Banh Bao Brothers in Lambeth - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

This place was genuinely the worst place I have ever eaten. To start the menu online is not the menu In store We ordered a couple of cocktails, heavily overpriced. My old fashioned was served in dirty glasses. Perfectly priced at £15 per drink. On to the the food. Starters were spring rolls, clearly bought from Iceland, soggy and tasteless and drenched in sweet chilli sauce to mask the the lack of flavour. Mains; "Korean fried" chicken. Something I never thought I'd find on a Vietnamese menu. But nonetheless the picture on the menu looked good. However we were served with one piece of oven fried chicken thigh with a large serving of sticky rice. I have travelled all over Asia and never once has any chef paired Thai sticky rice with "Korean fried chicken" and of course to cover up the lack of flavour again, an abundance of sweet chilli sauce was generously lathered across both the sticky rice and the 'Korean fried chicken' . All this for the low low price of £24 for 2. Sides, I ordered a bao bun with pulled pork, also not Vietnamese but when in Rome. The bun was soggy, moist at best, the pork tasteless and unseasoned all for £7. Our entire meal with drinks came up to a grand total eye watering £82 This place is a scam, as others suggested, it is not Vietnamese, nor is it Korean, nor is it Thai or Chinese for that matter. In fact if any member of the Asian community where go here they would immediately walk back out. The chef should be ashamed of themselves and should probably pick up a cook book or maybe spend sometime at a Vietnamese hawker stall and learn a thing or two. I am happy offer some recommendations.

From the second we walked in, the service was impeccable. It was almost 9pm when we came and the kitchen closes at 9 - we technically should have been denied food but the owner welcomed us with open arms. We had a baby with us and had been turned away from various restaurants around London because of this that evening so I can’t describe the relief when the amazing staff greeted us with smiles and a high chair. Food was delicious, fresh and incredibly moreish but the highlight for us was the staff. Our daughter made many friends in the wonderful people who worked there (along with some other guests). I have never felt more welcome in a restaurant with our daughter before. We will definitely be visiting again. Thank you!

Please don't eat here. In addition to being generally awful , the owner is a scammer. Check out their hygiene rating and you'll see this restaurant is not even clean. Avoid at all costs.

Food was pretty terrible (mixture of cold and inedible). Waited several hours for it. Drinks never arrived Appreciate there were staffing issues but if you can’t provide a half decent experience than don’t bother opening. So disappointing

Came here for my brothers birthday, served by Samrina who was very friendly and offered us great service, my brother felt special on his birthday with drinks and great food. Great atmosphere and really cool venue, we’ll be back!

Went for dinner last night and had a really lovely time with my friends. We were made to feel so welcome by the waitresses who were really friendly and attentive. A couple of us have allergies and they were so good at checking with the chef. Could not have asked for better service! The location was great, so different to usual restaurants. The atmosphere was fab and the food really nice. Loved the buns! Thanks for a great night.

Thank you Tommy and team for the fabulous service last Wednesday. The cocktails were amazing in a unique urban setting - great graffiti and cherry blossoms! We had a great time - Loved the london vibe!

The music was loud and ruined the atmosphere. We found all the dishes were average and expensive considering this. The Bao buns (lamb) lacked any flavour and were soggy. This was surprising given the buns were most of the menu. My friend couldn’t finish his it was so bad.

This is located in the Leake Street Arches which is worth a visit on its own. I had the mango salad, Korean hot wings and lamb bao bun. All were excellent but the mango salad was the winner. I would highly recommend a visit.

It was Utter chaos just like some other reviews I’ve seen here. Awful awful service from start to finish. I called up to book a table and from the minute they picked up they sounded out of control. I asked to book a table, the waiter wrote down the time and number of people but didn’t ask for my name, so when I prompted him, I got half way through spelling my name before he hung up. I was not convinced they had our booking so I called up a few days before to check, and the waiter shouted down the phone, again sounding completely chaotic that they didn’t have the booking and to book online. So I booked on their website. On the evening of the booking we turned up, i said my name and that we had a booking, they had no idea. I was fed up before we even sat down and that was just the start. They sat us upstairs (despite there being plenty of room downstairs…) and it was so dark we had to use our phone lights to light up the table. We ordered some tap water, 7 glasses came but no tap water. We tried to order wine, they came out with a prosecco and a bottle of white. They only had one bottle of white for the whole restaurant.. no rose or red either. So we ordered that and took some beers too which arrived completely warm. You would think they would stock up on beer if they were out of all other drinks? We ordered but after we had the waitress came back and said they were out of edamame, pork belly baos, aubergine curry and only had 3 prawn baos left. We ordered what we could but were very disappointed. The food however was lovely. It’s such a shame as the place really has potential, but the staff didn’t have a CLUE what was going on, they were out of many things, wine fridge not stocked up and just a general lack of common sense. Won’t be going back unfortunately. It was a work dinner which I booked so was embarrassing for me aswell.

