It’s shocking we know, but until we opened our doors for the first time, we had never come across a restaurant that served options to cater to all needs of all diners.

We wanted to create a café-restaurant that would provide choices for everyone. From people wanting to improve their eating habits easily and deliciously, to vegetarians, vegans, raw foodists, and all food allergy sufferers.

We all know that we should be eating and drinking better than we do but even when we really try, when you head out to a restaurant with friends, suddenly all your options are restricted because the dishes on the menu are all too high in fat, or carbs, or simply too indulgent.

And so the age-old dilemma ensues; to surrender and indulge or to suffer and salivate in silence as all your friends chow down on their plate of not-so-healthy food!

At eliane, we aim to cater that inner part of each of us who wants to eat well, but struggles when eating out to find options that are appropriate in whatever dietary program or limitations that may have been set.

No one is forgotten at eliane. Whether you’re a veggie, a vegan, a raw foodist, or even a full-blown raw vegan you’ll find something inspiring, tasty and satisfying here.

We ensure that there are always selections for any food allergy sufferer, so there’ll always be choices of gluten-free, wheat-free, soya-free, dairy-free, sugar-free and any other free-from you can think of! Just name it and we’ll cater to it.

If for whatever reason we’ve run out of something, or if you have a severe allergy just let us know the details before you order and we’ll make something on the spot for you!

the eliane difference

Since we have a heavy slant towards healthy foods, it’s only fair to explain some of our thought processes behind our foods, and to also show why we only use certain preparation methods and specific ingredients.

We’ve taken the extra care to understand the science in relation to food and apply its logic so that we can benefit from what nature is providing us with. Our objective is to create and provide alkaline-focused meals as much as we can to promote healthy living.

Hover over the blocks below to see where we are different.

We prefer...
a wide variation of organic vegetables and legumes (red kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas, soya beans, adzuki beans, cannellini beans). we do prepare some meat & fish dishes to allow for customers to respectfully make their own choice, while offering healthier alternatives.
We prefer...
local and organic milk, but also any kind of nut milk, soy, rice and oat milk.
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organic coconut palm sugar, raw coconut nectar, stevia.

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raw virgin coconut oil for cooking, with olive oil and flaxseed oil for cold use - all our oils are cold pressed, organic and GMO-free.
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Himalayan Crystal Salt. unrefined. pure and totally amazing for human health! used in our cooking and in place of table salt.
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our dishes to be fresh-feeling and light, we do use a lot of spices (we love spices and strong flavours) however, they are never very spicy to offer you an option to either leave the dish mild or make it hot whenever you feel like it.

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to match this and go a little step further…all our wines are organic and perfectly accompany your meal or private function.
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shallow frying, roasting, grilling with minimal use of oil.
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to offer you choice. eliane’s menu can be gluten-free, so if you cannot tolerate gluten, eliane is the place for you. Please mention this to our friendly staff to make sure you are given a gluten-free option. Most of our food is gluten-free and so there’s more than enough choice!

We prefer...
to use commercial dishwashing cleaning powder that is environmentally friendly. all other cleaning products (kitchen, toilets, floors) are organic and/or bio-degradable and environmentally friendly.
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to recycle as much as possible. we recycle paper, bottles, boxes, flyers, anything that can be recycled. and our take-away packaging is all eco-friendly and made from recycled materials to begin with.
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to have community-driven motives. we are a business so want to make a profit, but our priority is to provide healthy food, warm service and assistance to our community whilst creating jobs locally and providing a safe, happy working environment for our staff.

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to screen all the products we use and sell at eliane to help you so you can stay assured there is nothing that comes from poor quality sources. we take exceptional pride in the food we serve and make it our top priority to use only the best suppliers, even if it costs us more.
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to use freshly squeezed organic lemon juice and organic olive oil organic balsamic dressing.
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to minimise the use of cheese to improve the integrity of the dishes we serve. we believe we can make any dish taste good without the shortcut of dousing it with unnecessary and unhealthy amounts of cheese.

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to use finer quality rice such as brown long grain, and wild rice and red camarague.
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to believe in doing the right thing, this is part of our ethos and permeates through to our coffee as well. We opt for organic and fairly-traded coffee beans where we can be sure the that we have not contributed to exploitation for greater profit.
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organic produce as much as we possibly can and refrain 100% from using GMOs. In fact we are a self-declared non-GMO Zone and will refuse to do business with any supplier who prefers higher profit from selling unnatural food such as Genetically Modified Organisms.