Was told 30-40 minutes for pickup on a Sunday afternoon.1 order of chicken. 3 bread.It’s been an hour and I’m still here.3 skip drivers have come and gone.No apologies.No excuses.They don’t even have an eat in option.Was still charged full price.Don’t waste your time.Go somewhere else.

Great taste by bayleaf. This Veg Biryani remembers Hyderabadi biryani and Vancouver has best biryani from Indian bay leaf. Strongly suggest to try it. Very fresh & tastyVeggie lovers now you don’t need to worry for proper Hyderabadi veggie biryani

Ordered for delivery. The biryani here is the close to the paradise biryani. We love the biryani from here. Would rate it a 5 if they can reduce the amount of oil used in their dishes.

My first 1 star restaurant review is finally here. This restaurant has gone to great lengths to push a lazy person like me to sit down and write a lengthy 1 star review to make future customers beware of the current state of their so called biryani. Heard from a friend that this place has the best Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani so wanted to give it a try. Called on phone for a to go order and was asked to come after 30 mins, ended up getting the order exactly after 72 mins. Not so punctual, ok, maybe the biryani will make up for it. Went home and opened the biryani, it just looked like rice and chicken, ok may be looks are decieving. Ate the biryani, no doubt it is the worst I have had. I cant even rate it if it was a good or bad biryani as it was not even biryani, It was just rice and chicken. Ohh well, lesson learnt never to come back again. Completely agree with past reviews of Rakshit Patnana, Overeating Biryani and Amey Bhalerao below. As for people who have rated their biryani good, future customers, please look at the biryani pics they have shared, any biryani connoisseur will know that it fails the visual test and believe me when i say it, it tastes worse than it looks and it looks just like chicken and rice, not biryani.

I rarely give a low rating to businesses. It pains me to give a low rating here, but it is what it is. Ordered Chicken dum biryani for the first time (and now also the last time) from this place. In their defense, I ordered mild version of biryani since the kids wanted to eat it. I have ordered mild biryani from many places but i have never got a partial white and partial turmeric rice with chicken pieces labeled as chicken dum biryani. Its okay if the flavors are mild, but there should be flavor to the food you are serving. Even the kids hated it n asked for the biryani to be modified to have some flavor. I am not sure who has rated their biryani high but at least my experience was bad. I am giving 1* because the server had packed our food well n kept it ready for us to pick up. So I believe that their service is good. As far as the biryani goes, it was really a zero star rating dish. You might as well boil a cup of rice.. then in 1/2 cup cooked rice sprinkle 1/20th of 18th tsp of turmeric and in the other 1/2 cup, add similar amount of salt n mix them. thats what your biryani will taste like if you get it from here.

Today I bought goat biryani and these is the third time I got uncooked goat mutton , which is pathetic. Very bad how can they server uncooked non veg.

Great Biryani taste, long wait time!

They have got few of the decent Biryanis around Vancouver, I liked their Thursdays special chicken dum biryani.

I just want this review to be precise on point. The pick up time for one chicken biryani was over 30mins while I was told that pick up would be ready in 10mins. The food was super cold and undercooked chicken. A continuous disappointment. Overly priced for that disgusting chicken.

I kid you not when I say best Biryani i have had in Vancouver! So good and flavorful, great portion and halal!! The only place i go from now on ❤

Indian bay leaf is one of the few places Im eagerly looking forward for whenever Im visiting Vancouver; their chicken biryani is probably the best Ive tasted since moving to Canada. Thats one delicacy I never compromise on...being from Victoria Im used to paying high prices for mediocre tasting biryanis. But this place beats all other restos and has set the bar super high...they are definitely doing something right!

Tried this place as it came highly recommended for biryani and was supposed to be the best biryani place in Vancouver.We ordered the chicken and goat dum biryanis. Both were bland and tasteless, it’s like they forgot to add salt even. The rice was basically tangy/lemon turmeric colored rice. Extremely disappointed and underwhelming.For those looking for authentic hyderabadi biryanis, this is NOT representative of what it’s supposed to taste like.

First impression is last impression. Best place so far in Cranbrrok to try for East Indian Food.

So they have authentic Hyderabadi biryani. Best biryani you can eat. Whenever i crave biryani Indian BayLeaf is the place i go to. I tried their Haleem, chicken 65 biryani and mutton biryani. They have real spicy flavour authentic flavours of Hyderabad.

