Mintleaf Restaurant in Edinburgh, City of

My friend and I ate here for dinner last night and we are still trying to work out how it cost so much?! We have looked at the menu and what we ate but still can’t account for approximately £10 of it. What we ate was tasty however, small portions but adequate. Would have preferred to add on our own tip at the end of the meal. However even without the hefty tip they added on -theres still money unaccounted for.

we had went for the Thai menu, we ordered spring rolls and thai fish cakes, spring rolls were ok but the thai fish cakes were awful, they were done in soggy pakora batter. I had a thai chicken curry (the chicken was tough) my husband had sweet and sour chicken which was ok, I ate the rice, noodles and sauce but could not have eaten the chicken. The restaurant is black all round. Would never reccomend or go back.

really friendly service and good food.

Great food and splendid service every time

Really great service and enjoyed the dishes too, but I couldn’t help thinking that there was too many menu options - maybe you could make a tally every day of which dishes get ordered and any that don’t (or not a lot) after a month, you remove from the menu? That way you’re not wasting ingredients or having to freeze and reheat, so you’re saving money and making the food at a better quality. I always worry when I see so many different choices because rightly or wrongly I think that they can’t possibly cook every single dish really well so I avoid so I don’t feel like I’m gambling on whether my meal is going to be good or not.

Great food and service...had the chicken byriani with vegetable curry ,read good reviews and it was excellent...starter was crispy seabass also very good...

Great food and service was great. The biryani was a highlight as was the tandoori chicken. Would definitely recommend and will be back.

Fabulous Thai banquet for two. Comprehensive menu with choice of Thai or Indian. The banquet had a great range of tasty dishes. Service was excellent. Highly recommend.

First time visit but impressed. Wasn’t sure about Thai and India menu, but it works really well. Really enjoyed the Mintleaf special Thai main. Monday night so restaurant quite quiet but staff were really helpful and couldn’t do enough. Thanks.

Picked up a couple of great Thai Currys ,a prawn pancake and rice ,they gave us complimentary pakora , really lovely place ,food and staff

We had some amazing Thai food at Mintleaf! The staff were very friendly, this was the best Thai food I have ever had! I would highly recommend you stop off at Mintleaf! Lots of options on the menu with Thai and Indian options! Located very close to the shore tram stop! 2 min walk so easy to get to and from!

Excellent food, excellent staff, best curry in leith/edinburgh. Been a few times and never disappoints. Will 100% be back

We’ve been to this restaurant a number of times over the years and they serve the tastiest Indian food in Edinburgh. We took our parents for an early Mother’s Day meal tonight. We had a selection of curries, rice and naans and they were all yummy. Great quality ingredients and plenty of food. We took a doggy bag home. Staff are warm and friendly - a family atmosphere. Look forward to going back. A lovely part of the city too!

Great food , fresh and fabulous flavour. Welcoming staff

Fantastic food with first class friendly informative service, we will definitely be back next time we visit the Capital.

My Son and I had an excellent dining experience last night. The food was superb and the ambience and service excellent. We will definitely return. Thank you Mintleaf 😊

Lovely owners, always very hospitable and generous. They have a huge menu with great variety. Has been great each time we've gone in, have had some thai and indian dishes and both are equally as tasty.

Excellent food and service , had a takeaway as staying locally to the restaurant, wish we were here longer as would visit again

First time at mint leaf. Lovely atmosphere in the restaurant . We ordered vegetable spring rolls,Thai fish cakes as a starter. Chicken galena massaging and pad king(a beefsteak fry with ginger, spring onions, vegetables and spices) egg fried rice and sweet potato fritters. Food was absolutely gorgeous. We had a bottle of the sauvignon blanc ,to accompany the meal. Perfect. Staff were polite, helpful. It was a busy Saturday night. Thanks to all the staff.We had Thai ,but you could have had Indian as well. Excellent choice of dishes

This is a beautiful restaurant with lovely friendly staff, the food was delicious plus they were happy to make changes for us on 2 dishes, we also didn't feel rushed to finish, definitely worth a visit.

Fantastic food, lovely staff. I have to say this is the best Indian food in Edinburgh. Been lots of times and love it so much.

Nice food, friendly service, good with our 4,7 year old kids making it an enjoyable meal for the whole family. Would recommend!

A lovely relaxed atmosphere with some of the most delicious currys I’ve had - we had Lamb Biryani and chilli garlic chicken with sweet naan, they were so delicious and fresh - this was our first visit but we’ll definitely be back. Service was attentive and everyone very friendly.

Lovely valentines meal out here. Try the tasty paneer Biryani. Really friendly staff and owner. Classy atmosphere. Good value. Highly recommend!

