Banana Bay Restaurant

18230 Colima Rd, Rowland Heights - 91748
332 reviews
Thai Chinese Seafood
(626) 839-5511

From eating dinner here with my family as a kid... to drinking here with friends at the bar? I never expected this RH staple to have such versatility.My friend recommended this place since they have a CRAZY happy hour menu at the bar! Most cocktails, bombs, and shots are just 2 for $10! SUCH A GOOD DEAL. Since the pandemic started, they have been doing happy hour all day, everyday! You can also take cocktails home as takeout. I recommed the Hello Kitty, Green Tea shots, and the Thai Tea Twister (it's strong!).Food wise, not bad! I definitely enjoyed the food a lot more when I was a kid... The portions are big! Two of my friends even shared a pad see eaw. The beef is really chewy, so I recommend getting another protein when you order noodles or fried rice. Maybe pork or chicken instead. Due to COVID, all other dining ware is plastic and disposable. Besides the drinks from the bar... they give you paper plates, cups, utensils, etc. You basically have takeout containers, but in a restaurant setting. Pretty strange, but I guess it's a efficient if you have leftovers? LOL

Average Thai cuisine based restaurant. The food felt recooked/frozen. There might be some fast moving menu items that might be fresh but some felt thawed and recooked. The decor is regular, restaurant is too big and has ample seating. Service is above par and efficient.

I used to love this place. Now it's a run down joint with outdated menus and no service what so ever. The table we sat at wasn't even cleaned and we couldn't get a server to clean it. Our order came out randomly and we didn't even get our last order, they had forgotten to make it. The food is mediocre at best now. However, they do have a live band, so you can get the full stereotypical Asian wedding experience.

Lunch specials Chicken Mint Leaf and Thai BBQ Chicken Hainan Rice are delicious and prices are reasonable.

I like Pad See Ew dish the most! Highly recommend for it. The Tom Yum Soup is a little bit sweet.

The flavors, the texture and the ambience I loved.

Update: 3/3/202022Gave this place another chance. This time, the food is just simply horrible. The Crispy Chicken Rice, the rice is hard, un-cook or old. The Chicken Pad Thai, the chicken has a foul smells to it. Stay away.*************************************************************A real attitude hostess that's been giving customers hard time before seating. Constantly harass and question multiple times for larger party to ensure full party arrival. When answer yes, the hostess further questions customer for the same issue. The service and the food are decent. The parking can be hard to come by during rush hour. Overall, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth especially when there are many choices for Thai food in this area. Not worth it.

So this restaurant captured my attention with all the cool blow ups they put on the roof of their restaurant and fancy outdoor decorations. I finaly tried it a week ago. Entering the restaurant we walked through really nicelly light and decoraded entry which was nice. Then we walked through the door and stood on the line to order. I had read a prior review and was prepared that we had to order when you arrive at the counter. The indoor had a Koi pond and some decorations on the shelves that needed some dusting. Not crazy about how they handle their ordering. The atmosphere is very very casual, so do not try to impress a fancy date here. At the end, the food was good and priced very well. Next time I will have to try their drinks at the bar which you have to order seperately from your order at the counter.

My go to at every Thai restaurant is spicy fried rice with chicken and add beef. I also always ask for it to be Thai spicy (as spicy as it can be). I was very disappointed by the taste at this restaurant. First off the spice level was not there AT ALL. If they had a spice chart and it was out of 5 then I would give it 1 maybe. That's disappointing when you are expecting something to be very spicy and it's not even medium spicy. For as far as the flavor is concerned, it the food was very very bland. I believe the beef has to be taken care of because that's the main part of the dish but the beef was so bland and tasteless. It had little to no flavor. The rice it self had little to no flavor as well. The only reason I am giving 2 stars is because there was plenty of food and I asked for extra meat which they delivered. I would not recommend this restaurant to those that love deep flavor and real spicy food. Hope the owner sees this and decides to try the dish himself and check in on the chef to make it better. Best of luck to this place

Great Thai food place, great price. 15 to 20 per person. I dislike that you must order at register and then be seated. No menu, you must scan QR Code. If you'd like to order more items, you must walk back up to register and wait in line AGAIN. Pad Se Ew...forgive spelling was great, good taste. Priking beef was so so...lacked sauce and felt like warmed up. Now, the disappointing part...Yellow Chicken Curry...it was a whole lot of chicken and lacked sauce, barely any potatoes, literally found 2 pieces and nothing else. When we asked for more sauce because it lacked it, lady said we'd have to go up to the register and order it...bad customer service. Clearly, if she had taken the time to walk a few steps, she'd see for herself that our chicken curry lacked. We just politely declined and enjoyed our other foods and accepted it as a loss. The Thai tea was a good size...no refills for just 1 dollar. Ambiance is great, bar is great, huge dining room, outside seating, heaters as well. Fast service. I will be going again! Lots of employees. Need to improve customer service. Good food, good prices. And I almost forgot, if you're a late 70s or 80s baby... you'll LOVE the 90s music!!! Took me back, vibe was great! And release them big a$$ fish from those small tanks. That isn't cute or humane.