Banyan Tree Restaurant — Restaurant in Goa

Consisently-consistent!Thaiheaven! Ambience:300year old banyan tree stands in all its glory.Large,expansive out-door seating with sounds of water running along in beautiful landscape and geese strolling around.Wht more cud u ask for.Inside seating u are transported to thailand. Staff:Courteous,attentive.Well-versed with every course pf meal laid at the table. Chef:The ex-pat chef devong teases and tingles ur taste-buds from sweet and spicy to hot and tangy.U just dont want to leave. Amouse-bouche:The best crispy-fried wonton.Super crispy and delicious.No need for any dipping sauce.Its had honey-chilli sauce layered at the bottom. Tomyum Soup: Flavoured with garlic,galangal,chilli,soy.The fiery-soup stops u in your toes and makes u have one spoon too many.Oodles of vegetables jumping in each spoonful of goodness. Rawpapayasalad:This is light-healthy fantastic salad,spiced with red bird-eye chilli,garnish of peanuts and tang from lemon.An explosion of flavours! Tofu in garlic pepper:Beancurd a healthy option for all.The garlicky sauce is sticky and slightly sweet & the pepper just a hint hits u at the end.It wud perfectly go with bubble-tea Crispy fried water-chestnut: This is a dish i have learned to like only if its wow,which was wow for me.Chillibase with chillioil with garlic and hint of ketchup add the required element of punch and the dressing of seasame oil is bare minimal which takes it to another level of yumminess.Dusted in corn flour the deep-fried Phad thai noodles:The most famous thai noodle dish.I am a noodle doodle.The sauce is savoury,spicy,tangy,sweet. Exotic vegetables(Phadphak):This is light,healthy stir fry with wholesome vegetables.The flavours burst out with palm sugar,redchilli and oyster sauce. Green thai curry(gaengkiewwarn(ji):This is holy goodness of creamy velvety curry with all asian fresh herbs ground to a finepaste with first extract of coconut milk with a Medley of exotic vegetables.Words cannot describe how amazing the flavours are. Jasminestickyrice(khaommali):Authentic thai.Perfectly fluffy.The grains are glutenous.Its sticky it contains zero amylose and amlopectin making it sticky. Tubtim-grob:Made with coconut milk most popular with thai hot weather.The red-pink jewels are waterchestnuts covered with tapoica flour fried and served with sweetened coconut milk. Pricefactor:1000++ plus head Should u visit?If u want authentic thai,its all...

Perfection personified; Brilliant food & service - the proverbial Taj experience

We visited the Banyan Tree in August of 2021, coincidentally on our anniversary evening and what a surprise & joy it turned out to be. From the time of reserving the table till the time our dinner ended and a subsequent visit to bid the Banyan Tree team (would want to mention Archita, Sandeep, Passang and Madhusudan at this point) a bye, interactions with them were nothing short of splendid.

The meal by itself was excellent and was almost completely based on the recommendation of the staff - the Thai Fried Rice, the Pad Thai & the Thai-style stir-fried veggies were all top-notch (way more than 2-people can actually eat). The portions were liberal, the taste top-notch, and the food wasn't greasy at all. Subsequently there was a chocolate dessert to top-off the mail, but more on that later.

The ambience of Banyan Tree is spectacular - in the midst of the landscaped greens of the Taj Holiday Village, the restaurant's main entry point is nestled under the ~300-year-old (at the very least) Banyan Tree, which not only provides the restaurant, but also extends a lot of character, shade, and calmness. The interiors are charming and reminiscent of a classic fine-dine restaurant.

Finally, what literally is the show-stealer of the entire experience is their service (remarkably Taj). We were hosted, treated, pampered and borderline spoilt by the team led by Archita. They were more than pleasant, very engaging, and exceptionally warm. They made our evening more than memorable & special by every gesture possible - the recommendations were top-notch, the service impeccable, the conversations fun and hospitality was nothing short of sheer brilliance. They were personable & friendly, yet never intrusive - a very thin and oft breached line. To make our evening special, they not only wished or gave us a choice of seats (and decorated at that), they went out of their way to get us a cake to end the evening - gestures which are not only special but also unforgettable.

In fact, so smitten were we, we've subsequently got our folks and another couple (friends) to visit and experience this hospitality.

We'll back for sure, in the mean while just a big thanks to the BT team, take care & keep at it. You'll go places.

Thanks Archita, Sandeep, Passang...

We visited Banyan Tree for dinner on the last Day of our stay at Taj Village . Honestly we were let down with the food at Caravella at Taj and seariously looking for some thing to satisfy our palletes. We did have 1 meal at our favourite place Pousada by the beach @ Calangute but we needed something more ( 4 night stay and buffet spread at Caravella was so pathetic ).

Mr Johith invited us couple of times to Banyan Tree , and with the Caravella experience we did not have the courage to try it. After all.our thoughts were like how can 2 restaurants in same property be different.

Finally we took the chance.

To put the verdict simple , it would have been a miss of the lifetime had we not gone to Banyan Tree.

Started with the crackers and the taste buds were back in action immediately after 1 week.

All the dishes served, from the fish and chicken starters, the rice with Red and green curry , the noodles ,the tofu curry ,and the soups were outstanding. In each of this we could get the taste and flavour of each and every ingredient used. The Thai ginger and the bamboo shoots in the soups, I crave for it again.

I feel it is also the staff apart from the food that makes this.place a gem. The staff were all very courteous, and eager to explain what ever asked for about the food and ingredients. They also took extra care to cook to our needs as well.

A special thanks to Johith Johnson , Passang , Deepanshu , Sandeep & Madhu for making our...