Reviews for Spicy Mint Indian Cuisine in Albany, NY

Food usually good. To refill any item on buffet you may have to wait whole hour. Don’t recommend to go after 1PM. If you are... late you may only get leftovers or try your luck. Read more

Takeout order: Garlic Naan: 5/5 Tandoori Pomfret: 4/5 I can’t feel the masala spicyness. Chicken Lollipop: 0.00001/5 I can’t... eat them they’re stones. Uneducated chef who prepared them using Basin flour turned into stones when I reach home. Chef haveto refer some YouTube videos what’s the color and texture of the chicken lollipops. If he doesn’t know how to cook them youguys have to remove the item from Menu. Pomfret fish is very small but why they’re charging it $18 I don’t know. Read more

New management since January 2022 is doing it right. The Fish Curry was delicious: well spiced, fragrant served with Jeera Rice.... The chef/owner Mijan has skills to delight the palate. Looking forward to many return visits. The aroma prevented me from takingpics until I finished. Mohan is a wonderful waiter, courteous and very helpful in selecting dishes. Read more

Chicken gongura with garlic Naan. Food/Value: B Service/Wait Time: C Decor/Environment: B Parking: C (Shared parking... lot) *Photos by me Follow me on Instagram: @paulpaterakis Tip me in Bitcoin: 14hzNnkbM5SKrUcLoxn3Vto1mx4BkTLdV9 Read more

Had been here for a lunch buffet. They gave us plastic gloves to serve food, cleanliness was maintained. The layout was good.... Lots of varieties. It began with papdi, samosa Chaat, chicken Manchurian and fried rice, chicken biryani, several varieties ofkebabs, fish vindaloo, chicken Tikka masala, prawns fry, onion bhajiya, idli medu vada sambar, bhindi masala, chana masala, vegbiryani etc. The dessert station had 6-7 varieties of sweets including but not limited to gulab jamun, rasgulla, pineapplemousse etc. Naan was served on the table. Chicken Manchurian was good, chicken Tikka masala a little too sweet. While the foodtasted good, all the fried items were cold and had become soggy. Sambar had no salt. Fried rice was not authentic. Chaat itemswere terribly cold as if they were taken right out of the fridge. Idli vada again cold. Chicken kebabs were cold hence a littledry in taste. For desserts, gulab jamun was good whereas rasgulla was super dry and hard. They had a mint, cinnamon cooler whichwas just watery, no taste. Overall experience was good. They could improve a bit by keeping the food hot/warm. Read more

I would say I am well versed in Indian food, cook it at home, eaten it my entire life, have visited India - with all of that... said here is my frank review of this establishment. 1. The menus are broad which is great 2. The food is less than buffet levelfood at best 2a. When you pay for food in the non buffet dining hours, there is an expectation the quality increases as do theprices. 3. When water is placed on the table, and it is bottled water, and the waiter and host DO NOT tell you they will chargeyou for it - I have a problem. 4. We ordered Pani Puri, didn't match the images on the website. Was bland and no depth offlavor. Also didn't have sufficient toppings which is typical when you order this dish. 5. We ordered Samosa Chaat, a fave weorder in every city we go to - struggled to find the Samosa and had insufficient toppings. 6. We ordered Gobi Manchurian, thesauce was overly sweet and the dish was soggy - reminiscent of precooked and microwaved style meals. 7. The mint chutney tastedwatered down and bland. Like it was from a bottle and then watered down again. Highlights were the waiter, who was pleasant. Although he wasn't the guy who ran the nightclub style music (poor choice of music for a dining establishment btw) Waiter wore amask. The Chai was good ALTHOUGH I had asked for it to NOT have any sugar. It was presweetened. Slap! There has to be betterIndian Cuisine in Albany - surely! Do yourself a favor and try some other great joints in town. Indian or otherwise. I knowthe good people of Albany can't see this as the standard for Indian Cuisine. ALSO - the checker took the water off after hetried to argue with me about COVID and the need to give bottled water. This wasn't my issue, being told upon giving me thewater is when I want to be told there is an associated cost. And to boot, he charged me for 4 bottles when we only had 2. Read more

After hearing good comments about this place, my friend and I gave this place a try. Food was tasty, but staff seemed a bit... confused. And there was a couple items that made us question their cleanliness. Including attached photo of a bug in ourwater... Read more

The food was okay and the Groupon made it worth it in the end. If it weren't for the Groupon I wouldn't have come to try this... spot because the menu items are overpriced. They also don't have any beef items on the menu (only Indian restaurant I've seenthat doesn't). My friend witnessed some disturbing behavior with the kitchen employee who wore same gloves in the bathroom,didn't wash hands, and never put new gloves on before handling the food again. The female staff waitress was not attentive. Themale waitor was more concerned with cleaning the buffet area instead of checking in on the guests or taking away finished platesfrom table. The water is served in water bottles and no such thing as free refill here. First time being in a restaurant whereyou are charged for water. Overall it was a disappointing experience. UPDATE: Went there during the lunch buffet and theyellow rice was spoiled (smelled rotten), the dishes lacked flavor, the tandoori chicken was extremely dry, the remainingchicken dishes lacked sufficient spices. Overall horrible experience for both dine in and buffet. Would not recommend this spotto anyone! Read more