The Mint Room Bristol
2024-01-03T12:54:01.293Z
Update: shortly after my visit I tested positive for COVID and have lost all sense of taste. My review previously complained about bland food, though I've now removed these parts. It would be unfair to review them based on this visit, so I've also changed the rating to reflect my previous visits, which were excellent._______________I've been to the Mint Room twice before and absolutely loved it each time. I was excited to go again and got the tasting menu.To help describe what you can expect, I've posted photos of the menu and the food and will describe each.The samosa felt a little pretentious, as it didn't benefit from being chopped up. My poori ball had a hole in the bottom so couldn't hold liquid.The next course was tomato, paneer and olives. The olives were really good!We then had a substantial rice pancake. They didn't have rabbit so they gave us lamb instead.We had a problem with the fish course. We were told there was no monkfish, so we could choose between cod and salmon. We both chose salmon though after a couple of mixups, and announcing the dish as salmon, we were given cod.The palette cleanser was a small mellon and mint ice lolly with a berry sauce. This was a rare treat and was great.It took about 3 hours to get to this point of the meal. The portions so far had been quite small and we were a little worried we'd leave hungry. However, the main came with big, chunky sides that made up perhaps 60% of the overall meal.The main was lamb. Unfortunately it wasn't good as much of it was too tough to cut or eat. The menu promised a selection of Indian breads, which turned out to be just a naan cut into 4.I quite liked the dessert.We left with their signature chocolate covered mint leaf.
Update: shortly after my visit I tested positive for COVID and have lost all sense of taste. My review previously complained about bland food, though ... More