Banana Restaurant Info
- 148 North Rd, Maindy, Cardiff CF14 3BH United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- +44 29 2061 5135
- [email protected]
- +44 29 2061 5135
- +44 29 2061 5135
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An authentic South Indian experience, I had the mango lassi and a cobra beer to drink which was fantastic! Would really recommend this beer. The mutton roll was an amazing starter and the Mutton Biryani was fantastic. Staff was friendly, food was tasty, venue was clean and the prices were worthy of the portion sizes. I'd highly recommend this place to anyone in the mood for proper good Indian food!
Tried this new restaurant yesterday. It was very good food! They were very accomodating with our not so spicy requests ????. Service was excellent as well.
Ok. Service was abysmal and the food was okay. The masala dosa was very good, and if that’s all we’d had, it would have been five stars. But everything else fell short.
We had the fried fish starter. Extremely overcooked and dry. Came with an excuse of a salad with no dressing or sauce or anything at all.
The paratha and chapati were awful. Thick, chewy, tough. Both completely undercooked. I could make a ball of dough from it if I tried.
Mango lassi and sweet lassi both disappointed. They were watered down and had the consistency of milk. The yogurt and water had even separated.
The butter chicken, pictured below was not butter chicken. It tasted alright but I would not call it butter chicken, if it was called something else I would be happy with it because it looked and tasted nothing like butter chicken.
We also had the aloo gobi and that was very good.
This place is a godsend. This is the best Indian restaurant that I have been to in Cardiff. At really reasonable prices, they are doing the cuisine some justice. We tried porotta, butter chicken and Sri Lankan curry. While the Sri Lankan curry is on the slightly spicier side, the butter chicken could be improved, but hey I'm not really complaining. Seeing porotta that had actual layers made my day. In short, the food is yum and the staff very polite, cheery and helpful. Definitely returning and recommending this place.
In short: Great quantity and quality at great price.
Has really clean washrooms too.
A return visit and just as good as before. We love Indian food and this was a little different, with options we had not seen before and some more familiar dishes. On recommendation of very helpful waiter we started with milk hopper and mutton rolls, then Chicken kothu parotta for me, chicken biryani for my wife. All were delicious, great balance of spice and really well cooked. What I especially liked was a separate portion of spicy sauce on the side so you could add extra spicy heat if you wanted (which we did !) . Finished with a Sri lankan rice pudding which was more like a drink and pleasantly warming.
Add to this great service, a relaxed atmosphere and very reasonable prices. We will definitely be back again!
Great food! We had takeout but the interior of the restaurant was lovely
Tons of vegan options. We especially enjoyed the jeera rice, vegetable fried rice, okra dhal and potato curry. Great if you want something that's a big step up from Indian takeaway. If you like Mowgli's you'll love Banana
Really lovely, flavoursome food, quickly prepared and easy to collect. I already knew the team here were really friendly (they helped me de-ice my car earlier this year) and this experience was just as good. Will definitely be returning.
I telephoned yesterday to order a take away for my husband and I. Since neither of us had tried Sri Lankan food before I had a few questions about the curries and asked if we could be recommended a curry. The lady on the telephone unfortunately did not hold a good command of the English language and explained that she couldn't understand what i wanted. It appeared that she only understood that i was asking for a curry. Since she couldn't understand me we ended up ordering from another restaurant which was a shame, but it really is poor that the front of house staff cannot understand and answer basic questions, this would be a huge concern if I'd been asking questions about allergies etc!
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Staff get temperature checks
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Beer
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Free water refills
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Halal food
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Kids' menu
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Small plates
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Bar on site
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Gender-neutral toilets
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Good for kids
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Casual
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Accepts reservations
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