Thea Vegetarian Tea Garden - Adelaide

I think most foodies in Adelaide have a bit of a soft spot for Thea's charmingly quirky, peaceful little vegitarian oasis. Enough has been said here about the cold noodles, the cloud-like buns and the other delights on the menu. But the big news is that they have installed a coffee bar. Just a windows on Gawler Place with a coffee machine, good coffee. Fleurieu milk and the nicest, kindest, sweetest barrista to ever steam a jug of milk. He'll help you choose the size of your coffee, how strong you want it, how hot you want it and all with a smile and a friendly greeting. If more coffee houses had more barristas like this we'd all be better off!

Thea Vegetarian Tea Garden is one of my favourite places to eat in the Adelaide CBD. The staff are always friendly and efficient with their service and the restaurants atmosphere is relaxing, warm and cozy. I've tried a large amount of the menu and the food is consistently delicious, they have a great variety of hot & cold teas and they even offer my favourite flavour which isn't available at many places (lavender) and everything is fairly priced! Really can't fault this place :)

The service is excellent and it has a quiet and relaxing atmosphere. The menu is small, but full of tasty dishes. They also don't make you wait too long. Bring your vegetarian/vegan friends and try the basil nuggets and mushroom buns!

Love this place. I always get the spicy cold noodles as they are amazing! Great vegan options. Definitely recommend for lunch if you're in the city

I've wanted to check out Thea's Tea Room for the longest time but the opening hours were never kinda to me! I finally got in to check out the amazing vegetarian dishes recently and I'm so glad I did. I went with a friend and we shared quite a few dishes between ourselves. The cold peanut noodles were amazing, I also loved the passionfruit tea and the chocolate milk tea (both cold). The dumplings also get a special mention (including the custard or 'sunshine' buns). The basil chicken nuggets and salt and pepper squid rings were amazing. No real duds, although the filling for the peanut buns was dry and hard going (but could be because we were so full by that point). Thea's does amazing things with tofu and other vegetable proteins.