Very low quality food for a very high price. 10/10 would not recommend. Most of my food was almost inedible. Frozen carrots, really?
Vikki
Delicious food and great service. Thank you!
Sumit Kumar Kar
Summary: This is the worst and most expensive Indian buffet I have eaten in the triangle area. Customer service is also the worst I have ever seen, not exaggerating a little bit. Would never recommend this restaurant to anyone.Details: I went to this buffet with two friends a few days back. I generally never write this long a review but you can take a guess about what a horrible experience we had from the detailed review below. I would honestly give it less than one start if that was possible. See below for our experience:Price: The buffet is only available during the weekend (I have no complaints for that). However, even considering a weekend price, the price of the buffet was $19.34 including tax which is the highest among all the Indian buffets I have eaten in this area.Customer service: There was literally one single person/waitress on the front desk who was managing the customers and seemed to have the least experience. She greeted us when we entered, but did not take us to our table. She gave us a jug of water only after each of us had finished one plate of food. Nobody took away our dirty plates after we finished food. We had a stack of dirty plates in front of us by the end of the buffet, when finally someone took that stack away. The waitress never checked on us if everything is good. She did not know whether mimosa is included in the menu (see later in the "Drinks" section for interesting details). When we paid for the buffet, she gave us the customer copy to sign and let us take the merchant's copy (which we realized later).Ambience: The AC was not working, there was a single stand fan inside the restaurant which was trying to make up for that, but in vain. The TV had YouTube on, where songs were playing from a terrible mash up of Hindi songs sung by some random singer.Food variety: I am ready to pay the price if it's a good buffet; but alas, Mint does not have one. There were chicken tandoori and vegetable fritters for appetizer. For the main course, there were naan, jeera rice, chicken tandoori, kadai chicken, chicken tikka masala, chana masala, vegetable fritters, a gobi curry. For the dessert, there were watermelons, gulab jamun, salad, raita, tamarind and green chutneys. There was no red meat or biryani. Moreover, there was small quantity of everything and they took a lot of time to refill. See below for the horrible food quality.Food quality: The naans were terribly dry, the rice was okay. Chicken tikka masala, gobi curry, chicken tandoori, and gulab jamun were relatively better than other items. Kadai chicken was dry, chana masala had no taste, vegetable fritters were so so. The chutneys and raita were far from what they are supposed to taste like. Overall, the quality of food was below average. And they took a lot of time to refill chicken tandoori and gulab jamun.Drinks: I don't go to Indian buffet for drinks but Mint particularly announces their unlimited mimosa as a mandatory part of the buffet (and when I called them before going, they justified the price of the buffet by mentioning mimosa). However, the mimosa was a joke in the disguise of a horrible orange juice with negligible alcohol in it. Nobody served it to us and the waitress initially had no idea that it was part of the buffet when my friend asked her where it is (she still did not serve it to us).Overall, this is an over priced buffet with bad quality of food and a far worse customer service. I would never recommend this place to anyone.
Debosmita Kundu
We had a lunch buffet here. And this is the worst buffet I have ever had in my life. The number of food items is very less and the quality of food is bad. I think the restaurant is not good for money. They were even taking a long time to fill the empty food. I will not recommend this place at all.
Leigh S.
I've been a long-time patron at Mint. The food is just so good I won't eat Indian food from anywhere else. 10/10 would recommend the tikka masala -- it's the best you can get!! YOU MUST MUST MUST GO HERE!!!! Just writing this is making me hungry.
Jason C.
Like eating at mom's house...but my mom is white and everything she cooks comes from a can. We've enjoyed Mint for years, but something has drastically changed for the worse in the last several months. The veggies coconut used to be a creamy stew of fresh vegetables...it's now a thickened can of vegetable soup with its new tomato base. The saag is...puréed? Canned pea soup with stringy lamb? Not sure. The gobi Manchurian is soggy and greasy and somehow spicy and flavorless at the same time. The garlic naan is flabby, starchy, tough, flat, bitter and largely unseasoned. This wasn't a bad day...something has changed. It's a bummer.
Sushmaragh
A super place for Indian dine in and takeout. Must try the food and with new management the quality has nothing but improved here. Awesome downtown Indian dining experience with karaoke events happening on weekends! Mouth watering biryani prepared customised to your taste buds :) Specializes in goat curries and tandoor too . A must try!
