Banana Leaves Asian Cafe - Besthesda

The food was terrible and misrepresented as Malaysian. Do not go here. It is a scam!

Food was absolutely terrible, me and my boyfriend don’t think this is authentic Chinese food. We ordered pork bun and the bread tasted like cardboard, as for the Singapore noodles we ordered, the beef had hard grizzle that hurt my teeth. The food overall tasted old and made me and my boyfriend sick and vomit. Food also doesn’t look like items shown in picture, must’ve been photoshopped.

Only for take out. Food was delicious and portions were big! Thank you!

One of the worst food I have ever had! Salmon was raw and had a terrible smell to it! Chicken satte were as gross and uncooked as they could be! Tofu preparations were completely tasteless, and smelly! Overall, food quality has gone down from bad to worse! Would not recommend this restaurant to anyone!

The first time we went here, we were turned away. The one guy working there was too busy. The second time we came here, my kid ordered the udon soup. The man was confused. I pointed to it on the menu. He showed me his screen, which showed other soups, but not udon. My kiddo changed the order to ramen (although I had just bought a frozen package of ramen from Costco). The man pulled out a frozen package that looked suspiciously like what I had at home from Costco, and cooked it up with some veggies. We got home and pulled out noodles and this (see pic). This is the most Chinese looking and tasting “ramen” I’ve ever seen. It actually looks like soupy moo goo gai pan. Look, this place needs help, literally. You guys have one guy handling orders and cooking. You have a menu you don’t know, you cook up store-bought food, and you don’t seem to know what you’re doing. I’m sure none of this is news to the owners. I don’t like railing on a small business, but there are too many red flags here. This place is begging to be an episode on one of those reality restaurant makeover shows. Look, get a smaller menu of things you actually can cook, and hire some people.