Nellai Banana Leaf Menu

South Indian Chettinad restaurant bringing authentic home like food to Buffalo/Niagara Region. We specialize in Biryani, Parotta, Kothu Parotta, Dosai, Appam, Kuzhipaniyaram etc.
We serve some of the specialty drink like Nanari Sarbath which you will not find anywhere in the Northern East coast!

Based on 820 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery

Nellai Banana Leaf 14221

Address:
4303 Transit Rd, Buffalo, NY 14221

Phone: (716) 276-3786

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Hours

Monday (Labor Day)	Closed
Tuesday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–9:30 PM
Wednesday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–9:30 PM
Thursday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–9:30 PM
Friday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–9:30 PM
Saturday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–9:30 PM
Sunday	11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5–8:30 PM

Appetizers Veg
Sambar Mini Ghee Idly Mini rice pancakes soaked in Sambar dressed with ghee	$11.01
Sambar Vadai Lentil doughnuts soaked in Sambar and garnished with onion and cilantro	$7.76
Pudina Paneer Tikka Indian cottage cheese marinated with mint chutney cooked in tandoor	$13.22
Gobi Machurian Cauliflower florets tossed in tangy sauce, onions, and peppers	$11.01
Gobi 65 Cauliflower marinated in house special batter and deep fried with Nellai special salsa	$11.01
Paneer Pepper Fry Crisp spiced Indian cottage cheese sautéed chettinad style	$12.17
Samosa Triangular pastry filled with potatoes and peas, deep fried	$5.55
Chilli Parotta Flaky malabar parotta tossed in tangy sauce, curry leaves, and peppers	$12.17
Rasa Bonda Lentil doughnuts soaked in rasam	$7.76
Chili Paneer Indian cottage cheese tossed in tangy sauce and peppers	$12.17
Mirchi Bajji Three Hawaiian wax peppers dipped in house special batter deep fried, stuffed with house condiments	$7.76
Onion Pakoda Chopped Onions soaked in house special batter and deep fried	$7.76
Paneer Pakoda Paneer cubes soaked in house special batter and deep fried	$116.01
Mysore Bonda Flour and yogurt balls dipped in house special batter and deep fried served with chutney	$7.76
Vazhakkai Bajji Sliced plantain soaked in house special batter and deep fried	$7.76
Marina Beach Sundal Garbanzo beans cooked and tossed with coconut, mango	$7.76
Medhu Vada Deep fried lentil doughnuts served with sambar and chutney	$7.76
Podi Idly Steamed rice and lentil cake smeared in spicy house gun powder	$11.01
Kuzhi Paniyaram Rice batter balls roll cooked with mustard, chilies	$11.01
Appetizers Non Veg
Egg Podimas Scrambled egg with onion, green chilies and drizzled with spice powder	$7.76
Egg Bajji Boiled egg dipped in house special batter and deep fried	$6.60
Chicken Pepper Fry Bone in chicken tossed in spices and peppers	$13.22
Nattu Kozhi Fry Bone in chicken (corning hen) deep fried and tossed with peppercorns, curry leaves	$13.22
NBL Chicken 65 Boneless chicken marinated in house special batter and deep fried with nellai special salsa	$11.01
Chennai Chili Chicken Boneless chicken tossed in chef’s special sauce, spices, and curry leaves	$12.17
Chicken Lollipop (5 Pieces) Chicken wings marinated in spicy sauce, deep fried with Nellai special salsa	$13.22
Aatu Eeral Pepper Fry Goat liver tossed in spices and peppers	$13.22
Madurai Mutton Chukka Bone in goat meat well cooked with aromatic spices	$15.42
Vavval Meen Varuval Slices of pomfret fish marinated in spices and cooked in a griddle	$15.42
Half Boil 2 Sunny side eggs with Salt and Pepper sprinkled on top	$7.76
NBL Shrimp 65 Shrimp marinated in house special batter and deep fried	$13.22
NBL Fish 65 Fish marinated in house special batter and deep fried	$13.22
NBL Curry Leaf Chicken Boneless chicken topped in house special curry leaf paste and deep fried	$13.22
NBL Chinthamani Chicken Boneless chicken tossed in red chili paste and garnished w dried red chili and spices	$13.22
NBL Pallipalayam Chicken Chicken thigh meat cooked in shallots, garlic spices paste, coconut oil and garnished in red chili	$13.22
Iral Milagu Karuveppilai Varuval Shrimp tossed with spices, black peppers, onion, and curry leaves	$14.37
Mutton Kola Urundai Goat meatballs minced with Chettinad spices and herbs	$15.42
Vanjaram Fish Fry King Fish steak marinated in spices and griddle fried	$15.42
Masala Omlet Egg omelet with Onion, green chilies and drizzled with spice powder	$7.76
Soups
Aatukaal Soup Goat leg cooked with spices and curry leaves	$6.60
Nellai Tomato Soup House special tomato soup	$5.55
