The lamb samosa is amazing! The crust was flaky and a little salty, and the flavor of the lamb altogether was something I will absolutely be back for. They have many great dishes to choose from, while you're thinking, though. Try the lamb samosa! read more

The flavors are amazing. Definitely a good spot for lunch or dinner. The staff are friendly the place is really clean and has a wonderful atmosphere read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

This place has been in business for 3 years, but I'm not in Salem very often so I just tried this place today. The food is superb, excellent, all those adjectives. Really. Clearly the best Indian food in Salem because I've tried the others. The menu has a lot of choices, the prices are reasonable, the location is right downtown with no problem finding a street parking place. Owner/manager admitted he's only recently started doing any marketing/advertising, which is why he doesn't have very much business. (How is it still in business after three years???) read more

Food was excellent. Very tasty southern Indian cuisine. Staff was polite and friendly. Service was a little slow due to what we ordered but they gifted us dessert even though we didn't make a complaint. Will definitely come back. Space was open and clean. read more

As a child, butter chicken was my favorite Indian curry. It offers a gentle introduction to the tomato-onion-masala flavor combination that is the signature of North Indian cuisine. It's heavily spiced, but not "spicy", so it was easy to enjoy unreservedly, and the cream and butter of the dish formed a natural bridge from my American child's palate to a realm of more exotic flavors. As I grew older, I branched out. First to the UK's tikka masala, then down to the northern aloo gobi and the southern chicken vindaloo. Butter chicken was always a safe bet, but other dishes had novelty and, typically, more effectively featured spice combinations I otherwise wouldn't encounter. Eventually, butter chicken was demoted in my mind to the status of "starter curry" -- a dish which, while enjoyable, leaned too heavily on butterfat to be satisfying and lacked the kind of depth and subtlety that make for a truly great meal. Mint Leaf Indian Bistro has soundly kicked butter chicken back into the limelight. Their rendition leans in to the dish's spiced tomato base, building the curry around the hearty tomato gravy rather than the cream finish. The earthy spices mix beautifully with the acidity of the tomato and the recipe is carefully coordinated to include cream and butter to balance, but not overwhelm, the other flavors. I have found my childhood love for this classic curry restored and reinvigorated with a butter chicken that doesn't just rely on butterfat as a crutch, but which highlights and elevates each and every one of its ingredients. I'm excited to try other dishes from Mint Leaf in the future, but I cannot overstate how much I recommend their butter chicken. Also, where else are you going to get rasmalai and not one but two kinds of kulfi? Great dessert selection! read more

Delicious! New favorite Indian in Salem! Tucked away in an unassuming business area, the food was fast and delightful! Will be back!

Food was absolutely delicious! My wife wasn't sure what to get and suggestions were given by the waiter. Not one bit of disappointment.

This is a very cute and simple restaurant, keeping in theme with their name, as the walls are painted a mint color, while the table and chairs are black. It is reminiscent of mint chocolate chip ice ice cream.  There were four of us, so we were able to try many dishes. Hands down the shining star was the Badami Bainga. This was a first for me, and it was delicious. It is worth the drive just for this. I did find that even though we ordered different curries, the sauces looked and tasted very similar.  My one big gripe, which is the reason I am subtracting a star, is as soon as we sat down they handed us bottled waters. I hate going to restaurants and being served anything plastic. It is wasteful, and it distracts from the whole experience. Not to mention Oregon Water is much better than cheap terrible Kirkland Water. I noticed they had glasses on the counter, so I assumed when we ordered a mango lassi at least that would be served in a glass. Again, no such luck that again came in a plastic cup. When our food was served, it was all served with nice plates and bowls. It didn't match the tackiness of the plastic we were served at the beginning of the meal. read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Mali Kofta - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Service was good. Food was meh! No spice and didn't have the complex flavors that I've experienced at a myriad other Indian restaurants I've eaten at. I order the Chicken Tikka Masala with garlic naan. Portion size was very good. Garlic naan was only okay. My wife wasn't as hungry so she ordered the samosas. She wasn't impressed with them. The waitress brought us each a complimentary serving of Kheer (rice pudding). They need to sweep the floor around and underneath the tables. There was all kinds of debris on the floor even after they cleaned and wiped down the tables. I thinki I'll try a different Indian restaurant the next time I am in the Salem area. I do wish them the best. read more

Food was amazing!! We had butter chicken and tiki marsala with naan bread. Food came quickly as well. They could turn phones off was extremely loud. Also you have to pay at the register instead of table. read more

Best mango lassi ever! Delicious curries. Everything tastes fresh. And the staff are caring and attentive.

