We had a great first time visit! The staff were really kind and welcoming, and our service was as quick (or slow, in our case) that we wanted. There were so many interesting choices in the menu that it was hard to choose, but we started with an appetizer of papand with two chutneys, lamb jalfrezi, garlic ginger soup, a sweet lassi, chai tea and the bread basket (4 huge naan breads) we were pleasantly stuffed, with plenty of leftovers and then were offered complimentary rice pudding! Yum! It was really quiet, as only one other patron was dining in (a couple to-go orders were picked up).. I'm guessing because we had a late lunch. read more

Cumin - Lamb jafrezi with rice and a ginger garlic soup - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Excellent food but slow. Very slow. Especially but not exclusively when they're busy. Garlic naan superb, also spinach paneer and fish curry (but over-spiced, ask for zero heat). And did I mention they're slow? But worth the wait if you can be patient. read more

Amazing food. The vegetable pakoras are delicious, the mango lassi is delicious, the kheer (rice pudding) is very good, and the entrees themselves are always very good, albeit sometimes too spicy for me (but I have the spice tolerance of a 10 year old from the suburbs). We had orders of chicken biryani, Shahjahani, and jalfrezi. The Shahjahani was mild and delicious, the jalfrezi and Shahjahani were a bit spicier and very good. The place is pretty small, with three booths and only 5 tables, but there is usually room to sit. The place seems family-run and the servers are always very polite and kind. Definitely recommend if you want yummy Indian food but don't want to break the bank at Saffron read more

Cumin - Chicken Biryani - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Small restaurant serving consistently delicious food! Generous portions as well. Always friendly service.

Place has great butter chicken and garlic naan but $5 for a small cup of rice is insane. If they didn't overcharge on the rice I would be there every week and they would have way more customers. Little details like this matter. read more

I decided to try a new Indian place as Hillside is closed on Wednesday. I am not a fan. I ended up throwing the food away. The naan was burned and tasted like it had a ton of raw garlic on it. It burned my tongue. My tikka masala was bland and the chicken was dry. I won't eat here again. read more

All the food we ordered was excellent! All were so delicious & tasted fresh!! It was my first time trying Indian chai tea (wo milk, wo sugar) and I LOVED IT! I tasted so many spices in the tea. I have to mention about their Lamb Korma..! Wow! One of the best Lamb Korma I've tried so far. Sauce was very creamy & the meat was so soft! We enjoyed it so much!! Our server (female) was really nice as well. :) P.S.: There was a suv in the parking lot stuck in the snow when we arrived at the restaurant. As we pulled in, the cooks were helping the driver, out of a snow whole. I told the story because I felt like that was a really heartfelt gesture. Summary: GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD FOOD (Thumbs up!) read more

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My fave Indian cuisine. And the chef can turn up the heat to your liking. And excellent dining experience.

The food was really good, we got the chicken biryani, butter chicken, and tikka masala. But then when we were heating up leftovers, we got a big bite of cockroach. Finding a cockroach in the butter chicken ruined the rest. read more

We were greeted by "Good mood. "Good food". I want to add "so true". We were waited on by two lovely waitresses. The food was fresh n yummy; great garlic naan, delicious somosa appetizer with dipping sauces. Husband n I ordered mild spiced chicken curry. Vegan son ordered a 10 spice aloo goubi. Rice with cumin seeds. We were all perfectly happy with our food.and of course mandalasi such a treat! Complementary rice pudding,rich, creamy, pinkish spice? read more

Last week, I tried Cumin buffet. It was good and delicious. They served nan bread, rice, vegetables, butter chicken, tandoori and another chicken dish. All tasted very good. The only 1 thing that they need to improve is adding sweet dishes to the buffet. Also, having more than 1 person to serve. Otherwise, this would be my weekly place to visit. read more

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everyone was super nice and the food was amazing! they even gave is complimentary dessert. we had a great time and will be coming back next time we are in town. read more

Cumin so good! Cooked to perfection! Perfect amount of spice! Fantastic, friendly waiters! Best Indian food in the area! 10/10 read more

