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    The Mint Room

    4.6 (48 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    Moti Mahal Butter Chicken, Garlic Naan, Mango Palak Chaat,
    Laneesha W.

    I celebrated my birthday at the Mint Room on Valentines night. We originally went to their so called competition around the corner but we had to leave after being ignored. We called the Mint Room and y were able to accommodate us without a reservation. Vicki was our server and he was super attentive and even gave me a rose since it was my birthday meal and a delish birthday cake. He also took pics of my husband and I. Everything we ordered was so delish! My husband had lamb and I got butter chicken. We shared an appetizer as well. I'll be back. The ambiance is pretty as well.

    Vegetable Samosa (2 Pieces)
    Abigail R.

    My father-in-law from Mumbai loved this place! We came for the buffet on a Saturday, and everything was hot and fresh. The chili fish is must dry. Everything was so flavorful. And my father-in-law loved having the beers that he grew up drinking in India again. Culturally, you may have a to flag down a waiter from time to time, but that's no bother at all! We all really enjoyed our time here.

    Garlic Naan
    Arie T.

    This was my first experience trying Indian food and I was very happy. Our server gave us a brief walkthrough of the menu, both appetizers and chicken specialties. The food came out quickly and was served hot. It was delicious! Not only was our server attentive, but so were the other staff -- asking if we needed anything and/or refilling our drinks. The restaurant was clean and nicely decorated. I'd definitely go back.

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    Randi K.

    We dined in this time . Food was a home run again. The place is less dressed up than the Andaz just a mile away , and their bar is not up and running yet, but the food is done really well and the service is excellent. Very attentive.

    Indi Chinese Vegetable noodles and vegetable rice Noodles Fried Rice

    Ordered veg fried rice and veg noodles. Delivered on time. Amount for veg fried rice is good. Amount for veg noodles is okay. It tasted like they have made them in very hurry. They both had less amount of vegetables and did not taste like indochinese. Better to try it in restaurant so there are chances of correction.

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    Lola W.

    This was our first time visiting this place and I have to say we have been missing out. The chicken tikka masala was the most flavorful, delicious meal I have had in awhile! The ambiance is beautiful inside! The service is also very good. Our server check on us often to make sure everything was going well. We will be back to check out the lunch buffet! Don't miss out on this one!

    Rice and chicken tikka masala
    Kara S.

    We went here for lunch. Very nice inside much better than previous decor. We were Les to a table by enthusiastic servers. They offer a lunch buffet which I perused . It looked quite good. Fresh looking with a wide variety of their food. We ordered off the menu though so we could take food home . I had the goat curry and my friend had chicken tikka masala. Both were delicious with well seasoned sauces made to our taste of heat. I enjoyed an unusual drink Jahlhera, very different but worth trying . My friends mango lassi was delicious. I'll be back to try the buffet

    Deliciousness

    Food is delicious service was on point and beautiful ambience. Everything was really good thank you

    Trinh T.

    I've been here about 4x now. 2x a la cart and 2x for the lunch buffet (about $20 per person from 11:30 - 2:30 everyday). The food are delicious! So far I've liked everything I tried. They always ask what spice level you'd like too. The wait staff are super attentive and friendly. Honestly they go above and beyond to make sure you're having a great experience. Today we went for the lunch buffet and I told my friend happy birthday. I don't know if it's manager or owner either way he overheard and brought us a slice of cake to help us celebrate. It was very sweet of them. Another time I went one of the waitstaff heard me said the food is a tad spicy for my daughter and he brought her some Lassi to help. I highly reccomend trying their mango lassi it's very good! The goat curry, saag paneer, palak chaat, and garlic naans are to die for!!! Highly reccomend trying them out.

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    We randomly went here because we're in the area. Food was so good. Service was very friendly. Def plan to go back

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    Excellent buffet selection and quality. The upscale facility is impressive. Staff is always friendly and polite.

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    Best Indian food in town, actually my favorite restaurant in Frederick. Visit the buffet every week. Great selection.

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    Service was excellent and the food was exemplary and good. Nice portion sizes and the ambiance was nice as well.

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    Best Indian buffet I've had in years. Very good! Fresh naan at the table and great variety.

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    Ask the Community - The Mint Room

    Is there a bar?

    Yes, there's a really nice bar at this establishment.

    Is this a second location for The Mint Room in Ellicott City? Same owner and menu?