Wanted to visit this place since it opened and I quite simply could never imagine to be this disappointed. We sat down and ordered 3 beers and the waitress told us there was no bottled nor drought beer. Disappointing, however not disastrous… yet. We then ordered the majority of the menu, as it was tapas and they recommend 3 to 4 plates per person. Five minutes after ordering we were informed that they had no edamame, which we accepted and asked for this to be taken off of our bill. After one minute another waitress informed us there was no edamame, which we already knew - Poor communication between the staff, always a red flag. Another five minutes passed and we were informed that they didn’t have the ingredients for the aubergine curry. Myself and my friends agreed that we would be leaving if another item was unavailable or missing. About five minutes later we were told that they had no pork belly bao’s. We were offered something else on the menu but I told them we will be leaving. They didn’t argue with this and agreed to get the bill for the drinks we had. Before they brought the card reader over we were then told the food we ordered (the dishes they did have in stock) were now ready. I said no we wouldn’t be paying for them nor eating here as we were so disappointed. We paid and they apologised. To summarise: The service was a total shambles. They didn’t know how to run a restaurant. Having very little to offer food wise especially not having pork belly bao’s, when bao is in the restaurant’s name, is insulting. I have never walked out of a restaurant before eating, and I cannot describe how disappointed I am. If you do eat here, and you have the same experience, leave and go to the Thai restaurant down the road. We had a great time there.

Horrific experience. No beers, out of 7 dishes we ordered only 3 were available. A Complete waste of evening which ended up in us leaving after half an hour. The staff have absolutely no idea. Absolute shambles

Horrific experience from start to end. No pina colada, freezing temperatures and drug lighting in the toilet. The chicken? Still clucking. The bao itself, more like a burger. Only thing I’d recommend is the prawn crackers and dip, likely from nearby Co-op. £50 for a less than enjoyable experience. Never again.

The music was very loud and almost put us off, however we decided to stay despite the night club vibe. I like quirky but this was strange...with its dark steel walls and cherry blossom. The food came quickly ( before the drinks in fact! ) and was very tasty but we were shocked a tiny 'mango salad' that cost £7.50! It was a pity about the rubbish bins pilled up against the only window and the filthy toilets. Don't think I'll be rushing back!

This is a bit of a weird place - situated in an arch in Leake Street. It's a bit dank and cold, hey ho. Staff friendly but not enough of them - so everything was sloooow. Our visit was OK but I don't think I'd go back. Sigh...

Only one waiting member of staff was on, I had been before with friends and service was slow but food was enjoyable. This time we waited a whole hour for our order, it never came. When we asked about it, it had been missed. We...

We had been to see the circus at Waterloo and then took a stroll along the Thames to the London Eye. I had seen this place online as i am a fan of Veit food, I recognised the place from Graffiti Alley, and what an...

Please avoid at all costs. We were walking through the graffiti alley at around 10:30pm on our way back to the hotel. A lad approached us and said are you guys looking to have a drink and I said yes, we followed him and went...

The food was tasty and the portions were good sizes (especially the chicken). Service was efficient. It was pretty noisy. It’s in an alley which is an unofficial graffiti art gallery, which was cool but it did mean you could smell the solvents from the...

I booked at table for lunch on a Sunday only to then turn up and the restaurant wasn’t open, extremely disappointing. I’d even received an email reminder the day before about my booking. I tried calling at the time but no answer.

First of all I have to say that I don't normally post reviews so that should tell you everything about the experience I had last night. Let's start with the positives. The atmosphere was pleasant enough and I found the food to be very good...