Another gem in Salem! Went for lunch and left happy! The butter chicken is incredible as is the tandoori and garlic naan. We loved the sweet and sour cauliflower dish as well. We ordered chai but it was not delivered until the end of our meal, it was still delicious but a bit late. Same with the appetizer that was delivered at the same time as our main dishes. Prices are perfect, service is great, but food delivery time still needs a bit of improvement. Overall wonderful place for lunch, I will be back. read more

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The foods are to die for. The goat curry was tender with the perfect spice and aroma. The vegetarian eggplant curry was flavorful, fresh, and very tasty. The service was friendly and helpful. And the ambiance was very clean with tree line view. Would definitely come back. read more

We enjoyed a quick and tasty meal as we stopped through Salem and left with full bellies. The service was friendly and welcoming. We ordered the Vegetable Korma and Aloo Gobi (our go to orders). The Aloo Gobi and Roti were delicious! The vegetable Korma had a much milder flavor than we are used to. We ordered both with medium spice and they were not spicy at all. If you like a little kick, definitely consider ordering up a level. The decor was nice and the place felt clean, but it did smell of cleaning supplies. They also serve bottled water, which seems wasteful. We will try the Paneer Butter Masala the next time we stop in. read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Vegetable Korma and Aloo Gobi - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Amazing choices, both for vegetarian and non vegetarian. Service was excellent, friendly and fast. Spices/flavors on point. Very clean and welcoming environment. Definitely coming back again. read more

Very tasty, affordable, and friendly service! Mint Leaf is not a fancy place, but has very good food. If you enjoy Indian food, you will appreciate Mint Leaf Indian Bistro. This was our first time here, and I promise it won't be the last. Serving sizes were large. There were three of us. We ordered three dishes, and couldn't eat everything. This meant leftovers for the next day, and they tasted at least as good then! Two of ordered Chicken Tikka Masala, and one ordered Shrimp Biryani. We all loved it! Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a delicious Indian meal. I'm already looking at their menu to pick my next meal. read more

Such a sweet, kind lady helping at the front, along with her relative who also was so kind and helpful, sharing their home-cooked food and conversation. This is the kind of warm, personal approach that makes a community. If there is ever any forgetting of the pearls of our country's open immigration, consider the safety and connection that increases by people sharing their positive culture, and bettering local culture. Also, support this business! read more

Mint Leaf is a little tuck away Indian restaurant. Don't miss out on trying this great place! Excellent Indian food. Service is quick and friendly. I have eaten here multiple times and the food has been excellent everytime. If you like eggplant and sweet try the eggplant it is delicious! It is unlike any other eggplant dish I've ever had at an Indian restaurant. It is whole little eggplants, stuffed with sweet almonds set in a lovely curry creamy sauce. The chicken tikka and all of the lamb dishes are fantastic as well. Roti and nana are delish. Mint and Tamarind chutney both are great. They even have mango lassi, chai tea and Indian desserts. read more

