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Finer dining set amongst Hyde Park by St Mary's Cathedral. Serves yum cha at lunch with dishes coming out regularly from the kitchen during peak time. Asian style meals at dinner. No garlic or onion used. Fully vegan, including alcohol, since Jun 2019. Reported closed August 2022.

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194 Reviews

First Review by Petesternz

Avatar mattmoffitt87

mattmoffitt87

Points +81

Mostly Veg
13 Jan 2020

Slightly disappointing

I think my expectations were too high for this place.

I did think the setting was beautiful (sit outside if warm) and the atmosphere relaxed. Staff were friendly. Prompt service. Lots of food options.

But I think taste was lacking. The service wasn’t very professional (for the price point). As each dish comes with three portions, this place is best for couples or groups (or ask for a takeout container for leftovers).

I spent $52 for five dishes and a sparkling water, which is in line with what I expected.

Avatar JEC

JEC

Points +533

Vegan
11 Jan 2020

Bucket list restaurant.

Add this to your bucket list it's that simple.

Cons: Cant eat enough in one visit.

Avatar bbyygirlxo

bbyygirlxo

Points +47

Vegetarian
10 Jan 2020

My favourite!

This is my absolute favourite restaurant in Sydney! Such a lovely atmosphere, have been here for both lunch and dinner, and also as part of a set menu for an event. Have always had the best experience, food has always been amazing and staff always so lovely.

Pros: Lots of options, Delicious food and cocktails, Love the outside dining and atmosphere

Cons: Make sure you book!!

Avatar PhoebeDayman

PhoebeDayman

Points +28

Vegan
09 Jan 2020

Really upset with my visit

Really upset with my visit as it was my surprise engagement. My family had previously informed them that tonight would be my special night- they had promised that they would arrange something special but on the night they refused to do so.

Avatar vegpurrito

vegpurrito

Points +178

Vegan
02 Jan 2020

Great lunch!

This is seriously the best place to come for for an amazing yum cha lunch - especially with non-veg friends and family! Lots of fun, and a great way to try a variety of foods you wouldn’t have otherwise ordered!
The only downsides are that it is always packed - so a reservation is almost always needed (is very popular place so to be expected) - and that their dinner menu is no where near as good as their lunch menu! (I was served a salad that was pretty much slabs of tofu - but all of the other foods were delicious.)

Avatar GlobeTrotter18

GlobeTrotter18

Points +853

Vegan
05 Dec 2019

Amazing and Iconic vegan cafe in the Park

This was one of the best vegan restaurant I have eaten at in my life. It has it all. Great service, amazing food, well marked menu with glutenfree options, and magical outside seating. This is the first time this year that I wanted to give a eating higher than a 5. If you looking for a true dining experience this is the place. The restaurant is by St Mary and across Hyde Park.

Make sure you make a reservation, which is easy to do on line. They get very busy and have limited walk ins.

They have a combination of small and large plates. I would recommend you go with a group so you can try and number of dishes.

I had the glutenfree prawn toast and the shitake mushroom dumplings. Both were amazing and everything was severed with a glutenfree flag on them to make it clear it was glutenfree. Which I may have questioned.

My next course was the kale salad
. That was fresh and tasty. I finished with green tea with an amazing sponge cake with homemade icecream.

Pros: Magical setting , All vegan with alot of glutenfree options, Great service

Cons: Pricey but well worth it.

Prawn toast glutenfree at Bodhi in Sydney

Glutenfree dumplings at Bodhi in Sydney

Awesome dessert at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar RobynHoole

RobynHoole

Points +26

Vegan
01 Dec 2019

Yum cha lunch

Amazing! The food was epic, service on point and the ambiance was great

Pros: Everything is vegan

Avatar Jamesdee

Jamesdee

Points +32

Vegan
24 Nov 2019

Great place - wonderful food

The variety is great! Friendly place- best seats are outside

Pros: Asian vegan at its best, Great location

Cons: Pricey

Avatar EmilyRidgeway

EmilyRidgeway

Points +82

Vegan
22 Nov 2019

Perfect!!!

