Minerva Indian Cuisine

05/28/09

Has it reopened yet?

by JSPB22

Does anyone know if and when the restaurant will reopen? The sign on the window said "Closed for renovations, reopening soon," but it has been closed for months and months. How about an update?

• Pros: Good food
• Cons: Buffet price keeps rising

01/21/09

What Happened?!

by Meredith5001

Until finding Minerva, I was terribly disappointed with the Indian food I found throughout Atlanta. Minerva was different: consistently delicious dishes , varied menu -- and large portions! A couple of weeks ago, we were dismayed to find a sign on the restaurant "closed for renovation." I sure hope they're re-opening!

Anyone know what's happening????

• Pros: Wonderful food at a fair price. Even enjoy the Bollywood videos which always run.
• Cons: A bit gloomy inside -- but the food outweighs the atmosphere

10/23/08

Sanjay malhotra

by chowdary

This is a reply in regards to Sanjay malhotra's review.

Sanjay,

Thank you very much for your honest review.We are part of Management and we heard you and also heard this feedback from our beloved customers and we already have taken measures and have instructed not to force any customer for cash.I am not sure if this experience happened to you recently as we joined the management team recently and are trying our best to improve where ever we can and your golden point has already been addressed,If you have visited recently or if you face the same incident regarding forcing cash next time please give us a call at 770-235-2709 or 770-861-2783 and your help is greately appreciated and we always value our customers to the core and beleive to heart that "Customer is god". Hope to make your experience memorable in days to come by.

Thanks,

Chowdary

10/13/08

Credit Machine not working?

by sanjaymalotra

As said by the other customer..about credit card machine..

i do remember the manager ..Sanjeev.. this guy collects cash

from customers and says credit card machine is not working..

Does minerva's credit card machine fail to work on every weekends ...lol

And if we say we dont have cash he says to get it from publix... this is so rude

And guys dont believe them if they say credit card machine is not working..

The only good thing about minerva is Food taste it is too good....

• Pros: food is good
• Cons: forcing to pay by cash not by credit card..

09/05/08

Good food...terrible service....

by Charles55

It was my first time eating indian food and honestly, their food was delicious... i enjoyed myself... i thought the servers needed a little help in greeting and serving but the food from the buffet is flavorful and budget-friendly...

• Pros: food
• Cons: service

07/25/08

The Management and staff need etiquette lesson ASAP !!!

by Autobot1

After reading some good reviews I went to Minerva with high hopes. I'm an Indian and have lived in different cities in US(& in India) and tasted different Indian cuisines. Usually I'm apprehensive about Indian food wherever I go. Same menu everywhere !! And surprisingly they all try to keep the taste almost identical. I don't know how they manage it? Anyway, back to Minerva. The decor was consistent with other Indian restaurants in the United States, i.e. dimly lit(in a bad way), gloomy, playing the same bollywood tunes. But this one had a TV and a projection screen on which they play bollywood videos/channels on the weekend which is fine. I've tried a lunch buffet and a dinner. Though the items in the buffet were limited the taste was decent. As usual the waiters/servers were hovering around you asking every 2 mins whether you needed anything else. But they never bother to take your plate once your done with it. It keeps on piling. At last when I requested they cleared the table grudgingly(Palace is better in this situation). So me and my wife finished our lunch and asked for the check. After waiting a while we went to the front desk to pay the bill. I gave him my card and promptly was the reply - "Sir the machine is not working". So my wife paid the bill in cash. But wait a minute while we were at the door an American customer paid his bill with his card !!! Discrimination!!! The dinner experience was almost similar. May be the American customers get a fair deal. And the Indians seem to ignore it. The washroom was also in-sync with other Indian restaurants in the US. The cheapest available hand soap (usually in Pink) and the cheapest available paper towels(usually brown). Overall it was an ordinary experience. May be the Americans get a better service. But I'm not going to that place again.

• Pros: Very Little
• Cons: A lot

05/31/08

Best Indian restauarant in Atlanta

by lachowdary

This restaurant has huge variety of food from South indian,North Indian to chineese,All the dishes are up to the mark and there are about 50 plus varieties.Has huge space aroung 10,000 square foot.Probably the biggest i have seen in USA for an Indian restauarant.Definitely lives up to the hype of Minerva chain of restaurants.The only negative is that you have to sleep after your food as u will be filling ur stomach to the root.Bottom line excellent food.

02/22/08

A word of caution !!!

by GauravKrishna

Anybody who loves Indian good should not even think of jumping to this place to spoil mood, time, money and taste. Highly unflavoured food, unorganised and pathetic service. Lot of people to take order but none will return with the thing you ordered. You have to remind them multiple times to get order served, and once served they forget to ask again, and even if they ask... they won't bring that until and unless you literally cry for it. Worst experience of meal in any Indian restaurants.

HIGHLY UNSATISFIED WITH QUALITY AND SERVICE. PAID IN REVOLT !!!

• Pros: lot of people to take order
• Cons: They won't serve... :)

09/21/07

Great authentic HOT and spicy Indian food.

by collectore

Buffet is awesome. So many selections. Can be traditionally HOT and spicy so those Americans looking for bland Americanized food might not appreciate. Who cares. Look at the crowd, plenty of Indians which means what? It's good that's what.Excellent quality, from South to North Indian and all done well. The dinner service shines and the portions and thalis large, good price as well. Good, attentive service as well. The floor manager has always been exceptional. Great place to bring hyper kids apparently, so not recommended for a romantic outing.

• Pros: Food, Price, service, good place for kids
• Cons: not romantic

09/03/07

Awesome food for nice price

by djdirol

Great food, average ambience, awesome lunch buffet! I highly recommend this place to anybody who loves Indian food. Usually lunch buffet consists of atleast 30 items. On my last visit some of the items were as follows: non-veg - chicken biryani, mutton biryani, chicken tikka masala, butter chicken, mutton korma, tandoori chicken, etc. veg - naan, roti, idli & sambhar, dosa & chutney, mutter paneer, aloo gobi, aloo manchurian, etc. Wow the list goes on and on. It does get crowded and loud so may not be ideal for a romantic lunch date, however if your date is a good food lover then go ahead and knock yourselves out.

• Pros: food, price
• Cons: dishes sometimes not clean enough