Annette Goh
Authentic Malaysian. Will be craving for the food here. The deco is very presentable and the restaurant is clean. The portion is very generous and beautifully plated. Service was very warm and welcoming too. We were told that the chef is from Malaysia and he is 75 years old!! Huge compliments to the mouth-watering food. Highly recommended!!!!
Leena Rucktooa
Very good service, tasty food. I enjoyed this restaurant even though my chicken satay starter came within minutes of ordering but they were gorgeous! The onions and cucumbers really made a difference. Had a processco which was surprisingly nice fresh and sharp! Main meal was delicious. Restaurant was clean and cosy. But got noisy when more diners came.
Alan Chai
OMG... one of the best Malaysian street food I have tasted outside Malaysia, definitely worth a visit. Nice chic deco and very pleasant servers. If you are staying at Doubletree, definitely recommend a walk across the street to try this great place.
K Lau
Best Asian restaurant in Glasgow. I've lived half my life in East and Southeast Asia. Banana Leaf has by far the most authentic flavours I've tasted here (actually anywhere in the UK, for that matter; be prepared for the full intensity of chillies, balachan, etc.). But they are also the most innovative. They serve Malaysian Chinese cuisine, and they have the classic stir fried noodle and rice dishes, and rendang, clay pot seafood and tofu, etc. Many of these dishes are good as any I've had back in Asia. They also change up their menu periodically. I really like their new fried prawns with butternut squash, pork belly with string beans, and lotus root chips (appetizer). And now they have a new tapas-esque summer menu. I've been coming here since moving to Glasgow a few years ago, and this restaurant has been a great antidote against the rain!
Have been visiting again several times these past weeks. Food still great! Staff really friendly and helpful as usual.
Barbara Géczy
Authentic malaysian kitchen with helpful and friendly staff! As we were first timers, they recommended and talked us through the whole menu! So we decided to have various small starters and shared it among us and then we had a main with the most suitable sides. From an allergen labelling point of view vegan, vegetarian and gluten free dishes our marked, just double check any other allergens if you need to!
Alexandra
We were there at lunch time and had the menu for around ~11£ (starter, main, and a drink included). I had the Laksa Soup and it was very delicious. The staff is exceedingly
friendly. We highly recommend the place.
Quentin Boulet
The best restaurant I made in one week in Scottland! Services are amazing and good are delicious. It is the place to come eating it you are in Glasgow! Thank you to them!
Thomas Fitch
This restaurant is my new favorite while in Glasgow. been here once, and not disappointed at all. Service is always prompt and attentive. Food is delicious and hot. Well priced. Definitely will visit again and again when in Glasgow.
mike smith
called in last week [Sept 2018] for a quick lunch. Excellent staff. Lovely decor. Outstanding food. The spicy soup was a meal in itself and the squid and vegetables were excellent. Very good size portions and excellent value for money, lunch for 2 was 22-50 with soft drink included. Highly recommended. Like the fire as you walk in, very cosy !
Bradley Stokes
We have been celebrating our wedding anniversary..and had a fantastic dinner party! Were greeted warmly, seated very fast, as our table was already ready. Staff were very helpful and attentive. All of us had a delicious meals!
Samantha Roe
The service in this restaurant is the best I think I've ever seen . The staff are so polite and friendly and made the visit really enjoyable . The food was really yummy too :) I recommend anyone to go there :)
David Pennington
well what can say 10/10 tried a new dish never had before yousmi chicken might got wrong a pud to die for sago rice and the froffy milky tea to go with it yummy
will go back there next time i stay in Glasgow right next to my hotel as well s you don't have to go far
Terri Mathers
My husband and I visited for the first time last night and will definitely be back. We had the celebration tasting menu and the food was amazing! The service was also exceptional so overall a very positive experience. Would highly recommend.
My Rustic Mind
Great place for malaysian food..<br/>Makes you feel like home..<br/>The food are soo good.. <br/>Can't remember what we order but they're all nice.. <br/>The staff are attentive..
Venska Adelia Tanubrata
Got the lunch menu, considerably cheap for £9.50 for drink, starter and main... Got the spiciest jn the menu which is kungpo chicken and it was bursting with flavours! Ordered roti canai for the starter, its pretty oily but the curry is just spot on! The texture and taste is not too strong but just enough
HungryFella
Excellent service, good food.. Visited first time on a Sunday night and it was busy. Would recommed booking a table or phoning ahead. The staff here are very welcoming, friendly and attentive. Made sure our drinks were flowing and took our orders without any delay. Ive never eaten Malayasian so the closest i can compare it to is chinese. However the food is better than any chinese restaurants ive eaten in in Glasgow. Far more authentic seeming, huge portions and decent range of exciting dishes. Try the Laksu. Recommend ordering side of veg as there isnt enough fresh veg through the food. Tendency for food to be a little oily but i am fussy about oil generally. i think their fish dishes will be decent judging by how good our prawn starter was. £36 for two mains, one starter, 2 cokes and 2 beers! If u need a star i would say 3.5.
