Banana Leaf

Overall, I had a good experience. The food was decent, though nothing really stood out in a big way. The pineapple fried rice was the highlight of the meal. It was very tasty and had a nice mix of chicken and shrimp that worked really well together. I had higher hopes for the spinach, but it was just okay. It’s not something I would order again. This is the kind of place that’s worth trying at least once. I wouldn’t choose to come back on my own, but I would return if someone else wanted to go.

First time trying this restaurant and my husband and I are so impressed. The Singapore Laksa is rich and flavorful, the Hainanese Chicken is perfectly tender with fragrant rice, and the Roti Canai is buttery, crispy, flaky, and comes with an amazing curry dip. Banana Leaf— highly recommend!

Fantastic service and great tasty food! Dinner party of 3 and we tried a little of everything including the roti bread, salted fish fried rice, chicken skewers, penang beef curry and chicken curry. The owner gave us a free plate of crispy popcorn chicken due to their opening anniversary and it was super good. I highly recommend this place if you like Malaysian and Thai food.

✔️ Loved the Indian pancake! It’s taste like a combo of a tortilla + and crossiant ✔️ rice was lemony flavor and lovely ✔️ service was fast ❌ I noticed the waiter asked everyone else questions and gave suggestions. It was my first time and first time trying Malaysian food. So it would have been cool to hear recommendations.

✅ Quick, responsive and friendly service ✅ They have the best chicken satay I have ever tried in the US and Europe combined. It was very tender and packed with flavors. The last time I enjoyed such a delicious satay was in Singapore many years ago. ✅ Tender and delicious Beef Rendang, although it was less spicy than what I had in Southeast Asia. Just take note that this dish was served with rice (no vegetables). ❌ We found everything we ordered authentic and tasty. The only one we didn’t like as much was the Laksa. However, this could be because we’re used to Singaporean Laksa and not the Malaysian version.

Affordable. Staff were very nice. Cleanliness was not the best however. The food was good for the price but I didn’t think they were very fresh or tasted the best.

The Singaporean Laksa is legit; balanced broth with slight creaminess and not too heavy. Great set of toppings but there is no fishball. The sambal they use for the sambal calamari tastes just like the ones from the hawker centers in KL, but one criticism is that the white rice was a little wet for my liking but not bad

I would say this place and Phat eatery have some of the best Malaysian food in Houston. The classics are well done here, roti canai, beef rendang, and sizzling bead curd were all great. Laksa was mediocre unfortunately.

What a hidden gem! The servers were so kind and attentive, which made the experience even better. We tried the chow fun noodles with shrimp and chicken--solid 9/10. The Hainan chicken? WOW. A definite 10/10, especially the flavorful rice that came with it. We also had the Malaysian spare ribs--super tasty and tender! The ambiance is chill and low-key, perfect for a relaxed family dinner. Nothing fancy, but it hits the spot. We'll definitely be back!

We went on separate occasions to Banana Leaf which was our go to Malaysian restaurant. We ordered pretty much the same dishes but there was definitely a difference on our last visit. Not sure if they change owners or chefs. There were a number of red flags. We ordered our usual... seaweed seafood soup, kangkong belachan, Malaysian beancurd and beef rendang. The Malaysian beancurd was about the same. First red flag was the seaweed seafood soup... it was sweet. Understand you may put sugar but definitely sweeter than previous. Second red flag... beef rendang had potatoes in it. They never put potatoes in it before and had a much strong star anise taste. Last but not least is the kangkong belachan. Mt wife used to love it. It was the first time she didn't finish it. Something different on the taste. When we placed our order, staff keep on confirming we are having the shrimp paste with the kangkong. Belachan is the Malaysian shrimp paste... maybe that's where it was off... not sure if they actually used belachan or just shrimp paste. Staff was nice. They shoud just be honest though. We overheard the staff saying she was Malaysian but when one of the guest said "Selamat", she did not understood what it meant. It meant "Thank you". Pretty basic even if you have not spoke the language. Good thing another Malaysian restaurant opened close by. Not sure I'll come back as it looks like the previous owners and chefs are gone. Let me know if that's not the case and will give it another chance.

