Banana Bro (Banana Leaf Restaurant) – 5 March 2018

This restaurant just opened at Berjaya Times Square this month. The best thing is, it’s the only banana leaf restaurant /modern “mamak” store in the shopping mall. The concept is similar to Macha & Co at the Curve shopping mall.

We were there at 12.45pm for lunch and there was a queue to get in. Luckily the wait was not long and we got ourselves a table.

The menu below:

We ordered the following: -

Banana Leaf Set Meal – RM12.90 per set, comes with either white or Indian rice, 3 types of vegetables, papadam and 8 types of curries to choose from (need to find the appropriate person holding the bucket of curries) you want on your rice.

They even have their own "stamp" on the banana leaf

Chicken Masala – RM7.50. The portion is just enough for 1 person. The curry was alright but if you were to compare it with those chicken masalas from the proper Indian restaurants in Lebuh Ampang, it doesn’t really taste that nice but still edible.

Fried Chicken – RM7.50. The portion is just enough for 1 person. I do recommend this as it’s crispy and nice.

Butter Chicken – RM7.50. The portion is just enough for 1 person. It's not spicy at all and it's quite creamy. The chicken was quite tender.  

The service of this restaurant is ok. However, the waiters may not understand you really well. Their English is below average so we ended up repeating our orders to them. The price was expensive for the Banana Leaf Set Meal. As for the individual chicken / lamb dishes, the price of a small plate was reasonable. However, you can’t compare the curries that are served at this restaurant and Lebuh Ampang; the curries at Lebuh Ampang are much better and tastier compared to this restaurant.

Overall, we paid RM48.05, inclusive of GST 6% and service charge 10%.

The details of the restauarant:

Banana Bro Times Square

LG-59B, Berjaya Times Square

Jalan Imbi

55100 Kuala Lumpur

Opens daily