Mingalaba Restaurant

I visited Mingalaba Restaurant today. I like your food and I often order online, sometimes with friends. Today I decided to eat inside the restaurant. I asked to pay first and the staff gave me a check. I’m a student, I work and study, I left a $1 tip. One employee spoke to me rudely and said I left too little, that it should be 15% — $2. I said “okay” and changed it to $2 as he asked. After that, he told me, “Next time, order to-go.” It made me feel very uncomfortable and I couldn’t enjoy my meal.
I went to him and calmly said: “I want to say something. Taking food to-go or eating here is my choice. And how much tip I leave, it’s my decision. You cannot tell me what to do.” He became aggressive, raised his voice, interrupted me and did not let me speak.
If you have a required tip amount for dining in, please write it somewhere and make it clear for customers. I will not come back to your restaurant

Mingalaba is a wonderful restaurant - interesting mix of different food types. They do have my favorite spring roll of any restaurant I've ever eaten at - a spring roll (not deep fried) with tempura shrimp wrapped in avocado with a Burmese sauce that is really delicious. Also like the string beans with tofu, the Tea Leaf Salad and the vegetable chow fun - just very delicious. The service is wonderful, the people are nice, not long waits - just a nice place. Very casual - nothing fancy but if you want authentic food that tastes great, this is a wonderful place. I've also found that their take-out is really good too - comes hot, timely and not overly-priced. Strongly recommended.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was meh

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Really impressed by the staff’s attention to detail. Just one small example of how much they are paying attention was that they noticed my two year-old had chewed up her paper straw and they brought her out a new straw without us mentioning anything. The food was excellent. We liked all the dishes we ordered. We especially like the samosa soup and the house noodles. We would definitely come back here again.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: House Noodles

I visited this place since we were in the area and have been here in the past pre-covid. Food was good but not worth coming back. It was so overpriced.
We had 3 dishes that costs us $80:
1. Tea Leaf Salad
2. Roti with curry sauce appetizer
3. Green beans
Tea was $3.00 per person, not fixed price for the tiny pot.
They require a $15.00 min per person.
Lastly, they charge a whooping 16% service charge!
So not only are their dishes $20 a piece, they add this crazy service charge, which made me not leave any tip. I will never go there again. Oh and hardly any Asians dine there, which tell me Asians are going somewhere else.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

We enjoyed our time here. There was a brief waiting time but they were very quick. Singapore noodles n chicken curry were delicious. Overall good food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Loved Burmese food, it's fresh, spicy and flavorful. The staff were quite attentive even when it was a very busy Thursday night. Would definitely come back again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Food is excellent. Try the fish curry. It’s amazing. And fast. My favorite Burmese restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Omg this place was amazing! Very nice staff and food came out quickly! And DONT get me started on the food 😩 IT WAS SO BUSSIN AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 🤩 1000000000000/10 HIGHLY recommended!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This salad is very very tiny for $20. I got it to take out and it’s very sad. I love this restaurant. We eat here all the time and I’ve never thought the portions were small until this takeout. So little cabbage. Box is pretty empty

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Really outstanding flavors! Particularly loved the pumpkin curry and the saffron rice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Blooming Flower Jasmine Tea, House Noodles

Very busy and popular Burmese restaurant in Burlingame. To our pleasant surprise, chicken and lamb were halal (as mentioned in the menu). We ordered soup, tea leaf salad and chichen, fish and vegetable dishes. The food was a little bit better than average.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

My 1st time there, and wast graet the staff was excellent the food was delicious, was with group and got to try a variety and everything went well, I will be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The foods were delicious and the service was top-notch. Sure we will coming back again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The tea leaf salad we always order. It’s always excellent. It’s flavorable and crispy; because it’s super fresh and not drenched in oil. Too much oil kills crispy. This time, There was barely any cabbage or other green. The peanuts made up half the volume. What a disappointment. The deluxe vegetable curry fell way way short. Almost flavorless and too runny, like water. The vegetables had no unique flavors of their own. The restaurant has no condiments on the tables.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5