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In short: They're doing absolutely everything right in the kitchen. It's kind of a long menu but I would try pretty much anything on it. In long: We drove several hours to Salem and picked this as our first dinner spot. It ended up being the food highlight of our entire trip. It's a nice setting here--office building with retail at the bottom. Wide courtyard out front, with tons of pretty hanging flower baskets livening it up a bit. Decent parking. Inside there are maybe 12-15 tables loosely divided into a two-sided dining room. Very accessible space. We walked straight to a table and started trying to make up our minds what to order. They bring you chilled water bottles as soon as you sit down (and keep putting them in front of you if you finish). Service is quiet, polite, and quick. We tried so many things. Too many to list. Saag paneer, baigan, apricot lamb, samosas, maybe 5 other things. There were 4 of us, and pretty hungry, but we thought we had waaaay over-ordered. We thought we'd have leftovers for days! Ended up with about 3 servings. The portions here are great, definitely not overdone. You can graze through the menu. As many have said, the baigan is incredible. Best eggplant dish I have had. Raisin flavor hangs way back as a subtle accent. The lamb was fantastic. We demolished everything, wiping bowls and plates out with two different kinds of naan (the manchego naan is spectacular...never seen that on the menu anywhere else, at least in my own experience). Everything here comes out with balanced flavors cooked to the exact point of perfect doneness. I've eaten chicken hundreds of times, and probably never had any so perfectly firm, juicy, and tender as the tandoor chicken here. Awesome seasoning, too. Another thing that stood out--a woman experiencing a bit of a break due to mental illness came in and ranted for a few minutes near the door. Our server made sure she had some food she could go eat, and another customer lovingly guided her out the door. I so, so appreciate businesses helping stitch the community together by taking care of people who could use a hand. In this case, she wasn't really even in a position to ask for what she needed, and they still helped. You can smell how delicious the food is here for 50 feet before you get to the door...goes to show that this place really is a mecca. On the flip side--also in a good way--they had a new customer ordering when we got up to pay. She had kids with her and could not hope to make up her mind because she hadn't tried Indian food. We told her what we liked, and gave her the same advice I'd give anybody thinking about checking out this place: If you see any ingredient you like, put that dish on the list of candidates to order. If you like chicken, or cauliflower, or bread, or whatever, try the one(s) they make here. You'll get into what they're doing very quickly. The flavors are much bigger than the Wonder Bread stuff a lot of us grew up eating in the States, but always balanced and harmonious. read more

Ordered an ubereats pick up at the restaurant. I showed up 5 minutes before the estimated pickup time (30 minutes from time of order) and was told it would be a few minutes. I watched the cashier hand the order ticket to the cook. The cook didn't start my order for another 15 minutes and it took 10 minutes to cook. The garlic naan was over cooked, dry, and had barely any garlic. The Chicken Chapli Kebab had poorly balanced seasonings and was greasy. Not worth the wait or the price of the food read more

Tried this new Indian place this evening and it is an absolute gem. The service was on point and gracious. The food was fantastic. We had the vegetable samosas, matar paneer and lamb saag with garlic naan. The vegetable samosas were perfectly cooked and delicious with just the right amount of crunch and epic flavor. The matar paneer had an appropriate cheese to pea to sauce ratio with minimal oil. The lamb saag was outstanding! The flavor was multilayered and exquisitely executed. The garlic naan came with 4 good sized garlicky pieces. So delicious! We will be back and often. If you're looking for delicious Indian food, look no farther. It may very well be the best Indian I have ever had. read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Garlic naan, lamb saag, matar paneer - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Their food is really good. We had chicken tikka masala and it was really good. I've also had byrani from there and it was great. Nice service. I recommend the Mint Leaf! read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Dining room - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

So I was the biggest fan for a week and 5 days. I really believed in this place, but after the curry that I received the other day spending nearly a $100, I was so upset that I went back to talk to the owners to find out one of them has already walked. My family and I had eaten over a dozen bowls of Curry and were establishing the ones we really liked. The butter chicken was one of our favorites and it was always served with the Tandoori Style Chicken cut up in the curry making it an exceptional dish. On our visit two nights ago it was far from that. The chicken was extremely thin sliced chicken that you would see in a Chinese stir fry and it had Gristle and Bone fragments attached. The shrimp Curry which again is one of our favorites was a 30% pool of oil. Now here's the worst part of it all. They're not doing sit-down anymore and forcing you to do takeout so that's what I did. When you dine in the bowl is approximately 20 oz of Curry and they drizzle a topping over it. However on their take out they're cramming the curry into a 16 oz to go container and only giving you 12 oz per Curry of rice. So not only is the product not as good, but you're totally getting ripped off on takeout. Last, but not least there was the top of a bottle that was the seal in our Curry. I washed it off and was going to show the other owner, but I decided not to even bother. Stay away from this place. Its going down very soon. read more

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No frills restaurant can be deceptive (hidden gem), but the food, omg, AMAZING! I had the fish tandoori, lamb saag, garlic Naan of course, strawberry Lassi, and amazing dessert balls (not sure how to spell, sorry). Great variety and selection of food choices. The service was perfection. Extremely attentive and thoughtful. Best homestyle Indian we have ever had!!! read more

Getting really good Indian in Salem can be hit or miss. Mint Leaf was a hit! Had it delivered - butter chicken, chicken tiki Marsala, Naan bread and rice. It was ALL perfectly cooked and delicious! Loved all the flavors. Highly recommend! read more