We stumbled across this hidden gem while we were passing through the Waterloo Graffiti Tunnel. The ambiance of the restaurant was able to stop us from what ever the plans we had and we paused our selves to grab lunch. The restaurants staff were amazing...

This is a really cool bar/eatery just near Waterloo station in the Graffiti Tunnel, banging music and cool staff, had a couple of beers and loved it!

Interesting interior under the arches of Waterloo station: interior is very modern with Vietnamese lanterns, wooden tables a d metals chairs. Service was responsive: was empty on a Sunday night. Mushroom bao was average: mushroom should have been a bit longer we was still a...

The Bao were wonderfully fluffy and lamb is a must have PS: Mia and Mani made our Sunday afternoon sunnier than outside =)

The food was absolutely amazing. So tasty, I highly recommend the aubergine curry with rice, it was beautiful. We had a bao bun each, very generous with size and very filling! The filling inside was very tasty, I had chicken my partner had pork belly....

Thanks so much for an awesome time - what a setting, looks so cool. Great food, service and people. Was lucky enough to chat to them (as it stays open late too!) and lovely people. Highly recommend for food, drinks and a good time.

.After reading all the great reviews we thought this looked like an interesting and quirky restaurant for a celebration dinner. It is actually more of a bar that serves a few bar snacks (the menu was an A4 sheet of paper, left on the table...

Absolutely love this place food like crack great music and amazing people. This place made my birthday.

The food and service were both excellent - in particular, I absolutely loved the fried rice cake and Filipino lumpia roll. My only two issues were that it’s very dark in the restaurant which made it quite hard to read the menu, and the tables...

Down inside the graffiti tunnel underneath Waterloo we stumbled across this restaurant which possibly due to new COVID measures and the awful weather, was relatively quiet. However, the service from the moment we arrived, as well as excellent COVID precautions made us feel safe and...

Booked lunch here, it did not disappoint, delicious food. Between myself, my girlfriend and our 3 year old we shared 6 main dishes and 2 sides. This was the perfect amount to fill us up. I don't have a bad thing to say about any...

We went on the off chance of getting a table and managed to. It was as good as all the reviews. We had lot's of dishes and shared them. So good

Came upon this restaurant by chance - what a find. Felt very Covid safe - spacious airy, hand sanitiser and temperatures checked before being seated. We had a fab lunch every dish was beautifully presented and absolutely delicious. Loved the tapas size plates. Staff were...

Came here on recommendation of a friend and it did not disappoint! Upon arrival, we were well looked after (including a temperature test). We must have ordered nearer 15 plates between 2 of us which was more than enough and we enjoyed them all. If...

Wow , really liked the atmosphere, food was good , service good . Give this a try , Asian tapas . Surroundings we loved , under Waterloo station, when we came out the most amazing graffiti and dance classes going on in the most fantastic...

Made to feel very safe on arrival, temperature taken asked to clean hands and all staff were wearing masked Friendly staff and interesting surrounding, shame the background music was too loud for my liking Wide range of dishes on the menu so making a choice...

The help out/eat out scheme brought me to this place as I’ve never tried Asian Tapas. The restaurant has a cool vibe to it and the food is delicious. You’ve got to try the fried rice cakes and prawn sesame rolls!!

This place is amazing! Turned up without a booking and even though they were full the waiter gave us some seats in the waiting area and brought us some snacks and drinks while we waited. We barely had to wait but the staff were very...

The food at this location is fantastic with impeccable customer service. We ordered from the all day tapas menu and honestly the food blew my mind the taste was just to die for. We ordered the prawn Binondo Skewers, the Pandan Chicken, the Pork and...

New management and corona break seems to have been good on them. I was a bit reserved after reading some reviews here on tripadvisor, but once I arrived everything was top class. Venue Location is for my taste extremely cool and great decor & music....

I definitely recommend this spot for a nice evening out. Their selection of asian tapas food is yummy. You should try their pulled beef boa, shrimp tempuras and pork belly.

Had a good time and the fried rice cakes were wonderful. Music was fun and the vibe was hip. Dustin my waiter was great and his recommendations where spot on. I will come back.

Kind and chatty staff. Gave the BEST recommendations for food. Gus the bartender is a sweetheart and deserves the world.