Mint Indian Cuisine

Category: Indian restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Address: 504 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA

Phone: +19199296188

Opening hours

Sunday: 11AM–3:30PM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: 11AM–3PM

Wednesday: 11AM–3PM

Thursday: 11AM–3PM

Friday: 11AM–3PM

Saturday: 11AM–3:30PM

Reviews

Ryan Nolsn

Aug 23, 2022

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

Jul 17, 2022

Delicious food and great service. Thank you!

Sumit Kumar Kar

Jun 29, 2022

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

Jun 26, 2022

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.

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Questions & Answers

When is the buffet open and how much does it cost?

Samuel Van Amberg | Nov 27, 2021
Mint Indian Cuisine | Nov 27, 2021

Saturday and Sunday only for now 11:30 am to 2:30pm $16.99 plus tax

What are the Covid safety practices like here?

Anonymous | Oct 23, 2022
Mint Indian Cuisine | Oct 23, 2021

Following all COVID-19 guidelines

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