The good: They offer dine in services during Covid, as well as pickup and takeout. The staff is friendly and is a family owned business. The food is great and I keep coming back for their Nan bread. I suggest trying their Butter Garlic, and their Cheese nan. Their prices are decent and they have a decently large menu with many of your favorite authentic Indian options. The bad: Some dishes are too sweet you might find yourself overeating! I had a bad incident myself where I OD'd on sweet chicken masala, and their rosemary Nan. Overall 4.5 Food 4.5 Atmosphere 4.5 Service 4.5 read more

Can't comment on the food because I never got the right thing. Wasted my lunch break waiting an hour for my food when they said it would be ready in 15-20 mins. Gave me a free pudding for the trouble. Get back to work late go to eat real quick and it's the wrong thing. Call and they tell me they can remake It if I bring it. I said no I want a refund they say I still gotta leave work again and bring them their food back. Disgusting and disrespectful with no consideration for others. Guess they'll get their cold nasty food back at 8:30pm when I get off bc I'm not paying 45$ for the wrong food and an hour wait. F this place don't go they suck read more

This review is mainly for the food. This is a family run restaurant that is understaffed but tries its best to keep authenticity of home cooked traditional north and east indian food. By food quality it's the best indian food place in the kzoo portage area. We tried paneer Makhni and goat Masala, samosa chaat, aloo Tikki with chickpeas. The best part of this place is that it uses high quality and fresh paneer and meat, you can just take a bite and tell. For a change, this place does not try to drown the dish with spice, so you can appreciate the actual main ingredient like the meat or the paneer. Also the garlic Naan was soft but had a slight crisp at the same time; again something that is what ideal Naan should be but very difficult to pull off but cumin does it well. Since the food is prepped fresh and the restaurant is understaffed , it takes an hour on average to get food on your table, which can be frustrating. The restaurant is pretty small so if you looking for fancy dinner this is not the place. If you are looking for authentic Indian flavor with high quality ingredients and willing to wait a while for it, this should be your go to. read more

Still hoping this restaurant will improve. The portions are fine, and it arrives at the table hot...but it never seems better than mediocre. This time I tried lamb korma, butter naan, and chat samosa. The samosa was swimming in a sea of yogurt that was sweetly overspiced, like it had been done twice by mistake. The korma sauce was bland, and the highlight was the butter naan. read more

Cumin - Lamb korma with rice - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Great food!! Love the Chana Saag and Saag Paneer. Service is good and staff is friendly. I'm a regular and will be.

The food is wonderful but it seems you must go in to place an order as nobody answers the phone.

Food was delicious staff was very kind a bit pricey but very good had the goat vindaloo would highly recommend along with cheese naan and rice to drink I had the ginger mint lassi read more

Food is decent but prep time for delivery is horrendous! Waiting for 2 hours is ridiculous!

Excellent food and excellent service. This was my first time having Indian and I'm glad my first experience was here. We started with the chicken samosa which was pretty good. And the Onion/ Potato Pakoras. Excellent!! Appetizers. I loved the sweet dipping sauce but the other white yogurty one wasn't bad. I'd definitely order the pakoras again. I ordered the shrimp hussaini which was excellent. I got it a little too spicy but I'll know better for next time. The garlic naan was so good that I ordered some to go with my leftovers, because I could only eat half of my meal. We samples the lamb marsala. It was good and tender and creamy. I'll probably order that next time. My brother ordered the chicken curry. I really liked that too. That's was my first experience eating curry. To top it off and to luckily take some of the string out of my mouth, I had the traditional mango lassi! It must be the original yogurt smoothy and it was wonderful. Next time, I'm trying the vote chicken. I can't wait. The restaurant was clean and the server was sweet and made excellent recommendations. Wheelchair accessible too. read more

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Went for lunch today. We hadn't had Indian food before. The onion hush puppie like things were awesome. The server help us with a few samples. The lamb was great. My sister ordered a shrimp dish,the server asked how hot she wanted. Sister said 4 out of 10 would be good. A 4 burned my tastebuds. The flavor was excellent but the heat was WOW. The garlic Nan was to die for. The yellow yogurt drink reminded me of drinking butter. The only part of the meal I didn't like, but my sister drank it. Will definitely be eating here again. read more

I LOVE this restaurant! The waitstaff are all very kind and courteous. The food is outstanding. I should qualify that by saying, so far the dishes I've had there are the chicken tikka masala, the chicken vindaloo, and the chicken curry. You can get these mild to hot spicy. Te garlic naan bread is excellent as are the chicken samoas. They also have many vegetarian options as you'd imagine in an Indian restaurant. I can't say enough good things about this place. It's not inexpensive, but not, at least in my estimation, particularly prohibitive costs-wise and really the food is well worth the price. I recommend you give Cumin Indian a try. read more

