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| - I had my first experience at Lemon Grass just a few days ago, and I have to say that I wasn't all that impressed. My boyfriend, his roommate and I decided to head out for a few drinks and food and we ended up here. We sat out on the patio, which was really cute and cozy (I actually preferred it to the seating inside - plus it was much quieter outside). They instantly gravitated towards the drink menu - let's put it this way: after ordering one, they stuck to beer for the duration of the meal. I had the fool proof, safe vodka soda, which somehow managed to turn out wrong (I'm not really even sure what it was to be honest).
We ordered our food - appetizers were toong tong, which was really just a drier version of crab rangoon and I had the lemon grass soup, which it just their version on tom yum soup. Well, I would really suggest neither. The toong tong didn't have any good flavor and my soup was overpowered by the taste of shrimp (if you want good tom yum, head to tree country!). For entrees the roommate and I both had pad thai, two different versions, that were both very good. I wasn't blown away, but it was a vast improvement from the appetizers we just ate. My bf ordered some kind of sampler platter with a summer salad, ribs, and chicken wings. The meat was good (wings were really crispy and great), but the salad he (and I) could have totally passed on.
I really wanted to give this place 2.5 stars, but the pad thai made up for it ever so slightly, bumping my overall rating to 3. If you're looking for great Asian food there are PLENTY of other places around here with a better selection at better prices.
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