Sarah
Me and my husband LOVE this place. We have been twice now. Tasty, fresh food. Lovely staff, bright place and SUPER lunch prices. The won-tons and the Laksa are gorgeous!! Looking forward to going again!
TOM C
BANANA LEAF. We had the pleasure of a very good dinner at Banana Leaf-Malaysia Chinese, food was authentic,reasonably priced, the staff friendly and the service excellent. We'll be going again.
Gill_rees
Lovely Lunch. I read reviews for this restaurant and thought that we would go for a supper/evening meal however we were in Glasgow at lunchtime and went to see if we could get in. We could and had a fabulous meal. The menu was large and we didn't quite understand all of it even with the translation but the waiter was very helpful and we had a fabulous lunch. It didn't matter that we couldn't use chopsticks. I'd recommend this restaurant to all.
Derek Goh
Home from Home. Really enjoyed the lovely food and service and price. The chief cook really knows his stuff. I have recommended this place to friends and colleagues and all share my enthusiasm for the food there. If you like Malaysian/Chinese food, this is the place to be in !!! 10/10
Jamie Dow
One of the best Malaysian restaurants in the UK, full stop. I ate here after a month absence of Malaysian cuisine. Ordered the roti canai starter, a firm favourite of mine in Kuala Lumpur (wouldn't mind a roti telur, hint hint) and the nasi lemak, another favourite. They were delicious, matching the flavours I experienced in Malaysia. This little restaurant does get busy, and I can see why. I will definitely be back, the food is fantastic!
Bo Lee
The Banana Thief!. I have never written a review for a restaurant before, however the dining experience at the Banana Leaf – Malaysian Restaurant in Glasgow was so poor that I would not like others to have to suffer to the ills of such an experience.<br/><br/>I have eaten twice at Banana Leaf on Glasgow’s Cambridge Street, the second experience being even worse than the first. Foolishly, I always believe in second chances, but in this case I really shouldn’t have! The service, though pleasant, did not compensate for the low quality of the food and certainly not for the prices paid for it.<br/><br/>On the first occasion I ordered a Clay Pot with Pork and Steamed Vegetables with a side of steamed rice, my friends who joined me ordered a Lamb Stir fry and a Beef Sauté, respectively. In all three cases the meat dishes consisted of mostly fat, very little of which could be eaten, with an assortment of what appeared to be cheap frozen vegetables, which in all three cases were disguised with thick prebought sauces. During my second visit to the restaurant I ordered the Mussel Sir fry with Chilli and Lemongrass, it arrived with no more than a half a dozen mussels with the shells still in tact, a handful of carrots and some iceberg lettuce, once again being covered over with a thick sauce, which tasted like the jarred stuff you buy at a Chinese supermarket for 99p. Perhaps this is something new, but I am yet to come across a dish in any restaurant where iceberg lettuce is used to compliment a stir fry! <br/><br/>All in all, I suppose I could have swallowed the experience if the quality of the food matched the prices, but the dishes ranged between £9.00 and £13.00 (rice not included) and for that I could have grilled two lovely steaks fresh from the butcher in the privacy of my own kitchen or dined at one of Glasgow’s many other lovely, higher-end restaurants. This is no less than theft and I warn others to keep their wallets in their pockets and to keep walking if they happen by this restaurant.
Hui Steph
Then ordered my usual wat tan ho. Somehow, the kueh tiao today wasn’t fried long enough before the addition of the sauce. Still tasted good although would have preferred the wat tan ho to be a bit more ‘chao da’…
Michelle Muirhead
Banana Leaf gets very busy quickly, it’s not the type of place to make a reservation, just turn up and hope for the best. If you can’t get a table, they’ll tell you to come back in 15/20 minutes. It’s worth the wait! While in the Restaurant, I looked around to see what everyone else was ordering. I noticed that a lot of the local Glaswegians were asking the waiters what someone else on another table were ordering, in fact, I overheard a table asking about our dishes which made me laugh. The Hainanese Chicken Rice was a favourite with a lot of people along with the Roti to start with, which was another thing I used to have in Singapore a lot.
Alfred Tan
Satay that has been deep fried and not grilled over a char-coal flame. A new take on satay that I probably won't get used to. The peanut sauce was authentic nevertheless. This has been one of the most satisfying meals I have had. No Michelin stars whatsoever, just comfort food to nourish the soul.
Avi
Located just off sauchiehall street the restaurant is tucked away in a book opposite thistle hotel. <br/><br/>The restaurant specialises in South Asian cuisine specifically Malaysian. The servings are good and it's a wise decision to ask the hostess what to order. The dishes have a very authentic feel but on consultation with a Malay friend was informed the spice content is drastically reduced to make the food more palatable to locals.<br/><br/>Side dishes and starters can be added but each portion of starters is good for one individual. The alcohol selection is small and a tad on the higher side.<br/><br/> An average main course costs about £10 per head. <br/>
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