Apollo Banana Leaf Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Unbelievable food. Recommended to us whilst we were in Ecuador! Reasonably priced and absolutely delicious."
• "Hands down best curry I have had in my life, every time."
• "Amazing, authentic Tamil food, generous portions (we had to take half of it home!) and sweet staff."
• "Excellent food every time and at a good price. I've eaten at the Banana leaf many times and have never been disappointed."
• "The fresh, fragrant, spicy curries have so much depth and flavour, it's hard not to love this place."
• "Food was absolutely delicious."
• "Best curry I've found in London."

Cons:

• "The mutton and special biriyani tasted and looked exactly the same."
• "The chefs don't even know how to make the masala for different variety of curries/dishes."
• "The food also made us sick."
• "I am so disappointed that the food was disgusting!"
• "Aubergine curry was a creamy mess with bits of hard skin in it."
• "The food was terrible, the quality tasted like a cheap Iceland Friday night oven food night."
• "our main dishes were disgusting."

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly staff and delicious food - we delighted in their onion bhaji's, naan, chicken tikka masala and mango lassi's as well their BYO advantage!"
• "Service is abrupt but good and it has a busy, fun vibe."
• "Service has improved and we were served swiftly."
• "Service has been the friendliest and the best that I've experienced in a Sri Lankan restaurant."
• "Great service, always with a smile."
• "The service is friendly."
• "Service was calm and good."

Cons:

• "Went for but did not eat as found staff extremely rude."
• "The manager was annoyed at having customers to serve."
• "Incredibly rude! Cannot comment on food as we didn't get a chance to eat."
• "Service was really poor with one man running the whole place and literally shouting at you."
• "They charged us £0.99 for ice!"
• "The staff were rude and dismissive."
• "No decency with customers no respect to customers ... greedy for money and order."

Value

Pros:

• "And as it's BYOB it's even cheaper (if you're drinking)."
• "BYOB helps make it very cheap (the food is inexpensive already)."
• "All full to the brim for less than £25 a head including service."
• "They also have crazy 30% discounts part of the week so it’s really affordable."
• "The prices are a steal too, especially as its BYO."
• "Great value for money, good food and particularly good mint sauce and mango chutney!"
• "Great value and will definitely come back."

Cons:

• "The rice portions are now weirdly expensive."
• "Nice food but I can't in good faith endorse a portion of rice for over £5..."
• "Food price is expensive and they put service charge 10% as well, we never go back again to this place."
• "It's no longer cheap and the food is poor."
• "They all looked and tasted exactly the same, insipid and pale."
• "The service charge was automatically added to the bill."
• "There's been a hike in the prices that made our eyes widen since our last visit."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The overall ambience is good, not fancy restaurant good, but good for CURRYBOND."
• "The music was tasteful not too loud or distracting."
• "The atmosphere was very lively due to big group tables of people."
• "The atmosphere is calm and unpretentious."
• "The look of the outside of the restaurant may not seem so appealing but the atmosphere and the food certainly was."
• "Although the decor leaves a lot to be desired the food is incredible and the prices exceptional."
• "I’m obsessed with the interior of printed fantasy lands that exist on earth framed to mark their poetry and importance to us."

Cons:

• "Worst restaurant I've ever been to in my life. Walls were dirty, cutlery was dirty, stains on light fixtures and table clothes."
• "The decor was quite pleasant, although with some notes of hotel or conference room it felt very genuine."
• "Mediocre food, worse decor and terrible service."
• "The restaurant itself felt like you were sitting in the middle of a car boot sale."
• "From the outside you may be a bit unsure as the decor hasn’t changed in a while and it’s not trendy looking."
• "No music playing and very average decor, but fantastic staff!"
• "Most definitely one of my favourite places in London. The decor is weird and the service can be a bit scatty."