A delightful approach to brunch with an Italian twist! We received two beautifully arranged plates…read morewith amazingly delicious and huge portions. The biggest complaint I had was the pesto was so delicious I wish I had more... Hubby's breakfast with peppers, onions, and poached eggs was luxurious in a delicious sauce and accompanied with perfectly grilled bread, crispy but still tender inside. The iced tea was slightly sweet with a nice twist in flavor. Would definitely go back just to try more amazing options.

Thus place is great. A true taste of all that is Italian. Pasta, meat dishes. Lots of variety dnd a…read morehuge menu. Had the spaghetti marinara today and was not disappointed. Definitely recommended if your in the area.

Absolutely loved, Loving Hut! I cannot believe it took me this long to discover this place. Every…read morefew reviews I read were from omnivores, so it's a place for everyone, even being a completely vegan restaurant. The food was great! Menu is a great size, plenty to choose from. I ordered (so much), the B.B.Q Buns, Northern Pan Bread, Sweet & Sour Nuggets, Chocolate Mud Cake, Chocolate Soy Milk Frappe. Two highlight items for me were the Sweet & Sour Nuggets and Choc Frappe - so good! Coconut cream on top. I could pass on B.B.Q buns, but not bad! The menu has soo much to choose from, can't wait to discover more favourites! P.s. The atmosphere is very casual. Overall, a HUGE shoutout to Loving Hut, it's so nice having peace of mind that everything is vegan and can choose any option on the menu. Check out the meaty texture in the picture, WOW. Can't wait for the next visit!

Ohhhhhh my goodness gracious me!! Loving hut has been a family favourite of ours for years now. I…read morewas introduced to Loving Hut by a vegan friend when I wasn't vegan and have visited about 4/5 times a year. Sooo good. Not to far from my house. About a 25min drive which isn't too far. They are so friendly, fast and adorable. Tastiest food around. Do yourself a favour and get your little kid their spaghetti Bolognase!!! Yummmmmmmmooooo

This seems a new addition to the Nundah scene, and they're big on all your organic, vegan delights,…read moreif that's your thing. They even have a grocery store right next door. The interior is pretty spartan. You most definitely wouldn't come here for the decor unless 'prison cell' is your thing, but hey, we were here for the food, not the scenery. I ordered the beef burger, which came with a side of sweet potato chips. Burger was actually quite tasty. Chips... well I don't like sweet potato, but if they had been a little more crunchy then I think they'd have worked for me. I followed up with a vegan dessert thingo, a mint slice. It was quite nice! Washed down with a smoothie which was probably the best part of the meal. Anyhow, would I come here again? Probably not. You're paying far more than you should be just for that 'organic' word, and there's just so many choices in Nundah these days. That said, if organic is your bag, go nuts. So long as their organic, free range nuts.

A really friendly welcome set the tone for our visit to Kunara, and we decided to try the lunch…read moremenu. Delicious salads, GF, vegan, all made in house, plus panini and excellent Montville coffee satisfied our appetites. The staff were so lovely, very knowledgeable about their product and the ingredients in the divine dressings that we ended up buying a Kunara cook book!

