Lemongrass - Charlottesville

I’m not the type of person to write bad reviews for restaurants, especially locally owned restaurants that are obviously struggling due to short staffing problems during covid times. however i felt morally obligated to tell people to stay away from this place. i am sick to my stomach as i write this review and have been for hours after eating at this restaurant. i ordered curry and asked them to make it a 2 out of 5 hot level. after a friend and i waited over an hour for our food, i was initially served pad thai with meat in it (i’m vegetarian). my friend was not brought one of the dishes she ordered at all and we had to ask for it again. once i tried my curry, it seemed much spicier than what i ordered, but i was so hungry after waiting so long i ate it anyway. i didn’t want to say anything since the restaurant had customers standing all over the place, waiting for their orders, with only one server attending to the entire dining area. at one point another customer had been waiting so long he asked the server to just, “give him anything they had ready” because otherwise he would be late for his class at UVA and he was starving. not long after eating at this restaurant i became very sick and have been for hours with no end in sight. i'm sure i got food poisoning from here. please do not go to this restaurant, there are many better, safer options close by.

I’m not the type of person to write bad reviews for restaurants, especially locally owned restaurants that are obviously struggling due to short staffing problems during covid times. however i felt morally obligated to tell people to stay away from this place. i am sick to my stomach as i write this review and have been for hours after eating at this restaurant. i ordered curry and asked them to make it a 2 out of 5 hot level. after a friend and i waited over an hour for our food, i was initially served pad thai with meat in it (i’m vegetarian). my friend was not brought one of the dishes she ordered at all and we had to ask for it again. once i tried my curry, it seemed much spicier than what i ordered, but i was so hungry after waiting so long i ate it anyway. i didn’t want to say anything since the restaurant had customers standing all over the place, waiting for their orders, with only one server attending to the entire dining area. at one point another customer had been waiting so long he asked the server to just, “give him anything they had ready” because otherwise he would be late for his class at UVA and he was starving. not long after eating at this restaurant i became very sick and have been for hours with no end in sight. i'm sure i got food poisoning from here. please do not go to this restaurant, there are many better, safer options close by.

My family of 4 really enjoyed our lunch in the lemongrass today. as everywhere else, this place was occupied for a short time. but our server was so friendly, even if it was clearly exchanged with commands. (she was the only one on the floor) we have eaten many Thai food and sushi from many different restaurants throughout the country and this place was solid. sushi was fresh with good rice to other ingredient ratio. Thai entrees were well seasoned and tasteful. we ordered mildly for all entrees, as we have young children and had no problem with season.

More beautiful place if they want to eat a Japanese, but their friends want to eat Thai food. godzilla recommend rolling, ananas fried rice and lachsdonburi. I tried thai once and it was a little dry, maybe it's just a one-time thing.

The restaurant was perfect for lunch. friendly staff and good menu for tai or Japanese kitchen. prices affordable and great tasting eating. I would definitely return.