I've been here for the Nup the Cup event, lunch where they bring around dishes on offer, and dinner where it's from the menu. I've tried so many of their dishes and absolutely love Bodhi. Staff are always really helpful and friendly. Nice location in the park on a summer's day, and night time with the lights. Cocktails are beautiful too 😋

Avatar JennaFrances

JennaFrances

Points +82

Vegan
19 Nov 2019

Iconic.

The finest vegan dining experience in Sydney. Faultless. The food is outstanding and the staff are kind-hearted. Worth every cent.

Pros: Cocktails , Seasonal menu, Wines

Avatar sistersaboutfood

sistersaboutfood

Points +60

Vegan
18 Nov 2019

Original vegan food and cool concept!

Everything was so tasty. They come around your table with al the dishes and it all looked so good. Everything tasted good. I was impressed by the vegan prawns and dumplings

Pros: Good food, Really nice concept, Nice location in the park

Vegan prawn at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar RobStarChef

RobStarChef

Points +119

Vegan
18 Nov 2019

Must see!

Such a nice place to be with really good food and also good drinks. The location is wunderful, close to downtown but in a silence park with the possibility to sit outside in the green.
Must go when you’re in Sydney, I was just two days here but next time I‘ll definitly go back to Bodhi.

Pros: All vegan, Evrything taste really good inclusive the drinks, Lovely service

Avatar theveganmaggie

theveganmaggie

Points +135

Vegan
10 Nov 2019

Magical Food and Setting

I was extremely impressed with Bohdi in the park! The flavours were extremely different yet satisfying - challenging your perception of vegetable flavours!

Went with my non-vegan family and my newly vegan boyfriend who were all extremely impressed with the assortment of different flavours and foods to try from.
The asian 'tapas' style means you have the ability to order a large range of different foods to share among all which is especially good if you are unsure what to order.

Must highly recommend the eggplant main: 'light crispy finger eggplant, chili, toasted sesame seeds etc'. It was honestly out of this world and I need to go back specifically for them.

Only let down was the desserts. I really enjoyed the sticky date pudding but the other three (labelled in photo) were just a bit bland and disappointing. Still tasted ok but wouldn't purchase again. Does not take away from the 5 star rating though😜
If price is not a concern, than this restaurant is perfect; right under st marys cathedral in the park😄


Updated from previous review on 2019-11-10

Front: Light Crispy Finger Eggplant main; Back: sweet potato Gnocchi at Bodhi in Sydney

Desserts: top left: upside fown keylime pie top right: sticky date pudding bottom right: blood orange sorbet bottom left: lemon myrtle & chai poached whole pear at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar iMeg

iMeg

Points +59

Vegan
10 Nov 2019

Wasted venue

This place has occupied its fantastic setting for many years now, and for many years its prices have suggested it must be fine dining. Sadly, it's not. The food is rather ordinary and often poorly executed – the eggplant I had last time was too salty to consume, and other things soggy and oily. It's a shame to waste such a great location, but I can't recommend Bodhi when there are now so many other truly lovely options available if you want to spend this kind of money on a meal. Service is equally unimpressive. I wish someone who knew what they were doing would take this over.

Pros: Fabulous venue

Cons: Disappointing food, Poor service, Over expensive

Avatar 1Two1

1Two1

Points +51

Vegan
02 Nov 2019

A treat !

Have eaten here on a few occasions.
Beautiful location. Yummy food. And very nice staff.
Always a special treat

Avatar Selonyx

Selonyx

Points +1288

Vegan
18 Oct 2019

Quality and delicious

The food here is amazing, it is much more expensive than your usual restaurant but it is well worth it

Pros: Food is 10/10, Staff are super polite

Cons: Expensive food, Smaller portions

Prawns with Coriander at Bodhi in Sydney

Sticky Date Pudding at Bodhi in Sydney

BBQ Pork buns at Bodhi in Sydney

Chicken skewers with coriander and chilli at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar nikki_g123

nikki_g123

Points +116

Vegan
11 Oct 2019

YUM yum cha

So delicious! The passion fruit donuts were delightful as well as all the savoury options

Delish at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar lucysworld

lucysworld

Points +37

Vegan
07 Oct 2019

Amazing food

I love this place
One of my favourite vegan restaurants in Sydney
Lovely staff, amazing food and atmosphere

One of my favourite dishes at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar DebGee

DebGee

Points +169

Vegan
03 Oct 2019

Beautiful setting with delicious food

Cannot say enough good words about this restaurant. It’s next to Hyde Park with St Mary’s Cathedral overseeing the space. Always busy and always superb service and huge variety of delicious food.

