Lemongrass - Toronto

2018/04/28<br/ We had been to Lemongrass once before, several years ago, and we decided to visit again. We were in the neighbourhood at dinner time, and in the mood for something Asian. The restaurant was just under half full, so getting a table was not a problem. <br/ <br/ After looking over the menu for a couple of minutes, we decided to go with their Fixed Price menu, for $16.99 each. The meal comes with Organic Greens Mango Salad, Tri-Colour Rice, Thai Mini Veggie Spring Rolls, Soup (2 choices), and an Entrée (18 choices, with an extra $2 for 4 of the items). For 5 of the entrees, you could choose chicken or beef. So, lots of variety. <br/ <br/ SWBMO chose Thai Lemongrass Vegetable Soup and Thai Sesame Beef with Broccoli Stir Fry. The soup and salad were served together. The soup had a pleasant tang, and was topped with celery, carrots, mushrooms and corn. The salad was a small portion of greens, with fresh julienned mango. SWMBO can’t eat mango, so I got hers. <br/ <br/ Her main course came with the spring roll, but they substituted a different kind, rathe than the two mini veggie rolls, with a deep fried roll that had a light batter on the outside. Still veggie, but a different texture. The beef was tender and tasty, and the broccoli still had a good crunch. <br/ <br/ The Tri-Colour rice was an interesting scoop of white, brown, and wild rice. The different textures played well together, and it was visually appealing. <br/ <br/ My soup was the Vietnamese Chicken Wonton Soup. Three plump chicken wontons, in a savoury broth. The wrapper on the wonton was a bit overdone for my liking, but the taste was pleasant. My main dish was Thai Chili Cashew Eggplant and Tofu. A little bit of spice heat, and some crunch from a few cashews. For me the most interesting ingredient was the tofu, which they had fried to give it a touch of crispness on the outside. I liked the texture, since it gave some balance to the soft eggplant. <br/ <br/ Service was pleasant and polite. <br/ <br/

Continues to be one of the best Thai restaurants in town. Thai crispy beef is Our favorite along with the Thai Mango Salad. Cozy atmosphere with excellent service.

Quite good for the price. For the mango salad alone, I would go back again. My friend and I ordered the $18.95 price fixe dinner with soup, chicken satay, drunken garlic shrimp and pad thai with a tiny mango ice cream. The portions were large tasty. My wonton soup was mildly salty, but still good. I might attempt the lobster or crab special next time. Nice, clean and friendly wait staff.

Calm atmosphere, pleasant design. There were a number of great lunch specials for an affordable price. Fresh food, full flavours. We ordered a black bean pad thai which was spicy, beef was cooked perfectly and among other things the cold rolls were well made The service was good also.

Lemongrass has long been one of our go-to neighbourhood restaurants. It has a new staff these days but its quality and excellent service has not diminished. We are particularly fond of their garlic shrimp and their curries.