine tea flavoured with pandan leaves, or you can try the fresh coconut. They make a mean Ban Xeo (Vietnamese pancake), absolutely delicious fresh paper rolls (I recommend the fish ones) that you roll yourself, the chicken fried rice is sublime and the Bun Hue (spicy soup) is fantastic. If you have a sweet tooth, get the green bean sticky rice (a delicious hot dessert). Enjoy!

Mar 21, 2011

francineh
1

7.3 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 5 Service 8 Value 9

A dinky & somewhat kitsch little restaurant on King St and although I am not usually a fan of "mock meat" I always really enjoy the food here and I eat here frequently. Excellent value and the waitstaff are always lovely and very accommodating. The food is light and yummy with the crispy pancake; the vermicelli with crispy spring rolls, mint, chilli and a range of mock meat; along with the summer rolls being particular favourites. Unpretentious surroundings, fab food and one of my favourite vegetarian restaurants so far!

Feb 19, 2011

AmandaK
12

7.3 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 5 Service 8 Value 8

In my opinion the best vegan restaurant in Sydney. Their vermicelli salad and summer rolls were fantastic. I'll definitely be back.

Jan 17, 2011

kv2512
9

9 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 8 Service 10 Value 9

Very friendly staff, food is fresh and tasty. Will definitely be going back.

Oct 11, 2010

hoynnij
5

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 6 Service 8 Value 10

Great home-cooked food, by which I mean it is very fresh and lots of loving care put into it, which leaves the tummy very satisfied. And they'll make any changes you request, so if there are certain foods or food groups you cannot eat, or if you don't like chili, salt or sugar, they will make the required changes and they remember your predilections. You may encounter a little communication problem when speaking to the owner, but his children comprehend English very well.

I recommend the following: fried spring rolls (which you roll in lettuce with mint and dip in a sauce), samosas, curry buns (which has a kind of vindaloo paste inside), green salad, tofu in lemongrass sauce and mock fish hot pot.

Aug 10, 2010

aliali
2

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

7.3 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 4 Service 9 Value 8

We stumbled across this humble eatery on our way home from a lovely Sunday afternoon of music at the Sando. We were pleasantly surprised by the tastiness of the dishes, in particular the Vini pancake. The decor leaves a little to be desired, but when the food is yummy and the service friendly, who cares? The dishes came to our table with beautiful timing and a big smile. Cheesy? No, just genuine family-style hospitality. I like the idea that they do home-delivery on a bicycle. I will definitely be returning and would recommend the restaurant to others.

Mar 23, 2010

BernieHayesRocks
1

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

5.8 Average

Food 4 Ambience 5 Service 7 Value 7

I went to Vina mainly due to the good reviews and was really disappointed. The food was really bland and there were lumps in the sauce. Much of our food was left uneaten. The restaurant is also very white and brightly lit so the ambience was not great.

I would love to be able to give a good review to this family run vegetarian restaurant but it was one of the worst meals I have eaten recently and I won't be returning.

Feb 07, 2010