Mother's Cafe & Garden

40 reviews

Local favorite serves vegetarian fare so good, you'll never miss the meat.

(888) 651-3839

4215 Duval St (Park Boulevard)
Austin, TX 78751 30.3041 -97.7264

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Neighborhoods: Hancock, Central Austin

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Mon-Fri 11:15am-10pm

Sat-Sun 10am-10pm

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Mother's Cafe & Garden

Last updated 8.24.09

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Mother's Cafe & Garden

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Mother's Cafe & Garden serves delicious, fresh vegetarian meals in a warm, friendly atmosphere. We feature only the highest quality ingredients in our individually prepared dishes, and you'll taste the difference! Most of our dishes are - or can easily be prepared -Vegan. Our broad appeal--to everyone from non-vegetarians and out-of-town visitors to people who just love good food--has made us one of Austin's most popular restaurants since 1980. Voted "Best Vegetarian Restaurant" in the Austin Chronicle Readers Poll every year since they started the voting!!

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In Short – Whether you're a vegetarian or not, Mother's Cafe is a destination. The large booths and sounds of clinking flatware give the ambience of a well-established diner with the fresh fare of a cafe. Regulars enjoy the "garden" out back--private tables in an atrium filled with plants and a trickling fountain. The extensive menu offers lots of pastas and stir-fries, plus barbecue tofu and a spinach-mushroom enchilada with fresh veggies and your choice of sauces.

User Reviews (40)

07/24/09

Decent healthy food, bad experiences

by jonbolden

I live in Hype Park and used to frequent Mother's cafe. I was usually by myself. The last seven times I've been there, I'm almost always treated with contempt. I assume it's because i'm alone and their tip is going to be less than a big table. I like to go there for tea and dessert sometimes and I always get a dirty look or forgotten. One time, I waited almost 45 minutes for food and it wasn't busy at all. And I was really nice about it, but they didn't seem to care. I'm tired of the attitude. Too bad, the food is pretty good.

Pros: Healthy, wide selection, peaceful
Cons: Rude Snobby Staff

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12/04/08

If you like veggie food this is pretty good

by universeman

Dive-like atmosphere but pretty good food. I'm really writing this primarily to test out Facebook Connect...

Pros: creative menu
Cons: veggie only

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11/28/08

Nice food, really lousy service

by WhatWouldKeithRichardsDo

I've gone to Mother's twice now, and each time I have seriously considered not going there again. My first visit was for brunch with a friend. Our waitress was such a snot - typical Austin tattooed girl, hair in a bandanna, who disappeared for long stretches of time (we didn't even get a coffee refill once), and when she did grace us with her presence she projected an attitude that we were intruding on her day somehow. But, the food was good, and its close to my house, so a couple of weeks later when a group of friends rolled into town (with about half being vegetarian), I figured I'd give Mother's another shot. We walked into the place and immediately we were given attitude by the staff. Granted there were 8 of us so perhaps they were incensed that we didn't call first, but I still can't believe a restaurant would be so ungracious for that amount of business, especially in the late afternoon when there were only a few other customers in the place. And oh, lucky us, we got the same snotty waitress. No friendliness, no coffee refills, no checking back in with us after we got our food. One of my friends even remarked, "Are they actually giving us dirty looks?" Oh, and we found a very long hair in our salsa. So, I'm not sure what to say. The homestyle vegetarian food is nice, but I don't think its worth the attitude a third time.