Steve W.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.5 Average

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  5      Value  3     

Food: The paratha was very good and tasty, definitely recommend this dish. All the breads tasted freshly made and was soft and chewy. In regards to the breads, one let down was the garlic naan, it had no garlic on it nor did it have a garlic flavour. The banana leaf fish is not worth it! Only a small thin slice of fish inside and as it is so small, you can't taste the fish.

Their Prawn curry is very creamy and delicious. Their tandoori chicken was not worth its price. Yes it was soft but you can buy the sauce in a bottle and have the same taste result.

Ambience: Good atmosphere set up. Clean and tidy. Modern. Although I went there at a quiet time, tables were quite placed close together and could get rowdy when filled up.

Service: Definitely needed more smiles and even though they look like they're panning around, even on my table with a pile of dishes to be taken away, they did not notice until the end.

Value: Not worth it if you do not have a coupon. The mixed entree that they offer was $24 but only consisted of 6 pieces. A little bit pricey but if you have a coupon it makes it a normal family meal deal.

Aug 25, 2011

4.5 Below Average

Food  7      Ambience  4      Service  3      Value  4     

Food: okay nothing special.

Ambience: small restaurant, mainly consisting of table for 2 on the side of the walls. background music was loud enough to find it hard to keep a conversation but not too irritating.

Service: The waiter/ waitress was kind and efficient, but the food took ages to come out. I found this the most annoying item of the night. It would have helped if the shop was conversation friendly, but it was so made waiting that little more annoying.

Value: if you're going without a voucher, pricing is a little dear. I would suggest only to visit this restaurant with a voucher.

Aug 25, 2011

1 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  1      Service  1      Value  1     

Just visited star buffet in Bankstown last Saturday, we had a booking @7:30, we arrived 10 minutes earlier but only to find that there's already queue at the entrance, we're not allow even to proceed inside to the buffet place. Until around 7:45, we're allow to proceed then we queued again to pay. Since we were a large group and some of us went inside first, and our pioneer has to fight for a big table which could accommodate all of us.

The food is very average, food court style, that is expected for its price and also we had been in this place before, so we know what it is. However, this time was much worse: we had to queue for long time for every stall. Dishes were not replace quick enough after emptied, hence, sometime queue for nothing. People simply stood alongside the sushi bar and waiting for the "train" to move along. After wait for 10 minutes and didn't get anywhere near, we gave up. New plates were with bit of left behind.

Floor was wet with spill over. BBQ bar closed far too early with very limited supply even when it opened in the beginning. At the end, I trusted what we had was similar to a small plate from one of the Chinese bar in a food court.

I am very sure that I won't go there again, even the price seem to be very good in the first sight!

Jul 19, 2011

6 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  4     

Just finished our dinner, overall comment is average, nothing special. We have mixed platter & garlic bread to start with. Garlic bread is the worst serve we had in an italian resturant, mixed platter was a mix of ready made items put together: ham, cheese, tomato, olive, except fresh cooked calamari.

For main, we had 2 pasta & 2 pizza. Pasta sauce was light, ingredients were frozen prawns & calamari. The special mushroom pasta was tasteless. Overall, we won't go there again with or without coupons.

Jul 09, 2011

5.5 Average

Food  6      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  5     

Food average, same as value. Service could be better. Portion not big enough.

Jun 12, 2011

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.5 Average

Food  7      Ambience  7      Service  5      Value  3     

Food: The paratha was very good and tasty, definitely recommend this dish. All the breads tasted freshly made and was soft and chewy. In regards to the breads, one let down was the garlic naan, it had no garlic on it nor did it have a garlic flavour. The banana leaf fish is not worth it! Only a small thin slice of fish inside and as it is so small, you can't taste the fish.

Their Prawn curry is very creamy and delicious. Their tandoori chicken was not worth its price. Yes it was soft but you can buy the sauce in a bottle and have the same taste result.

