Banana Bean Cafe

Great Food, Great Service. Visited the BBC on Greenlawn for the first time today....I have eaten at the location on Whittier several times and I was NOT dissappointed with the new location. I usually have the corned beef, cole slaw, dressing and swiss on marble rye bread which is to die for but I decided to have something new today. After debating over a couple of things, I decided on the #2 blue crab burger with deep fried sweet potato fries....Another great choice!!!!!! Not sure what the problems might have been on some of the other reviews about poor service but I have to disagree!!!! I could not have asked for a more attentive and friendly staff!!!!

Keep up the good work.....it was definitely worth the 2 hour drive to give them a try!!

Continued blessings on you and your business:p…

Happy Hour at the New Banana Bean. My wife and I stopped in the cafe last night to check out their happy hour. The place was not busy but that could have been due to the weather. Which it turned out to be good for us, we met the owner, she asked if this was the first time to the cafe which was for us at the new location but had eaten at the cafe on Whittier for a couple of years. She took us on a small tour explaining the set up she said they had just moved some things around hoping that it would help the flow of the restaurant. It surprised my wife and I when she led us into the kitchen ( have never done that before in any other restaurant and we thought that was really nice) we had the pleasure of meeting the Chef he asked if we had a favorite dish and when I told him I was fond of the shrimp and grits and banana foster he in some what of detail explained each dish. Thanks Chef we really in joyed that. Back to the happy hour $2 buck really good margarita's, in house made free chips and peach salsa (really good) and half off the apps. We had a couple margarita's with the pub menu they offer, we split the cubano which I love and some sweet potato fries. We ended up with a tab of under $30 bucks and had a great hour of good converstation and more knowledge of the restaurant. I asked about their brunch I know on Whittier is was hard to get a table, she said that the weekends for Brunch was still very busy (sometimes to busy) but Saturdays are not as busy as Sundays. We still go to the one on Whittier for the brunch but will be trying the new location soon. Thanks again Banana Bean we left there feeling more like a friend then a customer.…

Horrible Service Outweighs Quality of Food. I went to the Banana Bean Cafe on a Sunday afternoon around 12:30. When we walked in, we were informed that you usually need a reservation on the weekend. But, they were able to get the 5 of us seated right away. The waiter informed us that they were "out of menus" and "out of silverware" and my two friends had to wait for their coffee until "cups were available." What kind of restaurant does not have enough cups?? It wasn't THAT busy... get a dishwasher people! Once we perused the two menus he could scrounge up, he informed us that at least 3 menu items were "sold out" or "out of stock." We ordered our food within about 10-15 minutes of first sitting down. At 1:30 we still had no food, and the server had not been by to even refill our waters or coffee cups! Finally, we asked if our food was coming, because if it was not, we were going to leave. He said he would check in the kitchen and came back about 10 minutes later with our food. Now, the food was delicious! I will not deny that. But 1 hour and 10 minutes for brunch is completely ridiculous and bad customer service. We ate and hoped to get our check quickly before dinner time rolled around. Well the server took FOREVER to even bring us our check! 30 minutes after our food had been brought out, we still did not have our check and the server was nowhere to be seen. One member of our table finally caught up with another server (not ours, mind you) and asked to speak to a manager. Tack 10 more minutes on to wait for the manager. She informed us that they INTENDED for their service to be so pitiful and lackadaisical. As she said, "we have a lazy atmosphere on Sundays. We encourage you to drink a mimosa and relax while you wait for your food. That's why we play jazz music." What a joke! What kind of business makes it their goal to serve as few people as possible as slowly as possible?!?! Needless to say, despite the good food, I won't go back to this restaurant unless I have a full day to waste.…

LOVE THE BEAN!. We were at the Banana Bean on Greenlawn Sunday, January 26th. They were "jammin"! They were so busy, and my server was still smiling! My absolute favorite restaurant in Columbus! They have awsome food, very friendly staff, and the new location is perfect! My fav's include the Cuban Sandwich & Banana's Foster. They never make me feel like I'm not dressed right, or anything. Great food, great service, great location! ps....their in Columbus....614 area code…