Best Indian food and buffet in STL. Wonderful, friendly and attentive waiters. Affordable, clean, and a great variety of authentic Indian foods. The lamb biryani is superb. Buffet at lunch is always delightful. Try the Indian beers as well. A not so secret treasure of a restaurant. Highly recommend. Just don't tell too many people, or I may not find a seat! Great for kids too. read more

Chicken tiki masala is my favorite dish. The service is great and the restaurant is very clean.

One of the best Indian restaurants near west county. Very friendly staff , clean space and of course great tasting food.

Saffron never ceases to please me. High quality food with low prices makes this a regular lunch and dinner spot for my fiancé and I. Have yet to jab a bad meal or poor service here. read more

The lunch buffet was reasonably priced ($10/pp) with an interesting variety. The lack of Chicken Tikka Masala forced me to try some wonderful dishes that I normally would not have selected such as Spinach Chicken, curried potatoes with zucchini and cheese paneer. I've been to this restaurant many times for dinner and have never been disappointed. So glad I ventured out to try the lunch buffet. read more

Excellent food!! Husband and I had the usual: Chicken Tika masala, chana palak ( chickpeas and spinach), okra and Naan bread. The surprise was the 4th dish- shrimp cooked in coconut milk and ginger and spices. Yummy. All the dishes were cooked correctly mild for me and moderate for my husband and the salt was just right. Highly recommended! read more

Excellent dining experience. Service was great - friendly and informative. Food - korma, lamb madras and naan were great. Very flexible too - they had veg and chicken korma on the menu and were happy to do a mix. Definitely will come again. read more

This is one of the best Indian restaurants in the St Louis area. The staff is always super friendly and their service is excellent for the price point. The food is very flavorful and spiced per your request on ordered meals. The lunch buffet is also fabulous! read more

Absolutely amazing food and service. So many options from meat dishes to vegetarian. Best Indian food in the St. Louis area by far

First time trying it out for lunch buffet. Everything was bland. I do not recommend for lunch buffet.

Unbelievable service! 2 thumbs up. Best Indian food in STL and prompt, attentive service. Have frequented multiple times and will continue to do so. Highly recommended. Spicey scale is on point. This team knows their stuff! Keep up the great work. read more

This was my first time having indian food due to my 12yr old pallet. I loved it! It was fun trying all the different stuff in the buffet. Only issue was the one employee i saw seemed like he would rather be anywhere else than that restaurant. read more

Absolutely the best Indian food I have had in St. Louis! And I've tried as many places as I could find. I go there at least once a week, the waiters know me by name. Lunch buffet is good, not the largest but certainly one of the highest-quality Indian buffets around. Dinner is spectacular, I've never had a dish there I didn't like. I recommend Chicken Madras and Channa Aloo for entrees, and Assorted Pakoras for appetizer. Their mint chutney is to-die-for. Everything tastes very fresh and they have a good selection of Indian beers. If you haven't tried it yet, you're missing out! read more

The lunch buffet on Saturday is really good compare to weekdays they have pani puri, masala dosa, and different chaat that you will love on saturday's. The Goan fish curry we order for dinner was pretty good. Their Indo chinese Chicken Manchurian is also good. Service is fast. Host is always courteous. read more

Food and service for lunch buffet on monday was excellent. Price was great also. Highly recommend.

This is probably one of the best restaurants ever. The service is great and everyone is nice. I would definitely recommend this!

Beware of so-called manager/owner of this restaurant. Worst customer service we have ever experienced. Manager/owner of this restaurant insulted one of the ladies in our party and when told that we will not entertain this kind of behavior he really didn't care. We ended up leaving without ordering the food because we thought we should not promote that kind of behavior nor we should promote a business that does not respect their customers. We love Indian food and we went to another Indian restaurant down the street from this one; food and their service was excellent. If I could, I would have given a zero star for this restaurant because they don't even deserve even a single star. read more

This is my favorite Indian in St. Louis. I would eat here every day if I could afford it. My daughter and I always get the Chicken Tikka Masala for dinner, but I also enjoy going with friends so I can get the Haryali(sp?) Chicken, Navrattan Korma and anything else that they have. The lunch buffet is great for sampling other indian flavors while still going back to my favorite when I'm there for dinner. read more

I recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants to experience the best in Indian cuisine. They use healthier ingredients than other Indian restaurants. I've known the owners for over 20 years and they are most congenial and attentive. The buffet is wonderful since you can try so many items and the menu varies all week. The evening dining is a really lovely experience. The menu is marvelous and the atmosphere is more intimate. You won't be disappointed. read more

So tasteless and bad food - they can't even make proper Biryani or Tandoori Chicken - Mutton Kadahi was horrible too -- complete waste of money! read more

IF there was a NEgative rating, i would have given to this restaurant. Worst food, worst staff and worst service. Long story short, my wife and I both got stomach ache and loose motions after eating their stale food. read more

The very first time I went to this restaurant was also my first month in St Louis. My family and I went in just 10/15 mins before their lunch buffet was ending, so we quickly grabbed food. In the background I could hear the owner or whoever that was, ranting about how we are going to waste all these food!! More to my surprise that person came out when we asked for our check, and TOLD US NOT TO GRAB TOO MUCH FOOD, BECAUSE IT COSTS HIM MONEY!!! We were just speechless, didnt wanna argue coz we had to leave. Second time my coworkers took me their, the waiter didnt even bother to give back the change to us!! He just assumed that was tips!! I have been to many Indian restaurants in St Louis since then, and honestly Saffron's food quality and variety both are far far beyond than lots of other places. read more

Great lunch buffet. I'm not a buffet fan in general but this one was excellent with awesome choices. Will go back.

This place was our favorite place to go for Indian food... until when we call them to go with family to make sure they had enough tables open and he said " We don't need you I have enough people coming plus if you hadn't call we wouldn't have sat you anyway because your party is 6 people" And I will never go back so by the way if they lost a weekly person! read more

The quality of food is not the same anymore and their buffet food is stale. It seems they serve all the left over from their dinner menu and the naan is not fresh at all. When i told them to serve me fresh naan they said they dont have anything fresher then that. Bad service and bad management. Stay away from this place!!! read more

Neither the food was good nor the service. I have been to saffron couple of times for dinner and the food was good. I tried the lunch buffet today and the food was terrible. Some of the dishes were stale and the naan they served was cold. When i ask them to serve warm and fresh naan they told us that the naan they served us is fresh. It seems they dont care about their buffet much. Horrible Food!!..Horrible Service!! read more

This is a great indian restaurant the food and service are both great , the chicken tikka masala is delicious and so is the chicken korma but dont forget garlic naan bread . The staff are the most friendly people ever so come check this place out . read more

We drove for 30 minutes to get to this place. This was on a Wednesday night. We got there at 8:48PM. We were greeted at the front desk and told that they could not seat us since they were closing at 9:30PM. They told us that we could order take out. Please change the timings on your website and outside the door to reflect this. We drove to another Indian restaurant 5 minutes away and they were happy to seat us for dinner. Never coming back to this place. read more

I hadn't had a good experience with Indian food before and honestly I'm not the biggest fan of curry so I was reluctant to try this place with my friend. To my pleasant surprise, I ordered the chicken tikka Marsala and it was delicious!! The restaurant was clean, service was good, and food was high quality. I will be returning! read more

We were in St. Louis over Thanksgiving and we ate at Saffron twice, both times the food was amazing. The tandoori chicken with mint/cilantro marinade is amazing, chicken korma..spiced perfectly, chicken madras..also excellent. The rack of tamb was also wonderful..The waiter was attentive and friendly..we will definitely be back! We eat Indian food often, been to India twice..this is great Indian food!! read more

Worst service ever, unbelievably rude manager. After not attending us for 20 mins, manager asked us to GET OUT, when being questioned on service. Worst dining out experience ever. This restaurant spoiled our evening and special occasion. read more

