CLOSED: Genesis in the Hills

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CLOSED: Genesis in the Hills
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Mediterranean

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In the Perth hills near Araluen Botanic Park. Serves seasonal mostly-vegan food with changing specials plus soups, vegetable burger, open sandwich with grilled vegetable, house platter, quinoa salad, coffee, tea, and cakes. Almond, rice, and soy milk available for hot drinks and smoothies. BYO. Hosts art exhibitions and events. Confirmed closed, Jun 2019.

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124 Croyden Rd, Roleystone, Western Australia, Australia, 6111
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genesisinthehills.com.au
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4 Reviews

First Review by daftdog

Frogman

Points +93

Vegetarian

02 Jan 2013

Superb quality - Edit

My wife and I (both veg) took my parents and grandparents there (none of them veg). It's often a little concerning taking non-veg family members to veg restaurants, but a good time was had by all.

The setting in the hills is beautiful. All the food is natural and healthy, everything made on site, and I think most of it grown on site too.
All the food we ordered was excellent. Be sure to leave room for dessert. They have lots of interesting very interesting cakes - all looked delicious (and what we ordered tasted delicious also!) - too bad we couldn't try them all :-)

Pros: Delicious food, Healthy and natural food, Very pleasant hillside setting

wellread

Points +85

Vegan

27 Mar 2011

Excellent, special lunch - Edit

My husband and I made a reservation for a 1pm lunch. It is a bit of a journey, and we arrived late. We went on the last Saturday of the month because we'd read their flyer which claimed to be "very vegan" on that day. Three of the four lunch specials were vegan, and the menu itself not especially vegan so I'm glad we went that day. Our meals were outstanding. One was polenta with mushrooms and a miso sauce, and the other was a roasted eggplant & chickpea dish with tomato sauce. Both came with three very delicious side dishes: roasted beets, broccoli with some sort of white sauce, and a green salad with pomegranate, roasted peppers, and I believe a vinaigrette. Each of these dishes had their own personality and distinct flavor. Afterward we had good and strong coffee, mine was a soy latte, and a sweet potato fig vegan cake slice to share. The meal came to about $63. This is way more than we'd normally spend on a lunch, but it was a special meal to have occasionally. Dining out on the veranda was very pleasant in the shade even though it was quite a hot day. We chatted with a woman at the cash register who may have been the owner; she's Israeli and has lived in Sweden. Here's hoping the place survives, and perhaps increases the vegan options. By the way, they have live jazz on the first Saturday of the month, and apparently it's nationally known musicians that come play.

Pros: quality food, pleasant environment, friendly

Cons: bit far, bit pricey, could be more vegan

ThrowingMuse

Points +45

Vegan

11 Jun 2010

Up market homely delight - Edit

This place needs more reviews - the current 2 cow rating is very, very harsh based on my experience there.

The main savoury food was lovely - the main chef is of central european and mediterranean origin I believe and this shows in the pickled vegetables, polenta, generous salads, and delicious sourdough bread. As a fan of well presented and subtle tasting european style food, this cafe ticks all my boxes.

I ordered black bean patties, and my fellow diners ordered Okra in cashew sauce and sprouted lentil with mushroom burger respectively. We shared all our dishes and I fell in love with them all.

The coffee was also fantastic, but the real surprise for me was the quality of the cakes. I don't normally have a sweet tooth, but the cakes we chose were so fresh and soft it was like eating a sweet flavoured cloud. Apparently people from opposite ends of Perth make the distance here just for the coffee and the cake, and I hardly blame them.

To top it all off, the cafe is nestled in the Roleystone hills, which is probably as picturesque as Perth countryside gets, and is in a property which makes a lovely stroll through garden patches of herbs, chillies and outdoor tables with old teapots. A real magical getaway feel.

I found the staff lovely, chatty, helpful when choosing vegan options, and interested in their customers as people. When they found out it was my birthday, they gave me a complimentary slice of cake on the house. Friendly service is such a rarity in Perth so I was quite touched.

My only gripe is with its relative inaccessibility , both in terms of location and opening hours. It has schizophrenic opening hours, open usually for lunch but not for dinner, which makes it hard to get to on a normal working week, and the prices are higher than I'd usually be willing to pay for a lunchtime bite. However, as an occasional treat, Genesis is a truly wonderful culinary experience.

Pros: delicious, up market dining, idyllic surrounds, friendly staff

Cons: opening times, distance