The Bay Leaf Restaurant menu with up-to-date-prices

The Bay Leaf Restaurant Menu

September 7, 2026
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The Bay Leaf Restaurant is an Indian restaurant at 28–30 High Street in Llandaff, close to the cathedral and the historic centre of the district. It has served the area for more than 25 years, combining an established local identity with a sleek, contemporary dining room.

The kitchen prepares Indian food to order, using herbs, spices and marinades to build depth across the menu. Tandoori starters, chicken and lamb tikka, seafood and vegetable dishes give diners several ways to begin before moving on to a larger curry or grilled dish.

Traditional curry styles include bhuna, balti, biryani, dupiaza and korma, while house specialities add more distinctive combinations. The Bay Leaf special balti combines chicken, lamb, potato and spinach, and the special biryani brings together several meats, peas and spiced egg with rice.

A broad selection of vegetable sides, rice and breads makes it easy to assemble a meal for sharing, and numerous vegan preparations are clearly identified. Guests can dine in the ambient restaurant, choose wine with their meal or use the separate takeaway service when eating at home suits the occasion better.

Address: 28–30 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2DZ, Wales

Bay Leaf Llandaff Menu

Starters

Mix Kufti

Hot. Shredded pieces of chicken, lamb, potatoes, spinach, egg, green chilli, fresh coriander and an assortment of spices made into delicious deep fried crispy, balls.

Bayleaf Special (For 2 Persons)

Sheek kebab, Chicken tikka, vegetable samosa, onion bhaji.

Tandoori Mix Platter

Sheek kebab, Chicken Tikka, Garlic Tikka and Hariyali Tikka

Chicken Kufti

Shredded pieces of chicken, potato, egg, fresh coriander and an assortment of spices made into delicious deep crispy balls.

Chicken Rashuny Bhaja

Sizzling garlic chicken served with mushrooms and green peppers.

Traditional Samosa

Meat or vegetable spiced in crispy pastry.

Sheek or Shamee Kebab

Cooked in clay oven and served with onion

Chicken or Lamb Tikka

Cooked in clay oven

Hariyali Tikka

Chicken marinated with spinach and cooked in clay oven.

Garlic Tikka

Chicken marinated with garlic and cooked in clay oven

Janga Puri

Prawns cooked in spices and served in rich sauce with unleavened deep-fried Indian bread called ‘puri bread’.

King Prawn Puri

King prawns cooked in spices and served in rich sauce with unleavened deep-fried Indian bread called ‘puri bread’.

Onion Bhajee

A great tasty snack of little onion balls bound together with lightly spiced and fragrant chickpea flour batter, then deep fried.

Chicken Chat

Small Chicken Tikka cooked in sweet and sour delicacy.

Prawn Cocktail

A famous seafood dish consisting of shelled, cooked, prawns in a Indian style cocktail sauce.

Kebab Cocktail

Pieces of chicken tikka, lamb tikka and, sheek kebab, served with salad.

King Prawn Projapati

King prawns in spicy batter deep fried

Garlic Mushroom

Fried mushrooms with touch of garlic.

Marinated Dishes

Chicken Moghli Masala

Tandoori strip chicken cooked with spicy minced lamb in a almond coconut mild creamy sauce.

Jeera Chicken (medium or hot)

Slightly hot and sour in a medium thick sauce (freshly whole roasted jeera)

Butter Chicken (Mild)

Off the bone tandoori chicken cooked in almond, coconut and butter in a mild creamy sauce.

Korahi Chicken or Lamb (Medium)

Chicken or lamb seasoned with a touch of garlic, ginger, coriander cooked in a richly spiced sauce, with green peppers, tomatoes and onions.

Jalfrezi Chicken or Lamb (Hot)

Chicken or lamb cooked with freshly ground spices in a thick, fairly hot sauce. Garnished with strips of ginger and fresh coriander

King Prawn Karai (Medium)

King prawns seasoned in a touch of garlic, ginger, coriander and cooked in a richly spiced sauce with green peppers, tomatoes and onion.

Lamb or Chicken Pasanda

Twin fillets marinated in spices and cooked in a creamy yoghurt and almond sauce.

