04/21/09

rude terrible service

by vivianjy1012

actually me and my mom we was plan to go pho grand,but for some reason they closed,so we have no choice,i never eat lemongrass restaurant,so we want to give it try,we walking there and wait for the table to be clean,about 5min,there's no body give us menu,so i have to go to the front ask for the menu,there's one watiress ,she seem pretty mean never have smile,after couple more min,there's a waiter come to take us order finally,but never ever have anybody ask wat we want to drink,i wasnt enjoy at all,this is my first time and will be my last time ,i would never ever go to this restaurant,ppl so rude so mean horrible service.if you want to go there eat dont expect any service at all and food just soso.i never had that bad dinning experience like this

12/20/08

To die for vegetarian hot and sour soup (canh chua)

by vankash

I've been searching real hard for a vegetarian vietnamese place for the past couple of years in Chicago and still can't find one! I love Viet food however most Viet food consist of meat and not much veg choices. This past thanksgiving, I went to St-Louis with my husband for a long weekend. My husband surprised me by taking to this LG restaurant. He had read some reviews on it and thought that we might give it a try. I already had some good expectation of the place by first walking in...the fantastic smell of Vietnamese food brought back good memories of my mom's cooking. This place is awesome! The decor is very modern & trendy looking, very clean dining area & washrooms. The service is a little slow but we can't really blame them because we were there at the peak dinner time. The waitress was nice, not very personal but that is fine if you want a good food with reasonably priced dine-in restaurant.

Now food review! The menu has a extensive list of vegetarian options! The hot & sour soup is to die for! Exactly taste like the meat soup but cooked the veg way! I had the vermicelli (non veg) very tasty and my husband had the sesame tofu which is too filling for one person but i am sure if it's shared among a bigger group it will be fine. We highly recommend it!

07/04/08

We left before ordering...will never go back.

by huyhuy

Well, we were in the mood for vietnamese food and Pho Grand looked busy, so we decided to try out LG for the first time. We walked in and the place looked nice - good decor and plasma TVs everywhere. It was on a busy Thursday night in St. Louis so the place was hopping. After a few minutes of waiting at the door to be seated, a man comes by and signals to the both of us to come with him. He grabs two menus, walks around the corner and throws the two menus on the table and walks away. Never says anything to us. No big deal, they're busy, so he must be in a hurry. We sit down at the table and I immediately noticed a stench coming from our table. It's a very familiar smell - you know - the smell of wet clothes you accidently left in the washer...for a week. Who ever cleaned the table had used a old nasty table rag from dirty stinky water, contaminated from one table to another. So if they take so little care of the tables...something a customer can clearly see, imagine what kind of unsanitary conditions are in the back of the kitchen...a place you can't see. How clean is the prep table they're cooking? We promptly left and went back to Pho Grand where we had an awesome meal with great service. Don't go to Lemon Grass.