We went to Eugene last month for a first time and found this perfect spot. It was just what we wanted my son loved it so much we came back for dinner also. What great prices and delicious food with a really loving atmosphere. We just came back to Eugene hoping to eat there again and found out they were recently closed. I am so sad to see such a lovely place is closed. We need more places like this vegan, healthy and fantastic!!! The person that owned it and the people cooking were very friendly as well!
Clifton H.
Love love love this place!! This food is amazing!! I can't believe how good I feel after eating here!! Thank you so much for having healthy food on the menu for us here in Eugene!!
Deena Lockhart
This is a small business with some of the best vegan food I have ever eaten in my life.Vegetarian options: All of the options are vegan and are cooked or overseen personally by the owner and proprietor. I have been here on three different occasions and I have never been disappointed with my meal or the service.
Ashley Ecker
I'm always looking for yummy vegan places to go out to eat at. I've always been a huge fan of Indian food and flavors. I had seen Govinda's pop up on searches I had made in the past and had filed it away to try another time. One day my husband and I were out and about running errands and we were feeling pretty dang hungry. I set the maps to Govinda's and didn't tell my hubby where we were going.Upon arrival it looked like a cute little eatery and I was excited to go in. The smells as you enter were wonderful and inviting. The music was soothing and the gentleman behind the counter was extremely helpful and kind. We chatted about travels and food and he was just a very nice person.The prices were great! Especially for the delicious food you get (and lots of it I might add) and the service that goes with it.This is my new favorite place for a quick bite out that is not only healthy but honestly tasty and vegan. I can't wait to go back and try more offerings!Vegetarian options: It's a lovely vegan place.Parking: A nice number of parking spots, it's a smallish lot but not overcrowded or hard to Access.
McKenzie Leedom
Short: Cheap, hot, delicious. Good Service.Long: . Apparently Govinda is a Hindu name that means several things, but Google especially wanted me to know that Govinda is the supreme being who can be known through the senses. Which makes me think they chose that name to suggest eating their food will bring you closer to God. ?In which case they may have succeeded. The old white fella manning the kitchen runs the whole operation buffet style and offers up a lot of patience to nee customers. And if you’re in a hurry, he’ll hurry up with you.There are two prices — a $5 small plate, and a $10 large plate. the $10 is big, more than twice, almost three times the size of the small plate.He will offer you his homemade protein crackers, which despite my initial skepticism are delicious and would make a killer snack.There are always three kinds of chutney, which is awesome.Small Dining area is often full. Take out is common and easy.I think this place is one of those examples of where simplicity encourages perfection.Don’t live in Eugene and avoid this food, Govinda’s is actively improving this city, especially River Road, every day that it is open.
Mary Ann Jimerson
OMG, we have not been here in years....had the $10 plate special w/ salad w/ miso dressing and everything from the hot bar plus a sample of the vegatable soup, 10 stars!!!. You don't have to be vegan to enjoy the great food here! Thank you so much for feeding my heart ❤️
Richard W.
This place is great! Still delicious after the 20 years I've been here. Great food at a very fair price. I highly recommend eating here. It is sad they no longer offer their buffet.
Kurt D.
Quick Hits: Seems old on outside, nicer inside, food is great for vegans. This is NOT a buffet. Food is oddly charged but is good priced for the size of entrees. The owner dishes up all plates behind glass shields and you can select what options you want on your plate but not the amounts. Very low oil content AND all vegan and only vegan. Food was hot and tasty. Four meals delivered and paid for at the same time. I went back to get the Daal soup which was very good. All dishes were flavorful and really good. Will definitely return here again.
Kat Apaa
Such a wide variety or delicious vegan recipes, and positive energy
D
Tasty food. They don't have a buffet anymore. $10 a plate. $5 soup.
Delicious. Seems to have improved a lot since I went in a few years ago. I'd describe it as delicately spiced and not the typical north or west Indian Cuisine you might encounter at most restaurants in the US, but still very flavorful.
Hope Undead
The food was alright but on the bland side. The restaurant itself could use a face lift and one of the staff members was way too much. He kept calling the restaurant a place for the finest dining. I didn’t hate it, but I wouldn’t go back. It’s very much gentrified Indian food.
Rudy Singh
Filling kind food at a reasonable price.
J R.
Delicious food and low prices. All vegan and gluten free. If I lived there I'd be a regular.