Ambience: Good atmosphere set up. Clean and tidy. Modern. Although I went there at a quiet time, tables were quite placed close together and could get rowdy when filled up.

Service: Definitely needed more smiles and even though they look like they're panning around, even on my table with a pile of dishes to be taken away, they did not notice until the end.

Value: Not worth it if you do not have a coupon. The mixed entree that they offer was $24 but only consisted of 6 pieces. A little bit pricey but if you have a coupon it makes it a normal family meal deal.

Aug 25, 2011

4.5 Below Average

Food  7      Ambience  4      Service  3      Value  4     

Food: okay nothing special.

Ambience: small restaurant, mainly consisting of table for 2 on the side of the walls. background music was loud enough to find it hard to keep a conversation but not too irritating.

Service: The waiter/ waitress was kind and efficient, but the food took ages to come out. I found this the most annoying item of the night. It would have helped if the shop was conversation friendly, but it was so made waiting that little more annoying.

Value: if you're going without a voucher, pricing is a little dear. I would suggest only to visit this restaurant with a voucher.

Aug 25, 2011

1 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  1      Service  1      Value  1     

Just visited star buffet in Bankstown last Saturday, we had a booking @7:30, we arrived 10 minutes earlier but only to find that there's already queue at the entrance, we're not allow even to proceed inside to the buffet place. Until around 7:45, we're allow to proceed then we queued again to pay. Since we were a large group and some of us went inside first, and our pioneer has to fight for a big table which could accommodate all of us.

The food is very average, food court style, that is expected for its price and also we had been in this place before, so we know what it is. However, this time was much worse: we had to queue for long time for every stall. Dishes were not replace quick enough after emptied, hence, sometime queue for nothing. People simply stood alongside the sushi bar and waiting for the "train" to move along. After wait for 10 minutes and didn't get anywhere near, we gave up. New plates were with bit of left behind.

Floor was wet with spill over. BBQ bar closed far too early with very limited supply even when it opened in the beginning. At the end, I trusted what we had was similar to a small plate from one of the Chinese bar in a food court.

I am very sure that I won't go there again, even the price seem to be very good in the first sight!

Jul 19, 2011

6 Average

Food  5      Ambience  7      Service  8      Value  4     

Just finished our dinner, overall comment is average, nothing special. We have mixed platter & garlic bread to start with. Garlic bread is the worst serve we had in an italian resturant, mixed platter was a mix of ready made items put together: ham, cheese, tomato, olive, except fresh cooked calamari.

For main, we had 2 pasta & 2 pizza. Pasta sauce was light, ingredients were frozen prawns & calamari. The special mushroom pasta was tasteless. Overall, we won't go there again with or without coupons.

Jul 09, 2011

5.5 Average

Food  6      Ambience  6      Service  5      Value  5     

Food average, same as value. Service could be better. Portion not big enough.

Jun 12, 2011

5.5 Average

Food  4      Ambience  6      Service  8      Value  4     

Food not tasty, ingredients not very fresh. Had the bean veg dish and was the worst, a handful of over boiled beans in watery sauce. Butter chicken was out of the norm, not creamy; no color; no favour. The serve of parantha was small, not worth it. Also tried the homemade Pistachios & Saffron icecream, with no decoration and taste like vanilla ice.

Response from Management:
Thank you for expressing your views. We are very much used to receiving too many bouquets and your review has now brought us down to earth. Our sincere apologies for not meeting your expectations.

However, one thing we would like to emphasize is that our food is always cooked fresh using fresh produce and local ingredients. No artificial coloring is added to any of our dishes.

We apologise once again for not meeting your expectations. Please send us an email on sales@bayleafindian.com or call at 02 99066080 and give us an oppurtunity to make it up to you.

Jun 12, 2011

7.3 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  8     

Food was good, ingredients were fresh, much better than the other indian restaurant we tried. Waiter was really busy, but still always wearing a smile. Friendly atmosphere, worth a try!

Jun 12, 2011