First time in mint leaf and had the banquet for 2. Loads of food, poppodoms and dips, really bid starter selection plate each, 3 mains, rice, popadom and rice refill. All was excellent quality and price very reasonable. Staff were lovely, and my son who popped in for a drink with us got a complimentary plate of 3 big bhajis, which he ate all of and enjoyed. We will be back soon.

Good food but - the most expensive curry I have ever had! For almost £50 each we could have eaten at the Michelin starred restaurant around the corner.

Just had a gorgeous meal here with my boyfriend, staff were super lovely and attentive. Food was unbelievably tasty and the atmosphere was amazing. Such a beautiful restaurant. Definitely recommend coming here, it has become my favourite local Indian.

The restaurant has a very nice ambiance, the owner offered suggestions when asked for recommendations in vegetarian dishes, he even made mine mild and vegetarian for a typical lamb dish. My friends also really enjoyed their food, very tasty, nice presentation. We had 3 vegetarian...

Beautiful building and atmosphere on arrival. 2 staff extremely attentive and friendly. Tasty fresh popodums and pickles to start Free onion bhajis while we waited for main course 😋 Restaurant was quiet so service very quick. Husband said the peshwari naan was best he had...

We had a take-away and all 4 of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals and by far, the best curries we have had in such a long time. Very reasonably priced and lovely service.

Went today as a birthday present and the food was amazing good portions nice and fresh . The staff were very polite and friendly nice relaxed atmosphere will definitely be going back again

Came today at 4.30 , we were the only customers there, the server was very attentive and pleasant. My daughter and I really enjoyed the food, it was amazing. atmosphere was relaxing, we didn't feel rushed with our meal. Overall a extremely positive experience. We will be back soon.

Had a lovely meal there before Christmas and going back tonight. Very good menu and service and good environment. So looking forward to it. 👌

The atmosphere inside is good. But the staffs seem to be rude and create artificial crisis by saying we’re fully booked. They asked for 15£ each just for reserving a table for 2. We didn’t reserve and called the next day whether we can come now, they said yes. While we were having dinner half the tables were empty and nobody came in 2 hours. They don’t serve you if you don’t order a main menu for each person. So if you’re not hungry enough, maybe it’s not for you. They were at the end kind enough to let us dine there. The wines tasted a bit more watery. I’m not a wine expert so don’t take my words on wine but it’s just what I felt. We took samosa takeaways but they tasted like frozen samosas. And you have to pay 10% extra for their service. Wow! Not a great experience. Update based on owners reply: This is exactly the kind of reply I was expecting. No wonder!

Family of 5 adults arrived for our meal on Friday night. The place is beautiful inside and we got a lovely warm welcome. The food was amazing, we had a mixture of Thai and Indian over our 2 courses. I would definitely recommend a visit...

Food was excellent and the staff were wonderfully friendly. Would definitely recommend.

Both the Thai and Indian dishes are great - superb flavours and generous portions. One of the best I’ve had.

We were recommended by a work colleague to come here if you like hot curries. We reserved a table for 6 at 430 on a Thursday evening for a work celebration night. The restaurant was empty when we arrived. The staff were very friendly and inviting. We got our drinks orders in then had a round of poppadoms and dips to start. The menu is a mixture of traditional Indian curry and Thai curries. Same for the starters. I had Thai fish cakes to start and then a mild Thai curry with nan bread. The food was delicious and a step above normal curry. We had complementary onion bajias and mint green tea from the staff. Total bill was £170 for food and £56 for the drinks. All round great value for Edinburgh and gorgeous food. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Mintleaf, you won’t regret it.

Enjoyable meal for a work night out. The mix of Indian and Thai catered for all. Veg options available too. Flaovourable and filling. Perhaps missing a slight more spicyness about it. But good overall. Prices good for the food and drink.

The location and service was great. The food was great, however I found the cost of the drinks was expensive, this makes £30 / person cost more like £40/ person.

Arrived on a business in Edinburgh. Tried nearby Indina this place. No one in the reasurant (red flag) should have walked away. However, was hungry and proceeded. The restuarant was freezing cold inside. No heating on and my feet were like iceberg!! Got my starter...

Went on Sunday, welcomed by two lovely staff it was very nice and warm we had lovely indian meal we will be returning lovely decor…🩷

Amazing food and service - would definitely recommend! We will return

Most enjoyable experience, food is delicious, very nice staff and romantic setting

We had a lovely experience, it was nice and warm when walked in, smiling staff, very romantic setting, I had tomyum and my partner had tomkah soup absolutely delicious. For my main I had padthai, the best I've had in a very long time. My...

