Mint

Will there be beef dishes and menu items?

Hi Yaya! Please refer to our website at https://mintdesikitchen.com/. Thank you.

Does anyone know how to get in contact with them or the owners?

They have reopened, so you can call them.

Will you be opening again? We miss your food!

They have reopened a couple of weeks ago. Same cook.

Is this place open these days?

They have reopened after the fire.

I see lots of people are complaining about its high-end price. I heard they offer lunch special. Is the price any better? If it is, how much?

This is a higher quality clean restaurant. And quality of their food are outstanding. One of a kind experience I had.

Is this location currently open?

It's closed as of now due to health hazard or something

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I noticed that this restaurant is temporally closed, I think due to a fire next door. Does anyone know when the restaurant will reopen?

Closed due to fire and I think it's going to take a while to reconstruct

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Lunch buffet? Tks

I'm sorry. We unfortunately don't have buffets here.

This used to be Mitzi's Kountry Kitchen, where did Mint start out?

The owner used to be a chef at Tamarind of Londond (in Newport Beach)

What days do you have the lunch buffet? What time is it available and how much does it cost?

They have buffet going on till June 15 th from 7 to 10 p.m all days only for $15.95

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