OMG, THE BEST absolutely THE BEST Indian food in Salem, OR. A must to try. The flavors were ever so tasty, come with a big appetite, large portions. Muah, the best...wide variety of dishes read more

TERRIFIC dinner with my grown daughter. Ordered a couple appetizers, three entrees. Don't remember what they were, but everything was fantastic - appropriately contrasting tastes and oh so good. Plenty of leftovers, dinner for the next two days My new go-to restaurant in Salem. Parking right out front! read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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Delicious food and great service. My husband and I had the lunch specials. I had the vegetarian option and he had the non-vegetarian option. Mine was just spicy enough and his was quite spicy (he was sweating). We both enjoyed our meal along with the garlic naan which was crispy and delicious. We will definitely go here again when we are craving amazing Indian food! read more

The food was so good that I'm writing a review three days after because I'm still thinking of Mint Leaf Indian Bistro. It's a small space, but I found it rather inviting especially with the attentive service. I had the Chicken Tikka Masala and boy did it rock my taste buds. I loved it. Portions are also huge so leftovers are to be expected which is a huge plus if you're like me and want to get your money's worth. At an affordable price point for the portion you get, Mint Leaf Indian Bistro is on my list for restaurants to go to if I want my Indian food fix. read more

The four of us split two plates here and it was plenty for all of us! Butter chicken and lamb curry with butter naan. Seating was a bit of a challenge but we were sat quickly upon arrival. We'll definitely be back! Parking is a little sparse in the road but worth it!! read more

Excellent chicken korma, samosas, naan, and sauces, quiet/clean location, prompt service.

Wow. Worth the drive from Portland, if you want outstanding Indian food. The eggplant dish Badami Baingan is crazy good. I am not even into eggplant, but a friend swore by it so I ordered it. So glad I did. Lamb Karahi, Chicken curry, and Chicken Korma were also delicious. All ingredients taste fresh. Some Indian restaurants seem too oily. This was perfect. Clean flavors. Service is friendly and good. read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Badami baingan (eggplant dish) - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

Everything we had was outstanding. The care and craftsmanship put into the food shows. One of the most impressive dishes was the Badami Baingan, three beautiful eggplants stuffed, cooked until tender paired with a perfectly balanced sauce. We will be ordering this again for sure. The restaurant was spotlessly clean and the service was excellent. We are looking forward to coming back soon so we can try the rest of the menu. read more

Authentic, delicious Indian cuisine in Salem. Lots of vegetarian options and unique dishes beyond the obvious fare. We ordered the Vegetable Samosas, Paneer Masala, Black Lentils, Ghobi Aloo, and Eggplant with raisins, and Garlic Naan. The mango lassi was also refreshing and tasty. Everything was lovely, but the eggplant was the standout. One of the best Indian dishes I've had in a long time. The raisins give it a hint of sweetness that really take it to the next level. The service was wonderful, and our waiter even gifted us a free rice pudding. Will definitely be coming back. Highly recommend. read more

Their food is the so tasty. Other places lack depth in the dishes. This is the only Indian restaurant in town that tastes like traditional Indian food. We have had a few of the dishes and nothing has disappointed so far. Great addition to our city. read more

Incredible! All of it! Our favorite was the shrimp curry and the eggplant. Service was great (front person was kind to offer me a free water while I waited for our large order to go) but and food portions were huge. Super fresh and they all had their unique flavors. Will definitely return! read more

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Best Indian in Salem. Goat is great. Mushrooms are great. Manchego and chili naan is great.

Amazing food. The vegetable thali lunch special was so good. Service was delightful- I hope Salem will support this spot! read more

Mint Leaf Indian Bistro - Butter chicken, garlic naan, vegetarian thali - Indian Near Me - Salem, Oregon

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My mother, daughter and myself were checking out the yarn store next store and then saw this restaurant. We had been missing good Indian Food since moving here and thought we would try it. We ordered the Butter Chicken, Saffron Rice, Chicken and Vegetarian Samosas and Saag Paneer with Chai. It was amazing! We also got come Kheer to go which was also really good. We did have leftovers but they were all gone the next day, and just as good as the day before. I would highly recommend this place and we will definitely be back again. read more

The best lamb saag I've ever had. Very robust flavor profile and slightly spicy. Garlic naan was of course great. Very friendly and courteous server (owner?). Look forward to returning. read more