Keeping this one short and sweet.

If you run a small food business in Goa — home chef, baker, tiffin service, café, pop-up, mum-and-pop place, anything along those lines — introduce yourself below with:

• Business name
• Location
• What you make
• How people can order / get in touch

And one tiny community request: please share r/GoaEats with people who actually live in Goa, are regularly based here, or have family here and spend proper time here.

I really want to keep this as a space for people connected to living here who love food, rather than slowly turning into another travel-guide subreddit.

Now go find a small business to obsess over. x

Okay small food businesses, it’s your turn again.

If you’re a home chef, baker, tiffin service, tiny cafe, food truck, pop-up, mum-and-pop restaurant, local food producer, or anything along those lines, come introduce yourself below.

Please make sure you include all four:
- Business name
- Location
- What you make
- How people can get in touch / order

One comment per business please, just so the thread stays easy to browse.

And as always, if it’s your own business, just say so. No pretending to be a very enthusiastic customer — my sniffer dog nose remains fully operational.

Everyone else, have a scroll and give the smaller places some love. Upvote the ones that sound good, ask them questions, save the ones you want to try, and hopefully discover something you’d never have found otherwise.

Let’s keep this thread useful, honest, and very local. x

Firstly, just... thank you :')

Not just for joining r/GoaEats, but for actually posting, commenting, recommending places, sharing reviews and just generally making this feel like a proper little community already. I genuinely didn't expect people to jump in this quickly, and it's been so lovely seeing everyone contribute.

Also, a small reminder that this subreddit isn't just for restaurant recommendations, If you've cooked something at home and you're ridiculously proud of it (or even if you're only moderately proud of it 😄), please post it!

It doesn't have to be Goan food either. Pasta, ramen, pulao, a Sunday roast, your grandmother's curry, a sandwich that somehow changed your life... all welcome!

The whole idea behind r/GoaEats isn't just Goan food only. It's people living in Goa who happen to love food. So don't be shy about sharing what you're cooking, baking or experimenting with at home.

And now, one small favour from me...

At the moment, it's just me moderating the subreddit. I don't have any other mods on board yet, and while I'm checking everything regularly, there's always a chance something slips through. So if you ever see a post or comment that breaks the rules, or someone being unnecessarily rude, mean or hostile, please report it.

I have zero tolerance for people making others feel unwelcome here.

I'd really love for this to be one of those rare corners of the internet where people are genuinely helpful, welcoming and just united by the fact that we all really, really like food.

Thanks again for being here x

Right then, let’s start this off with a round of introductions.

If you run a small food business in Goa, this is your cue to come and say hello to everyone.
This thread is for:

Home chefs
Home bakers
Tiffin services
Tiny cafés
Food trucks
Pop-ups
Mum-and-pop restaurants
Local food producers

If you’re introducing your business, please make sure you include all of the following:
- Business name
- Which part of Goa you’re in
- What you make
- How people can get in touch with you (Instagram, WhatsApp, website, etc.)

One comment per business please, just so it’s easy for everyone to browse.

And if you’re talking about your own business, just say so! No need to pretend to be a customer… I have the nose of a sniffer dog for these things. Just be honest, no biggie.

The idea is to keep all self-promotion in one dedicated place each week, so the rest of the subreddit can stay focused on discussions, reviews, questions, recipes and food finds.

And everyone else, have a scroll through! If something catches your eye, give them an upvote, ask them a question, you might just discover your next favourite place to grab food from. That’s kind of the whole point of this little corner of Reddit. x

I wanted to introduce something that I hope becomes a nice little tradition here.

Once a week, we’ll have a dedicated thread for small food businesses to introduce themselves.

And when I say small businesses, I really mean the smaller, homegrown ones. Home chefs, tiffin services, tiny cafes, bakeries, pop-ups, food carts, mum-and-pop restaurants… the kinds of places that usually don’t have a huge marketing budget behind them.

The idea is to give them a space to say:
- Who they are
- What they make
- Which part of Goa they’re in
- How people can order or visit
…without the subreddit becoming one giant advertising board.

The rest of the week, let’s keep the feed for genuine discussions, reviews, recommendations, questions, home cooking, food finds, and everything else that makes this community fun.

I know there are plenty of bigger brands that can spend a lot on marketing. I’d love for this little corner of Reddit to also help shine a light on the smaller places doing really good food.

As always, if you ever think something is getting too promotional or spammy, let me know. We’re building this community together, and I’d much rather keep it wholesome than let it turn into an ad feed.

Looking forward to seeing some brilliant local businesses in the first thread tomorrow! xx

Hi hi!

I run a business where I get materials printed out, I have a local print shop which is like a mini business center, and there is this one guy who always prints my books out.

I want to give him a cut for each book BUT my partner who was born and raised in India said that this might come across as rude so I wanted to double check, I don't want to offend anyone.

They print my books anyway and I pay for that, but I just wanted to give this guy a cut for each book as a 'thank you' but I don't know if this makes sense, if it is okay, if he will be offended etc.

Can anyone please weigh in?

