Lemon Grass - Ottawa, Ontario

I had friends visiting from Vancouver so I looked for a place where we could have conversations without competing with crowds or loud music. The Lemongrass was perfect! My only complaint was the lack of 0.0 % alcohol beer. But I can't fault the restaurant since many other places don't offer it ... either. Read more

Food is excellent and plentifully portioned, and service is friendly, although lacking in some of the natural attentiveness that I would attribute to seasoned wait staff. The ordering process was a little awkward, as they do not have paper menus, so we were directed to look on our phones ... for the menu via a QR code on the table. This involved getting the wi-fi password from the server for both our phones, as their server is password protected and we do not have data plans. My phone is not the first thing I want to be looking at on date night with my wife. Nonetheless, we enjoyed our time at this small Thai restaurant and the people were very pleasant. The Veg fried spring rolls (2 per order) were fresh and crispy, but did not burn our mouths; the lemongrass soup with coconut milk (chicken) was flavourful and hearty with a little heat that I hadn't expected in the broth. The yellow curry was very filling, and I took home leftovers for lunch the next day! Read more

Live in the area and have frequented Lemongrass for a few years but this place has taken a few steps back recently and is no longer worth the trip for a decent dinner. Service has become a negative: being sat at dirty tables or uneven tables with cardboard holding them ... up, the server eating at the counter while not taking customers orders for 20-30m, server not able to understand questions about menu changes or just not wanting to answer, serving pre-portioned items still in the plastic portion containers on top of a plate, rejecting customers 1.5h before closing, putting the chairs on tables an hour before closing with customers still waiting for their food, etc. It's always been a no frills type of restaurant (one of the previous servers wore sweat pants) and typically I would say that their food quality outweighs the poor service but today our food had raw/undercooked potato and the skin of an onion in it. Maybe they have new management or went through turnover of employees but this place is no longer worth going to, especially with other restaurants in the area willing to put some effort into your experience. Read more

Ordered seafood fried rice, salt and pepper shrimp and chicken satay. Fried rice and chicken was okay, not the best i’ve had but it’s edible. Do not order the salt and pepper shrimp, it is not salt and pepper shrimp at all, ours had a weird acidic taste to it ... that made it inedible and had to be thrown away. Not very happy about that as it costs 20$. Read more

My friend and I found this place through Google and thought we'd try it out. While I hadn't had Thai food before, I've tried many other Asian cuisines and was excited to try some since I have relocated from a very rural location that had NO Asian options. We arrived ... after a rainy walk, the side streets were packed on a Wednesday night so we had to walk two blocks for parking. The decor is nothing special, but it doesn't detract from the experience. We got the best seat in the house- a two seater table in front of the window (so we could watch dogs go by). We used our phones to bring up the menu as they have a QR code available on each table (unsure if they have paper copies or not) and we decided to order a couple things and split them between us. It didn't take long for the hostess to come over and take our order, being sure to clarify our order and the meat options we wanted, taking note of the spice level of each dish. Only 3 other tables had patrons, but many people came through the door to pick up take out. Our 3 dishes came out one at a time, and the hostess happily got us plates so we could share our dishes. The red curry was perfect in terms of flavour and temperature, to me at least, again, I've never had real Thai food unless you count the frozen items I've bought and reheated at home. We had tofu in it which was the only downside to this whole experience- I found it to be crispy on the outside, but hollow in the middle. My friend had no complaints about it. We got a side of Jasmine rice and crispy crunchy shrimp rolls and they were the perfect temperature. Lastly, our chicken pad Thai was superb. No complaints, we even thought the portion size was good for one person if that was all you ordered. I can't wait to go back with my husband and recommend it to other people! Read more