Went in with my family, lovely staff. Warm intimate surrounding. I love the dark theme, its soo cosy, we had a mixture of Thai and Indian banquet. There was so much food we took the leftovers home. We just couldn't waste such delicious food, it...

Tom Yum Gai soup arrived, lemongrass missing, but soup was quite tasty. Although the chicken was cooked too long and chewy. Chicken Pad Thai arrived. On the menu it said ‘ A most famous Thai noodle dish stir-fried with chicken, sweet tamarind dressing, egg, roughly...

Came with a group of friends throughly loved the ambiance. Very good service with a smile, i had chicken green curry my partner had mintleaf special. Can't wait to go back.

Excellent food, good service, price OK. We were there early and the only ones in but the building is atmospheric.

We had booked a table for two and when we arrived nobody seemed to know about it. The restaurant was packed with office parties and the only table available was opposite the front door which blasted us with cold air each time is was opened. The kitchen was clearly over-run with the orders from the office parties and our food took an unacceptably long time to arrive. The waiters did there best in these circumstances. The starters were acceptable but the main dishes (green curry and duck curry) were tasteless, bland and frugal.

Visited here whilst working in leith with my Husband. We cannot complement the food enough. It was one of the best Indian meals out we have had out in a while Highly recommended!.

A consistent and reliable Indian and Thai restaurant. The food is always nice here, and they really give you your moneys worth. It has a nice sense of ambience inside the restaurant itself.

The best food I have eaten. Flavours are unbelievably. Thank you Mintleaf for my wonderful meal 👌🏼👌🏼

Uitstekende gerechten, vriendelijke service

A delightful meal, every dish was delicious, highly recommended. Great portions.

My partner and I live locally and decided to try somewhere new, and we are so glad we did! We had the whole place to ourselves for most of our evening (seeing as it was mid week in the evening, and winter!) which was amazing. The decor is beautiful, bonus points for the ladies bathroom being exceptionally stylish. The food was incredible. I ate from the Thai menu, and my partner from the Indian menu. Absolutely no complaints whatsoever. I am normally a creature of habit and only order food I know I like, but I was so glad I chose something I’ve never tried before as it was delicious. Best of all was the service, the chap who greeted us looked after the two of us so well. Very friendly accommodating, and we were made to feel so special! The general atmosphere was so relaxing as well. We had a brilliant time, left a fully belly, so will definitely be visiting again!

Excellent food, staff and atmosphere, would’ve given 5 full stars but we were a little chilly it was the first very cold night we have had this year and we came quiet early in the night but we felt it coulda done with being a little warmer (although maybe it was just us?!)

Enjoyable meal. Good food and friendly service. We had a Thai meal and an Indian meal, both of which were very tasty. It's a little dark in the restaurant and hard to read the menu. We were there quite early in the evening and it...

We ordered a variety of dishes among the 5 of us. The naan was crispy just the way I like it. The chicken tikka was tender and I enjoyed the creamy sauce with it. Excellent service.

The food was fantastic and the service amazing. They checked on us multiple times and made sure we had everything. Currys are authentic and generous with the portions. Went for my birthday and had a great time

Got to say the staff are so nice warm&friendly 👍 myself and my friend went in to order a takeaway which was amazing portion size too, I even had it for my lunch today and still have enough for teatime 😋 going to definitely come...

Wonderful food, beautiful decor, great service! All meals were excellent, but my top recommendation is the Thai king prawn with coconut pancakes! The ultimate comfort food.

Had a takeaway. Very quick, excellent flavour and quantity, even threw in some freebies for good measure! Great staff and thoroughly recommended.

We enjoyed a few dishes from the Indian selection. Excellent food and really good service. Very very highly recommended.

Super friendly staff and we really enjoyed the excellent Indian food! 👍 highly recommend this restaurant

Delicious food and such excellent service! Highly recommend and will be going back again soon!

Very tasty food and nice atmosphere even on a quiet Monday evening. We chose from the Indian menu and both dishes were very good

This place is run by friendly hosts who made me a lovely butter chicken curry even though it wasn’t on the menu. I’ve eaten here several times and the food is always excellent quality with the first class service to match.

This restaurant is gorgeous inside! We had the Thai Banquet which was amazing (so much food). The beef tasted delicious, we would definitely return here. They had a variety of wine choices, a range of soft drinks and a couple of beer options - definitely something for everybody.

Excellent food. Lovely atmosphere. Great service. Always top quality and great welcome no matter mid week week end or Christmas.

We had a takeaway with excellent balanced dishes and great flavors. Kind people. Absolutely recommended.