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Massala

Tikka cooked in a special sauce of yoghurt, herbs and and spices.

Tandoori King Prawn Massala

Tandoori king prawns cooked in a special sauce of yoghurt, herbs and spices.

Chef Recommendation

Chicken Kolapuri (Hot)

Tender slices of chicken tikka, prepared in a hot sauce with onions, pepper, chillies in a homemade, tangy pickle sauce.

Lamb Shatkora (Hot)

Lamb cooked with citrus fruit (Shatkora) to give subtle tangy flavour.

Garlic Chicken Chamali (Slightly hot)

Sliced garlic tikka, cooked with red and green pepper, fresh garlic and special herbs and spices.

Hariyali Chicken (Slightly hot)

Hariyali chicken marinated in spinach, cooked in special sauces containing garlic, lentils and tamarind sauce.

Nariyali Chicken Masala (Mild)

Garlic tikka cooked in a special creamy sauce, which contains coconut, mango and garnished with almonds.

Garlic Tikka Masala (Mild)

Sliced Garlic tikka cooked in a special masala sauce, herbs and spices

Bay Leaf Specialties

Bengal Murgi Pathila (Hot)

Thin slices of boneless chicken breast cooked with pineapple, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, red pepper and fresh coriander.

Achar Chicken or Lamb Piaza (Hot)

Diced chicken or lamb cooked in chefs special spices.

Captain Pathila (Hot or Medium)

Tender strips of chicken or lamb, prepared with very special spices and herbs including coriander, mint, garlic and yoghurt in a rich tangy sauce, this really is an exotic flavoured dish.

Aloo Chicken Jhol (Hot or Medium)

Off the bone chicken with spicy diced potato cooked in a special sauce.

South Indian Mustard Red Chilli Chicken (Hot)

Barbecued pieces of chicken cooked with fresh garlic, mustard, chilli sauce

Chicken or Lamb Kurzi

A spicy tender roast dish marinated in yoghurt and spicy minced lamb, served with pilau rice & crispy green salad.

Chicken or Lamb Monipuri (Chef's own recipe)

Slightly hot sauce cooked with onions,green peppers and fresh green chillies.

Murgi Kasturi (Mild)

Minced lamb and spinach stuffed in chicken and cooked with a special blend of spices and special sauce.

King Prawn Nawabi Bahar (Med)

King prawns roasted in clay oven, then cooked in thick spicy sauce, served with stir-fried spicy aubergines garnished with fresh coriander and saffron onions.

Muchli Peaza (Hot or Medium)

Indian smoked river fish gently cooked with herbs and spices

Juri Chingri Bhar (Hot or Medium)

King prawn cooked with garlic, green peppers, tomato in hot or medium thick sauce

Chingri Somasan (Hot)

Whole King prawn roasted in a clay oven cooked with fresh garlic, cucumber and tomatoes in a thick spicy sauce. Served with roasted brown potatoes.

Tandoori Dishes

Served with green salad and mint sauce

Tandoori King Prawn

King prawns delicately spiced and cooked in a clay oven.

Sizzling Chicken Nawabi

Sliced tender chicken breast cooked with butter, ginger, green pepper and onion, then flamed with brandy.

Tandoori Mixed Grill

Tandoori chicken, chicken tikka and lamb tikka, sheek kebab and nan bread, served with special masala sauce.

Garlic Chilli Chicken Sizzler (Hot)

Sliced spicy garlic tikka cooked with a tangy hot sauce, served with red and green peppers and chillies

Chicken or Lamb Shashlick

Roasted onions, green peppers and tomatoes served with Masala sauce.

Half Tandoori Chicken

Chicken on the bone, marinated and grilled in clay oven.

