Banana Leaf in Dacorum

Brilliant meal and great value for money, lovely atmosphere staff were so helpful, great choices and nice sized portions

The food was dry and tasteless

didn't receive any complimentary prawn crackers with my order. Have you stopped giving them out?

I ordered the food at 6:30, with a delivery time of 8:10. It arrived at 9:10

Great food, arrived hot. Thank you

delicious and top quality as usual.

Lovely dinner thanks very much

Great food definitely order again

Been coming here for over 15 years so this review is long overdue! The buffet menu is such excellent value for money, even if, like us, you’re too full to take advantage of the opportunity to order more starters and mains! Am a big fan of the pork dumplings and they offer up some of the best prawn toast I’ve had with a noticeable layer of prawns. The duck in black bean sauce also deserves a call out with plump pieces of duck and a tasty sauce which isn’t cloying like some can be. Service is slick with hot plates and new cutlery and napkins for every course and there is always such a buzz to the restaurant which brings a great ambience (no music required).

Had a lovely meal there for my birthday the food was just amazing and the quantity they bring out is so much.For the price you can’t go wrong. The staff were great and efficient and very friendly. I can’t wait to go back for a meal.

Absolutely fantastic, food: 11/10.

Called the restaurant several times and no answer we waited well over two hours for the food to arrive. Absolutely terrible service.

Absolutely superb , best in Hemel no competition

Amazing food and service as always, we all love eating at the Banana Leaf

Banana leaf are in a different league, question is do you take the red pill and go for the same old or take the blue pill and get a Banana Leaf?

My favourite restaurant, the food is always delicious and amazing value for money. The staff are welcoming and friendly. Would recommend this place to anyone living or visiting Hemel Hempstead.

Excellent food and service. We had the all you can eat from the menu. Everything was freshly cooked as we ordered. There was no rush and we enjoyed everything. We will come again.

Delicious food. Very tasty and hot. Will use again.

Amazing food, lovely kind staff, fantastic value for a buffet. To come and get a massive array of delicious starters, along with soups, duck pancakes and mains all prepared to order- it really is too good to be true. As a family we come back as much as we can for the wonderful meal we get here.

food arrived 45 minutes early, they didn't update app so I knew it was on way! I always ordered the same food and nothing was like previous orders, very bland in flavour. salt and pepper ribs tasted old! very disappointed

I have been to many Chinese buffets, and had many Chinese takeaways but truthfully none compare to this. All we spoke about during our meal was how amazing it was, everything was full of flavour, wasn’t greasy, and the service was impeccable. During our last plate we felt so full we couldn’t finish, but because of how good it tasted we still didn’t want to leave the food incase it upset the chef. Best Chinese we’ve ever eaten at. And best buffet restaurant we’ve ever eaten at (including other food types like pizza etc.) We can’t wait to return! Highly recommend!

Poor experience. Ordered a mix of Chinese and Thai. Despite advertising otherwise, the Spice was non existent. The flavour was also bland. Prawns were rubbery and the whole order was just poor. Edible, but poor - and the Best thing I ordered was a can of tango. Maybe I should have ordered something else from the menu but I really don’t get the hype…

Duck wasn’t shredded as asked to do

Amazing food, some ribs that weren’t proper ribs as happens often, but otherwise perfect.

Good food. Eat much as you can system every day - £23-£25 p.p.

Charged me for a half duck and i get a quarter duck, massive difference in price, just unacceptable really

My family were visiting and wanted to eat at a Chinese Buffet. Banana Leaf was the only local restaurant I could find which offered an 'All you Can Eat' option, so I booked a table. The food was delicious - so much choice and good portion sizes. The service was first-class. And one extra little touch that impressed was the supply of 'warm,' fresh plates, and cutlery, with each course. In our experience, many more prestigious restaurants often serve hot food on cold plates! I have visited dozens of different restaurants, in many locations, over the years, and have to say that Banana Leaf stands out in terms of food quality, value for money and staffing. Even though the restaurant was very busy, we didn't feel.rushed, or, alternatively, forced to wait for our meal. We will definitely return and would recommend Banana Leaf for an enjoyable dining experience.

Really top quality Chinese tonight . Thanks

Thank you for quick delivery and yammy food

Eat as much as you like from the menu they don't try and Rush You the food comes out quickly and hot crispy dark ribs soup everything is excellent value about £16 pound person in the week And £18 at the weekend they have carlsberg export and San Miguel on Tap day also have Guinness in cans Wine is around £15 pound the bottle they have live music events here Live singers and stuff The staff are very friendly and helpful The place is kept very clean I've never had bad food here once You do need to book though can get very busy The king prawn wosabi is amazing The only problem is you normally full before you get to the mains as the starters are so good There is parking nearby near asdas and Iceland's but if you go at night you can park round the back for free It's a great way of trying new food the more of you that go the better as you can order lots of plates and try everything Great place to go for birthdays and celebrations Highly recommended

Quality of food wasn’t up to usual standards

Really nice food, really enjoyed.

