Spicy Mint Indian Cuisine
| Address: | 145 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY 12205, USA |
| Phone: | +1 518-407-5999 |
| Site: | spicymintalbany.com |
| Rating: | 4.2 |
| Working: | Closed 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–2:30PM 11:30AM–3PM 11:30AM–3PM |
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Raqibul Hasan
**Changed my rating from 4 to 3 star seeing other peoples feedback regarding buffet. A restaurant must take customer feedback seriously.** Great food, kitchen staff seem passionate to serve fresh food, good service. Very heavily influenced by South Indian cuisine, but trust me, it is a good thing. Way better than the watery crap you get at some of the "Indian" restaurants around here. Only reason Im giving it 4 stars is because theyre not clear about the buffet they have on Thursday nights only. (I didnt even know they had a buffet). Me and my wife went there for regular dinner, saw buffet, sat down then realized theres no meat. But since we already started I didnt want to be like those fobby desi people without any restaurant etiquette. Food was delicious but, no meat. Then we got our bill and for two people, the buffet cost $30. Thats OUTRAGEOUS. When we went to pay my wife asked the front desk guy and he said it was a chaat themed buffet. Fair enough. Just a piece of advice, please be clear/advertise about the kind of buffet as normal expectation would be it would be similar to other places. Also, $15 for "Chaat" buffet is too expensive regardless of the quality. All in all, Ill def get food from there (we did end up taking some food to go), but not spending $15 on any kind of Desi buffet with or without any meat products. So for non buffet lunch/dinner, yes, great spot. Absolutely GREAT food and right prices. For buffets... NOOOOOO!!! LOL. Go to Curry House, Jewel of India or Nirvana for buffet.
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Rahul Mukherjee
Quality, quantity and service both make this my favorite Indian restaurant in the Troy-Albany-Latham-Clifton Park area (and I have probably visited close to 80% of the Indian restaurants around). Spicy Mint is a little pricier than your average Indian restaurant but still less expensive than Karavalli, for the same quality of food and service (if not better, at times). The ambiance is casual and the staff is super polite and friendly. The food here is the right combination of ingredients (and Im sure they will make your food spicier or bland upon request - havent had the need for such a recommendation yet). All in all, give it a try and you wont be disappointed!
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Lex Fish
BEWARE!!!! Spicy Mint is disgusting, if I could put zero stars I would. I came in there, they had no labels for the food so I had no idea what I was eating at the buffet, oh and lets not forget $15 for a lunch buffet?! thats bs!! I would have just went to shalimar for a better meal for less. they are extremely rude as well. food had no flavor, why they hell do they think its ok to call themselves spicy mint when they have zero spice. get it right people !! save yourselves the trip and the money and just steer clear of this place. also it just tastes like frozen Indian food, yuckkkk!!!!
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Marc Phillips
Went here with my wife for a date night. Called ahead to set a reservation ( Saturday night on wolf road). Very pleased to see it was not crowded, even at 630. Menu was reasonable price, wide selection. I had a goat dish, the waiter was nice enough to ask spice intensity. I said to make it spicy, it was intense. Wife had her usual chicken tikki marsala. We were both pleased with the quality. Have gone to restaurants where the chicken is chewy/leathery, definitely not the case here. I grabbed a take out menu for later use. Very pleased
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Adam Jusino
Great little hidden gem! From the outside this restaurant may be something you drive by, but never try. Stop in! We go every week and are never disappointed. Each night that we are there, people are ALWAYS picking up trays of food to bring home. I usually have the Lamb Boti Kebab, and my wife gets the Chicken Tikka. Both are delicious. The naan is great. For appetizers, try the Chicken 65 or Chili Chicken. Both have some spice, but are delicious.
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akhil chintu
This is one of those places that makes you want to write a review. They got wide variety of dishes in the daily buffet that no other indian restaurants are offering. Their specials are chicken tikka masala, Hyderabadi chicken dum biryani, and the deserts. Especially weekend buffets are special.We got an amazing food with indian spices! Good value for money. Highly recommended!
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joy soriano
my family are adventurous when it comes to food , we love international authentic foods & this is the best Indian restaurant we found so far. Jareet & the rest of the crew are very accommodating. Place is clean & foods are great . The only thing that I can think that needs improvement is the desserts can made less sweet
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Saravanan Selvaraj
Looks like management changed. No one to welcome customer. Ordered chicken roast but it really looks like tandoori mixed with sauce and flush smell. changed the order to chicken 65, again disappointed; its really wet. ordered naan and briyani, even after 45 minutes didnt receive anything. Lost my patience.
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Shashi Shekhar
Disgusting. I would put zero star. When I visited first time, I ordered dosa and they gave without chutney. After asking, they said sorry we dont have it. Yesterday again went for buffet and they didnt provide Naan. After checking they forgot to serve. Finally when they brought which was not fresh.
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Melissa Leisenfelder
We have only gotten takeout and have been very pleased with the taste, amount of spice and price. Restaurant looks very tastefully decorated and clean, and staff has been always friendly when we pick up our food. Plan on returning soon to check out their buffet.
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Mayur R Menon
One of the very few places with authentic Indian Food. Great tasting food. Lamb chips, Chicken Chettinadu, Goat Sukka, Hyderabad Chicken Biriyani, Mango Lassi. All good items. A bit pricy, but worth the food. Can also order from Grub Hub but $9 delivery charge.
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Daryl Cross
went here for lunch buffet. very good. nice selection and well seasoned. fresh warm naan brought to the table. Yum. water filled continuously and dirty plates cleared fast. great food, great service, great price. what more can you ask for. ill be back!
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Frank Lin
Great and authentic flavor, the naan is solid. The dessert tasted a bit artificial and too sweet. The chicken was amazing and the biryani satisfied my cravings. The goat was mostly bones with few meat. Would recommend this to a friend.
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Jonathan Smith
Buffet lunch the price is right nothing stands out as really great but nothing is bad either. Clean linens and a friendly staff. Checkout was a little slow as we seemed to hit them at a bottleneck and were trying to get back to work.
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sarbada varun
I love their lunch buffet. They have many varieties and quality of food is great. I like their sambhar, very delicious and authentic. Also they the place clean. I would rate it as of the best Indian restaurants in Albany.
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chandra sekhar Pappu
Good chat buffet. Highly recommended for vegetarians on Thursday evenings. You might not get Indian street food taste...but chef tried to make it as close as possible. Their bar is definitely above average.
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jeannetta jackson
Had take out from this restaurant many of times and it has yet to disappoint!! From the vegatible samosas, to the spicy mint chicken special, butter na an, and even chicken shahi koorma....very tasty!!
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Jonathan Choy
Excellent food, either in house or delivered. Excellent spicing patterns and great flexibility on above levels. Fresh, bright flavors in all of the dishes, even normally heavy flavors like vindaloo.
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Martha Perdomo
The food is delicious. You can alter the spiciness to your food. The staf are super friendly and helpful with picking out dishes. I recommend going to the buffet! You can get a lil of everything
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Dinah Crossway
For a casual, informal and reasonably priced lunch and friendly staff, Spicy Mint s vegetarian - friendly buffet is an excellent choice. A cut above the competition.