Haven't been here before ,odd live not far away ,came in early for dinner (was starving:)) fancied a Thai curry (yes I know it's a Indian restaurant:)),portion size was large , authentic Thai curry with just enough bite to keep it interesting,was suprised was quiet, deserves to be packed out, probably due to being early doors . highly recommend (from a Yorkshire man this is fair gushing:))

Should get 10 stars! Delicious food and great confident happy service.

Great food,superb service, attentive staff,always willing to help.The portion sizes were also very generous,all round worth the visit.

Had a great dining experience at Mintleaf. Amazing food, beautiful setting, 5 star service. And you get plenty of After Eights with your bill! Will definitely go back.

We are lucky enough for this to be our local. Great menu and the food is always good quality and generous portions. Good location and service.

V good Asian restaurant in Leith

Lovely meal and staff, we throughly enjoyed our meal. Love the option of both Thai and Indian dishes.

Excellent service, very polite. Food was very tasty and portions were generous. Very much recommend.

My wife and I had the pleasure of dining here on a quiet Tuesday evening. Offering both Indian and Thai cuisine was a dream come true for us both, with so many of our favourite dishes on the extensive menu, it was difficult to choose....

We stayed in Leith and wanted a nice local restaurant. We both ate the Thai dishes which were delicious. The staff serving us were very pleasant, would highly recommend.

Fantastic meal with great service in a lovely venue, warm and cosy atmosphere. Menu had lots to choose from

'My favourite Indian meal is chicken madras. I have eaten this in Indian restaurants all over Scotland and I have to say this was one of the tastiest.

Had an excellent meal with a 6person family group. We chose items from both the Indian & Thai menus and were equally impressed with both. The staff were friendly & helpful making it a fun memorable get together. Definitely recommend

We enjoyed a meal of zesty vegetarian Indian dishes. We chose items from the menu and also one special of the day, Indian cheese. All were cooked perfectly. I can fully recommend the Mintleaf.

Visited with a multigenerational group for an early dinner. We were all made very welcome, we tried both Indian & Thai dishes and all of us had different favourites but enjoyed everything. Would definitely visit frequently if I lived locally - or if they moved near me in Colorado, USA. My particular favourites were the green curry and the Murgh Tikka Massalam. Very flavourful.

The food was nice,, the staff weren’t overly attentive but we like that as we like a bit of privacy when we’re eating. I will be visiting this establishment again as we both really enjoyed it.

Really nice dinner here. Staff were friendly and the food - we had Thai - and drinks were great.

Had an amazing meal with my wife at the mint leaf, the food and service were impeccable and I would highly recommend visiting if you’re in Edinburgh, thank you Mr Miah and team and thank you for the after 8 mints 😊. Jamie and Amy

This was a great find. First time for us but will definitely be back. Staff couldn't do enough for us. They even gave us free starters!

Found this restaraunt by walking past, absolutely beautiful decor inside, which is nothing in comparison to the taste of the food. I had the pakoras and vegetarian panang which I would be willing to say is the best panang I’ve had in Edinburgh. The staff...

This is a great place for delicious Thai or Indian food its gorgeous and the food is truly delicious. The service is perfect. With every bite of my main dish it tasted better each time, flavours are incredible, I cannot stress enough how beautiful the...

Went for a Thai meal here. Dirty table beside of us all night even though staff standing about chatting. The green chicken curry ok, other meal however fish offered as alternative to duck but was extremely overcooked to the pint of chewy and dry. So...

A hidden gem in Leith. Extraordinary service and some of the best food I have had. A blend of Thai and Indian food, the flavours are extensive and subtle at the same time. Kind and generous service. Worth the money and make sure to add...

Had a great meal here today. Very tasty indian and thai meal me and my partner had. Shout out to the Director M Miah for hosting us and service was spot on. Would reccommend and definately be back when in the area

Amazing, the staff were very friendly and helpful, the decor was lovely and the food was absolutely delicious. We had the Thai red and green curry's for mains with spring rolls and chana puri to start, everything was full of flavour and cooked perfectly.

Food was excellent and so was the service. Great place. I love Indian and this was some of the best I've had. Partner had Thai she said the same about that. Would definitely go there again when I'm in Edinburgh. Recommended

Visited as I love Thai food and my partner loves Indian food. The food was beautiful. Honestly was saying to my partner that this is the best food I've eaten since moving to Scotland and the Thai food was absolutely sensational😋

Precioso lugar, muy rico ambiente y buena atención. Precios un poco elevados, pero lo vale al probar la comida.

Very stylish inside, offering tasty food with good service. I had a lovely dining experience here. I chose the Thai menu and everything I had was delicious.