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM THIS RESTAURANT!!!! If there was a way to give no stars I would have in this instance. I ordered delivery. Cumin uses the Mr.Delivery delivery service. After waiting almost 2 hours I received the wrong order. As we were hungry, we opened up the order to see if it was something we would eat. The tops of the containers all have holes poked in them and the delivery service did not keep them level so all the food containers were covered in spilled sauce. The potato pancakes were cold and hard. The Naan was no longer warm. As we are vegan and all three of the dishes had meat, we were out of luck. I called the restaurant who promptly told me to contact Mr. Delivery. This was really disappointing. It is YOUR business. Now not only am I hungry but am trying to get my money back from Eat24 who contracts with Mr. Delivery. Ugly. Plain ugly. DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM THIS RESTAURANT!!!!!! read more

Cumin - This is the empty space where my food should have been. - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan

I have to admit I didn't have high expectations going in tonight bc of the mixed reviews, but I was happily surprised by the quality of service and food tonight. Our family ordered a varied selection of butter chicken curry, tandoori, goat masala, palek paneer, aloo gobi, garlic naan and everything we had tasted authentically spiced and delicious. The menu is fairly priced and all of the servers were kind and helpful. If you live in the area, I would happily recommend this spot. read more

We have been to this place when they first opened a few years ago. We went for Buffet lunch and unfortunately, we weren't impressed at all. Lack of staff and quality of food was a part of it. This year, we decided to order some samosas for School Intl party and I actually loved their samosas. It was full of flavor and pretty packed. A lot of students enjoyed it so that's good. I am not sure if I will ever return here for the buffet but I definitely would get their samosas in a heartbeat. read more

My husband and I tried this restaurant for the first time and we were not disappointed!! The portions were generous and the food very flavorful! I ordered chicken korma and my husband had the chicken vindaloo with lentil soup. Great spice levels , very friendly staff, and really delicious food. They even sent us home with some free rice pudding for a slight wait on our order (which was nothing really, especially considering the pandemic and all) Highly recommend this place, we'll certainly be back! read more

We've had this place a couple times and it is good Indian food in the area. The chicken samosas are very good. The masala wada is a fried chickpea dish kind of like falafel that we would not order again. It was good not great. Our main dishes were awesome. We had Gobi Dilpsand (Cauliflower and potato dish) and a chicken dish called chicken jalfrezi. My husband got a level 8 spice and it was spicy for sure but great flavor. Would definitely recommend and would definitely get again. The meals come with rice and we like that. Rice pudding is also delicious but very sweet so keep that in mind if that isn't your thing. I enjoyed it! It was super duper busy on a Sunday night with long wait times just an FYI so you can plan ahead. read more

First time coming here for lunch buffet. Food was good but not a huge selection for buffet; then again restaurant wasn't that big either. There were maybe three meat dishes to choose from but all chicken. It was not busy so we were greeted upon our entrance, we picked where we sat. Food had good flavor, butter chicken tasted good presentation just didn't look great. We were told they tried something new and added coconut milk which didn't seem to mix into their dish very well. I liked that they had basmati rice vs just regular white/jasmine rice. I would go back to give this place another shot. read more

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I checked out this Indian restaurant for their lunch buffet. The quality of the food was pretty consistent with most Indian buffets I've been to. It should be noted that Kalamazoo already has one Indian buffet that is of superior quality to most Indian buffets. There was a chicken in an orange sauce that was particularly good. I think it was Methi Chicken. The waiter brought freshly baked naan to our table and brought another basket when we ran out of that. The whole experience was a little "do it yourself." The silverware was in a tray near the buffet. If you didn't notice and grab it while you were up, you would have to make another trip. I'd like to give this a restaurant another chance, but not the buffet. For the same price, I would rather make the trip to Saffron. I'd be interested to try some of the dinner options here. read more