Nandu Saaru Soup Whole crab cooks in spicy water and black pepper and curry leaves	$6.60
Kozhi Malli Milagu Rasam Soup Chicken meat with bone in cooked with spice, black pepper, and curry leaves	$6.60
Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup Classic clear vegetable soup	$5.55
Rasam Soup Spicy clear soup with tamarind extract, pepper, and dash of spices	$5.55
Salads
Chicken Pesto Salad Chef’s choice of pesto lettuce salad tossed with cooked chicken	$8.81
Paneer Pesto Salad Chef’s choice of pesto lettuce salad tossed with paneer	$8.81
Indian Breads
Butter Naan Indian bread tandoor cooked and butter painted	$3.35
Cheese Naan Indian bread tandoor cooked with cheese stuffing	$4.40
Chappathi Flat wheat tawa cooked in Indian bread	$3.35
Garlic Naan Indian bread tandoor cooked with chopped garlic	$4.40
Onion Kulcha Indian bread tandoor cooked with chopped onions	$4.40
Parrota
Plain Parotta Flakey malabar parotta	$3.35
Parotta With Egg Curry Flakey malabar parotta with egg curry	$12.17
Parotta With Goat Curry Flakey malabar parotta with goat curry	$13.22
Egg Kothu Parotta Minced Parotta cooked with egg, onion, tomato, and curry leaves	$11.01
Mutton Kothu Parotta Minced Parotta cooked with Mutton, eggs, onion, tomato, and curry leaves	$15.42
Parotta With Vegetable Kuruma Flakey malabar parotta with veg kurma	$9.96
Parotta With Chicken Salna Flakey malabar parotta with chicken gravy	$12.17
Veg Kothu Parotta Minced Parotta cooked with vegetables	$11.01
Chicken Kothu Parotta Minched Parotta cooked with chicken gravy, eggs, onion, tomato, and curry leaves	$13.22
Dosai
Mixed Vegetable Utthappam Rice batter pancake with mixed vegetable topping	$12.17
Plain Dosai Rice batter crepe cooked to perfection in our griddle	$11.01
Ghee Roast Rice batter crepe smeared with ghee	$12.17
Masala Dosai Rice batter crepe with mashed spicy potato filling	$13.22
Mysore Dosai Rice batter crepe with spicy garlic paste inside	$13.22
Spring Dosai Rice batter crepe cooked with spring vegetable fillings and cut into 3 pieces	$13.22
Rava Dosai Semolina batter crepe cooked to perfection in our griddle	$11.01
Plain Utthappam	$11.01
Masala Add On	$1.14
5 Taste Utthappam 5 medium sized pancakes garnished with onion, tomato, mint, Paneer, and cashew	$13.22
Onion/Onion Chilli Rava Dosai Semolina batter crepe cooked with onion and/or chili to your choice of spice level	$13.22
Egg Dosai Rice batter crepes smeared with egg sprinkled with salt and pepper	$13.22
Ghee Podi Dosai Rice batter crepe sprinkled with spicy gunpowder and smeared with ghee	$13.22
Family Special Ghee Paper Roast Family sized rice batter crepe	$25.40
Special Rava Masala Dosai Semolina batter crepe with potato fillings	$14.37
3 Taste Utthappam 3 medium sized pancakes garnished with onion, tomato, and mint	$13.22
Onion/Chilli Onion Utthappam Rice batter pancake with onion or green chilies-onion toppings	$12.17
Kal Dosai
Kal Dosai With Vegetable Kuruma Served with veg kuruma	$12.17
Kal Dosai Served with Sambhar and 3 types of chutney	$12.17
Kal Dosai With Goat Curry Served with goat gravy	$14.37
Mutton Kari Dosai Rice lentil batter pancake cooked with minced goat meat and egg with a dash of spices	$15.42
Kal Dosai With Vadai Curry Set of 2 Rice, lentil batter pancake served with Veg Kuruma	$12.17
Set Dosai With Vadai Curry Set of 2 rice, lentil batter, with Chennai version of Chana dal Vada mashed and cooked in spicy gravy	$11.01
Kal Dosai With Chicken Salna Served with chicken gravy	$12.17
Kal Dosai With Fish Curry Served with fish gravy	$13.22
Madurai Chicken Kari Dosai Rice lentil batter pancake cooked with minced chicken meat and egg with a dash of spices	$14.37
Vegetable Entree
Poondu Kuzhambu Chettinad special Kara Kuzhambu (tangy gravy) cooked with spices and garlic	$11.01
Paruppu Urundai Kozhambu Entree Lentil dumplings fried and cooked with onion, tomato, and chettinad spices	$11.01
Palak Paneer Chopped Spinach cooked with Indian cottage cheese in oniontomati sauce and crea	$12.17
Ghee Dal Fry Toor Dal cooked to perfection and sautéed with ghee and spices	$9.44
Ennai Kathirikkai Chettinad special Kara Kuzhamnu (tangy gravy) cooked with small round eggplant	$9.96
Vegetable Kuruma Chef’s choice of vegetables cooked in onion, tomato, and spicy paste	$9.96
Malai Kofta Indian cottage cheese with cashew fried dumpling cooked in onion tomato paste	$13.22
Paneer Tika/Masala Butter Indian cottage cheese cooked tandoor and then cooked in onion tomato paste and crea	$13.22
Non Veg Entree
Egg Masala Boiled egg cooked in spicy Chettinad gravy	$11.01
Nellai Varuthu Araicha Kozhi Curry Entree Bone in chicken cooked with coconut based gravy	$14.37