Sushma R.
Exquisite Indian food in chapel hill area. Must eat place if you are a fan of Indian spicy masala goat curry or biryani! Also the management is planning to add South Indian food soon , mouth watering taste with freshly prepared food in this restaurant! Try it out for sure :)
Regi Taylor
No more lunch buffet even though the website list lunch buffet in a polished, modern setting. Terrible greeting at the door, It was a most disappointing experience for me.
Chelsea Dauer
Stopped in here before going to a concert next door. Had an assortment of naan, roasted papad, chicken tikka, and salmon tikka. The food was great and so was the service. Unfortunately we live 4 hours away. We will definitely go back here when we are in town again!
Started coming here about two years ago and it's been one of my favorite spots in Chapel hill for food! I always order the panner any gravy is good!
Livy C.
Where do it start Mint is my go- To Indian Food spot in Chapel Hill, Their servings are generous as well as their flavor is mind blowing. Can't go wrong with any dish!!
Lisa S.
I really wanted to like this place. It was just a bad experience all around. Really, every aspect of it didn't go well. We were the only table there for lunch. They were out of items on the Menu, but I wasn't too concerned about that since there are supply chain issues everywhere right now. Once we placed our order, it took a VERY long time to get the food. Close to an hour. About 40 minutes into the wait, the server came by, apologized, and brought rice and naan to the table. It was easily another 15 minutes before the entrees came, so the rice and naan were cold. The server dropped the food off without saying anything and then left. But we did not have any silverware. After some time, one of us got up and walked toward the back to find someone to get silverware from. Again, we were still the only table there the whole time. We were hoping the food would make up for all of the hiccups. But it did not. Despite requesting a level 3 out of 5 spice, all three of us had very bland dishes. Almost no flavor at all. Sauces tasted canned with no flavor. There were other Indian places within a few blocks of here that smelled wonderful. We definitely should have gone elsewhere.
Kevin S.
This local Indian Restuarant makes tasty food and offers take out. The spicey dishes can be ordered mild. Their food is very good. We like this shop.
Subu M.
We just bought this restaurant and soon will be revamping the menu, service and pricing. Please feel free to send me your recommendations at [email protected] or call me at (650) 390-5612. Sincerely, Subu
Very low quality food for a very high price. 10/10 would not recommend. Most of my food was almost inedible. Frozen carrots, really?
Delicious food and great service. Thank you!
Summary: This is the worst and most expensive Indian buffet I have eaten in the triangle area. Customer service is also the worst I have ever seen, not exaggerating a little bit. Would never recommend this restaurant to anyone.Details: I went to this buffet with two friends a few days back. I generally never write this long a review but you can take a guess about what a horrible experience we had from the detailed review below. I would honestly give it less than one start if that was possible. See below for our experience:Price: The buffet is only available during the weekend (I have no complaints for that). However, even considering a weekend price, the price of the buffet was $19.34 including tax which is the highest among all the Indian buffets I have eaten in this area.Customer service: There was literally one single person/waitress on the front desk who was managing the customers and seemed to have the least experience. She greeted us when we entered, but did not take us to our table. She gave us a jug of water only after each of us had finished one plate of food. Nobody took away our dirty plates after we finished food. We had a stack of dirty plates in front of us by the end of the buffet, when finally someone took that stack away. The waitress never checked on us if everything is good. She did not know whether mimosa is included in the menu (see later in the "Drinks" section for interesting details). When we paid for the buffet, she gave us the customer copy to sign and let us take the merchant's copy (which we realized later).Ambience: The AC was not working, there was a single stand fan inside the restaurant which was trying to make up for that, but in vain. The TV had YouTube on, where songs were playing from a terrible mash up of Hindi songs sung by some random singer.Food variety: I am ready to pay the price if it's a good buffet; but alas, Mint does not have one. There were chicken tandoori and vegetable fritters for appetizer. For the main course, there were naan, jeera rice, chicken tandoori, kadai chicken, chicken tikka masala, chana masala, vegetable fritters, a gobi curry. For the dessert, there were watermelons, gulab jamun, salad, raita, tamarind and green chutneys. There was no red meat or biryani. Moreover, there was small quantity of everything and they took a lot of time to refill. See below for the horrible food quality.Food quality: The naans were terribly dry, the rice was okay. Chicken tikka masala, gobi curry, chicken tandoori, and gulab jamun were relatively better than other items. Kadai chicken was dry, chana masala had no taste, vegetable fritters were so so. The chutneys and raita were far from what they are supposed to taste like. Overall, the quality of food was below average. And they took a lot of time to refill chicken tandoori and gulab jamun.Drinks: I don't go to Indian buffet for drinks but Mint particularly announces their unlimited mimosa as a mandatory part of the buffet (and when I called them before going, they justified the price of the buffet by mentioning mimosa). However, the mimosa was a joke in the disguise of a horrible orange juice with negligible alcohol in it. Nobody served it to us and the waitress initially had no idea that it was part of the buffet when my friend asked her where it is (she still did not serve it to us).Overall, this is an over priced buffet with bad quality of food and a far worse customer service. I would never recommend this place to anyone.