Thank you so much for the help :) x

Just a quick reminder because we’ve had a few visitor itinerary-type posts come through.

r/GoaEats is specifically for people who live in Goa or are regularly based here to talk about food. That can mean a place you ate at in Goa, something brilliant you tried elsewhere, what you’re cooking at home, a recipe, a food question, a random craving: all of it is welcome.

The important bit is that you live here.

If you’re visiting Goa and looking for places to eat during your trip, please post in r/GoaTravel instead.

This is not an “ugh, tourists, go away” thing at all. They’re simply much better equipped to help with itineraries and visitor recommendations, and you’ll probably get more useful answers there.

For everyone here: if you spot a tourist itinerary post, please report it so I can catch it. For now, I’m still manually checking posts and comments because we’re small enough for me to do that, and I’d rather look at things properly than have posts randomly vanish because a bot got overexcited.

As we grow, I may bring in a few more moderators to help, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

Thank you for helping keep this a genuinely local, useful and wholesome little food space.

Happy Friday, GoaEats Fam! The weekend is here, which means my brain has naturally shifted to food plans.

Do you have a proper weekend food ritual at a certain favourite spot, or are you more of a “let’s try a new place and hope for the best” person?

Also, since it’s a monsoon weekend, are we craving something soupy, fried, or spicy? And are we heading out or staying at home and whipping up something delish?

Basically, tell me your weekend food plans so I can be inspired or just unnecessarily hungry. x

Okay this is very random, but every time I see people selling crochet stuff here, I am genuinely amazed.

I have never crocheted in my life (not for me, takes a lot of patience), so maybe I’m being dramatic, but how are you guys just taking thread and making actual things out of it?? Bags, flowers, plushies, clothes, tiny animals. Like sorry, that is basically magic to me.

And then I see some of the prices and I’m like… wait, is this not taking you forever?

So I’m just asking out of pure curiosity: does crochet take as long as it looks like it takes? Is it tiring? Is it one of those things where people who don’t do it have no idea how much effort goes into it?

Because from the outside, I feel like crochet people are very casually doing wizardry and then undercharging for it. You guys are amazing.

Random and incredible food find from last night!

There’s this Korean place called Daebak Cafe in Mapusa, it is a delivery kitchen and we randomly found on Zomato that looks pretty new. I think they’re in other cities too, but I had not tried them before, so we took a chance and ordered.

We got the Katsu Prawn Kimbap, it was around ₹545 for 10 pieces, and the pieces were HUGE, properly filling, and the taste was incredible. Very fresh, very flavourful, and it actually felt quite authentic, not like one of those places that just throws “Korean” on the menu for vibes.

Also for the quantity and taste, I found the price very affordable. I love Korean food and wanted to post about it last night itself because I was so excited to share it with you guys, but then I fell asleep. Food coma, I guess.

They also have Bibimbap, rice bowls, appetizers etc.

Also 10/10 for the packaging, I would have taken a picture but the inner hunger demon came out and I just ripped through everything, my bad!

If you guys have tried it out or do try it out, let me know :D

https://preview.redd.it/xcbooo2jezbh1.jpg?width=1306&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8d8ca1508fae41d661a31ea86ab92a02ac5c183

Okay, tiny serious-but-not-too-serious mod post. I just wanted to say this early, while this sub is still small and baby and wholesome.

My promise to you guys is that I’m not going to turn r/GoaEats into one of those places where someone quietly takes payment and then suddenly every second post is “omg guys you HAVE to try this place” when clearly someone’s marketing budget has entered the chat. Let’s not do that.

I really want this to stay an honest, useful space where we recommend places we genuinely like, talk about places we didn’t like, share food finds, ask questions, and help each other eat better in Goa without everything feeling suspiciously sponsored. No paid “recommendations” pretending to be real recommendations.

Just be normal and honest, which is apparently a revolutionary concept now.

That being said, I also really do want to support smaller local food businesses. Home chefs, tiffin services, small bakeries, tiny cafes, mum-and-pop places, pop-ups, people making lovely things from their kitchens and trying to survive without some giant marketing budgets think a once-a-week small business thread where people can introduce what they do properly. Not in a spammy “BUY NOW BEST OFFER” way. We are going to stay far away from that.

Big brands and fancy places already have budgets, agencies, ads, influencer invites, PR lists, all of that. The smaller ones usually just have word of mouth, WhatsApp, and one exhausted person doing everything. So I’d love for them to have a small, fair space here too.

But the main feed should still stay for genuine conversations, questions, reviews, finds, and recommendations.

Basically: let’s keep r/GoaEats wholesome, useful, honest, and not weird.

Thank you for being here so early. I’m excited to see this become a genuinely helpful little Goa food corner.

Now please continue thinking about your next meal like the rest of us. x

Hi everyone! The mods kindly said I could share this here. :)

A few of us felt it would be nice to have a separate little Reddit space for local Goa-based eating-related chats, so I made r/GoaEats.

It’s brand new, very baby, and meant to be a wholesome local space for people based in Goa to share finds, reviews, home kitchens, cafés, markets, small businesses, your own dishes and all the good stuff.

