Spicy Mint / Ahmed Restaurant Albany — Restaurant in Town of Colonie

The storefront still says Spicy Mint, as does all of the signage, but the menu is labeled "Ahmed".

I think they are still ironing out some service kinks... they had only one person manning the front of the restaurant (3 tables). While friendly, he was clearly new to the job, so this review just focuses on the food...

... which had phenomenal flavors. We ordered the grill mix, which was cooked perfectly and came out sizzling (but there was a piece or two that was room temperature and I suspect it was reheated rather than cooked fresh). The eggplant dish was delicious, but I did have a few "off" bites, as if the eggplant was verging away from fresh... which is understandable as its very hard to keep perfect eggplant at a slower restaurant if few people order it regularly.

Still a five star rating on the food, as it really had a wonderfully authentic flavor profile and the restaurant has the potential to become a top contender for best in the area, if given more patronage (and with some time and experience).

We will visit again and look forward to the restaurant finding its...

I can't forget that Peshewari Naan and Bombay Aloo. Two awesome items with perfect balance of spice. They asked us the spice level we would prefer. This is something indian restaurants usually do not ask. Loved that part. Two other items were onion naan (was good) but the Mughlai chicken, something was off about it. It could be the balance of sweet or the salt was not right. I felt like I am eating a thik gravy. I believe the tea was over brewed and to balance it more milk was poured in. That's just an opinion as I know taste of tea is very subjective. Besides all of this the portion of one order was good for two. I think they are underrated by themselves. I would recommend them to change the whole seating arrangement. Also, update your restaurant name to Ahmed Restaurant. It was hard to find it.

Spend $36 for two. (1. Mughlai Chicken came with choice of rice/Naan, Aloo Naan came...

Was really hopeful given the reviews we saw (note that Spicy Mint has another entry with noticeably lower reviews; they're apparently the same restaurant — not sure what happened or why this entry still exists. The lunch buffet was solid and a reasonable value, but nowhere near what we'd consider 4.6 stars (current...