Banana Leaf Restaurant, Milpitas CA

Amazing food (I especially love the paratha and Indian mee gorang)
Very long wait time because it’s usually very busy and bustling with people
Very pricey

The experience, food and service was average
The eggplant dish is a must try. Soo good. The restaurant is divided on race and places you accordingly in the hall near the entrtencw or the one beside that depending on your ethnicity.

Delicious food! The service was very friendly and efficient. Their roti appetizers are great. My Vegetarian curry laksa was better than my husband’s chicken laksa. Their black sticky rice with mango was to DIE FOR. Can’t wait to be back!

Pricey for the portion size. This plate costs $18.50. Three pieces of beef. Two small pieces and a larger piece.

The food here was WONDERFUL! Fresh, Tasty, and a decent amount to share. The service was a bit rushed, at first. Once we had ordered, they were very helpful, and polite, without hovering! You will not be dissapointed.

Tasty meal and amazing experience. Everything is neat & clean. Roti prata sauce recipe is awesome. Love it!

The food is pretty amazing here and the service is some of the best. They have a great menu selection and the people are super friendly.

The food is pretty amazing here and I strongly recommend trying this place if you want some delicious food. They have a great menu and the people here are super nice.

Excellent service by all the staff. Tasty food, timely and prompt service even though it was a busy day. We also sincerely appreciate the complementary dessert, it was super delicious,

The food is freaking amazing here and the service is some of the best. They have a great menu selection and the people here are really nice.

They have a lot of vegetarian options. We tried the pad see ew and the roti pratha and both were delicious.

Taste wise: vegetarian options are good. Vegetarians should definitely try roti porota and pineapple fried rice. Spring rolls sauce was great!

Price wise: they are expensive; given the quantity they serve is less.

Very polite and supportive staff. All of them greet very nicely!

Some utensils required replacement because they were not cleaned properly.

Good restaurant. Dinein and takeout are both available. Rich flavors in the mee goreng dish. The roti prata apetizer is awesome and eat while it is warm/hot. Highly recommend this place.

Last visit horrible. Service and food the worst ever. Spoil my birthday day. I choose this restaurant to have a lunch and regret about. Ever anymore go there or recommended

First able I use to be an employee from banana leaf on 2004 and I quit by 2009 but I always like the food and when I'm starving, always end there and eat my favorite dishes

Had Lunch twice in a span of month. Food is excellent with flavor and lots of vegetarian options. Our favorite is the Singaporean black pepper chicken, chicken satay and the pineapple fried rice. My only feedback would to offer chicken as an option on the noodles. Right now they all have seafood. Overall good service.

Great Thai restaurant. They have many vegetarian options and a separate vegetarian menu. We ordered the famous “roti prata” which was pretty good with the sauce. The prata is a bit on the sweeter side but pairs well with the curry sauce. We also tried veg spring rolls which tasted bland and not so good. Pineapple fired rice was good and the green thai curry was okay as well. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. The guy who served us was helpful and quick in service.

We came here for dinner with high hopes based on the number of good reviews. We were sorely disappointed by the food, service, and atmosphere.

I ordered the green curry with chicken, which is one of my favorite meals. I have never had green curry with Tomatoes. The curry tasted like it was thickened with flour: it had a strange texture. The recipe also featured a single slice of egg plant, one chunk of potato, one piece of okra, 3 green beans, very dry chicken that tasted like it was frozen, one GIANT piece of crunchy cauliflower, and one piece of tofu. There were no bamboo shoots or peppers? It was gross, I could hardly finish it. But it was so expensive, I felt like I had to eat the food.

I think the ~best~ part is that the dish was $16.50 and doesn't even come with rice. Who the F- eats green curry without rice? They did not inform me it was goin to be extra, and had the audacity to serve me some dry crusty rice that was 3.25$ extra. I also had a laugh at the comically large (Figure 1) piece of cauliflower in the curry that was so hard and crunchy. Plus they gave me two spoons and a fork to try to eat it with. I was not able to eat it. To be fair, I'm sure I could have asked for a knife, but I wanted to leave so bad.

The plastic water cups they gave us had old browning lemons in the water. My partner's dish was also served with a brown lemon.let's not even get into the chopped Pad Thai noodles and the orange chicken sauce on it. Yuck.

There were some fruit flies in the dining room that would not leave us alone. The interior was dirty and in need of a deep clean. The wall by the booth was so dirty (Figure 2).

They clearly have some kind of an electrical problem- the dining room lights browned out constantly. It was a major detraction to an otherwise all-around disappointment.

Also, the server was low-key sexist- my partner got the check placed directly in front of him. He got the more courteous service, first order, and pleasantries conversation.