The Indian pancake tastes great! Highly recommended. Dishes are kind of salty than expected if prefer relatively low sodium diet. Service is good, waiter stayed on top with adding water and extra napkins... it was busy at lunch time, you could not skip the conversation of next table if you stayed quiet

I had Singapore noodles which had shrimp and chicken. It can use some siracha and soy sauce. The Indian pancake roti thing first thing on the menu is good too the sauce.

I haven't been to this place in many years and unfortunately the food quality has gone down. We ordered the roti canai as an appetizer and I loved that the roti came out hot, but the dipping sauce was super watery and did not taste like much. The beef satay was yummy, but a little cold. The beef flat rice noodles weren't hot when they came out and didn't have much flavor to them. The sizzling tofu--which I've had sizzling before--was not sizzling and again did not taste like much. We also ordered a dried curry shrimp dish--which was actually a wet curry--which we did not enjoy much. Service was good and they moved quickly, but unfortunately the food quality has gone down.

Where's the rice???? So surprised that only four tables were filled, so it was easy to walk in and find a table on a Saturday night around 7 PM. This used to be a family favorite and we were prepared for a long wait. At one point, they were so busy that they built a second location across the street in the H-Mart shopping center. That was not the case on our most recent visit. Considering how empty they were, we were surprised at how slow and how disorganized they were with not only our order, but other people dining. As we waited and waited and waited for them to take our order, they brought the wrong order to almost every table that was near us. Beef instead of chicken, roti to the wrong table, forget an order completely. This should have been a clue to our meal that followed, but we remembered our family dinners in the past so fondly. So we stayed and we waited. Just as we were about to leave, our waiter finally took our order. Roti, chicken curry and a sizzling tofu with veggies with glasses of water. Not too complicated. The chicken curry came out first. We asked about the plain rice. The waiter said, oops I forget it. I'll bring it right out. Then came the roti. Still no rice. We watched as the tables that came in and ordered their orders after us get red bowls filled with rice and for our table, still no rice and the same oops, I forgot again. The sizzling tofu came out. Surprised at the veggies, but still no rice. Finally the busboy clearing the table next to us helped us with our order of plain white rice. Used to be a family favorite, but next time we are craving Malaysian food, will make the drive to Katy and eat at Uncle Chin's Kitchen. The Roasted Hainanese Chicken with chicken rice and Malaysian Chicken Curry are so delicious at Uncle Chin's Kitchen.

Stir fry flat noodle was solid. Water spinach was a little bland, could've used more bean curd. Roti was good, flakey, and buttery; curry dipping sauce was ok. Sizzling bean curd was great! Services was great, ambiance = family restaurant

One of my local favorites, Banana Leaf has offers delicious Malaysian flavors (if you're unfamiliar with this cuisine, think of flavors from South Asia mixed in with those of East Asia) that keep me and my family coming back. I personally highly recommend the Sizzling tofu entree, which I get with meat, and the Roti Canai appetizer, both of which are packed with flavor and go deliciously with rice. Of note; this restaurant is in Chinatown and the interiors aren't super fancy nor will the waiters go out of their way to talk to you. But, they deliver on flavor and that is the metric I use in Chinatown.

Ordered lunch and water to drink. Water was opaque and yellow, very dirty and did not drink it. New owners off Bellaire Blvd and BW8. Trashy place so don't ever go there!!!!

