Bay Leaf Indian Kitchen - Fresno

Very tasty food, good service and warm atmosphere. Chicken Carry was delicious ??

Amazing food, service, and atmosphere. ambient with not too loud music, clean bathrooms, delicious food too. a bit pricey but still a great place to eat!

Ordered the Rogan Gosht (lamb curry , Tikki Chaat and Garlic Naan for takeout. The flavor of everything in terms of spices and herbs was good, but it was all WAY too overly salty/heavy!!! (minus the naan . And as a person with a pretty heavy palate that hates bland food, I mean it when I say too salty! ESPECIALLY the lamb curry... When I opened the lid, it smelled absolutely amazing, yet when I tasted it, my face almost instinctively scrunched up because of just how salty it was. Naan is inherently pretty bland, and it's not an exaggeration when I say that a single small dip in the curry was enough to flavor an entire half of the piece of naan. I usually love to smother my naan in curry but that was definitely not possible with this one. It was just salty, salty, salty, to the point that I couldn't really even taste the spices in the curry.The Tikki Chaat was good in flavor but was also way too heavy; the potatoes tasted amazing but they were still on the salty side, and definitely had enough flavor on their own already. Then with the chickpea curry and tamarind chutney on top, it was just too much. One bite was fine, but then after a few more I couldn't continue because of the noticeable saltiness of the potatoes along with the also salty chickpeas on top. The sourness of the tamarind just seemed to enhance the saltiness.The portion of the Rogan Gosht was extremely disappointing. For $16.99, I received the smallest portion of curry I have ever received at that price. It came in a very small cup, and there was literally only about 6-7 bite-sized pieces of lamb. I've attached a picture comparing the size of the cup to my hand and a cellphone. I mean, seriously... for nearly 20 bucks I received a cup of curry the size of my hand and a few bites, AND it didn't even come with rice nor naan like most Indian restaurants. I had to buy the naan separately, which was another $3.49 for a single piece. The Tikki Chaat was a much larger portion than the curry, and was $5.99 (albeit it's just potatoes and chickpeas, but still... . Needless to say, a few bites of overly salty curry with one piece of naan was not exactly filling nor enjoyable. And with only the few bites of Tikki Chaat that I could stomach, I was left feeling still pretty hungry and had to fill myself up with some beverages. It seems to me like the chef did not taste-test their own cooking and just haphazardly seasoned the food because it almost felt like I was eating pure salt. Hopefully, it was just the specific chef who cooked my meal, since other reviews are very positive. I mean, at least they knew how to use spices and herbs.... but they should really taste their own food before serving it.

This restaurant is consistently delicious! Veggie samosas were amazing, and tried a new dish tonight too, Malai Kofta, that was really good too. Everyone here is super friendly and I love the Indian music playing too :

I’m very disappointed. The food is very low quality and doesn’t live up to what Indian food really is. I ordered a chicken tikka masala with white rice and naan. The chicken looks and tastes like it’s been frozen for days. The sauce is TASTELESS and so I asked for salt and pepper trying to make it less horrible, but it didn’t work. The rice isn’t basmati at all and it doesn’t taste like anything. For the price, I thought I’m getting a high quality Indian food which i love so much. When I told the chef that the food is tasteless, they merely replied with” it is what it is”. Then I just left the table and food, paid $22 and walked out.Avoid this place at any cost. You’ll walk out with a huge disappointment and frustration.