Food was so-so. Maybe I came at the wrong time. Their delivery food was amazing so will try them again

Suggested by a few south-Indian friends, mainly from Andhrapradesh and Telangana. Visited their few weeks ago on a Sunday evening around 8 pm, ordered 2 hyderabadi chicken Biryani(spicy) and a spicy chicken tikka masala curry to take out. Receptionist told that they are out of Biryani and have to wait 30 minutes, they are making freshly.( seriously aroud 8 pm, they are Out of Biryani, that too on Sunday ? ), It surprised me and after 30 minutes we took our order and went home.A big chicken thigh piece marinated with salt,red chili powder and ginger,garlic paste, boiled basmati rice added salt and yellow colour to it with 3 bay leaves, 2 cardamom pods and 3 cinnamon sticks and mix it up, thats what they call hyderabadi chicken Biryani? Totally disappointed. Its totally a garbage. Too much hype created by the people about the Biryani here and the reality was different.But some of my friends said Biryani is very delicious here, how come one day it is delicious and the other day it was Garbage. Management have to check about this, and chicken tikka masala was not at all spicy and too much of oil in the curry.No plans of visiting here again.Please take out the name Hyderabadi from the Menu, if you are making Biryani in the same way. Good luck.

Hello Frnd ! I want curry , Not Oil ! Its like I have 250ml of oil in 1 curry . Mr.Owner I think you going to close the buisness soon🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ive had the opportunity to dine here a few times and wasnt overwhelmed with the portion of protein to carbohydrate. If you dont mind paying money for spiced rice this is probably not a bad spot however Im a protein eater I like to be fair and integral with portions to money size and I think that there is a lack of balance in this department. Id be prepared to give a higher score if they were prepared to give a different portion ratio not trying stuff somebody full of rice for an exorbitant amount of money. Parking is limited the bathrooms arent necessarily clean and its a cafeteria style sit down marginal space app best.

It’s one place a lot of people mention has good dum biriyani, that’s rare to find in metro Vancouver. I wouldn’t say disappointing but still wouldn’t categorise this as the best I’ve had. Plus the location is a bit inaccessible so another downside.

Taste n Quality of the food are at high-level.

I am from Hyderabad and was so excited to see that this place had good reviews for Hyderabadi biryani. I ordered the chicken 65 biryani and I requested that they not put corriander as I am allergic. When I picked up the order I checked with them again about the corriander and was told we don’t use corriander in biryani. When I got home and opened it, it was covered with corriander. It took me a long time to remove it, and once I did the biryani was so disappointing. Hyderabadi biryani has a lot of fried onions and mint leaves in it. This was nothing close to anything like Hyderabadi biryani. And the mirchi ka salan, honestly I don’t know what that was. So not going back again

Hyderabadi Dum Biryani is the masterpiece !! #Besthydbiryani in Vanc..Mutton fry and goat curry had tender and well marinated juicy and spicy mutton. Fresh and crispy apollo fish. Loved the ambience and the place is super clean with great customer service. Would suggest this place for every Hyderabadi food lover. #kiraak_hyderabadi_food...had a great Hyderabadi dinner !!!

The Biryani has a great mix of spices making it very complex and flavourful. The curry is also very flavourful, rich, and is seasoned well unlike some other places that water down their curry.

Very tasty neighborhood restaurant. Super efficient and friendly server. She refilled our waters many times! Tried their dosas and butter chicken. The dosa were actually filling and had good amount of fillings in it! I was very pleased with the amount of chicken in the butter chicken! It was great! Very limited parking in the front of the restaurant but can find street parking along Victoria Drive across the street.

On the first time my friend order to this restaurant by phone call and me I tried their chicken 65 beryani and it was really taste good but the amount of the chicken 65 is not enough their chicken 65 needed to add more chicken per serving or per order this is only my concern but over all I’ll still give this restaurant a 3 star ⭐️ and I’ll recommended to everyone to try their chicken 65 with beryani rice 👍 I’ll change the rating into 5 star ⭐️ if on my next visit I’ll get more chicken 65

Food was really tasty and delivered in a reasonable time from Uber Eats order. The time of the order was changed a few times back and forth which was fine. One dish we received was COLD like it was made a hour or more before the rest of our order. The cold item was also VERY spicy, which was fine for my taste but probably not for most people. It makes me wonder if this was someone else extra spicy order that was cancelled. Will watch to see if the reviews improve before I consider to order from here again.

Haleem in Vancouver oh my god!! marvelous taste, Original flavors and spices equal to Hyderabad taste, and their biryani is awesome!! i have tasted several biryanis in Vancouver and the most authentic Hyderabadi biryani is none other than INDIAN BAY LEAF, Hope you continue the same taste going forward!!