This is an easy 5 star review for the food! The food is great but the main problem is the loud chairs. I'll explain below. Food: the sizzling pepper beef was absolutely amazing. Grilled and made to perfect perfection. Every single bite was so phenomenal. My girlfriend and I really enjoyed that dish with all the bell pepper, onions and everything like that. It's an amazing dish and I highly recommend it. My girlfriend got another dish as well which kind of looked like drunken noodles. The water tasted horrible. I wish they had a bottled water because the water from here is not good at all so that's one thing you need to work on either get their water cleaned up or serve water bottles because you cannot drink the water here if you care about drinking clean water because this water is nasty. Once again, the food is five stars. No problem with that at all. Also, the customer service is five Where they get the 3 stars is the extremely loud chairs. I could give this restaurant a one star rating because it was that much of a disturbance. When we arrive, all of the waiters kept moving these heavy chairs around making obnoxious loud noise. It was to the point where we were no longer even enjoying our meal. Like what is wrong with your staff? How can you not realize this is annoying as hell. Moving around these heavy ass chairs making all this loud obnoxious noise. I should probably give this place a one star review because of that I mean it literally ruined our experience. How can you not realize dragging heavy chairs and making all this noise doesn't affect the clients experience. It made for a really annoying dining experience. I mean, I could literally give them one to a star because of this, but I'm giving them three stars because the food was good. Management teacher staff to not drag and make all this noises with your chairs while people are trying to dine in and eat it establishment. It's 100% ruined our experience.

I stopped in here for lunch after a day of checking out the sights in Chinatown. My partners family was excited to try some new cuisine. The service was quite good, we were seated right away and our food came quickly, the waitress even boxed our food in take out boxes at the end of the meal. The food is large portions for a decent price too... the curry chicken was two meals for only 9 dollars. I liked the roti a lot too.I won't lie, the restaurant didn't seem particularly clean and the bathroom was kind of disgusting. Asides from that, it was a decent experience, though the food was nothing too special.

Finally tried this gem after passing by it for years and glancing at the menu in the window. Well worth the surprise visit! The restaurant is kind of narrow but they somehow fit about 12 tables and only had two servers in the incredibly busy hours we arrived. The waitress was very accommodating and gave us a high chair for my baby right away. The menu is nice and simple; includes a helpful description of the food in italics. Now onto the food: The best of these dishes, is the Banana Leaf Crispy Golden Fried Calamari. Nice thick, crispy and wonderfully flavorful batter wrapped around fresh, chewy yet springy squid. Tastes even better when dipped into the sauce that comes with the Indian Pancake. Which, is exactly what you expect. Warm, thin, flaky bread you can dipped into the rich, creamy brown sauce. Perfect appetizer. The next two dishes were good, but I could live without them also. The Shrimp with Eggplant Malaysian Style. Mildly spicy and tasty. The eggplant was very moist, just saturated in the brown sauce it's cooked in. Not sweet like Chinese YuXiang eggplant (鱼香茄子）but very savory. And, the Banana Leaf Pineapple Fried Rice, which is cooked with chicken, shrimp, and eggs. Was great. Very flavorful yellow rice, deliciously sweet onion, bit of chicken and shrimp in there (not much, but there), and green peas and cubed carrot. Good enough portion to feed about three people. (They give a bowl of white rice for the table also). Nothing really remarkable it was just good fried rice. Overall great restaurant. I would love to try more the menu next time but not exceptional enough to become my staple favorite!

I've been here three times now, and I'm dying to go back! Twice on weekends and once on a weekday. The weekday food experience was not at the same level as the weekend experience. They're able to accommodate small to medium size groups (about 6 people is probably the max). The restaurant is pretty small. The service is excellent. The servers all work together, and they're very efficient. Onto the food! Appetizer: Try the roti kanai! Sizzlers: pepper chicken and pepper beef are both delish! Curry chicken and Beef Rendag are also favorites. I'll be back this week... hehe

Food no good, also Service are really really bad, we stayed in Houston couple days and been to some restaurants around that area, they were good, especially their service ,cause I gonna say Atlanta won't have that kind of service .But just want to say only this banana leaf servers were no good, who will just put the dishes on your table without saying a word ,felt like just throw your orders on your table Very nasty bathroom ,trust me, look at their bathroom ,you will see how bad it is .Also we not even finished our orders cause tasted so bad.i should have tried the other Malaysian one not far from there

Delicious authentic Malaysian food and great service, as always. We went early and so no wait!

Very small place in the china town section of bellaire in Houston. Have been here many times so decided to give a review. Have not been for a long time so finally decided to leave some thoughts. Had the sizzling beef dish for main and I always start with the roti, some of the best I have ever had. The roti comes with a curry sauce and the satay is char grilled to perfection. Many speciality drinks like coconut water to choose from as well. I usually just get water to enjoy the awesome flavors!

