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
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