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Vegan cafe with dishes like salad bowls, Asian dishes, and sweet treats. Fully vegan from September 2020. Open Mon-Sat 10:30am-2:30pm. Closed Sun and Mon.


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72 Reviews

First Review by wishiwasbornvegan

rikkio16

Points +1110

Vegan
20 Jun 2025

Nice option in Cairns

We had some sushi with duck and chicken along with a bao. Everything tasted pretty good but not super special.

JulieHadley

Points +18

Vegan
06 Jun 2025

Yummy

Great tasty food at a great price highly recommend

TonyMacaroniRyder

Points +332

Vegan
03 Jun 2025

The best

Down a laneway you’re met with a smile with a mixture of hot dishes, salads and Asian snacks.
The food is delicious and hearty, with frozen meals for you to take home if you wish. It includes your tofu dishes, as well as faux-meats such as pork and chicken. Baguettes and sushi Fridays too.
Thankful this place is here in Far North Queensland for those who are mindful of what they eat.

Pros: Delicious food, Decent priced, Location and staff

Cons: Hours can be challenging

dave-alter

Points +318

Vegan
06 May 2025

Great little vegan spot

Simple asian dishes, exactly how I like it, but very delicious. Affordable as well. What I also like is that they don’t prepare too much, to avoid waste.
Go there!

Pros: Delicious, Affordable, Friendly

Liv_T

Points +1165

Vegan
08 Apr 2025

Every dish is perfection!

Difficult to choose. Order it all and share it! Very fresh, quick, and cheap. Great concept! Good portions. The vegetables are cut beautifully.

Cons: No spoons, No desserts

VanessaBaggins

Points +132

Non Veg
26 Mar 2025

Everything was yummy!

We tried the curry, the black bean and the sweet sesame dishes and they were all tasty! Super quick bite to eat too as the dishes are ready to serve.

Pros: Friendly, Speedy, Tasty

Cons: No toilet

ladie_jadie

Points +204

Vegan
24 Mar 2025

Perfect lunch spot

We were so thankful to find this vegan place for lunch during our visit! The food was super tasty and we got take away sandwiches for dinner too.

YohanⓋ

Points +6496

Vegan
24 Jan 2025

Superb food 👌🏽

I always prefer to support fully vegan establishments. Roots vegetarian is fully vegan and the food I ordered was delicious! I had a ‘chicken’ sushi roll, and it was amazing. I also had rice with salt and pepper tofu and a tofu curry. It was full of flavour and really tasty. The prices are on the higher end, but the taste justifies the expense. The staff member who served me was also really nice.

Pros: Tasty food, Friendly staff

Cons: A little pricey

Anderson1314

Points +70

Vegan
04 Oct 2024

Great Asian food.

Had the best Asian food ever had at a restaurant. Really liked the veg noodles and tofu curry. We also got sushi which was really nice. And was nice to find cold can of guava juice.

Wombat_Cafe

Points +88

Vegan
25 Sep 2024

Best place I have ever eaten

No exaggeration, the food was incredible. I’m actually shocked. What a great find! Lovely staff too. 100 percent worth checking out.

tofucourtney

Points +379

Vegan
03 Sep 2024

Great vibes and food!

Really delicious food and great vibes. Pretty affordable and easy to get to

Kwanny

Points +232

Vegan
22 Jul 2024

Best in Cairns

I talked to someone who had just got back from Palm Cove and it has made me reminisce about the good old days in FNQ and how good Root Vegetarian was. Root's food was such a great treat when we went to Rusty Market on weekends for a grocery run.

The couple who owns the shop are just wonderful and kind souls. Your beautiful food and great hospitality always made our experience enjoyable.

Keep up the good work guys!

Lots of Love💕
Kwan from Trinity Beach Thai.

