Reviews for Saffron Indian cuisine in Ketchum, ID

Hidden gem in Sun valley. It’s the best place in Idaho. This is a modern Indian restaurant. The service was great. The chef... has attention for detail in every dish he used very quality spices and ingredients. Each dish has a lot of flavor and freshingredients. I would definitely go back when I am in Sun Valley. Read more

The food is excellent, the shrimps appetizers are great. The butter chicken is delightful. The staff is friendly and welcoming.... I will go again. Read more

Lots of good flavors and not too spicy ! Had cauliflower and prawns as small plates , pork and mushroom dishes for large plates.... The pork Vidaloo was yummy but fatty meat cut like pork belly - would recommend the owners to consider using maybe a porktenderloin replacement if possible . Would return in the future ! Thanks Read more

Better service at McDonalds. Other locals describe this restaurant as "inauthentic." We wanted to discredit that, if possible... by visiting and give them the benefit of the doubt: It is understandable that an Indian restaurant might change its flavoringto adapt to its environment however the greeter at the door did not understand the question "are there tables available?" Orthe question: "do we seat ourselves?" When we stated that this was our first visit they seem to be offended or put off, as ifit was a burden of some kind. One of the chefs asked my guest to come to the restaurant, when the chef came out he wouldn'tacknowledge that he made that request which was very strange to witness. The chef was asked for some recommendations of dishesthey were particularly proud of and a list of 15 plates was read off from memory. Now since we were not going to be able to eat15 plates we asked if he could recommend one or two and his response was: "I already told you." Our order of a chicken platewas put in 25 minutes or so after our appetizer arrived but was ordered at the same time as the appetizer. There were threekitchen staff and four tables of patrons so it did not seem like it should have been something we should have needed toexperience. When it arrived the chicken plate was quite delicious and of note: a spicy jalapeno and cheese baked naan wasabsolutely delicious! However it was extremely spicy and the waitress almost rejected the idea that there existed a sort ofsour cream based item that goes along with Indian food. We were brought a lemon flavored sour cream of some sort, that did calmthe burning of the tongue from the jalapeno naan but did not at all cohere with a flavor profile that we had everexperienced. My guest and I also shared a 2nd Naan dish flavored with garlic, which was spectacular with crunch andflavor. The Makhani Gravy Chicken is called "Butter Chicken" on the menu. Which confused us because we could not recall if itwas Read more

Saffron Indian Cuisine was an absolutely pleasant surprise. I was having a drink in town and met some locals last night and... asked if they had eaten at Saffron. To my surprise they had not, well I hope they read this. Saffron is fantastic. I started offwith the Amritsari shrimp. Think battered jumbo shrimp! Absolutely aces! For my entree I had the rack of lamb vindaloo. It wasbeautiful and flavorful. Who would think Brussels sprouts and vindaloo together?! But it works. The potatoes were silky andperfect! The garlic naan was a great addition to soak up all the beautiful vindaloo. If you live in Ketchum or just visiting,please make it a point to eat here. Just do it. Read more

Our new favorite Indian food restaurant!! Plenty of vegetarian options. The restaurant is classy and inviting.The flavors were... delightful, presentation amazing. We enjoyed the Green Peas and Goat Cheese Kulcha, Samosa and Chick Pea Chat, Paneer Makhani,Jackfruit Kofta, with the best Saffron Rice! If you go up there this winter, please do stop at Saffron (Ketchum) and you won'tbe disappointed. Sanu the chef/owner, Rosemary (Sanu's wife) and Sanu's friend who cooked our meal took such good care of us.Very genuine people who we enjoyed chatting with after our exquisite meal. It’s a bit pricy, but so worth it! Read more

Saffron is so utterly delicious! We had such a great first dinner we had to come back only two days later. I highly recommend... the butter chicken, cauliflower koliwada, green peas kulcha, and garlic naan. If you haven’t been yet it’s definitely wortha shot. Read more

We ate really well here! Went overboard on appetizers because we wanted to try as much as we could and it was all delicious:... shrimp, cauliflower, a pea paste and cheese stuffed bread, and garlic naan. For entrees we ordered short ribs, a mushroompolenta-style dish -with truffle oil which surprised me in Indian cuisine, but was very good- and a spicy charred broccoli andpumpkin dish. Each were a delicious variety of flavors. The place looks and feels great! I grew up here so I’ve been to ahandful of restaurants in this same space - they did a great job. And the owners are lovely, they’re down-to-earth and knowwhat they’re doing, and are so cute. We had such a great experience dining with them that we’re going back to try the disheswe didn’t order last night! Read more