    They have several locations, including Ellicott City

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    What happened? Previous 5 Star!…read more We discovered this place midway through Covid, or very early 2021z We went with our friends, well they took us, and it became our favorite Indian cuisine in the area. The staff was incredible. Waiter was personable and brought us small free appetizer, or a desert, chai, etc. he even remembered us, and that's saying a lot. We went half a dozen times and always had outstanding food and a great time. The chef would always come out and ask how we liked our food. We'd leave a great tip and genuinely have a great experience with great food. And always getting something new for the app or desert. Every time I go I get the same dish. Chicken Vindaloo. The past two time we have went, the service has been dreadfully slow. First time I thought it was a fluke, and noticed the waiter didn't seem to know what was going on (at all) but our food was still good. No visit from anyone in the kitchen staff or friendly chatting though. Then tonight... what happened here. Is there new management? Was all the main staff out? We got in at 6:45, our friends getting there at 6:30. They asked for a booth and the waiter got flustered so said a table was fine. As we were sitting down with them the waiter came by and we asked for some water. It never came. Well it did some time later. There was a family of 4, 2, and our party of 4. Right after us was a party of 2, and 6. At 7:00 we got our water. At 7:15 we placed our order. Around 7:20 the party of 2 walked out. During this time food was trickling to the two tables ahead of us. We got the impression that the only waiter, had never waited before, had a mild language barrier, didn't know the menu, now how to use the desk computer. He came to our table twice to ask about what drinks we ordered. At around 7:40 we got our cocktails, and was one short. Glass of wine, Long Island, and a mojito. Missed the mojito, but they brought it to us as well as the second Long Island we asked for. Not sure if we got a mojito or margarita but it was fine. Long islands were in very small cups. Nothing had ice, not even the water. We received our Spinach Chaat and another app at 7:50 if I were to guess. In the past the Chaat has been incredible. Google crunchy spinach chaat and that's pretty much what we got. Tonight it was in a bowl, and completely different. It was more of a salad, with what I would describe as an Asian Rick cracker type noodle in it. It was good. But 110% different. Not what we expected. To me it didn't feel authentic and like it was premade. I'm thinking those crackers that you get from Chinese restaurants with your meal in those bags. The greasy ones. Our meals came at around 8 and again, different. Wow it's been over an hour! Our bread was moist but good. Didn't mop up any sauce though since it was so buttery. The rice, which we normally would get 1-2 large bowls for the table, we each got a small bowl, maybe 1 cup of rice if that. The rice was watery and didn't have the herbal flavor we were use to. I want to say there use to be peas in the rice. Tonight it was just rice. Mine had some clumps of rice in it, like you get from rice that's been in the fridge, had water added and then re-zapped. My vindaloo, which I was accustomed to being a lovely deep red in color, large chunks of chicken, and potatoes, was a curry orange in color. A Chick-fil-A spicy nugget had more spice. No potatoes and I counted 8 pieces of chicken. I didn't say anything as our server was so dreadfully slow. Nothing against the guy, he was very polite, apologized every time he came to the table (don't do this my friend, once is enough), but we didn't want to get stuck their longer. My wife said there was no spice In hers either. We got our to go boxes, which were the styrofoam boxes with 3 sections in it. Before they had those tin containers with plastic lids. I loaded my few spoons of rice and my Vindaloo curry contraption into the container, 99% sure it would spill in the car but my wife somehow kept it together, knowing I'd have to make some rice in the instapot for the leftovers, since they didn't give us any extra rice.... They use to just give you a full container or rice to go. We ended up leaving at 8:45. Remember we got there at 6:45. We each had one drink. And 2 refills of water. The spinach chaat had pre-made noodles(?) in it, with a salad of the rest on top. Our meals were lacking spice, and ingredients. The rice was bland and reheated. I love rice. I could live off it. This was not good rice. And it took 2 hours to have a meal that should have taken an hour. I'm not sure if this place is under new management, or what has happened. But this has happened twice now, so I'm not sure we will be going back until we hear things improve. And I hate to say that since it's 15min away from our house, and the experience gave it more then five stars before.

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    TLDR: tired place, tired food, tired service…read more.. Favorite Oldest Grand Daughter (FOGD) was working yesterday so missed family Thanksgiving. I took her out for lunch to help make up for the missed turkey (take that any way you want, sports fans). I gave her a choice of sushi or Indian buffet; she chose Taj Mahal. Taj has been around for many years but somehow I've missed it. I heard it has a nice buffet (a decent value for $19 at lunch). When we arrived there were very few patrons so server said we had our pick of seats. We sat at a booth near the bar, near the buffet. Seats were ratty but in better shape than other booths. We grabbed plates at the bar and went for food - which was really tired and dried out even though it was was well before lunchtime ended. Server said she would bring pans of rice, butter chicken, saag, and naan so we tried what was available. Samosas were cold inside but filling was tasty; chickpeas that came with it were really good but again, cold. Onion pakoras were great, but some chutneys would have been nice. Goat curry was tasty, dry-spiced potatoes were good and had enough heat to make them interesting, but everything else was middle-of-then-road. When the fresh dishes came out we replaced out plates and tried again. Butter chicken and saag were really, really good, rice was really crunchy (undercooked) and quickly dried out under the warming lamps, and naan was good when very fresh but quickly got crunchy. We did not go back for more and skipped the salad/dessert choices. Frederick has a bunch of really good Indian (and Pakistani and Afghani) restaurants (mmmmm, Mint Room, Tulip Grill, and Mayako) so I would not put Taj Mahal anywhere the top of my list of similar places.

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    This place has good decor, neat and clean , very good staff and excellent service. I had…read morevegetarian food and it was very good in taste. All the dishes I ate were very tasty. The Podi dosa was great. All other dishes were also very tasty - Paneer Butter Masala, Idli, and Gobi Manchurian. Very well mannered and well behaved staff. Overall a very good place to eat Indian food.

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    The Mint Room - indpak - Updated June 2026

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