Tried this place for the first time with my family. It's located in the heart of Chinatown in Bellaire and there is a lot of stores around the restaurant and a lot of boba and dessert option. We got the clams, soft shell crab, fried tofu, and Chinese broccoli. Servers were friendly, if you can speak mandarin that definitely helps but they also understand English ! Restaurant is simple and clean too. If you're and Malaysian food I think this is a great place !

Came here on a whim for lunch while visiting Houston's Chinatown, and had just an OK experience. Based on the reviews below, we may have ordered the wrong dishes - they have a huge menu, so we may try again in the future. The four of us ordered two roti canai, a fried noodle dish, the Hainanese chicken, beef rendang, and nasi lemak. The roti canai appetizer was probably the best dish we had, but it wasn't standout, and the Hainanese chicken was really disappointing: it was dry and tasteless, the complete opposite of how the dish should be. The chicken in my nasi lemak was tender, and the portion size was decent, but the pickled vegetables tasted stale and limp. The same was true for my mom's beef rendang. Overall, the dishes we got were misses, the service was a bit abrupt, and we didn't have the best experience for lunch.

I literally wrote this review so I could give the Sizzling Malaysian Style Bean Curd 5 stars. I forgot how amazing this dish is. It's soft in the middle and it has a 'skin layer'. The minced pork & shrimp provides a savory sauce over it all. It's basically all you need. Like get 1 for every 2 people in your party. I probably wouldn't recommend anything else because I'd just want to save my stomach real estate just for the bean curd. I don't think I need to say it, but eat this with rice. 11/10. Move over cheese curds, bean curds are boss in H-town.

A great restaurant for family style and plenty of space for larger parties. We tried 6 different dishes: -Roti Canai (5/5): really crispy and flaky southeast Asian pancake with some sort of curry based sauce. Definitely one of the best appetizers -Stir-fried flat rice noodle (4/5): very standard noodle dish. I do think there could have been more flavor but overall not bad. Add some of the spicy sauce for an extra kick. -Chicken and beef satay mix (3/5): the skewers were pretty small and the chicken was on the drier side. -Curry laksa (5/5): I love a good noodle soup and especially one that is curry based! This was my favorite dish of the evening as the soup had really good flavor. -Malaysian style spare ribs (4/5): they came out really hot and crispy. The sauce was a sweeter sauce and went well with the ribs. -Nasi Lemak (3/5): this dish was kind of hard for sharing and I probably wouldn't order this again, but that's only because of the anchovies. Overall, if you're looking for some Malaysian food in Chinatown, this is a decent spot!

Came here for lunch midweek and was able to easily get a table around 12:30pm. I ordered the Indian Pancake (Roti) and Chow Fun noodles. The roti was amazing...wish I had much more! Hot, light, and served with a yummy curry dipping sauce. The chow fun noodles were ok...missing a little flavor in my opinion that would have made them great. Their menu is gigantic, so plenty of options to come back and try again (and get more roti). Pricing is very fair and portions are large. Parking is in a large, albeit crowded, lot, since the location is in a strip center.

I'd heard good things about Banana Leaf, so I was excited to try it out. I got the roti (ordered the one with curry but they gave the egg one), the garlic chicken, and hokkien stir fried noodles. The egg roti was basically a thin crepe with scrambled eggs in the middle; I think the eggs made it a bit soggy, so I'd recommend the regular with curry instead of the egg. The garlic chicken was very crispy but didn't have much garlic flavor, good but more of a classic salted fried chicken taste. The stir fried noodles were nice and saucy. Everything tasted decent, but I probably wouldn't get the same dishes if I went again since the menu is very vast. The restaurant is located in Dun Huang plaza, so parking can be hard to find on the weekends. Try the parking garage by Great Wall supermarket if you can't find a general parking spot.

