Review of Dharma's Restaurant

4250 Capitola Rd, Capitola, CA 95010

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My wife and I had dinner last night and brunch today. The food is very good with lots of vegan and vegetarian choices as well as a GF menu.

I do not have Celiac, neither does my wife, but we both have our reasons for following this diet. So I had a similar experience as others in that cross contamination will be an issue. I had a pasta dish last night which had a great pesto sauce and I had two choices for pasta: White Rice Vermicelli or Brown Rice pasta. Nice to have choices. It came with GF Italian Bread. It was a toasted rice flour bread with garlic butter, I'm sure. Was it toasted in a separate toaster? No. Was my pasta boiled in a separate pot? I don't know, but I did not ask. Again, my wife and I are not Celiac. So today for brunch we had some tofu "omelets". They were good. The tofu had turmeric to make it look like scrambled eggs. But I got whole wheat in my plate. Now the guy who rang us up is helping with food prep and shows another worker where the GF bread is located. She obviously was new and didn't know. No big deal, he offered to toast the GF bread and I declined. So I offered him a suggestion and if management reads this, here's how to make it a better experience for everyone: color code the GF menu and serve the GF food on the same color plates. I've been to other restaurant's that do this, and it really is a great idea.

I think this is a good place with a cool vibe. I don't mind picking up and busing my own table to keep costs down. The food is good and worth it for the price.

Celiac friendly?

No

Updated 7 years ago

Gluten Intolerant