Mingalaba Restaurant

The food is good, but not great - Burma Superstar in the city is top notch. I was surprised that their portion sizes have significantly gotten smaller, whereas their prices have gone up. The 3 stars are for the automatic 16% service fee they added to the bill for a party of 3.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

This has become my go to place. They are always consistent with taste of food and their staff's service. I am always greeted with smile and food is delicious. Fairly priced, good portion.
I love the ginger lemonade and the burmese noodles.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Basil Tofu, Paratha with Curry Dipping Sauce, Vegetarian Samusa Soup

Fast service and delicious food. If you get the Jasmine hot tea, the tea ball blossoms into a floating flower. Very cool ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We came here for team lunch. Everyone loved it. Great service and a lot of vegetarian options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My go-to quaint Burmese place for a healthy-asian meal. They have plenty vegetarian options and the Buddha-rice there with vegetable curry is a must-try if you're a vegetarian!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had delightful food here and ended up ordering a crazy lot for our group.

We had the Avocado Spring Roll and Rolling Lettuce Chicken for appetizers. We also had Burmese Iced Tea, Mango Lassi and my favorite - Tapioca with Coconut Milk.

For our mains, we then ordered the following - MONGOLIAN BEEF, BURMESE STYLE CURRY CHICKEN, COMBINATION FRIED RICE, VEGETARIAN SAMUSA SOUP, SALT PEPPER PRAWNS, NAN GYI DOK, VEG SHAN NOODLE, CURRY MIXED VEG, BURMESE STYLE CURRY PRAWNS, CURRY BEEF, BURMESE STYLE CURRY CHICKEN, MOO HING NGA NOODLE SOUP, HOUSE SPECIAL NOODLES.

Everything tasted fresh. Just that their spice level is not real spicy.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Combination Fried Rice

Authentic Burmese food with side variety of dishes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Burmese Style Vegetable Curry Deluxe

My first experience with Burmese and I loved it! The tea leaf salad was out of this world!! Will definitely be back. Plenty of vegan options.

It’s been a long time since I ate here, but I had business in Burlingame & I’ve
loved Minglaba since it opened. I was so excited but then very disappointed. Service was pleasant enough but spotty and catches catch as catch can. And when we had concerns, the our waiter expressed apologies & sympathized and said he would talk to the chef, but did not attempt to resolve. Totally insincere. For example the rainbow chicken was overcooked and dry, with no sauce to mitigate it. I showed the waiter & asked if there was perhaps some curry sauce or something I could get to add flavor and moisture, and he said it was not possible. He finally offered to bing
More of the sauce for the paratha for $2, but it remained bland and incomplete. I paid $20 for canned pineapple, red peppers 3 small string beans, onions - dry tasteless incomplete dish.
I left all the chicken on the plate unseated, too dry.’ Shoukdve sent it back. That dish and the fried rice had no flavor, nothing like the normal complex and flavorful Burmese delights I was expecting, based on the years In was a regular there, in the past, as one of the first regulars at the owners sister’s restaurant in SF with similar menu since the mid 80’s. Many Favorite dishes were no longer available, their prerogative, but I won’t be back, I could see most of the other clientele’s dishes appeared to have small portions also, and were not delectable looking. I could’ve added a ginger salad for more flavor, but didn’t feel like spending $100 to try to make the lunch more satisfying.. Furthermore they billed the 2 of us a 16% Service fee , frankly less than I usually tip or Would have tipped . But I realized it was more than enough. Burmese delight was mostly gone in the dishes we ordered. And I can get better Chinese food for a lot less elsewhere in many family owned places who care if you enjoy the meal. Perhaps if the owner was still on site, it would’ve been a more gracious and satisfying experience. Glad they survived covid, but I won’t be back. So disappointed.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Haven’t been here for a while, maybe 3 years. I thought the house special noodle seems less now & pricey. They used flat like fettucine noodles. It doesn’t taste good anymore. The combo fried rice chicken is dry & not that good as before. The paratha & sauce are good. The tea leaf salad is ok. The curry beef is good but less serving. Will find another Burmese resto. Very pricey with less servings.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Vegetarian options: Tea leaf salad was a bomb, plus other egg plant item was good too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pan Fried String Bean with Pork, Paratha with Curry Dipping Sauce, Vegetarian Samusa Soup, Lap Pat Dok Tea Leaf Salad, Avocado Tempura Shrimp Spring Rolls, House Noodles

I love this place, especially the lettuce wraps and tea salad. It’s just fresh and really nice to eat and always a lovely treat. I definitely go every time I crave the tea salad, it’s addicting!

Vegetarian options: Great flavorful veggie options

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tea leaf portions are much smaller.Not what it used to be. Enough for two people will cost 38 dollars.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Tried the Tea tree salad. A favorite of mine. Really tasty with great crunch.
Three color chicken, small bites of chicken with lots of color by veggies and fruit, yummy.
Kung Pao shrimp was not very spicy and very good.
Beef and broccoli had a tasty sauce and crunchy broccoli.
Coconut rice was a very pleasant surprise, recommended.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lap Pat Dok Tea Leaf Salad

I was waiting for 20 minutes with my children to somebody service us. Then I go the Chinese lady was rude and ugly. don go to that restaurant.

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1