Cumin - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan

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Wow! I was surprised to find such good Indian food and with such a following in Kalamazoo! Coming from the east side of the state with a wealth of Indo-Pak cuisine, I really didn't expect much from a town with two Indian eateries. I took my daughter and her roommate here for a birthday lunch. We had friendly service from a waitperson who was known by and knew many of the customers. She knew the regular orders of many who came in, and was very knowledgeable of the menu, including level of spice. The menu has a good variety of vegetarian and meat dishes and all were great. My daughter loved her favorite paneer dish, and my lamb was excellent. The rice was good, and we all enjoyed the garlic naan. I'm excited to go back to sample more of the menu and after the quality of the first visit, maybe venture to the lunch buffet. read more

As stated by another individual, DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY from this place. You will either not get your order, and WILL NOT GET YOUR MONEY BACK, or it will be 2-3 hours. They know there is an issue and will blame the customer. Three months ago, I ordered $50 dollars worth of food, got a text saying my order was canceled but Grubhub never refunded the money since it was outside of their system. When I called the waitress told me the order was canceled, but later the cook said he made the food anyways and left it sitting there thinking that I would magically realize I needed to drive in. After filing a bank claim against them, I ended up with nothing. Stay away! read more

This was our second visit to this restaurant while on our way to Chicago. Very good food and great service. Will for sure stop by again when ever there is a chance. Keep up the good service. read more

This place is great for a bite to satisfy your Indian flavor cravings. When my fiancé and I dine in, we frequently order the chicken tikka masala or butter chicken with garlic naan and veggie samosas. However, I docked a few stars for a couple of reasons we find to be consistent each time we visit. 1. The service is never stellar. The water is never refilled in a timely manner. You probably won't be checked on after your food arrives. And this will happen whether you are the only table in the place, or if there are 2 or 3 more. This may work well for some who don't like to see their server too much, but for me, I prefer to not always have to ask for things. 2. The music is always a touch too loud. In our latest experience, the pop channel was playing and it felt like we were in a nightclub! There was only one other table dining in when we arrived, so it's not like it was necessary to have music raised to blend in with all of the table conversation. 3. The quality of the meat in the chicken dishes is never really the best. It tastes good, definitely, but you know there's better quality meat out there. The flavor is really the only standout. That being said, I have not tried other meat dishes, so I can only speak to chicken. Saffron is another location in town where the meat matches the flavor quality, which may better suit your taste. While you do usually get more quantity meat I do think you pay for a little bit more than what you actually get. 4. You can pay just a few dollars more and have a totally different meal elsewhere. It's slightly overpriced, we think, for what you get. We are big eaters and love to dine around, but have noticed a slight shift in prices over the last few years that we don't believe truly matches the quality. All of that being said, we do enjoy our experience when we come, and generally like the food. We enjoy visiting, and like stopping by from time to time. It's definitely worth trying out! read more

It was amazing, everything is so good from chicken curry to their seafood specials. it's great

Last time I went here was a few years ago and I wasn't impressed. I liked it much more my second time today. The waitress was super friendly and even held my infant while I loaded up my plate at the buffet, and the food was above expectations. It's only fair to say that Saffron is still superior on both food and atmosphere, but this is a totally decent choice. read more

Look, I reactivated my dead account specifically to counteract the moronic reviews for this restaurant. It's a local, standalone business, with good food. Our service was fine, I had veggie pakoras and my girlfriend had chicken tikka that was amazing. We also split some veggie samosas and garlic naan. It was a smidge pricey but it was hot, fresh, and very tasty. Don't listen to delivery guy, clearly it was Mr. Delivery's fault, don't listen to lunch buffet people - buffets are always hit or [mostly] miss, don't listen to a white guy saying they over spiced it. And don't listen to anyone from Chicago, it's simply not a fair comparison. Go in with an open mind, get some samosas and veggie or chicken tikka and you'll be happy. read more

Ordered the chicken vindaloo. Chicken is dry and they put maybe one tiny potato in it which is the only veggie. The sauce was abundant and flavorful haha Was excited about the place but severely disappointed! read more

My husband and I looove Indian food. We really enjoy Cumin's lunch buffet! Several of their items are a bit spicy though, so if you are sensitive, be sure to sample something before loading up your plate! I loooove their rose lasses! read more

Cumin - A sampling from Cumin's lunch buffet! Chicken Curry, Chicken Tikka Masala, Tandoori Chicken, Pakora, and more! Not pictured: Rose Lassi! - Indian Near Me - Kalamazoo, Michigan