Great restaurant with friendly staff. Overall every food item I tried was delicious, my favorite was the noddle dish pictured that had some shrimp. I don't remember the name of the dish but it was AMAZING. The beef skewers were juicy and had a great flavor. Indian pancake 4/5 Calamari with basil 3/5 Beef Skewers 5/5 Noodle dish 5/5 Overall I would return to try other food items.

dinned here many times, absolutely love banana leaf. you can be seated easily most times. i will say it's a smaller restaurant with lots of seating so it can feel a bit crowed sometimes but the food makes up for that. they serve fresh coconut and also thai tea, along with other soft drinks etc. as for food, we order a lot when we go, and we usually get the same thing most of the time but switch it up from time to time. here are the go to's i recommend: for starters roti kani, and chicken satay. then pad thai (i usually ask the tofu to be removed), beef rendang, and another noodle or rice dish. i've tried the laksa and it is yummy but just doesn't go with me. the mango chicken is delicious as well. the most delicious menu item we've recently tried was the sizzling beef... so worth it!!! sizzling beef so tender, flavorful and juicy -yummmmm!!! banana leaf is always a yesss!

(3.5 stars) I've been craving Malaysian food so I decided to come here with friends. Roti (2 for $4.25): 4/5 kind of too thick for my taste, I really liked the coconut curry sauce it came with! Beef rendang $19: 1/5 I've had better at papparich. The flavors were weak and the beef was actually room temperature/kinda cool which was a bit concerning. The portion was also small for the price. Sizzling tofu $16: 5/5 definitely the star of the meal, had decent bits of seafood and fried egg, the tofu was perfectly crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. Noodle dishes (char kway tow and Singaporean noodles) $11.50 each: 3/5 hard to mess them up. Not very remarkable but had a decent amount of protein in them! Service was also pretty good. The server was very nice and funny. I might return for their lunch menu which has fair prices.

Was craving some Asian food- food this gem on the list of must try in Houston chinatown We got the roti, pearl noodle and balecan fried rice All were delicious The roti- only came w curry sauce in a small cup Balecan fried rice was delicious! Pearl noodle is good as well Very affordable! Would definitely come back in the future!

We ordered several dishes and only the beef randemg was good. The rest has fishy taste and very heavy.

If you are looking for some Malaysian food in Houston this is probably one of the most well known spots! They serve authentic Malaysian dishes with good flavors and good portions. During my visit I especially enjoyed the flat noodle dish (as pictured) and the chicken rice mixed with the sweet soy sauce. As for the service the waitress was very attentive when it came to refilling out waters and picking up our dishes. The restaurant overall is pretty small and the tables are close together making it kind of noisy depending on the time you go.

This place has so many options it was hard to choose. I want to go back many times to try everything. I had the Singapore Noodles and also the one of the soups. Both were great. I really loved the Singapore noodles. It was a fun place to eat in Chinatown.

Ordered the F12, stir fried rice noodle, but substituted the rice noodle for flat noddles. Loved the portion size, and the amount of protein they included in it. Came with tofu, chicken, shrimp, and eggs. Dish was flavorful, plenty for two meals. Service was very quick too. Got the roti curry too, roti was light and buttery.

We came here for their lunch special on a week day, we arrived at 2:55pm and they still sat us and allowed us to order from the lunch menu, which ends at 3pm. Service was fast and attentive! The food is flavorful, perfect combinations of meat and vegetables and rice, big potions, mostly importantly the price is unbeatable! Where else can you find $8.50 lunch special like this nowadays?! We got the Hot and Spicy Shrimp and Thai-styled Shrimp, big pieces of shrimp, and they are perfectly seasoned and succulent. If you haven't been here for their lunch special, you need to come here ASAP.

Love this place in Chinatown. Not crowded, not noisy, but parking can be challenging. Not impossible but there are spots if you look. It also has 15 min to-go parking spots in front. The owner is really nice. Sorry, I didn't get his name, but he's funny and friendly. Banana Leaf also has a lunch menu that still has LUNCH MENU PRICES! How about that!? Thank you, BL! xoxo I had the basil and beef lunch special and my friend also had a lunch special; between the 2 of us we ate family style and it was just enough for 2 people to share. Love supporting Chinatown and BL!

