Banana Leaf - Indian Restaurant in Culver City in Culver City

The food at this place is a delightful combination of simplicity, flavor, and authenticity. The ambience is rustic and original, allowing you to fully concentrate on the food without unnecessary frills. We had the roti here, and I must say it was the best and nearly perfect roti Ive ever tasted, priced at just $1, which is unbeatable. So, without a doubt, try their roti along with a curry from their menu. We also sampled a few other dishes, and they were all incredibly delicious.

The best biryanis anywhere, both dum biryani (made in a pot sealed off with dough) and mandi biryani (where the protein and veggies are cooked separately. We go in every week for the southern style saag paneer, the stuffed eggplant and tindora (little gourds) alone. The goat dishes are excellent, fall-off-the-bone tender meat and cooked with the bones (be careful for shards) for more flavor. Friendly but very casual service since this is a takeout kitchen that was made into a restaurant by popular demand. Open late on week-ends.

I tried their Biryani and Curry items so many times, these are definitely delicious. But this time I also tried some of their special drinks which were really good. Feels like drinking Juice in my country. Thanks to Banana Leaf for the tasty drinks.

Ordered online delivery for goat biryani and few other curries for my guests, food well packed and the taste is great !I asked them to make it medium spice level and was exactly how i wanted ! . Cant wait to try more items !

The most authentic South Indian food I have ever tried! I believe this is the best place for Dum biryanis in the entire California or May be US! They have 15 different types of Biryanis. Loved it!

I ordered online and the food was ready on time for pick up. Thalapakati mutton biriyani quantity was less. Gulab jamun and Rasmalai cake are definitely worth trying.

I tried some great vegetarian dabba box on my lunch time . It had 2 curries, rice, samosa and garlic Naan . Great option for people who work around Culver and want something fresh, quick and delicious. !!

Thought I would give the less crowded/popular South Indian restaurant in this complex a try(the other is Mayura). What a horrendous mistake I made. The “cook” asked us if Venkkai meant eggplant…that is YOUR responsibility as the cook to know whats on your menu, not to ask the customer lmao. Can you imagine if you ordered kung pao chicken and the cook asked you what kung pao was?The dishes themselves were extremely oily, the tindora fry had zero salt, and the dishes were all very undersized relative to the prices asked. And the quality was extremely bad. So bad we even found a piece of plastic in the Tomato Pappu dish. To top it off, we’d gotten a dosa batter to go(this was on day of Ugadi in mid March) and turns out the batter’s best buy date(as listed in photo attached) was expired by a month. The best takeaway I had from this restaurant was not my takeaway but the terribly upset stomach that lasted for days after.I have never had South Indian food upset my stomach like this, I am South Indian. What a disgrace this establishment is to the entire region.How can a restaurant be this incompetent and horrendous on all fronts and still keep its doors open? It boggles my mind.

Worst exp with these items. May be more I am not sure. I ordered Chilli chicken and veg biryani. Chilli chicken is worst in taste and I can smell very bad and spoiled chicken. I ask for dum but they season the vegetables on top of the rice. Highly recommended not to go there again.

Worst experience. I ordered Hyd chicken biryani and the meat was undercooked with blood stains in it. And the biryani itself was so bland that it dint have any taste. It looked like the dish was prepared in a hurry that the rice was still watery. Overall it was a very bad experience and waste of money.