Smiling Banana Leaf

5901 Bryant St, Pittsburgh - 15206
232 reviews
Thai
(412) 362-3200

Wonderful vegan options. The Thai fried rice with brown rice, tofu pad Thai, and tofu with peanut sauce were all amazing!

The greatest Thai restaurant in Pittsburgh. Everything on the menu is ???Food comes in large portions. It's a small intimate place which is perfect for dates. Staff is always more than friendly and happy to serve you. BYOB is a huge plus.

Excellent Thai food in the Highland Park area. I've heard great things about this spot and it definitely lived up to the hype! I ordered the Pad Thai with chicken, pork spring rolls, Thai custard with sticky rice, and Thai iced tea. Everything was (mostly) excellent.Oddly, the Pad Thai itself was not the greatest. I'd give it a 3.3-3.7/5. The portion was excellent. Bowl itself isn't big put they pack the noodles in there. A few vegetables, like green onions, are in there too. Fair amount of nuttiness and peanuts. My main issue? It is too dry. I like Pad Thai that is saucy and has an excellent quality sauce. Here, the noodles themselves are food, but the dish is still somewhat bland without the sauce. There's a fair amount of chicken and it was cooked well.Other than that, this place is basically flawless. Thai iced tea is sweet and a bit creamy, too. You can taste the original blend of tea as well as the condensed milk. The price of $3 is very fair. Pork spring rolls are insanely good! They taste a bit like pork dumplings/pelemeni stuffed inside a spring roll wrapper. Crunchy, meaty, and great sauce.Dessert was excellent, although a bit on the expensive side ($7). I even forgot to take a photo; thats how quickly I ate this custard. I like that they are somewhat liberal with the coconutty sweet liquid on top. Overall, a great spot and fair prices with great portions. The Pad Thai was the only slight disappointment, since it didn't have much sauce.

The best Tom Yum soup in Pittsburgh. In fact, everything on their menu is fantastic. They always delivery in a timely manner - and accommodate additional asks like space on side, etc. Huge fan of smiling banana leaf!!

Wonderful food. I asked for a spicy seven for my Tom Yumand it's just exactly what I wanted. My girlfriend had a spice level one Tom Kha and it was very mild The soups are hardy with lots of vegetables and protein. It's exactly what you need to warm you up on a cold night.When I was there, I was waiting outside and the staff was kind enough to offer me a place to stand and wait for my food inside to avoid the cold weather. They're all very friendly and incredibly knowledgeable with what comes with the food and how it's cooked. A very small quaint place that I would definitely visit again.

Love this place---one of my go-to's for Thai food; super lucky to have it in the neighborhood. Particular fan of the yellow curry.

Head and shoulders above any other Thai in Pittsburgh and the only place to get a good Koy Soy! I always take visiting friends here and every time they are blown away. Highly recommend!

The veggies are not thoroughly cooked and the quantities when you order extra isn’t extra but you’re charged extra. The Russian guy or whatever he is at the front is very rude and unprofessional, I hope he isn’t the owner. I will never come back here again.

Amazing food. Service was fast and the people were nice.

It's like they used frozen pre-cut chicken on my order. I ordered the Chicken Paradise and Chicken Pad Thai. The Chicken was dry, I felt I was eating dehydrated meat. Did not taste fresh at all and ruined the whole meal :(