Indian food is one of my favorite cuisines since I first discovered it while stationed in DC- with all the embassies there, when it comes to foreign/ethnic food,, you can get the real thing. I'm happy to say that saffron also is the real thing. It is so much better than House of India that there is no comparison. I know saying this means I might be driving traffic to one of my favorite places in St. Louis and waiting for a table more often than I currently do, but that would still be worthwhile because this place is just so good that people need to know about it. I would not want people from out of town missing out on Saffron if they were looking for fantastic Indian food in West County St. Louis. And the owner and his staff are some of the friendliest folks you ever meet. Your taste buds will be singing the entire time, and there is plenty of food on the plate. I'm a big guy with a big appetite so I finish all of mine but my family always has leftovers. My personal chicken Tikka masala is a frequent request of my daughter, but it takes me an hour and a half to make it right. This is almost that good and I can get it by simply sitting down at the table and ordering it while I'm enjoying a cool beverage. Absolutely love this place. My go to dish here is their lamb Rogan Josh. Heaven on a plate. read more

Bad service. rude manager, didn' t get water because we had not reserved a table. when objected we were asked to GET OUT... worst service ever... read more

went for dinner at the recommendation of some friends. The malabar shrimp curry was excellent but could have been a bit spicier, the karahi paneer was also very good and naans were crisp and not chewy. hakkah noodles were tasty and well prepared. the food was not greasy, and service was excellent. The owner is friendly and courteous, will definitely revisit. read more

My brother and sister in law took me to this restaurant the first time I came to visit from Texas. Both hands down out of all the Indian restaurants I've been to, Saffron Indian cuisine is the far best I've been to with welcoming friendly staff. THANK YOU FOR A BEST DINE IN EXPERIENCE. read more

Love their lunch buffet!!! I've tried a few other Indian lunch buffets, and theirs is the best! They never run out of nan like some other Indian restaurants, and the place is very clean! read more

I rarely leave reviews but this restaurant deserves it. The food is always fresh and delicious. The staff is always friendly and accommodating. I've eaten during the buffet and dinner and highly recommend both. My wife and I have eaten at several Indian restaurants in the area but none have compared to the cuisine at Saffron. We feel we have found the best and have since made this our selected place to go. Highly recommend! read more

Rude, unprofessional manager who, when sausage was found in my food, first tried lying by saying it was in the food description but failed to bring a menu to show proof. When I brought out a menu, he rudely snatched it out of my hands. I let him know of my mild allergy to pig/hogs and he began to lie even more by saying they didn't even serve sausage. Which completely contradicted his previous statement!! The only reason I'm giving Saffron one star is because you can't give zero stars. The experience was absolutely horrible the moment I walked in until I left. When we arrived, the manager told us we never made a reservation. After rechecking several times, he bitterly admitted that we really made a reservation. Saffron was filled with empty tables yet we were forced to WAIT MISERABLY LONG because they couldn't be responsible enough for something so simple as knowing what reservations were made. When we were finally seated, it literally took 10 minutes for the waiter to come back with our drinks. As I said before, the restaurant was practically empty, so I have no clue why it took AN ETERNITY for our drinks to arrive. I ordered a lamb dish which tasted like cheap beef. After several bites, I saw there were chunks of strange meat in the sauce. I asked our waiter what the meat was and he informed me it was sausage, which was NOT in the description on the menu. I have a mild allergic reaction to pigs/hogs that makes me break out in hives so this issue was serious to me. After asking 3 different waiters to bring their manager, I had to personally get up and find him due to his avoidance of me. He hesitantly followed me to the table where I showed him the sausage on my plate. First, he stood there seriously trying to convince me sausage WAS in the description of the entre I ordered. I told him to bring a menu and show me where it said "sausage." He argued that "would not be necessary." Luckily, my brother still had his menu with him and as I read the description of the entre to him, HE SNATCHED THE MENU OUT OF MY HANDS. I worriedly told him I have an allergic reaction and if he didn't present proof that sausage was in the description, I would bring this case to court. I told him the waiter even told me it was sausage and he angrily glared at the waiter and told me he's an "IDIOT who can't tell the difference between zucchini and sausage" and told me they "didn't even serve sausage." I could not believe his rudeness and his lies! We left immediately as this pathetic lying manager was not worth our time.... I later broke out in hives... read more

This place is great but one star off for serving alcohol while saying the meat is halal; seems like a contradiction.

Phoned to get some take out. What was I told? The kitchen was too busy for some catering event. I ended up going to House of India. House of India's gain is Saffron's loss. Also: Strike One. read more