Chettinad Goat Curry Bone in goat meat well cooked with aromatic spices	$15.42
Chicken Saag Boneless chicken cooked with chopped spinach, onion, tomato, spices	$14.37
Malabar Fish Curry Tilapia fish cooked in spicy Chettinad and Malabar tamarind gravy	$15.42
Nethili Meen Kozhambu Anchovy fish cooked in tamarind spicy gravy	$15.42
Nandu Pepper Masala Handful Indian small crab cooked in black peppercorn masala	$17.63
Chettinad Chicken Curry Bone in chicken meat cooked with Chettinad spices and curry leaves	$13.22
Nellai Special Meen Kozhambu Chef’s choice of fish cooked in coconut and tamarind based gravy	$15.42
Lamb Pasanda Boneless lamb meat cooked with spicy gravy	$17.63
Eral Thokku Shrimp cooked in spicy Chettinad gravy	$15.42
Nellai Varuthu Araicha Goat Curry Entree Bone in goat cooked with coconut based gravy	$16.58
Biryani
Vegetable Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and vegetables	$12.17
Thalapakattu Mutton Biryani Special Biryani cooked in Thalapakatti style with aromatic jeeraga samba rice and goat meat	$16.58
Egg Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and served with 2 eggs	$13.22
65 Shrimp Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and deep fried house spl 65 shrimp!	$15.42
Aambur Chicken Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and bone in chicken and a must try house special	$14.37
Biryani Virundhu Spread of house special mutton, chicken biryani, chicken 65 and raita	$23.19
65 Chicken Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and boneless deep fried house spl 65 chicken!	$14.37
65 Fish Biryani Aromatic rice cooked with spices and deep fried house spl 65 Fish!	$15.42
Appam
Appam With Coconut Milk	$9.44
Appam With Chicken Curry	$12.17
Plain Appam Single Appam	$6.60
Appam With Veg Kurma	$11.01
Appam With Goat Curry	$14.37
Egg Appam Classic Appam with an egg broken on top and cooked in steam	$7.76
Appam With Chicken Salna	$12.17
Idly
Set Idly Two steamed rice cakes served with Sambhar and 3 types of Chutney	$9.96
Idly With Chicken Salna With chicken gravy	$12.17
Idly With Fish Curry With fish gravy	$13.22
Idly With Vada Curry House special steamed rice cakes served with Chennai version of Chana Dal Vada mashed and cooked in spicy gravy	$12.17
Idly With Goat Curry With goat gravy	$14.37
Sambhar Ghee Mini Idly Mini steamed rice cakes soaked in ghee garnished Sambhar	$11.01
Tandoori
Tandoori Chicken Half chicken marinated in spice mix and cooked to juicy perfection in tandoori oven	$13.22
Tandoori Pompano One full Pompano marinated in Chettinad spices and cooked to perfection in tandoori oven	$18.78
Zaffroni Malai Chicken Tikka Boneless chicken cooked with cashew and spicy paste in tandoori oven	$15.42
Tandoori Malai Jumbo Shrimp Jumbo shrimp marinated in cashew paste, spices, and cooked to perfection in tandoori oven	$16.58
Tandoori Salmon Salmon filet marinated in spices and cooked in tandoori oven	$17.63
Weekend Special Kalyana Virunthu
Veg Thalli	$17.63
Non Veg Thali	$19.83
Kids Menu
Kids Kuchi Meen Fry Pollock fish meat scrambled and dipped in bread crumbs and deep fried	$7.76
Kids Cone Dosai Kids special rice batter crepe rolled into a cone	$6.60
Kids Samosa Triangular pastry filled with potatoes and peas, deep fried	$5.55
Kids Cheese Dosai Plain dosai with grated cheese in the middle	$7.76
Kids Chicken Lollipop (3 Pieces) Chicken wings marinated in spicy sauce, deep fried with Nellai special salsa	$6.60
Desserts
Carrot Halwa Shredded carrot cooked in milk, ghee, and sugar	$5.55
Rasamalai Cottage cheese soaked in cardamom or kesar flavor chilled milk	$6.60
Fruit Kesari Semolina cooked with mixed fruit, sugar, ghee, and nuts	$5.55
Gulab Jamun Fried dough balls soaked in sugary cardamom syrup	$5.55
Cold Drinks
Sweet Lassi Classic yogurt drink with sugar	$3.35
Nannari Sorbet House special drink with nannari syrup, fresh squeezed lemon and basil seeds	$3.87
Rose Milk Rose syrup in milk served chilled	$3.87
Salt Lassi Classic Yogurt drink with salt	$3.35
Lemon Soda (Salt) Freshly squeezed lemon with soda with salt	$3.87
Lemon Soda (Sugar) Freshly squeezed lemon with soda with sugar	$3.87
Mango Milkshake	$4.40
Chikoo Sapotta Juice	$5.55
NBL Grape Mint Juice Fresh squeezed lemon with crushed mint leaves, grapes and sugar	$5.55
Butter Milk Yohgurt based butter milk with hint of Ginger, green chilies and Salt	$3.87
Hot Drinks
Ginger Tea Fresh ginger boiled with tea and milk, sugar	$3.35
Filter Coffee Filter/steeped coffee with milk and sugar	$3.87
Sukku Mali Coffee Dry ginger, Coriander powder boiled in milk and sugar	$4.40
NBL Cold Coffee Fresh milk, coffee, sugar, and ice	$4.40

