Borneo Bistro

Kevin and Remy Smith have run Borneo Bistro on Hylton Road since 2007, building a menu that moves between Filipino, Malaysian, Thai and English dishes under one roof. A fire gutted the building in September 2018, and the couple spent over a year rebuilding before reopening in November 2019 with the same recipes and a refreshed dining room. Breakfast options run to both a full English and a Filipino version, while the wider menu draws on halal meat and organic ingredients across its Asian and African plates. The bistro operates as a small takeaway and sit-in restaurant rather than a chain outlet, and has kept a steady local following through Hylton Road's changing retail fortunes. Regulars return for the combination plates that let diners sample several cuisines in one sitting.