Pros: All vegan, Extremely tasty , Gorgeous settin

Dim sum that will blow your mind! at Bodhi in Sydney

Avatar LalaLima

LalaLima

Points +128

Vegan
03 Oct 2019

It is a good place to go for a nice meal.

The food is quite enjoyable.

Avatar JayneElizabeth

JayneElizabeth

Points +88

Vegan
22 Sep 2019

Disappointing experience

If you decide to go for dinner, I recommend bringing your own water bottle and a whistle for attracting attention. We were so excited to visit here, but it was a fairly lacklustre evening. The vegetable curry and the green beans were both very good, the eggplant dish we tried was really greasy, and the sticky date pudding was fine but nothing amazing.

The table service was really poor - the staff were friendly but it was nearly impossible to get water refills or a dessert menu, drinks arrived halfway through the meal, and one coffee never arrived at all despite tracking down a waiter to ask after it. It’s odd that you have to agree to vacate the table by a certain time, considering that our meal took *forever* because of the delay in ordering and receiving dishes.

We did speak to a manager, who was apologetic (whilst blaming the staff’s lack of experience) but did not seem to grasp that the price point here is completely unrealistic for the level of service. Would not return, despite the pretty venue - there are much better vegan restaurants for special occasions.

Pros: Nice dining space, Vegetable curry

Cons: Poor service, Overpriced

Avatar aa97

aa97

Points +814

Vegan
09 Jul 2019

One of my favourites

Bodhi is one of my favourite vegan restaurants in Sydney. I have only been for yum cha but every time I go the food and service are great. It is also in a nice location and is easy to find. Would highly recommend eating there. (If you go make sure you get the BBQ buns. They are the best)

Pros: Great food, Good location, Vegan yum cha!!

Good drinks at Bodhi in Sydney

Yum cha at Bodhi in Sydney

Good food at Bodhi in Sydney

Good food at Bodhi in Sydney

Good food at Bodhi in Sydney +4

Avatar vkb007

vkb007

Points +510

Vegetarian
03 Jul 2019

Nice ambience in Central Sydney

Amazing food. Quality vegetables. I love the ambience here. I love going here. My favourite is the San Chao bao.

Avatar simonwood566

simonwood566

Points +170

Vegan
20 Jun 2019

Incredible

Beautiful setting tucked amongst the trees which are lit up by fairy lights at night. Don’t know how they produce the food they do but it is sensational.

Avatar AllySolomou

AllySolomou

Points +133

Vegan
05 Jun 2019

Amazing!

Such a wonderful restaurant. Location is beautiful, with fairy lights outside if you are there at night. The yum cha menu is extensive and great for lunch, and the dinner menu is beautifully crafted with so many wonderful flavours. Something to suit everyone, with some dishes having mock meat and some not. Great place for a special occasion!

Cons: A bit expensive for plants

Avatar TBR

TBR

Points +394

Vegan
10 May 2019

Very nice but not brilliant

Well, the sticky date pudding was brilliant, but the entree and mains were just good. We shared 'chicken' skewers that were nice, and dumplings that were a bit bland. Then shared a main of mushrooms and braised tofu with rice. This was very tasty without setting the world on fire and only had a few mushrooms. Also, personally, I found some aspects of the service a bit odd: they didn't provide a new plate or bowl for the main; when we asked for the menu to check for desserts, they only brought one for the two of us; our water went unfilled the whole time (I don't like manic water filling either, but every now and then is ok!) Finally, it's very expensive. Two entrees, one main with rice, two desserts, no drinks: $94.

Pros: All vegan

Cons: It's very expensive.

Avatar health_Nutty10294

health_Nutty10294

Points +18

Vegetarian
07 May 2019

Nice but not exeptional

With a wide range of vegan vegetarian restaurants all over Sydney, Bodhi has nothing that sets it apart from everthing else.

Pros: nice lighting at night

Cons: Refined sugar in everything, Small portions

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