Chicken or Lamb Tikka

Tikka pieces cooked in clay oven, served with onion and fresh coriander

Hariyali Tikka

Hariyali Tikka pieces marinated with spinach, cooked in clay oven, served with onion and fresh coriander

Rogan Dishes

All dishes medium spiced, touch of garlic and sautéed tomatoes

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Rogan
Chicken or Lamb Rogan
Prawn Rogan
King Prawn Rogan
Vegetable Rogan

Pathia Dishes

All dishes sweet, sour and hot

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Pathia
Chicken or Lamb Pathia
Prawn Pathia
King Prawn Pathia
Vegetable Pathia

Kurma Dishes

All dishes cooked in mild, thick creamy sauce

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Kurma
Chicken or Lamb Kurma
Prawn Kurma
King Prawn Kurma
Vegetable Kurma

Dansak Dishes

All dishes hot, sweet, sour with lentil sauce

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Dansak
Chicken or Lamb Dansak
Prawn Dansak
King Prawn Dansak
Vegetable Dansak

Bhuna Dishes

All dishes medium thick sauce with tomatoes

Egg Bhuna
Chicken or Lamb Tikka Bhuna
Chicken or Lamb Bhuna
Prawn Bhuna
King Prawn Bhuna
Vegetable Bhuna

Dupiaza Dishes

All dishes medium thick sauce with onions, green and red peppers and tomatoes

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Dupiaza
Chicken or Lamb Dupiaza
Prawn Dupiaza
King Prawn Dupiaza
Vegetable Dupiaza

Curry Dishes

Medium, Madras, Vindaloo

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Curry

Hot or Medium

Lamb, Prawn or Chicken Curry

Hot or Medium

King Prawn Curry

Hot or Medium

Vegetable Curry

Hot or Medium

Balti Dishes

All Punjabi dishes are individually prepared with the freshest ingredients. The flavours and aromas are enhanced by our special herb and spice marinades

Chicken or Lamb Tikka Balti
Prawn Balti
King Prawn Balti
Chicken or Lamb Balti
Chicken or Lamb Spinach Balti
Chicken and Mushroom Balti
Bayleaf Special Balti

Chicken, lamb, potatoes and spinach.

Vegetable Balti

Biryani Dishes

These dishes are prepared with the finest Basmati rice blended with different herbs and spices and served with a separate vegetarian or plain sauce

Bayleaf Special Biryani

A mixture of lamb, chicken tikka, minced lamb, peas topped with a spicy delicious egg.

Chicken Tikka Biryani
Chicken Biryani
Lamb Biryani
Prawn Biryani
King Prawn Biryani
Vegetable Biryani
Mushroom and Egg Biryani

Set Meals

Set Meal (A) for 2 persons

Starters: Poppadums, chutney tray, sheek kebab, chicken kufti. Main: Chicken Raan, Chicken Mogli Masala. Side Dishes: Aloo chana, pilau rice, naan

Set Meal (B) for 2 persons

Starters: Poppadums, chutney tray, kebab cocktail, onion bhajee. Main: Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb Korahi. Side Dishes: Aloo bindi, pilau rice, keema naan

Vegetable Set Meal for 2 persons

Starters: Poppadum, chutney tray, vegetable samosa, onion bhajee. Main: Vegetable Bhuna, Vegetable Jalfrezi. Side Dishes: Sag mirchi, rice, plain naan

Vegetable Side Dishes

Acher Shabzee

Medium or hot mixed vegetables

Sag Mirchi

Green peppers with spinach.

Motor Paneer

Homemade cottage cheese and peas.

Sag Paneer

Homemade cottage cheese and spinach

Mushroom Bhajee
Chana Masala
Chick Peas
Aubergine Bhajee
Aloo Gobi

Potatoes and Cauliflower

Bombay Aloo
Cauliflower Bhajee
Sag Aloo

Spinach and potatoes

Chana Aloo

Chick peas and Potatoes

Sag Bhajee

Spinach

Aloo Bhindi Bhajee

Potatoes and Okra

Tarka Daal

Lentil in fried garlic

Rice and Bread

Boiled Rice
Pilau Rice
Keema Rice
Mushroom Rice
Special Fried Rice
Fried Rice
Egg Fried Rice
Garlic Fried Rice
Half and Half

Pilau rice or rice

Plain Naan
Keema Naan
Peshwari Naan
Garlic Naan
Kulcha nan
Chips
Tandoori Roti
Chapati
Pappadum
Spicy Pappadum

Vegetable Dishes

Chana Masala

Chick Peas