Bay Leaf Indian Cuisine - New Bern

Decent food at an affordable price, with less than normal portion sizes. They play Indian music and are indeed from India, so if you want food that is genuinely spicy, be sure to ask for extra hot or extra hot plus. They have an employee who is terse and unwelcoming, and also racist, so that’s a detractor.

I have been there twice and I'm fairly new to Indian food but everything about this restaurant is wonderful. The food is excellent. I absolutely look forward to my next trip and a new dish to try!

My God what an experience!!! Great food! Wonderful service as he walked us through our order!! Great atmosphere!!! If you don’t know ethnic foods, you gotta go here!!!

Love this delicious Indian restaurant. While they no longer have a buffet their menu does not disappoint. We had meat samosa, onion and chickpea flower fried bites with a trio of tasty sauces in varying degrees of heat. For our main we had tandoori chicken with rice, lamb korma with rice and garlic naan to round out the meal. As with most Indian dining experiences we have had, there was an abundance of food with more than could be finished in one sitting. If you like Indian and want a place to dine in with great service a visit to Bay Leaf restaurant should definitely be a go to spot.

As you’ll see the sign for the lunch buffet is total bogus. Spoke with the owner and she said it was closed because of Covid. With all due respect, this conversation was only a couple months ago. When I said she should fix the sign she said, and I’m not kidding, “oh you can’t find any sign makers after Covid.” It was laughable. As were the lunch prices. Hint, there aren’t any! You’ll walk out paying $60 bucks for a lunch if you’re 2 people and have 2 glasses of ‘meh’ white wine. Shame is the food is good. But another ridiculous thing, last I checked the price for every vegetarian entree was the same. Really? Under a different owner this place could be great. I love Indian food but, frankly, I don’t want to give the owner one cent.