Decided to check out this place for dinner this evening. They had quite a few tables and even though it was decently busy we were able to be seated immediately. The ambiance was slightly dark and cozy. The wait staff was very kind and our food was out SUPER quickly, I would say roughly 7 minutes after we ordered. The food itself was delicious, it came out out hot and it was so good that my girlfriend and I couldn't stop eating until everything was gone. All in all I don't have a single negative thing to say about my experience and I highly reccomend checking this place out!

Service was really good but food left more to desire. I got the stir fried flat noodle with brown sauce. And the sauce was really good and I enjoyed the savoriness of it. I'm a huuuuge noodle person especially in Chinatown and the noodles seemed very over cooked. I tried my boyfriends Malaysian fried rice and was really wanting more flavor and ended up trying a piece of really odd tasting beef, it was all fat but tasted odd. There's still a lot of potential, I've had their dishes and enjoyed before but didn't perform to where I truly think they can go w Malaysian food! Not bad overall

Starting the new year with some good Malaysian food. Enjoyed the chicken satay, roti, spare ribs, fried calamari and pan fried seafood noodles. Everything was pretty good, a bit on the salty side, but still good.

Banana Leaf is indeed under new management and removed many of their old dishes from the new menu. The food that remain do not taste the same...in fact they taste much worse. Most disappointing is the Sizzling Tofu...it is now bland, and the sauce contains no pork nor shrimp mixed in. Many of their other dishes have sauces with hot chillie oil mixed in which they never did before. When you order take out, they don't provide you rice either. We unfortunately will never return and will tell all our old friends that use to love Banana so they won't make the same mistake we did. I can't imagine this place staying in business for long.

Great food!!! Very authentic! Fast service. They've been around for a long time but their food still remains authentic and fresh. Highly recommend this place.

If you steal my curry you're a THIEF If you insult my Barbi I'll give you GRIEF If you leave her alone, that's a RELIEF If you don't, she'll sit on you and QUEEF Then she'll insult your tiny BEEF While using her shoes to knock out your TEETH Make you vanish faster than the barrier REEF And then drag her muscle guy to BANANA LEAF WHAT Perhaps the best, and definitely the best value, restaurant in Chinatown. Not to be confused with Banana Republic, as in, I'd like to put my Banana in your Republic. It gets a little cold in here, but there's nothing better (or spicier) than the food here. Nommmmm. If Ana keeps on taking off her clothes in this store, they should simply Ban Ana, and ask her to Leaf. What to get: Char Kway Teow, extra spicy, Belacan Rice, extra spicy, and maybe the Tofu dish or the Roti Canai (although that often comes with colder curry sauce). If I had to make a list of the 10 best servers in Houston (friendliest, most personable, and professional), a couple of the servers here would be on that list. And their food is second to none. If you've never had Malaysian, this is the place to try it. A girl eating Banana Leaf Could not suspend her disbelief Upon her understanding They faked the Moon Landing She said "I was right, what a relief!" One of the best restaurants we've ever been to. Some of the servers here are off-the-charts friendly, portions are large and filling, spice levels are insane (if you ask for them) which is perfect for us, and the taste of the food is some of the very best Malaysian we've had in the country. All in all, there's no better place to eat in Texas, honestly. In the winter time, due to lack of good heating, it becomes Brrrrnana Leaf. And dogs don't really like it here, they prefer Boneana Leaf. Sure, sometimes it's a little chilly in here, and yes sometimes they forget the spice levels (but will fix it if you ask). But overall, you'll never have a significantly better Malaysian meal than this. No way. And you won't get this full on perfect Asian food in Houston for a cheaper price... and it really is perfect. So if your best friend is a thief And used your shirt as a handkerchief Strike back with a vengeance And barricade the entrance To their fave restaurant, Banana Leaf! The best Malaysian food in Texas that we've had, and some of the best anywhere - especially the life-changing Char Kway Teow. One of Houston's best, and best value, and oftentimes friendliest, restaurants. One of Chinatown's very best, and such a different cuisine to the likes of Chinese and Korean and Viet, which are more omnipresent throughout HTX. In fact it's so good, it deserves some rap: OK this rap will be BRIEF Which I'm sure is a RELIEF They low-key call me Hot Dog THIEF So you're like Mick Jagger, me KEITH Last night some dude with three TEETH Up and started giving me GRIEF I said "Why you come for me CHIEF? Instead let's do BANANA LEAF!" He said "it is my BELIEF That you believe in free SPEECH" I said "Yes, but here's what lies BENEATH A desire for more BANANA LEAF!" WHAT

