Mint Restaurant

The food was really delicious, well presented, the staff friendly and we enjoyed our meal. The butter chicken and mango atcha was superb. The staff unfortunately allow patrons to behave badly (talking loudly on their phones) and disturb other patrons without requesting better behavior. We were seated at table where a baby had been sitting and messed on the floor. This is not an issue but it wasn’t cleaned up the whole evening. A significant amount of pasta and mince on the floor was just left.

We were a party of three people who all had the Thursday Prawn special for lunch. Mint does not seem particularly geared for a lunch serving as we twice had to get up and find waiters to serve us despite there having been only three occupied tables in the restaurant for the lunch service. The other tables received bread before their mains, but we only received ours with our mains after complaining. The Thursday Prawn Special is a generous size portion and pretty tasty albeit somewhat cold. I left with the impression that the kitchen is capable but the serving staff need some training. I wish someone had told me about the valet parking on offer for restaurant guests as I managed to only find an open parking bay seven city blocks away!

This is the restaurant in the taj hotel, it’s a beautiful hotel really. We went to the restaurant and they sit us down took our first order drink only to change us place 5 minutes later to the bar of the hotel since they were cleaning the restaurant. The table and seat at the bar are the most inconvenient they are almost impossible to move and the way the table legs are made you are always stuck in your seat or sitting to far from the table since it’s very hard to move the table or chair… but at least the food was good we came here for the food and was delivered awesome food. The staff at the bar of the hotel were also way nicer than the one at the restaurant where they were a little rude. We also ordered wine, they propose that good local wine from Cape Town, we were really pleased by the wine he choose for us with our specifications and our meal. Bloody Mary is spicy here we like it this way but keep in mind it’s spicier than most places.

Great food, we enjoyed the shrimp and lamb chops. Tomato soup could use more spice. Beautiful interior, design is stylish with good taste and not too flashy, just as in the lobby and Bombay Brasserie. Lighting just right with beautiful lamps complimenting the duck blue walls. Maybe one could do without the blinking lights on the outside terrace. Took a while for our food to come but our waitresses were friendly and professional.

The restaurant has a new menu and better service Setting: 5/5 Food: 4/5 (tasty but portions aren't huge) Service: 5/5 Prices: R180-R250 per main meal (as you would expect from such a place) Relaxed, beautiful and comfortable restaurant. Good for business meetings in the day or a group of friends at night. Tips: - you can park in the Taj hotel (even if you're not staying there) - Mint restaurant is part of the Taj hotel so you can walk into the Taj bar (which has also been redone) for a drink.