Govinda's

Delicious

Govinda's is a little place located in the corner of the San Blas market. Ive lived in Peru about 6 months, and Ive eaten there at least 15 times. The best thing about it is the price, you can get a meal and soup for 7 soles. The drawback, there is only one option, you eat what she cooks. However, this is a very common way of doing lunch at restaurants in Peru, most of the places you for lunch have a set menu. But it is always hot and fresh, and usually reasonably priced! Sometimes it's nice to be surprised by the entree ;) The food is touch and go. Some days I LOVE what she makes, and some days it is a bit more average. I highly recommend checking out this place at least once while you are in cusco! Its pretty authentic.

The owner is a Hare Krishna. The food are simple but good. Most important is the price. For a complete vegan meal I only paid 6 soles, compared to the other vegan or vegetarian restaurants in Cusco where you will pay 15 soles up for a meal.

Govidas has moved to recoleta close to the beer factory. I havent visited yet, so will up date my review when I have.

i am vegan and i went there for my first lunch in cuzco. i had the mixed salad and the veggie meat my husband took milaneza and we were very satisfied the food was tasteful and good and since they did not have a vegan dessert we asked for fried banana with honey and the result was very good. the very good price topped our positive experience

They are now (March 2012) located in the crossing Shaphi-Amargura, just next to the police station. Quit many seats and friendly and quick service this time a year. They some lovely apple and walnut pies! The food was traditional hare krishna with some peruvian touch. Price alright too.

they are no longer in Espaderos, but in the street PLATEROS, around 5 blocks fromn the main square.

Delicious place to eat, fantastic pumpkin soup, interesting store near entrance, and great famil-run atmosphere.

I ate upstairs for lunch and paid 13 soles for salad, soup, main dish, and tea. The service was excellent and the meal delicious and healthy. They have three price levels of the plato del dia- 10, 13, and 15.

Great location just off main plaza. Food was just ok, pumpkin soup was inedible but quinoa and veg soup were tasty but salty. Soy meat seemed more like gluten (which to a celiac was off putting). Fried potatoes and bananas were good. Total for 2 to eat was 60 soles.
Realised how expensive it was when we found another new veggie restaurant that offered soup and a main for 7 soles each! Cant remember the name but it is on Choquechaka(near the junction at San Blas). Much tasty food and nice funky athmosphere

Cusco is full of really great places you can eat veg*n.... this was THE worst place I went to. As others said, the food was bland... not flavored well at all. I didn't get my drink I ordered (tea) until after the meal. Cost was way too high for this food, too, but the set menu seems like it could be a less expensive option (though it still may not be worth it because the food wasn't great)

BTW, this is not a language barrier. I grew up bilingually, have lived in South America, and been to S.A. several times.

I had dinner there, small place, decent food, not really Indian, which I thought.

Went here for a set lunch, which was ten soles for soup, entree, and tea. The food was relatively bland-- a plain veggie soup, and an odd potato and soymeat dish without much flavor. The a la carte options are more expensive than at other veggie places in Cusco, and the set menu itself wasn't as good a bargain as the ones at El Encuentro and El Arbol.

Between the Govinda in Aguas Calientes and the Govinda in Cusco, I never went hungry on my trip to Machu Picchu :)
Great location by the main square!
-VeganTex