Banana Tree (West Hampstead)

I used to live in West Hampstead area but moved out. Banana Tree was one my favourite restaurant back then.Was there every sunday for my lunch and ocasionally during the week.Food was amazing and service outstanding.Unfortunately it changed a lot since then.Just visited my friend in North London and I've invited him to (what I,ve remembered) great Asian restaurant.Very dissapointed from the beginning.Noone to take our orders or bring us beers...Food was very oily and salty.Lamb curry which was my favourite and loved dish tasted awfull!Meat was so hard I couldn't even chew it.Not as I remember.My friend 's noodles were burned. After that we had to request our bill 3 times as staff was to busy chatting and having fun by the counter!!

Felt bad beacause I was really looking forward to that dinner.I don't understand what happend with this place...How can a restaurant change so much within a year??Not sure if will be coming back...
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James
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, September 19, 2009

I have been there on a wednesday night and i loved my whole evening in the restaurant. the restaurant staff is very quick,very sensible and friendly.There was a tall guy who i suppose is in charge was making sure things were going well in the restaurant.The food was excellent specially the spring rolls and moneybags. the best i should say.very reasonable and tasty food.my only dislikes were the noise level and sharing table. i will surely recommend my friends and my favorite spot in west hampstead.cheers ..................
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Stacy Evans
7 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 7
Friday, September 18, 2009

Didn't like anything about the place.Since the beggining everything went wrong...They gave us a table which wasn't wiped properly,sticky marks were all over...Our beers weren't cold enough...Food was awful.We didn't even eat 1/4 of it and waiter who cleared our table didn't even bother to ask if there was something wrong with dishes.In the end the've added 10% service charge to the bill!Seriously!!Not worth it!
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Bob Watson
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Friday, September 11, 2009

Slow and incompetente service. Took us ages to place an order. Staff doesn't have any knowlege about food they serve! Dishes were horrible. Tasted like cheap preheated ready meals!!

Won't be coming back!
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Darren
1 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

I feel inclined to write this review simply because they deserve to be praised. I live locally and this has been my regular dining room for the past year since they opened. Their food is spot on and the servers are always friendly. An absolute must order is their Laksa, simply the best in London. Their Lamb curry is also yummilicious!!! Not to be missed!
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Janet Ricoh
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, September 05, 2009

i was for a meal with my girlfriend last saturday. from the moment we walked to the door till the moment we left we had the attention all the way through. had a great time. because there was sharing table policie we even ended up making friends. the food os ok. but everything else was absolutely great.

will definetly go back
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jason
10 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The service was decent. The food was not.

Everything had a pre-prepared taste and feel to it. The rice was starchy and unpleasant and the teriyaki sauce tasted like it could have been Uncle Ben’s.

I won’t be re-visiting.
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JJ
4 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Monday, August 17, 2009