I've been trying to eat healthier lately. So when I was taken to lunch the other day at the…read moreWintergarden foodcourt, I opted for what looked like the healthiest option there. Greenbean is located close to the Queen St Mall end of the Wintergarden foodcourt. Hop on the escalators down and turn right. If you're coming up from Elizabeth Street, stick to the left side of the thoroughfare. Beware the dreaded peak lunch hour, though, you might need a buddy to table-hunt while you order. Ambience *** While I hate crowded places, I have to admit, the handful of tables and chairs directly left of Greenbean is PERFECT for me as they were only half full around peak hour meaning they're easily missed by those looking directly into the main table maze. There's a crowd of people hanging around and you don't know if they're waiting to order, waiting for food, waiting for friends, and that's partly because there's no glaring sign saying 'Order here'; the cashier is the only obvious service point, so my advice is to just walk right up to the other end of the tall glass benchtop and wait for someone to serve. Which they will, pretty quickly. I got the feeling, watching like a noob while hubby ordered, that I should figure out which of the hundred or so fillings I wanted in my salad because it looked like a tornado of activity behind the benches. The ingredients are all displayed behind glass (think along the lines of Subway) so you can see what you're going to get, just make sure you check both sides or ask if you don't see something you want. The staff have VERY smartly opted for tong service, meaning they never have to rip off or pull on gloves, and your food is selected and tossed by stainless steel instead of grubby hands. Service *** Watching what hubby ordered, I turned my order into a mantra in my head because these guys are very fast; I was already feeling like I was in the middle of a salad-marathon nightmare and when it was my turn to be served I spilled the beans in one long stream of ingredients. Luckily, the server was ready for my panicked verbal diarrhea and got my order spot on. He even asked me 'is that enough chicken?'. Who does that?? The food turnaround is high here, so don't expect to grow a relationship with your server unless you maybe arrive early in the morning or later in the afternoon. They're all business in the middle of lunch. Except the cashier, who seemed pretty relaxed compared to his busy comrades. Food **** While on the menu, there are 8 or so 'salads', the fun part of Greenbean is to create your own from the selection in front of you. I opted for a baby spinach base, plain chicken, mushrooms, celery, boiled egg, greenbeans (of course!) and balsamic dressing. While in retrospect I needed something salty to counter the somewhat bland taste, for around $9-, I got a good amount of all the fillings and didn't finish and took the rest back to work. Hubby wanted me to note that anchovies are part of the caesar and you don't pay extra, and as with mine, he was asked if he'd been given enough. The salad tasted fresh, the spinach, beans, and celery crisp, the egg boiled right and the mushrooms mushroomy. The chicken was a bit 'wet' in texture, but better that than dry. The balsamic cut right through everything, and although it was seasoned with S&P, there wasn't enough salt in it to cut through the balsamic. Which is my fault, because it was my own creation. Note to Jen: next time add bacon. Everything's better with bacon. I saw on the menu you can also get your salad as a wrap. I'm not sure what the price difference is, but I'm sure you couldn't smush all that food into one wrap (unless they have magic hands... and they just might). You can order a drink (check the corner of the outlet for the display), but the choice is a bit limited. I think I paid $1- for a bottle of water - not bad at all, considering how inflated bottled water prices can be. Dessert is Greek yoghurt, in small to large sizes in a few different flavours. IF you can fit it in. Additional Notes I really urge anyone who wants to visit Greenbean to check out the website. If you order your lunch online before 10am, you get 35% extra at no extra charge and you don't have to worry about how busy it is when you pick-up. Also check online for promotions, or pick up a flyer at the cashier when you visit. If the guys have a few seconds here or there, I would suggest either slowing down on service a touch, OR making that endless bounding energy into 'fun' energy with some tong-flare, or in-staff joking. It just looked like they need an injection of chilled happy into their hyper activity to keep their customers from getting caught up in the hurried atmosphere.

I never know what to eat for lunch in the city since the options are quite limited, especially on a…read morestudent budget, and it always ends up being sushi rolls. Today, we decided on Vege Rama, a vegetarian place down Adelaide street. They offer a variety of pre-mixed salads, as well as Mexican and Indian vegetarian options. While I'm not much of a salad person, I do enjoy a good salad once in a while, so I went for the chickpea pesto salad and the sesame BBQ. I got a small salad combo (5.5), and while the two salads got mixed up, I'm pretty sure the sesame BBQ was the one that was more flavorful and stood out. I couldn't really taste the pesto salad dressing, possibly because it pooled at the bottom, but the two mixed together wasn't bad! The ingredients taste fresh, and the service is pretty friendly and fast. My only complaint is that they don't have much seating, so be prepared to take-away!

Yum yum yum. I ate here twice while I was working in the Brisbane office, and both times was…read moresuper-impressed by the food. There are a few Vege Rama locations around, but the Post Office Square one is really close to my office so that's where I went both times. Basically, you have your choice of whatever hot food, burgers, salads, or "bakes" (like lasagna, casseroles, etc) they have on rotation. Just pop up to the counter and see what they have in their display case. They also have a few dessert-y type things if you are so inclined. Everything is vegan. (I think some of their other locations have a few non-vegan options with dairy, so just ask to make sure.) Both times I went, I got a combo meal with a bunch of different curries and things like that. Your choice of brown or saffron rice is included. Their Thai curry with pumpkin is one of the best curries I've had in my life, although it's definitely sweet so just be aware if you don't like sweet things, but it's absolutely amazing. This place gets bonus points for being pretty inexpensive as well. A large combo will only set you back $10-12, depending on what you get (bakes vs. curries, etc.) and their burgers are only $8-9. The portion sizes are huge, almost a little too big for lunch, so you definitely get value for your money. The Post Office Square location is reallllllllly small, with no interior seating and only a smattering of tables and chairs outside. This is really a take-away place, and there's always a lunchtime queue. (Like almost everyone else, I got take-away both times.) This place is so good I'm almost glad I don't live in Brisbane because I would seriously spend my money eating at Vege Rama for lunch every day. Every. Single. Day. Go. Whether you're vegan or a devoted carnivore, you will not be disappointed by this place.