We had a lunch buffet here. And this is the worst buffet I have ever had in my life. The number of food items is very less and the quality of food is bad. I think the restaurant is not good for money. They were even taking a long time to fill the empty food. I will not recommend this place at all.
I've been a long-time patron at Mint. The food is just so good I won't eat Indian food from anywhere else. 10/10 would recommend the tikka masala -- it's the best you can get!! YOU MUST MUST MUST GO HERE!!!! Just writing this is making me hungry.
Like eating at mom's house...but my mom is white and everything she cooks comes from a can. We've enjoyed Mint for years, but something has drastically changed for the worse in the last several months. The veggies coconut used to be a creamy stew of fresh vegetables...it's now a thickened can of vegetable soup with its new tomato base. The saag is...puréed? Canned pea soup with stringy lamb? Not sure. The gobi Manchurian is soggy and greasy and somehow spicy and flavorless at the same time. The garlic naan is flabby, starchy, tough, flat, bitter and largely unseasoned. This wasn't a bad day...something has changed. It's a bummer.
A super place for Indian dine in and takeout. Must try the food and with new management the quality has nothing but improved here. Awesome downtown Indian dining experience with karaoke events happening on weekends! Mouth watering biryani prepared customised to your taste buds :) Specializes in goat curries and tandoor too . A must try!
Exquisite Indian food in chapel hill area. Must eat place if you are a fan of Indian spicy masala goat curry or biryani! Also the management is planning to add South Indian food soon , mouth watering taste with freshly prepared food in this restaurant! Try it out for sure :)
No more lunch buffet even though the website list lunch buffet in a polished, modern setting. Terrible greeting at the door, It was a most disappointing experience for me.
Stopped in here before going to a concert next door. Had an assortment of naan, roasted papad, chicken tikka, and salmon tikka. The food was great and so was the service. Unfortunately we live 4 hours away. We will definitely go back here when we are in town again!
Restaurantji Recommends
Started coming here about two years ago and it's been one of my favorite spots in Chapel hill for food! I always order the panner any gravy is good!
Where do it start Mint is my go- To Indian Food spot in Chapel Hill, Their servings are generous as well as their flavor is mind blowing. Can't go wrong with any dish!!
I really wanted to like this place. It was just a bad experience all around. Really, every aspect of it didn't go well. We were the only table there for lunch. They were out of items on the Menu, but I wasn't too concerned about that since there are supply chain issues everywhere right now. Once we placed our order, it took a VERY long time to get the food. Close to an hour. About 40 minutes into the wait, the server came by, apologized, and brought rice and naan to the table. It was easily another 15 minutes before the entrees came, so the rice and naan were cold. The server dropped the food off without saying anything and then left. But we did not have any silverware. After some time, one of us got up and walked toward the back to find someone to get silverware from. Again, we were still the only table there the whole time. We were hoping the food would make up for all of the hiccups. But it did not. Despite requesting a level 3 out of 5 spice, all three of us had very bland dishes. Almost no flavor at all. Sauces tasted canned with no flavor. There were other Indian places within a few blocks of here that smelled wonderful. We definitely should have gone elsewhere.
This local Indian Restuarant makes tasty food and offers take out. The spicey dishes can be ordered mild. Their food is very good. We like this shop.
We just bought this restaurant and soon will be revamping the menu, service and pricing. Please feel free to send me your recommendations at [email protected] or call me at (650) 390-5612. Sincerely, Subu