Experience Burma Restaurant & Bar

A great asset for Pleasanton amidst the countless Chinese, Indian and Sushi places. Burmese cuisine is flavorful and delicious, the owners are great hardworking people and they have a full bar. My all time favorite for casual bites, take friends and colleagues for a meal. Glad to have them in our hometown.

I’ve eaten here several times and I have loved it every time! I’m sorry that I did not take a picture! Everything listed under vegetables is easily made into a vegan dish, without any sacrifice of flavor or content. The fact that they have fresh pumpkin as well as tofu is a huge plus. The server described the different kinds of sauces, some more salty and some more sweet… And some spicy. I really enjoyed the pumpkin sauce in my lunch entree. And as others have mentioned, the tea leaf salads are amazing and all vegan!!

Mangoe Chicken was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

I recently dined at Experience Burmese on a weekday for a friend’s birthday dinner, a group of four adults. My wife had made the reservation, and although we were initially excited based on positive online reviews, our experience turned out to be quite the opposite.

From the moment we arrived, things felt off. While other nearby restaurants were lively and packed with diners, this one was completely empty. This immediately raised concerns about whether we had made the right choice, but we decided to give it a chance. Unfortunately, our fears were quickly confirmed.

The service was shockingly poor. Instead of welcoming us, the waiter and the manager were casually sitting at a corner table, chatting and barely acknowledging our presence. When we placed our order, the manager was impatient, rushing us instead of providing recommendations. He showed no effort in offering drink suggestions and even coldly refused to provide any mocktail options, which felt unnecessarily dismissive.

When it came to the food, it was a letdown. While not completely inedible, it was either under-seasoned or overly sweet, lacking balance. Worse, some dishes tasted reheated rather than freshly prepared, which was disappointing for a restaurant that claims to offer an authentic dining experience.

The most frustrating moment came at the end of the meal when it was time to settle the check. Since my wife had organized the dinner, I planned to pay. However, when my friend courteously offered his card first, I immediately informed the manager that I wanted to use mine instead. Despite my clear request, he went ahead and swiped my friend’s card anyway, leading to an awkward and embarrassing situation. It was a level of incompetence that summed up the entire experience.

Overall, Experience Burmese was an absolute disappointment. From poor service and unwelcoming staff to mediocre food and an awkward payment situation, this was far from the enjoyable dinner we had hoped for. I would strongly recommend avoiding this place and spending your money elsewhere.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The guy taking the orders has terrible attitude. Not sure if he is the owner ( didn’t act like one!!). We had a reservation and at first he totally denied that there was a reservation. Then we were seated when shown the reservation on our device. When asked about gluten free options- he kind of brushed it aside. The guy has no smile!! As for actual food- its good credit to the chef!!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

A little spicy. Decent portions. We had a lot of leftovers. The garlic noodles were tasty. Service was excellent. Nice interior.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Noodles

I very much enjoyed their food and tasty lunch menu options.

I opted for the sesame chicken, tea leaf salad and coconut rice.

The sesame chicken was quite tasty. It did feel almost like fast food due to it being so fried but it was good nonetheless.

The tea leaf salad was quite interesting and fresh, I was surprised at the variety of the ingredients and was pleasantly surprised.

As for the coconut rice, I was surprised when it arrived and was white (I expected a light brown color) however, it didn't retract from the very nice texture and flavor. Would recommend

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Best food in Pleasanton!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Noodles, Tea Leaf Salad with Cabbage

Nice place to try Burmese food. They have amazing fermented tea leaf salad , the best in Bay Area . We always re-visit this place just to have it …

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

This is a perfect place for vegans as well as non vegetarians. We often have difficulty identifying restaurants that serve both kinds of food as one of us is vegan and the other pescetarian. The tea leaf salad is refreshingly unique and fulfilling. The catfish curry was delicious too. However the noodles and fried rice tasted like regular Thai food. I know that cuisines are related and the same mix of spices are used but still Burmese is not Thai and food should be prepared authentic. For example only chicken khaw-suey was available and they said they can't make a vegetarian or shrimp khaw-suey. I wish they did. Server William was very good and patient.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Combination Fried Rice, Burmese Style Pad Thai, Tea Leaf Salad with Cabbage

Looking for a place to eat on our way home from shopping. Found Experience Burma, it had good reviews. We had a great dinner. Service was excellent. Menu had lots of options. We will go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Tea Leaf Salad with Lettuce, Tea Leaf Salad with Cabbage

Absolute amazing food and customer service was wonderful. This is for sure going to be a regular

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad

The tea leaf salad is a must try!! I had the greens, but I'm sure the cabbage is as good.So much flavor and yet not heavily spiced.??

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place and food. However, the portion size is really small.

Vegetarian options: Customizable

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Noodles, Salad

Food is good. Was expecting it to be a little better. AC was not working when we went.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4