Pros: 100% Vegan, Friendliest Owners (vegan owned), Super yummy food

Cons: No con

raceme

Points +28

Vegan
01 Jul 2024

My favourite go to lunch

This place is amazing and the flavours are beautiful. Perfect combination and selection

Akari000

Points +711

Vegan
17 Jun 2024

So delicious!!! 🌱🥰

We ordered the large bowl (3choices) , omg everything was so delicious! ❤️
Good portion too.
I’d love to come back here if I ever come back to Cairns ✈️🇦🇺

Maultaschemeetswantan

Points +96

Vegan
17 Jun 2024

Perfektes Essen, tolle Atmosphäre

Das Root ist ein kleines aber sehr schönes Restaurant zum Mittagessen.

Pros: Geschmack , Preis, Musik

bfigs04

Points +226

Vegan
12 Jun 2024

Good Asian!

Great vegan Asian food, was not disappointed

stopsign38

Points +1454

Vegan
31 May 2024

Great spot for lunch 😋 👍

What a great little place. All of the food we had was lovely and most of it was gluten free too. When back in Cairns this will be our no. 1 food place on the list to return to.

Updated from previous review on 2024-05-29

Pros: All vegan 🙌, Great tasting food - hot and cold options, Quaint little location in the middle of town

EliHarvey

Points +18

Vegan
15 May 2024

Really good!

Small selection of ready made dishes that all taste amazing! Rare and appreciated vegan rest spot in Cairns.

Pros: Fast, Tasty, Tucked away from the street

chelseamacague

Points +41

Mostly Veg
09 May 2024

Amazing! Best vegan food in Cairns

Entire store is onion and garlic free, a lot of gluten free options and all round delicious food and calm chilled out setting. Such a kind lovely lady too

Pros: Gluten free options , Onion and garlic free, Service and food

EmilyPike-Wilson

Points +38

Vegan
17 Apr 2024

Amazing food

Food was lovely, nice range of options. Group of 8 of us, we all had different meals and all loved the dishes. The crispy cauliflower and chicken skewers were particularly good.
Staff were friendly and helped us with local knowledge

NataliaBejar

Points +97

Vegan
20 Mar 2024

Delicious

We arrived half an hour before closing time so the options were limited but what we had was scrumptious.
Shitake mushroom rice, smokey BBQ chicken stir fry and salt and pepper tofu.
Definitely worth another visit. Yummy 😋

Cassia88

Points +14

#Veganuarian
19 Jan 2024

Delicious

Beautiful vibe when you walk in the door. Lovely service. The food options looked delicious, and I was very happy with my choice. It was super yummy!

Updated from previous review on 2024-01-19

Pros: So many choices , No need to scrutinize the menu- it's all meat free, Lovely atmosphere

Cons: I came too late in the day so some sold out, Which was my own fault! =P

kittylovesjazz

Points +375

Vegan
07 Nov 2023

Rave Review for Root!

Lovely little find! Friendly staff and super delicious food. We shared a bowl with fried rice, calamari, tofu curry and sesame chicken. Get in quick for lunch as it’s popular!

Pros: Cute location, All Vegan, Delicious food

Kittybiscuit

Points +9177

Vegan
05 Oct 2023

Tasty food

You can choose something from the hot food area or something like a salad or sandwich. There isn’t a menu to choose from. I got the “chicken” baguette (fill and I noticed you could choose half) I was tempted by the salad but decided to go with something filling for lunch. The flavour was nice and they toasted it for me. My partner got 3 veggies and rice. That was tasty too. The tofu was quite spicy. Staff were lovely and it was in a lovely little laneway.

My only disappointment was they didn’t have coffee!

Cons: No coffee!

RhiannonC

Points +920

Vegan
19 Sep 2023

Very good 😊

Tasty and fully vegan.
We will be back again soon!

sudsjain

Points +24

Vegan
17 Aug 2023

Mr.

Tasty and fully vegan. Limited menu. Not open for dinner. A little hard to find.

Pros: Fully vegan now, Limited menu but 3 dishes for AUD20, Tasty. Tofu and artificial meats.

Cons: Not open for dinner. Closes at 2:30

Jasthebee

Points +20

Vegan
14 Jun 2023

Yummies

Really yummy meal, and friendly staff. Gluten free options available and clearly marked. 😇

Updated from previous review on 2023-06-14

Pros: All vegan, Lots of gluten free options

Cons: A little expensive




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