Banana Leaf Asian Bistro

This place is great. I told the waitress that I was vegan and she took the time to walk through my options on the menu. I ended up with veggie spring rolls and the Veggie Pad thai. Both were excellent.

There are many great options at Banana Leaf, but their menu has only three labels, one for vegetarian, gluten-free(standard, and gluten-free(on request). There is no label for vegan, and especially no label for vegan/vegetarian on request! There are only 7 items listed on the entire menu on the website with the V for vegetarians, but many dishes that are not only vegetarian, but vegan are standard(if you choose a meat option instead of tofu or mock duck, will not be labeled as vegan or vegetarian-friendly or can be produced on request. It seems like a glittering oversight. Other complicated things, they have separate lunch and dinner menus / specialties that are not listed on the website. Lunch specialities include a soup, and we were served once with egg drops soup along with our vegan curries. This soup was not listed on the website anywhere on the menu, nor was it mentioned by the phone when the order, but was included as part of the lunch offer. Overall, I would give the food at Banana Leaf 4 stars because, how good their Curries and Pad Thai (Make sure you are saying “no egg”!, but for the purposes of this review I am subtracting 1 star for the badly tagged menu and 1 star surprisingly served for an animal product.

I had the avocado green curry with tofu and it was loaded with veggies! My family ordered the panang and red curries with so much luck. Perfect spice. Really good service and clean restaurant with a quiet atmosphere. I'll go back and try something else.

The sushi is great, and the Mock Ente option is unique. Most places have only fried tofu, but Banana Leaf goes the extra mile by adding Mock Ente to the menu. It's a bit expensive, but it's worth it. And all curries are free from fish, which is brilliant.

Amazing food with great taste. Small dining area, but fast sitting. I had her spicy salad and Tom Tom soup. Very recommended.