I suppose I have two excuses for waiting so long to visit this local restaurant so obviously…read morecatered to my needs. For one thing, unlike its downtown sister locations, this Vege Rama has little Indian or even Indian-ish food at all, which is odd. Their menu is about half pizza, and half of some fairly American (or Australian, or Western in general) entrees. I would have been much more excited for it if they had Indian food. The other excuse, somewhat contrarily, is that I was worried that whatever they did have would be good enough that I'd get hooked. Having finally had enough of walking by their appealing specials board, I tried a pizza with fennel, potatoes, peppers, and spinach. The array of toppings blended well, and it was flavorful enough that I would order again. The chai I got looked cool but wasn't earth-shattering. I suspect there are better things hanging out in their extensive drink menu. They are all-vegetarian, and apparently they ask everyone who orders a pizza if they want gluten-free or vegan. This is probably one of the best vegetarian restaurants I've ever seen in terms of its location and its vibe. Usually, they're fairly basic places hidden away somewhere, but this is perhaps the most visible restaurant in West End, with alfresco seating on a prominent street corner at the edge of South Brisbane. It's a nice-looking place, and it's often crowded (it certainly wasn't empty even on the cool midweek evening I stopped in) with some classically West End-ish highbrow hipster types (if ever you wanted to see what vegetarians look like, walk by here on a Saturday evening). The prices are higher than their food court location downtown, but not unreasonably so given the location and quality of dining experience. I remain miffed that I can't get a side of lentils or a dosa, but what they're offering seems worthwhile, and I'll likely be back before too long.

We came for lunch on a Tuesday afternoon. We ordered the bean burger and frittata. The dishes took…read morea little while to come out, which is a bit surprising given that it was a weekday lunch. My frittata was also a bit cold in some parts, but overall the food was fresh and tasty. Overall, we liked the food, but we wouldn't go out of our way to come here.

No, your eyes haven't mistaken you nor has your GPS sent you on a goose chase. Arthur's Green is…read moreindeed located on the grounds of the Red Hill Bowls Club. And why not!?! It makes for a wonderfully open dining area and a great spot for kids to enjoy as mum has a coffee. We stopped in as a group of four over the weekend and were greeted by a few other diners. It's peaceful and we all commented on how refreshing it was to see no brunch line ups. Just like their first venue, Artie & Mai, the menu isn't fussy. A few signature items including the zucchini and mint fritters and some more casual fare like a pulled pork toastie. The coffee, a Belaroma blend, is a smooth all purpose blend - great for the mass appeal. They also do a selection of health-inspiring juices. Not interested in a big meal? They've got daily-made cakes and muffins for a morning tea style affair.

I must have driven past this place 1000 times and never realised it was there. What a find! It's…read moretucked away, behind Broncos Leagues club in Red Hill and next to the Bowls Club. I love their set up - so open and inviting. There are tables with umbrellas in the warm sun or a nice shaded area near the register. Food is very reasonable priced and tasty. I even returned with my family over the weekend to try their breakfast and the family liked it too

Lured in by the promise of Giancarlo coffee (one of my favoured roasters) I stopped here for a…read morecoffee on a rainy January afternoon recently. I was very quickly and efficiently seated by an athletic looking waitress in trainers who quickly ascertained my order before jogging off to have it made. She came back in record time with my long black and a bottle of water randed with the company's name and logo. I was pretty sure I heard her say it was 'complimentary' but was reticent at first to crack the lid, not knowing what sort of charge I might incur. The coffee was quite good -- complex and flavoursome without bitterness -- but it was making me a little thirsty for some palate-cleansing H20, so I opened the bottle. On paying I cleared the matter up. Turns out the water is free, but the coffee was $4, which kind of makes the deal seem a little less good value to me.

After a very long Sunday, with no food in our bellies, my husband and I dropped into 63 Racecourse…read moreRd for some lunch. It was late afternoon around 3.00pm and a lot of the other restaurants and cafes in the area had closed up after lunch hours. Seated at our table the bubbly waitress presented us each with a complimentary Heineken (yippee). Feeling quite relaxed (but extremely hungry) we perused the pretty little leather menus and made our selections. I ordered 'The Dark Side' which was the only vegetarian option on the menu, a lightly floured bread roll topped with avocado, greens and grilled portobello mushrooms with a side salad ($18). My husband ordered the salt and pepper calamari ($22). It didn't take long for our meals to arrive and we eagerly tucked in. Good food, not amazing, but nice. Probably a little overpriced, but I guess that is how they afford to treat their customers with free beers - so I'm not complaining.