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Abhilash Pradhan

Indian restaurants at and nearby Buffalo have much to be desired but this one is an exception.

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Amreen Shafiuddin

I have been to this restaurant in 2019 when they newly opened and loved the banana leaf meals that they gave. Went again last week and was disappointed that they no more serve banana leaf meals. Ordered thapakati biryani, panner fry, chicken 65 and fried rice. The veg was okay. There was a strange smell in the mutton biryani and the rice was too soggy. Chicken 65 was hard to bite and not fresh. Spent about 75$ for food that was not worth it at all. The lighting of the restaurant is very poor, they have very very dim yellow light , you can even see what you are eating. Never coming back.

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Buffalolife

If you are looking for south Indian food, this place would be the best to go to. The food reminds me of Place in India specially the south Indian. Savory soups. Creamy pudding. Crispy crepes.

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Archana Tikayat Ray

We ordered biryani and parotta. Food wasn’t the best. The place was noisy with weird sitting arrangements. One time try, not going back.

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Pruthvi Dondapati

Every non vegetarian item is so good. Very tasty. Authentic Tamil style food. Must try!

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krush g

Food over here is good. But the service is so bad. After you give an order you need to wait for 45 min -1 hr for your food to come. Also they forgot side orders like soda, you have to keep reminding them. I used to go here once a month since their food is so good. Will suggest not to go over weekends or when you don’t have time for waiting.

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Swetha Assaigoli Chandrashekhar

Nellai banana leaf is a great south Indian restaurant where you can find authentic south taste. Must try Biryani and kothu parotta and chicken and fish appetizers. Do visit for sure

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Sri Nath

Best:

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bella cam

Excellent food. Excellent samosas. Excellent Tandoori chicken. Everything just excellent. I had a spicy chicken dish and the chicken just melts in your mouth. I also had a few things else that my table mates had ordered and everything was just delicious. Nothing i didn’t like.

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Karthik K

The best Indian restaurant in and around Buffalo / Niagara. We were here twice in two days, this is one of the authentic Tirunelveli , chettinad, kongu- you can get.

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