I ordered the Clay Pot Noodle Soup which was a bit sweet but a great texture and flavor! My friend ordered the Singapore Laksa, which she said was not the most flavorful and was a bit watery, but a good flavor. Good speed of service overall.

my mom is obsessed with this place, so i'm not surprised it was good, but i was surprised at how yummy and fresh the seabass was! it actually melted in my mouth. we came on a sunday at lunch and pretty much every table was filled, but the servers were all very attentive and helpful. will definitely be back!

I frequent this establishment often for good Malaysian style cooking. The location is also very convenient. I love the Roti and the skewers from the appetizers menu and all of their noodle dishes are very good. The Indian Style Stir Fried Noodle is my personal favorite and has the perfect amount of spice to it. The Hokkien Stir Fried Noodle is also one of my common dishes. Would definitely come back again soon and recommend this place to everyone!

Located in busy Chinatown, Bellaire shopping center. Explore the shopping center after. -Plenty of parking if you arrive before busy times, so try to get here 30 min before lunch or dinner. -Small restaurant, only seats about 10 table per Covid protocols, so again, come a bit earlier then peak times. - Staff is friendly but there's only 2 so you may wait a bit for help, they work hard so be patient -Big menu with lots of options. -Everything we got was yummy and if you're not sure, ask the staff, they are happy to help I loved my food, everything was yummy and I am excited to go back and try other items. But not sure on authenticity bc I'm not Malaysian, just going based off my taste buds.

Excellent Food! I hahave lived in Singapore and spent time in Malaysia! This is as close as I have found in flavor! And the staff was very good and friendly!

me and my friends were walking around this plaza trying to decide on where to eat, this place caught our attention. we could smell how good it was from the outside. we accidentally were there about an hour before closing time however the lady still allowed us to order despite the kitchen almost closing in a few minutes. we ate fast no worries! food came out extremely quick and service was good! stir fried flat noodle- 7/10 as someone that loveees flat noodles this was good, but not outstanding malaysian style spareribs - 10/10 i really enjoyed these! i didn't even need the sauce to dip! the ribs are crispy but also tender when you take a bite. yu choy with oyster sauce - 7/10 good. standard vegetable dish to balance the meal out. nasi lemak - 8/10 this was really good! not at all what we were expecting honestly but it was delicious still. glad i got to try it.

My go to for Malaysian food in Houston. It's become a staple for me now. Really recommend getting the Roti with curry and the soft shell crab. Beef satay and the Rendang are pretty decent as well

Always a great experience at this small storefront. This time I had the sizzling beef but the crispy fish is my favorite.

Great food! Although no beer on the menu Pad Thai was great. Coconut shrimps not my favorite.

Forever my go to place for cheap Malaysian eats. Filling, tasty, and hits the spot every time. Other Malaysian restaurants have popped up over the years and might look fancier with their decor and food presentation, but the price is fancier as well and the portion often tiny. I've never had a problem with Banana Leaf and I've eaten here for over 5 years. My utmost favorite is the Char Kuey Teow, which is always sooo flavorful and more so once you mix in the shrimp paste. Aside from that, I highly recommend the Beef Rendang and Hainan Chicken. The Curry Beef Stew soup is my personal favorite but I believe the Laksa is a more popular choice.

My son and I have revisited this place in a crowded Sunday night, we ordered four dishes - Chicken and Beef Satay , Pad Thai, Nasi Lemak and Beef Rendang, both food and service are very good, the restaurant is busy with waiting list, we are enjoy the Malaysian cuisine in Houston China Town, will come back to visit definitely.