2 /5 Jesse Yuan: I hate to be critical but I must and its partially my fault. I shouldve seen all the signs upon sitting down in an empty restaurant at 5:30pm on a Saturday afternoon.
I immediately had to use the wash room and the hallway floor to the bathroom is so greasy I almost fell. Secondly the bathroom is so dimly lit. You cant see within your own reach, perhaps invest in a lightbulb and lastly, the owner of the restaurant is standing by the kitchen entrance, which is a shared hallway into the bathroom, with a fly swatter, swatting at flies.
Now onto the food! Let me start its more Chinese on the menu than Thai. Our two entrees, first garlic chicken is really stir fried chicken with a bowl of rice and second entree is drunken noodle but its just ordinary beef cheung fun. Our spring roll appetizer was so unappealing, they’re simply put onto an oversized plate which immediately turn my appetite away. Lemon Leaf is really chinese food disguised as Thai dishes. Both dishes bland and my drunken noodle was more sweet than spicy as advertised.
The Zagat survey on the wall may have been true in 2009 but still hanging on the wall 14 years later doesnt represent the true taste and quality of a restaurant.
Bottom line is Im willing to give any restaurant a fair chance however, I would be hard pressed for a return visit. There are several authentic Thai restaurants around the area and much better overall experience for about same cost.
My reasoning for two stars solely based on my waitress doing all she could to mask the inadequacies of this dimly lit and patron less establishment.