After multiple feedbacks as well... their veg biryani has no veggies... just yellow riceQuality has decreased to 0 since they reopen

Biriyani was so good! Great and friendly waiters :) satisfying night at Indian Bay leaf! Will definitely come back.

If you want to try the Authentic Hyderabad biryani, visit this place. All worth it.

Very tasty biriyani, but mild is also very spicy... just a suggestion please check it otherwise I definitely like it 😊

In comparison to other Indian restaurant Ive gone, this restaurant looks very clean and fancy. Ive tried Goat meal, I didnt like that very much, but my friends who had chicken, liked their meal. You have the option to choose your foods hotness out of mild, medium and spicy. Even the mild one was too spicy for me.

Good hyderabadi food in Vancouver. Biryani and rasmalai were amazing in taste. Naan was too crispy to eat almost burnt, chicken tikka masala was ok. Chicken 65 taste was there but over fried. Anyways friendly staff. They charged us for tea but forgot to serve. Just before leaving I checked the receipt and went back. They quickly prepared and gave tea to go but it wasn’t fully cooked. Their chicken is 100% halal confirmed by the owner. So would not mind going back.

The Non veg thali was really good value for money and everything that came with it was pretty delicious.

Came just after 5:00 pm for an early dinner. No customer but me. Well organized environment and quite clean. There were only two servers and both attentive. I ordered the lamb curry, came with rice. The naan bread just came out from their oven so fresh and hot. The raita also very good.Back to my lamb curry. The moment I had the first bite, I knew that this will be delicious. Very delicate, the best I had for quite sometime. True to their restaurants name, the bay leaves floating in my curry. I will come back and definitely try other dishes very soon. To end, my chai was excellent, creamy and piping hot.

Great food and best ever chicken biryani must try this authentic Indian food. The staff is also friendly and the chef has great experience with the food. Overall brilliant experience.

Disappointing taste! Cant even compare with an authentic Hyderabadi Biriyani. I would not recommend it to anyone. Will reconsider editing this review after another order soon.

Excellent food. Chef Deepaks work is amazing, especially with the biryani! Keep it up.

Their biryani is really good. They serve biryani with curry on side which is hot but good. Their rava dosa is just ok, they serve the dosa filling on side. Will go there again for the love of biryani.

Wow. The Biryani here is awesome. Probably the best I’ve had today.

I heard alot about this restaurant from a friend... now I think his taste buds are unconscious.... I ordered chicken biryani and munchurian.... Not upto the mark at all... we drove so far and were so excited to taste it but now we are regretting it... it’s ok... just wanted to let others know to not keep their expectations so high... you can satisfy your hunger though... Food is not bad... but not tasty....

I ordered a butter chicken here. It tasted very good. Abi working in the front was a really nice guy. Sukh was the chef and did a great job. Thank you guys

People don’t know how to speak. I do Delivery usually and they put instructions to call before entering restaurant to confirm order. Girl pick call being rude said why are you calling. I think these people need to see there part first and learn how to speak with someone even if the person is delivery driver.

Good food and great taste if it’s opened

After trying so many biriyani around vancouver area, I can assure you that this is the best , would give you a feeling of hyderabad biriyani.

Went here for lunch. Had the Goat Curry which comes with rice. The food was very good. The waitress was quick and friendly. She was able to inform me about the ingredients in certain sauces to accommodate my food allergies. The Curry was fantastic and the portion was big. She noticed I had eaten a lot of the rice and offered to bring more (free), which was nice.

I have tried this place twice. First time I ordered the Hydrabadi Dum biriyani. That was the first time I was eating Hydrabadi biriyani, tbf, I hate that...lol...I seriously didnt like it because the rice and the chicken-marination are raw and too tangy.. I will say Hydrabadi biriyani is not for people who like the real biriyani. but the waitress suggested chicken65 biriyani and I went there again. Wow... that was so delicious. The place is really big and they mainted it quiet well. The best part is the service. Both time I got the best service from the waitresses.

The Dosas were very delicious. I would eat here again. The only thing I can say is the filling could of had less oil in it. My fingers were covered in oil from the potatoes. The sauces that came with it were great. One was a creamy sesame and the other an orange sauce with lots of ginger.

