Lemongrass Cafe — Restaurant in Tumwater

Atmosphere is cozy, cute, our waiter was very nice and attentive. Food is tasteless, I honestly can't believe this is considered Thai food (or even fusion) I ordered Larb Gai, there was no mint/fish sauce or cilantro.. Some greens that I couldn't identify were in the chicken and cooked. The onions were cooked.. ? lol I didn't taste any rice powder.. You can't even call it larb gai at this point. The chicken had absolutely no flavor.. (5 stars for presentation tho, it looked legit) We drive past it everyday and always see it packed and now I can't figure out why, (It's mostly the employees cars....) maybe because who ever's going there has no idea what Thai food tastes like lol I ate 1/4 of it to be nice, took the rest home, added fish sauce and it was THE ONLY FLAVOR that was present... My mom (who was visiting from another state) ordered Pad Thai and spring rolls.. the sauce for the spring rolls was a dark brown bitter, almost burnt flavor and did nothing for the spring rolls but make them tastes worse. The Pad Thai was also flavorless, basically if you went to Walmart, bought a generic bottle of Pad Thai sauce and poured in on wide noodles. For the life of me, I can't understand why this place is packed every night, my honest opinion is that they make the food for people who have no taste buds and hate spices/flavor lol (maybe Olympia/Tumwater thinks cilantro tastes like soap and no eats it ?...

I’d like to start off with the employees being very professional and extremely kind which is the only reason I’m adding an extra star.

I did move the salad to the side so you could see the bottom and how small this salad is.

I was missing my mom’s cooking (she is Thai), and my favorite restaurant was extremely busy so I gave this place a chance. My friend had never had Thai before and I wanted her to try.

I ordered a mango salad to go for the both of us, we live 2 hrs away so I quickly left to go home. Not only was I disappointed but I am upset at the fact I spent $55+ a generous tip for this order. I would have just walked in handed the employees $55 and walked out without any food.

I was aware it was going to be spendy (at my fave place it is).

I know inflation is a thing, but this? Do you care about the customers that pay for food and services or do you simply just want their money and that’s it. King term customers are better than one timers.

Where is the mango? 5 pieces of what probably started off as frozen shrimp, really?

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Another gray day in Thurston county, so time for.. Thai food!

I stopped in here again about 1:30 pm, a great place for a good welcoming vibe, gastro flavor & fresh salad veggies, and a good hot soup.. Honestly one of the freshest salads I've had in a very long time..crisp veg's & greens, sweet mango, nice dressing and great salad bits. Could have used more prawns, & a little heavy on the onion imo, but i removed most of the acidic onions from the salad and added them to my steaming Tom Yum Talay soup. Loved it. 👍 The TYT soup was good..nice mixture of seafood, but i think the cook had an overly heavy hand with the rue mix or salt shaker (which l LOVE my salt). Just a bit overwhelming..I had also added coconut milk, which l love in my tasty Thai soups. Kafeir leaves, lemon grass, cilantro, galangal, etc..water glass filled consistently, nice waiter, very professional. I wish l could give 5 stars, but the over salted rue, mass onions on salad, & the price tag were a bit extreme. But...