Went to the Banana leaf restaurant last night with my wife & kids. Been eating at Banana leaf for the last 16 years and never had a bad meal...Always fresh & flavoursome. Good food...Great quality...Good service. Friendly staff. Banana Leaf is the best value restaurant that my family and I have ever had. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone. Bon appetit.

Always buy from here. Never had a bad experience.

Delicious food. Delivered piping hot and great quality

Good food but without any excitement. Low level service. It would be worth buying new plates and cutlery. The decor of the place also leaves a lot to be desired.

The driver was great, polite and friendly.

Food arrived earlier than expected (which Iis always a good thing!) as always food was amazing 😍

Food early.... good Beef not shredded, rice n pork okay

Food was average but the service and attitude of staff deserve minus five star. I came there with 2 year and 6 years. They just offered all you can eat menu with cost around 12 pounds for kids. Even 2 years old! 2 spoon ful of rice cost 12 pound for our little one. Little did we know they were offering different menu with cheaper options to regular! Shouldn't they give us a choice? Besides, they didn't even helped us opening the door when I was struggling with buggy and another kids. The customer saw this and helped to open the door. Don't know how this restaurant gets 4+ reviews. I am sure most of them are not genuine.

Food was not good usually amazing

Had a 6pm table booked with some of my family members. Ist time ive been and never again . Had a long wait some of the food wasn't hot . Eventually got the mains 2hrs later in that time the car park time elapsed. Staff members were moaning as we kept asking how long for our food . Not my cuppa tea and wont return.

Food was average. Ordered spicy lamb, but got duck. Sent us another lamb but it was not spicy at all. When we mentioned this to the manager he got bit angry and was aggressive. It spoiled our family evening meals. Really disappointed

driver didn't use the buzzer, knocked on the bathroom window. a lot of the food was cold, the sweet and sour sauce was just like water and the salt and pepper chicken tasted awful and the chips were stone cold and inedible. very disappointed as this restaurant is usually fantastic

I have never had a bad meal from banana leaf restaurant...everything was superb...fresh tasting hot and delicious. ..thanks you

This food was appalling! it everything was tasteless, the rice was hard and the chicken balls were soggy , I have never had such bad food and I will never use Just Eat for this restaurant again, so so bad.

was very happy as I was hungry

Extremely good value set lunch options (£16.50 per person). Food good and service efficient.

The food is great, my only issue would be that they clear your plates before you've finished, then ask what you want next without giving you time to decide. The wait for food was very slow. Hot plates arrive when you order but are cold by the time the food arrived. Good value for money but it takes a while.

You don't have to apologise for delivering early, it was much appreciated 😊👍

Ordered for delivery through Just Eat. After an hour and 15 minutes it said my order was out for delivery, another half an hour goes by and suddenly it says delivered but we had not recieved our food and also my flat is only 7 minutes drive away from the restaurant. I called up and spoke to a very rude man who was very unhelpful. He would not take any ownership of the situation and just kept blaming Just Eat saying they were the ones who updated the order status. I said to him that its not Just Eat its them and whoever is controlling the order updates is not very good. When I told him that we had been waiting for nearly 2 hours for our food he said no and then went to check. He then came back and said he had spoken to the kitchen and the order is out for delivery, I advised that my Just Eat app said it was out for delivery 45 minutes ago (by the time of this part of the conversation) and he said "Well the driver has another delivery to make before yours!" to which I said "So after waiting 2 hours for my food it is going to arrive stone cold?!" To which the guy just replied "You can claim a refund through your Just Eat App". There was absolutely no apologies, no remorse and no trying to find a solution to make the situation better. By the end of the phone call I advised the man that this is the last time we will be ordering from them and that we will be writing bad reviews on every platform we can find and then hung up on him. Avoid this place at all costs!!! 2 hours wait for an order, cold when it arrived and very rude staff!!!

Terrible place, I only had my starter because the waiting times between meals was Terrible. Even paying for my starter and drinks was a long wait. I wouldn't waste your time.

Incredible food, delivered quickly and piping hot

Food was hot and all so tasty. Delivery was early which was also good. The crispy chilli beef was slightly tough, but the sauce was lovely. Highly recommend

You cannot fault the food at this place however a massive let down is the service from one of the waiters, rudely seated us, when we needed new napkins just threw them on the table not carefully placed or presented well at all, simple thing is if you don’t like your job don’t do it.