One of the most delicious and authentic Hyderabadi Biryanis I’ve had outside of the subcontinent. Wish I had discovered this place sooner!Those complaining about the oil seem to miss the point entirely. That’s one of the things that *marks it* as authentic. If you’ve ever eaten in India, this is what the food is *supposed to be* like. People over there dont generally eat Biryani or similarly heavy dishes at every single meal - its a rich, scrumptious, flavorful, oily repast you only enjoy once in a while. Its like ordering Carbonara at an Italian joint and complaining that it’s too creamy and cheesy - just dont order Carbonara every damned night!There’s plenty of uninspired, watered down, non-spicy, non-oily and frankly, lazy joints in and around downtown that’ll be only too happy to serve you butter chicken. If you want the real deal, this is it!Let the connoisseurs of authentic Indian, French, Italian, Brazilian, Ethiopian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Canadian, Mexican, whatever, enjoy the real thing as its *supposed* to like!

Delicious food served by friendly people in a relaxed atmosphere. Very good!

Ok for Vegetarians. Curries was not bad. Biryani is ok. Naan is not good.

I have had chicken biryani before from here and it was scrumptious. I got a takeout today due to the Covid ban on indoor dinning and it was a disaster. I was served two chicken leg piece with plain rice on top. That’s all! This is horrible just because it’s a take out they cannot fool customers like this. In form of raita I was served curd mixed with water no usual onion, tomato or cucumber.. literally fooled!!!!Careful before you takeout! Do check or preferably go for dine in post covid!!!!

Cheating and scamming people through they website which is literally in their info details.Lost $60 and they’re being shameless about it.

Extremely slow, not enough people working. I arrived right on time to pick up my order and was told it would be 2 minutes, 20 minutes later still haven’t gotten my food. There’s another 4 people here in the exact same position as me

I love their chicken biryani..i rarely order other food items. This place specializes in biryani.

Super spicy & flavourful! The chicken biryani was outstanding, as was the lamb.

One of my favorite go to place for briyani in Vancouver.

My friend recommended some starters from Indian bay leaf restro, I decided to try it out Prawn majestic and apollo fish and I must say I really appreciate the way he presented it and aw god it taste super spicy, juicy was outstanding loved it loved it loved it… The chef sookh nailed it perfectly, Will be back definitely! I’ll be sure to let you know in advance before we come again. Namaste!

We had heard a lot about the authentic Hyderabadi Biryani of this place and so we had to try it. Ordered Veg and Goat Biryani. Additionally ordered Dahi vada and needless to mention we had to bag half the order later as the portion size is quite good. The service takes a bit of time and we had to struggle to get servers attention as well to get the cheque. But the Biryani is very delicious and recommended. Will try again if we are in the vicinity

The worst ever chicken 65 we have tasted in and around Vancouver. The chicken is stale.

They are doing renovations and are take out only. One of the few places that are open late night. The portions are big and is reasonably priced for ethnic food. Their biryani is a must try.

Bad choice for an Indian cuisine.Pricey and unprofessional. Ordered goat briyani for group of three, hardly some meat and that though without any flavours.Food was pathetic. I dont recommend this place.Dont ever go near the washroom lucky for those with no blood spill from the nose.

I ordered a chicken 65 biryani last night and the whole thing was just cold. The rice is too old and even the chicken was soggy. I know how it usually is to make out the difference .Writing a bad review was the last thing I wanted to do, but it’s high time now . I have been buying biryani from this place for years. This is the closest to an authentic Hyderabadi biryani in Vancouver, but from few months, the biryani taste has gone to grounds. Too much oil and too much masala sometimes. It’s just dead cold sometimes with super dry rice. I have had bad biryani a lot times but never wrote a review, just called them up and let em know. Never took free food, just gave them positive criticism . But the place keeps getting worse

Im affirmative that they are the only restaurant in entire Vancouver to serve you authentic Hyderabadi Biryani. Other restaurants fool you by serving pulao.😊

The food taste is good. It comes near to Hyderabad taste. We ordered when they were giving out double ka meeta for free, when we ordered via mobile they said they have it, once we arrived they just gave out our food, cashier said all the items are inside, we came out and saw the items and the sweet was missing, we went in and asked about sweet and he said its out of stock, if it was out of stock he shld have said it when we came instead of lying that its inside. Worst customer service.

One of the best Hyd biryani ever ♥. Lovely food and best customer serviceWhenever Im eagerly looking for biryani without any second thought Bay leaf stands first on my list.

Best baryani in North America

Try lamb dum biriyaniDelicious !!!!