Not trying to replace this sub at all. Just keeping that one topic in its own corner.

Come join if this sounds like your thing: r/GoaEats

Thank you mods for letting me share it xx

Okay wait, we are already at 40 members and I made this sub only last night?? What are you guys doing, staying up all night and thinking about food?

But honestly, thank you so much for joining. I made r/GoaEats because I really felt like Goa needed a small, useful, wholesome food space for people who live here or are regularly based here. Not just tourist lists, not just the same five beach shack recommendations, but actual local food conversations.

Also, as the sub grows, I’m going to start adding specific days/threads for different things. One of them will definitely be for small food businesses to introduce themselves properly. And by small businesses, I really mean the smaller, homegrown, mom-and-pop type ones. Home chefs, tiffin services, small bakeries, pop-ups, tiny cafés, people making lovely things but not necessarily having a big marketing budget or a full team behind them.

I don’t want it to become spammy or overly promotional, but I do want people to have a fair chance to share what they do, especially the smaller local businesses that genuinely rely on word of mouth.

So yes, thank you for being here. Thank you for posting. Thank you for commenting. Please do share r/GoaEats with your Goa friends who are on Reddit, especially the ones who are always asking “where should we eat?” or giving very strong opinions about food unprovoked.

That is exactly the kind of energy required here.
Very excited to see what this becomes. Now please go eat something nice and tell us about it. xx

Alo!

So my parents stay in Mauritius (Flic en Flac) and I have been visiting them for the past few years but I never really did much or explored enough because it was mostly just family time.

This time I'm bringing my partner along and I really want to show him some interesting things about Mauritius.

He loves cultural things. He's a magician and mentalist so he loves diving into new and interesting things. He did ask me, "Is there any fruit or vegetable that I have not tried here or anywhere in the world that I can try in Mauritius?" Questions like that. Think museums or culture shows perhaps? No clue, just spitballing here!

Do you guys have any interesting recommendations? Don't recommend any beaches because we do have the hang of those but anything besides beaches is completely open.

Merci xx

Hey everyone! I’m u/naosmee, a founding moderator of r/GoaEats.

Welcome to our new little corner of Reddit for all things food in Goa, especially for people who live here, are based here, or spend enough time here to know that Goa food conversations go far beyond “best beach shack?” and “where should I eat on my 3-day trip?”

This community is for local, useful, honest food discussions across Goa. Restaurants, cafés, home chefs, bakeries, markets, groceries, delivery, bars, pop-ups, food events, hidden gems, overrated places, budget meals, comfort food, local ingredients, and everything in between.

What to Post

Post anything food-related that people living in Goa would find interesting, helpful, or worth discussing.

A few ideas:

• Honest restaurant and café reviews
• Good places to eat in Mapusa, Panjim, Porvorim, Assagao, Siolim, Margao, South Goa, and everywhere in between
• Budget meals, thalis, local snacks, bakeries, and everyday food finds
• Home chefs, small food businesses, pop-ups, and delivery recommendations
• Where to buy good bread, fish, cheese, coffee, vegetables, spices, or other ingredients
• Cafés that are actually good for working
• Places that are worth the hype, and places that are not
• Food events, supper clubs, markets, and local food experiences
• Questions like “Where can I find ___ in Goa?” or “Is ___ still good?”

This is not meant to be a tourist itinerary subreddit. If your post is mainly about planning a short Goa trip, r/GoaTravel may be a better fit. Here, the focus is food in Goa from a local/resident perspective.

Community Vibe

Let’s keep this friendly, useful, and honest.

You can disagree. You can say a place was disappointing. You can recommend your favourites. Just don’t be rude, spammy, fake, or unnecessarily mean.

The goal is to build a space where people can ask specific food questions, share real experiences, discover smaller places, support good local businesses, and have better Goa food conversations than the same five tourist recommendations repeated forever.

How to Get Started

Introduce yourself in the comments below.

You can say which part of Goa you’re in, what kind of food you usually look for, your favourite recent food find, or one food question you’ve always wanted to ask locals.

Post something today. Even a simple question can start a good thread.

If you know someone living in Goa who would enjoy this community, invite them to join.

Interested in helping moderate? Once the community starts growing, I’d love to have a few more people helping keep things organised, useful, and spam-free.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Let’s make r/GoaEats a genuinely helpful food community for people who live in Goa.

I had a food related question but it got removed and said I have to post in the other subReddit which is for people coming to Goa. But I am not coming to Goa... I live here? So where do I post? Help a confused gal out!

Due to popular demand (hah, I have always wanted to say that) here is a SubReddit specifically for people living in Goa who want to discuss food: r/GoaEats

My momo obsession peaks around monsoons (ok, fine, I lied, it's all year round) but especially now.

I tried checking if anyone has posted this in the past year so it's not an annoying repeated post but no luck, so be nice, hit me with your fav. momo spots and I promise I will buy you a plate if its really good!

Also, I live in Goa I am not traveling to Goa but for some reason I CAN'T POST ABOUT IT ON THE GOA SUBREDDIT. Confusing but okay.

Thank youuuu x