Best Banana Leaf Rice in Kuala Lumpur (2026)

Sri Nirwana Maju

Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM15–RM35

Order: Banana leaf rice with fried squid, fried chicken and mutton curry

Bangsar's banana leaf institution and a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand pick from 2024 through 2026. Rice, three veg and papadum keep coming while you load up on crispy fried squid and rich mutton curry.

Restoran Devi's Corner

Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM15–RM35

Order: Banana leaf rice with crab curry and fried snake bitter gourd

Ask a Bangsar local where to eat banana leaf and Devi's is usually the first name out. Decades in, it still packs out for its crab curry and the crunchy snake gourd fritters.

Vishal Food & Catering

Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM10–RM25

Order: Banana leaf rice with mutton varuval, fried snake bitter gourd and dhal rasam

The Little India of KL has plenty of leaf joints, but Vishal is the one locals and tourists alike pile into. Chettinad-leaning curries, a huge spread of fried sides and value that is hard to beat.

Aunty Manju's Home of Banana Leaf

Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM12–RM30

Order: Mutton bone marrow curry with banana leaf rice

TTDI's homely banana leaf favourite, known for an unusually long line-up of sides. The mutton bone marrow curry is the signature, suck it straight from the bone lah.

Moorthy's Mathai Indian Rice

Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM10–RM20

Order: Banana leaf rice with fried chicken and mutton curry

A humble lunch-only stall in a Brickfields food court with a cult following. Home-style curries, perfectly fried chicken and a crowd that tells you everything.

⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.

Bala's Banana Leaf

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

🥬 Pork-free (not halal-certified)RM12–RM30Since 1994

Order: Banana leaf rice with stingray masala and mutton curry; beetroot thosai

A Lucky Garden stalwart since the 1990s that does banana leaf at lunch and thosai the rest of the day. The stingray masala is the sleeper hit.