Patrick Woods
Delicious. I would have liked a bit bigger of a portion. I liked the desert, but it was the same both times I went.
We went to Eugene last month for a first time and found this perfect spot. It was just what we wanted my son loved it so much we came back for dinner also. What great prices and delicious food with a really loving atmosphere. We just came back to Eugene hoping to eat there again and found out they were recently closed. I am so sad to see such a lovely place is closed. We need more places like this vegan, healthy and fantastic!!! The person that owned it and the people cooking were very friendly as well!
Love love love this place!! This food is amazing!! I can't believe how good I feel after eating here!! Thank you so much for having healthy food on the menu for us here in Eugene!!
This is a small business with some of the best vegan food I have ever eaten in my life.Vegetarian options: All of the options are vegan and are cooked or overseen personally by the owner and proprietor. I have been here on three different occasions and I have never been disappointed with my meal or the service.
I'm always looking for yummy vegan places to go out to eat at. I've always been a huge fan of Indian food and flavors. I had seen Govinda's pop up on searches I had made in the past and had filed it away to try another time. One day my husband and I were out and about running errands and we were feeling pretty dang hungry. I set the maps to Govinda's and didn't tell my hubby where we were going.Upon arrival it looked like a cute little eatery and I was excited to go in. The smells as you enter were wonderful and inviting. The music was soothing and the gentleman behind the counter was extremely helpful and kind. We chatted about travels and food and he was just a very nice person.The prices were great! Especially for the delicious food you get (and lots of it I might add) and the service that goes with it.This is my new favorite place for a quick bite out that is not only healthy but honestly tasty and vegan. I can't wait to go back and try more offerings!Vegetarian options: It's a lovely vegan place.Parking: A nice number of parking spots, it's a smallish lot but not overcrowded or hard to Access.
Short: Cheap, hot, delicious. Good Service.Long: . Apparently Govinda is a Hindu name that means several things, but Google especially wanted me to know that Govinda is the supreme being who can be known through the senses. Which makes me think they chose that name to suggest eating their food will bring you closer to God. ?In which case they may have succeeded. The old white fella manning the kitchen runs the whole operation buffet style and offers up a lot of patience to nee customers. And if you’re in a hurry, he’ll hurry up with you.There are two prices — a $5 small plate, and a $10 large plate. the $10 is big, more than twice, almost three times the size of the small plate.He will offer you his homemade protein crackers, which despite my initial skepticism are delicious and would make a killer snack.There are always three kinds of chutney, which is awesome.Small Dining area is often full. Take out is common and easy.I think this place is one of those examples of where simplicity encourages perfection.Don’t live in Eugene and avoid this food, Govinda’s is actively improving this city, especially River Road, every day that it is open.
OMG, we have not been here in years....had the $10 plate special w/ salad w/ miso dressing and everything from the hot bar plus a sample of the vegatable soup, 10 stars!!!. You don't have to be vegan to enjoy the great food here! Thank you so much for feeding my heart ❤️
This place is great! Still delicious after the 20 years I've been here. Great food at a very fair price. I highly recommend eating here. It is sad they no longer offer their buffet.
Quick Hits: Seems old on outside, nicer inside, food is great for vegans. This is NOT a buffet. Food is oddly charged but is good priced for the size of entrees. The owner dishes up all plates behind glass shields and you can select what options you want on your plate but not the amounts. Very low oil content AND all vegan and only vegan. Food was hot and tasty. Four meals delivered and paid for at the same time. I went back to get the Daal soup which was very good. All dishes were flavorful and really good. Will definitely return here again.
Such a wide variety or delicious vegan recipes, and positive energy
Tasty food. They don't have a buffet anymore. $10 a plate. $5 soup.
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Delicious. Seems to have improved a lot since I went in a few years ago. I'd describe it as delicately spiced and not the typical north or west Indian Cuisine you might encounter at most restaurants in the US, but still very flavorful.
The food was alright but on the bland side. The restaurant itself could use a face lift and one of the staff members was way too much. He kept calling the restaurant a place for the finest dining. I didn’t hate it, but I wouldn’t go back. It’s very much gentrified Indian food.
Filling kind food at a reasonable price.
Delicious food and low prices. All vegan and gluten free. If I lived there I'd be a regular.
Delicious. I would have liked a bit bigger of a portion. I liked the desert, but it was the same both times I went.