Delious food. Hot, fresh & delivered quickly. Highly recommend

Rude staff and take up to 2 hours to deliver. Awful

Great taste and food just too small on portion sizes

we ordered for a specific time so we could have a drink in the pub first. we had to get the driver to leave the food in the back garden! whats the point in ordering for a specific time if its ignored?

Good things come to those who wait. So the time wasn’t bad. Always good, good portions.

Over 2 hours since ordering.. the delivery left the restaurant an hour ago and still nothing has arrived! Extremely disappointed with what's normally good service

A couple dishes were cold and the rice was hard like gravel

Ordered take away at 5.45. Now 8.03 it’s not arrived!! Called 3 times advised 1st at 7.15 was told it’s it’s on its way, 2nd time at 7.30, they are just waiting for driver! 3rd time it’s just left! This has gone hugely down hill 3 hours for a takeaway is a complete joke!

really tasty and fresh, hot when it was delivered

Not been for about 6 yrs. Its had mixed reviews but my review is its great value for money. Food was plentiful and well presented and cooked. They even have hot plates to serve the food on. I went on a Monday lunch and had the buffet. There is a cheaper option which I'm going to try on my next visit. Give it a try.

Outstanding food & service well worth a visit

Very cold and very poor chips and chicken balls I have ever tasted

Delicious food and slightly early which was great. Warm and tasty. Thanks

first time ordering from here. did was nice, arrived hot. was 5 mins early which was great.

1st time ordering, food was delicious! Only wish they had mini spring rolls

We eat quite regularly here but everytime the staff are rude and seem to resent you being there spending money. Went to eat there last night, there was 1 table occupied on the whole restaurant. My 6 year old wanted a table with a plate that spun in the middle they refused even though he got a little upset as he was excited to try it. Then as my son is 9 they wanted to charge him £24.50! He's also a vegetarian and they don't have the best selection. I explained he will only eat edamame, boiled rice and garlic brocoli but they insisted he would still have to pay full price. We then left and went to opuz across the road who were much more accommodating and friendly. Won't be back there again after this

Food was bad for me quality and cold: order here frequently and was disappointing

Food was absolutely amazing as always, good portions! Would rather be eating in the restaurant but it’s just as nice at home!

the food is always good from here. I will recommend to all my friends.

Not sure what happened but food was BAD tonight, its normally fantastic. Food was also an hour early!!

3 hours 20 mins late - spoiled our entire evening's event.

Food was like warm and hardly any meat in our dishes really unsatisfied

Food is always good, and better value for money than my local Chinese takeaway..

Wasn’t pleased with order, won’t be ordering here again

Lovely food as always. No issues

was ok at best if you wanna try this place don't get takeaway go and sit in so much better. alot better Chinese takeaways around

excellent really lovely food will order again

New Year’s Eve. Didn’t expect it to be on time. Arrived hot and tasty

Just eat driver was extremely rude! Swearing and shouting

The rice was undercooked. Other than that, all was great, fishcakes, & king prawn main.

“Spicer” for the chilli garlic dish

Great as ever you get great food and portions are more than enough to have breakfast in the morning

cant rate the food i have not received

They were rushed to take the order when we arrived. The ambience was not suitable for people who admire light, slow music at all. The food was flavourless. I could not taste any flavours in vegetables and seafood. Chow Mein was a disaster. It does not represent authentic Thai cuisine at all. I would not recommend here.

Fabulous as it is every time highly recommend x

Food was even better than normal, great portion sizes and piping hot. Thank you as always banana leaf!

Food was hot and ready for collection on our arrival, thanks

The food was early despite time change. Which was surprising

Not up to normal standard, crispy seaweed was burned and oily... salt and pepper ribs very fatty, lots of sinue.. rest was "OK" I guess, I order a lot from Banana Leaf so I'm very disappointed

As always food very good, but delivery is poor. Always late.

Friendly, clean and quick service. Good quality food. Had one mistake requested egg fried rice received boiled rice. Exchanged quickly without out any fuss. Finally ,I always check to see how they keep their bathroom in this establishment it was clean except to have noticed that the carpets leading to it needed replacing. I'd recommend this establishment should one would visit Hemel Hempstead. It's set in the town centre. Parking is quite difficult but one can find pay and display close by. Before dinner visited Witherspoon close by and probably one of their best.

Delicious tasty food and a very friendly delivery driver.

Really average food. Wouldn’t order from there again.

Delivered on time and delicious!

Not a fan. Not a lot of meat but loads of veg