(412) 765-2222
124 6TH St
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
40.4434
-80.0026
Neighborhood: Downtown (Central Business District)
What People Are Saying About Lemon Grass Cafe
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The Scene – This venue is a bit more upscale, with a large wall of windows facing Sixth Street. The tables are slightly farther apart, the chairs are more comfortable and there's no line at lunch. All this for about $1 more per diner. – – The Food – The food is a combination of Chinese and Cambodian, with an accent on curries and lemongrass. At both lunch and dinner, meals come with a cup of soup and a spring roll. Unusual dishes are available too, including spicy mussels with ginger root, Cambodian basil leaves, hot pepper flakes and a light oyster sauce.…
10/15/09
Go only if you want to eat food with bugs and get insulted
by PGHCityFan
I just wanted to share a very uncommon experience that myself and my friends had at Lemongrass café in Pittsburgh downtown on Sixth Avenue. We went for a normal work day lunch to this place and order our favorite Red Curry and White Rice. The server brings the order in a little moment with a dead bug clearly visible in the white rice. I immediately brought it to the waiter’s (the shaven head fellow) attention and mentioned that there’s a bug in the rice, you can even see the legs of the bugs where he very arrogantly said, “You are not seeing right. It’s Brown Rice.” I mentioned, if so, let me take a picture of your brown rice in white rice. He told me to zoom right to get a better view. In few seconds, before I unlock my cell phone to take the picture, he came yelling and picked up the rice, went inside and brought a new plate after a couple of minutes. As he was bringing the new plate from kitchen, he screamed in the middle of the crowded restaurant, “Make sure he doesn’t have anything before you eat this time, OK?” Feeling insulted, we finish our food, pay and walk out. There was not even one word of apology used by this guy.
After a week, today, three of us again to the café today, putting the past behind. Today other guy with long side burns was our server and the guy from last week is there at the counter. We were not sure about his vendetta until he visited only our table a couple of times and asked if everything is okay. While we went to pay for our food, as we asked him to pay separately for our food, we again got the extremely irritating looks. By this time, we were absolutely sure that he has some hidden agenda. I was to pay $9.43. Seeing the same guy with the same anger and revenge, I made the receipt as $10.00. That’s where he started. “Can you tell me what was wrong with your service today?” I said things were okay today. His screaming continues, “In United States you have to pay 15% of gratuity.” I told him in United States, you also should be apologetic about your mistakes and behave with customers with decency. Before I finish this sentence, the second guy started screaming from other corner of the restaurant which sounded something like, “You don’t work here…. You don’t work here”, which didn’t make any real sense to me. By the time this exercise took place, every single guest from every single table in the restaurant was staring at me and my friends. That’s where I just concluded the conversation and walked out…
I am also going to report the same to FDA and to the owner of the restaurant who also owns another Thai Restaurant on GreenTree Road. Till then, readers please be aware!!!
- Pros: No Pros over Cons
- Cons: Horrible Waiters, Bug in Food
08/22/09
Service so terrible, we walked out
by Casino137
We waited about 15 minutes for them to bring us a menu. It didn't come so we went and grabbed one from the host station. While we sat waiting for our waitress to come and take our order a man showed up, and was seated. Then two ladies came together, and were seated. They all received menus shortly after their arrival. We continued to wait for her to come and take our order. The restaurant had many empty tables and did not appear to be busy, this was after 1 pm, surely after the lunch rush. There was only one waitress and she moved quite slowly. As if taking a stroll (this is not an exaggeration)!
As we continued to wait, she went and took the aforementioned man's order. Then she went over to the two aforementioned ladies' table and started taking their order. By this point we'd probably been there about twenty five minutes. Feeling completely ignored, we decided that they didn't want our business so we left. I hate to use the race card but we are a mixed couple and we had a baby with us. THe prior mentioned patrons were white. Either we were discriminated for being biracial or they don't like babies! Our son was asleep in the stroller and causing no distraction or nuisance. So, go figure!
Special note regarding bad service for those who say the food is good, but the service is bad (as if you should overlook the service): If they have disregard for you as a patron, there's no telling how far that disregard goes. For example, if food drops on the ground in the kitchen, for all you know they're serving it to you anyway.
- Pros: Located next to nice Greek restaurant
08/04/09
Great Before Theater Dinner
by PghDragonMan
Try someplace else if you are looking for old familiars like General Tso Chicken. The menu here is heavier on Thai, Viet Namese, Cambodian and other Souteast Asian dishes. I've passed it by on previous visits to the area and finally decided to give them a try.
One nice feature is how the menu is presented: There is a basic description of the item, then the pricing as a vegetarian dish, with seafood or meat. Makes selection easy if you are non-meat eater or prefer certain seafoods over others.
Service was good, the food was fresh and the prices were in line with the area and atmosphere. Highly suggested for something a little different.
- Pros: Well Seasoned Without Being Overly Hot
- Cons: Not To Everyone's Taste
The Details on Lemon Grass Cafe
For Your Sweet Tooth:
Desserts are available, all authentic Cambodian, except for the incongruous Haagen-Dazs ice cream.
One of Pittsburgh's Best:
Tired of American food? Eat here to shock your dulled taste buds.
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Smoking Permitted:
Yes
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