I have tried nearly every biryani in van-city this far the best oneSpicy taste and tender meat melts in your mouth

I tasted haleem today... I must say Hyderabad ki yaad agayi ... best Hyderabadi haleem in Vancouver. I am sure they are better than “ Pista House “ of Hyderabad . Highly recommended 👍👍👍👍

Superb Food!! Instructions Followed very well!!Best Biryanis Ever 🔥

Four of oir friends went and order the food, first they told 30 to 40 minutes. After 40 minite theey extend the time to again 30 minutes and finally we got our order after 2 and half hour which we spend outside cold weather. People after order us they got it fast and as we stay inside. Really pathetic service. The butter chicken was not good at all. Channa curry is fabulous and really tatsty, i recommend that only with battura.

Service is at rock bottom here! Placed an order online through their website. Since I did not receive confirmation, called the restaurant to verify. Female answering replied that they dont taken orders from their website! Asked her why dont they put a note on their website to that effect? She replied that she doesnt deal with that. Asked who does? She replied thats the manager. I have to call my credit card provider to deal with the refund. Apparently manager was not there to talk to me. Wont give his name nor hers so I could inform the manager who I spoke with when I had to call tomorrow. Not going there ever again.

Bayleaf has the best chicken biryani. If you are around , do try it. Their customer service is amazing as well, especially Simi is so friendly and energetic.Do give them a visit.

Smells good in there. Looks like a strip joint from outside cause of dark windows. Food looks and smells good.

Awesome chicken dum biryani but they really long time for prep. It’s really long!

You can taste the different flavours, rice cooked to perfection and the chicken succulent. Huge portion and nicely priced. Definitely the best Indian biryani so far.

Tried Hyd biryani.. it was awesome

Sometimes the biryani is good sometimes it’s the worst of worst. Won’t be ordering anymoreedit from 1 to 4 starsordered through uber eats, Biryani was actually good hopefully stays the same

Sir, I have had your Biryani a few times before and quiet satisfied. Yesterday, I ordered a chicken biryani and an egg biryani. The gentleman said you don’t serve eggs. So I asked for a veg biryani. I requested for medium low spices.I traveled from PoCo to pick it.When I got home Sir, the chicken biryani was nothing more than white and yellow ghee rice with a large chicken piece inserted in between. The potatoes, carrots and the beans in the veg biryani were fully burnt. Sadly.

Best chicken biryani, get the special one.

Best Biryani in Vancouver, no competition to it.

Hyderabadi Biryani is really good. Please consider adding boiled egg to Biryani. Please and Thanks

Nice indian food. Good biryani.

Nice customer service and really delicious Indian style food

Best Hyderabadi Biryani in Vancouver....Must try their specialsUpdated:Taste and quality is inconsistentI recently ordered Kheema Biryani and My order had cauliflower mixed with Kheema

The best biryani in the Vancouver area. But only sad thing is that we get Veg biryani only during the weekends.

Trust me guys I was searching the better taste of fried rice since so long, and after getting a taste of fried rice from Indian Bay Leaf I felt like finally there is some restuarant that exist for delicious food. Must definitely try these restaurant if want to make your tummy feel happy. Thanks to the restro for making my meal super yummy.

Lamb pepper fry (medium spicy)You must give it a try

I am re- reviewing the place.Veg Appetizers: 8/10Non-Veg Appetizers: 4/10Biryani: 10/10Ambience: 7/10Service: 9/10

Tried their Biryani a few months ago on a friend’s recommendation. Hands down the BEST Biryani in town. Hope they keep up the good work.

Ordered Garlic Naan, really hard and chewy. Not edible at all. Not impressed.

I am from Hyderabad and I was expecting real Hyderabadi Biriyani, but Indian Bay leaf Biriyani is not close to what I was expecting.

Fantastic staff and service. Super fresh delicious Indian food. Reasonably priced and organized. Me and my roommate comes here very often and the food always taste DELICIOUS.

Theres no seating here yet. We knew that when we ordered. The biryani was amazing! Will definitely come back here. The restaurant came highly recommended by a friend.Edit: went back again today. Changing my score from 5 to a 3! All i can say is... i ordered curries not buckets of oil with floating pieces of meat! We drove all the way from Coquitlam because we were so impressed the first time. I guess this was the last time.

Spicy delicious Hyderabadi dum biriyani.... - Definitely for the people who miss the Indian spicy biriyani...And yes, quantity is good...

Phone number not working haha

Cravings for a biriyani satisfied.Portion is good.Taste is satisfactory.Packing ✔️Price reasonable.

Very good food for Biryani

They prepared the food and packed it hot. It could have been a little more spicy. Otherwise, its good