When looking for a new place to try I always try to scope out the menu before going. The menu at Ling & Louie's has some awesome looking items on it. When we first entered the restaurant there were no employees around to greet us. It was initially confusing on whether we had to seat ourselves or wait for a host/hostess. Finally someone walked up and greeted us and took us to our seats. The server was pleasant and explained the restaurant well. We ended up ordering the hand-wrapped potstickers, lettuce wraps, new wave pad thai, and miso soup. I also had a ginger-lime margarita and 22oz Ling's lager.
The food was EXTREMELY disappointing. The potstickers were by far the best of the items we ordered. The lettuce wraps (not the lettuce) and the pad thai tasted so strongly of GAS from the wok that it was very difficult to swallow. The pad thai was lacking flavor and spice and was just so overpowered by gas from the wok that any other flavors it may have had were unnoticeable. This goes for the lettuce wraps as well; the lettuce they use is fine, however the chicken mix they wok'd was so gassy tasting that my wife struggled to finish it as well. The miso soup was equally terrible as it was full of thin stringed seaweed. Miso soup should not have more seaweed than liquid. It was awful.
To top it off, I ordered my 22oz lager in hopes of having something to wash down the gas after-taste we were suffering through. I received my beer 16 MINUTES after ordering it, and the bar was NOT busy, as this was a Wednesday night. That to me is just unacceptable. Drinks should be the quickest and easiest thing to get customers.
This restaurant receives 2 stars for good potstickers, and a good margarita, subpar overall service, and lackluster food. If you like your wok'd food tasting primarily like GAS then this is the place for you! Just not for us..