Lemongrass Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Livermore

I’d like to start by saying that the food here was good indeed. However there were major problems with the service and the ambience.

This was our first time here. Although we were courteous throughout our time, the waitress did not seem to be happy to serve us. She didn’t seem to like us asking her to replace the plates that were dirty. Every time she gave something to our table it was almost like she was throwing things onto our table rather than keeping them. Not sure why she did not seem to like us. She seemed nicer to other tables. This was obvious because of some behavioral changes like saying “thank you”, smiling and the way she kept things on the other tables.

She was chopping vegetables on one of the tables during service. So there was a constant noise of chopping throughout. Thought his was unprofessional at a restaurant like this.

Now, the last problem we had here was with flies. It has some serious fly infestation. We had to keep shooing the flies away while we ate. They have a fly trap set (attached a picture) however it’s not...

Thursday night dinner, party-of-5 adults, I had to drop everyone at the curb because the angle parking spots along both sides of First Street were filled. I eventually parked 2 blocks north in one of the last unmarked spaces in the gravel lot behind Stockman's Park, and walk between other business lots & buildings to get back to the restaurant. All that is offered just to inform future customers.

Lemongrass has a small sidewalk dining area that was full when we arrived, so we ate inside in a dining space that reminded me of a tavern (low ceiling, dark paneling, low light). The service was attentive but slow, with a steady stream of carryout orders being filled along with attention to other eat-in diners. The dishes we enjoyed were Crispy Spring Rolls, Chicken Satay, Tom Yum soup, Sweet & Sour Trout (Pla Sam Rod) and Special Prawn. The Pad Thai was average. Overall a good meal, and sitting outdoors would have...

Everything we ordered was tasty and the outdoor seating ambience was amazing. The only thing that was not too great was the waiters taking too long to address any request, maybe they were short staffed or maybe it was because it was almost closing time but we waited too long for every request.

Let's talk about the food we ordered: ❤️ Roti with green curry sauce - this was just amazing, definitely must try, perfectly crisp and soft bread with great green curry sauce 😃 Tofu Krob was interesting, it was very crispy as expected from its description, the sauce in which it comes is sweet. You should try if you are looking for something different than the regular spring rolls or pot stickers 😃 Pineapple fried rice was delicious except for the insane amount of raisins they put in it. I really liked it but the excessive raisins were annoying 😃 Red curry was rightly sweet and spicy. I loved that their curry was thick...