We decided to come here to have viet food. Located in a mall with other restaurants, this place has some seating inside and plenty of parking outside. Decor reminds me of old school viet places. Food came out prettt quickly. Lamb curry with roti - the lamb is fairly tender, curry has good flavor, not spicy. The roti was the best part of this dish. Crispy yet light and with some chew, it was delicious to dip into the stew. House special beef Pho - not bad - would consider it good with decent beef flavor, lots of noodles and decent amount of beef. Beef flank pho - flavors are similar to the other pho but the beef flank is large yet tender. Stir fried udon - really good dish surprisingly. The noodles had a good chew - they were more like clear noodles with thickness of typical Udon noodle. Toppings were great too! Appetizer platter - delicious and hot and crunchy spring rolls. Some beef and chicken skewers with peanut sauce. Also has fish cakes and meat wrapped around sugar cane. Overall, pretty good place to go to for quick viet food. Recommend the udon noodles and roti if you want to deviate from the typical viet dishes. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Menu outside - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

The tom yum seafood soup noodle contains fishballs and imitation crab as "seafood". Not a single shrimp, squid, etc. It's comical and will never come back here. read more

Wow.... in the span of 2 weeks I had to drop the rating on this place. Not because the quality of the food decreased, but rather, because they've decided to downsize the portion of their curries. BY A LOT. Notice in this latest review I've posted a pic of the curry. The left container is the size of the curry that they used to serve up until 3 weeks ago. The right container is now the defacto new curry container size. They're serving you 1/3 less curry in the new containers but charging customers the same price. How is this ethical? I feel a responsibility to use this platform to call them out. Don't try to pull the wool over your customers eyes it will damage your business (not that me saying anything is gonna change anything; the last 2 times I came to grab curry for take-out, there hasn't been a single seat occupied in the resto). Something tells me this place won't be for long and that's why they're pulling this shrinkflation crap. read more

Green Lemon Grass - left: leftover curry container right: new curry container (with a 1/3 less capacity!!!!) - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

It is really hard for me to give out 1 star to any restaurant in general. It is because I certainly understand running a restaurant is not as easy as people might think. But the fact is that this used to be a good eatery from my past experience years ago. And sadly based on my most recent visit, I cannot recommend this anymore to my fellow Yelpers honestly. Chicken wings were burnt with no spice whatsoever. I was shocked and quite surprised there wasn't any ash smell/ taste from it. Avoid this at all costs. The spring roll was marginally better than their wings. It looked okay but it was far away from the authentic ones from real Vietnamese restaurants. The grilled pork chop rice was not too bad. At least we've got 1 good dish out of the 3 we ordered. Phew... No point to feedback the people who work there as 2 out of 3 dishes were badly cooked, particularly on those very iconic dishes from Viet places. Service was okay and the real problem was the food, not the people. Would not go back and not recommended. read more

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Their curry with naah bread taste really good That's what we usually order, I remember their pho was also great (ordered that before covid). read more

Green Lemon Grass - Menu - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Gem of a restaurant listed in a small mall called Richlane, unfortunately half the shops appear to be closed/out of business. Tuesday afternoon and the restaurant was full so I knew I made the right decision. Food portions are very generous. The beef satay noodles were excellent, peanutty & slightly spicy soup base, tender slices of beef with perfectly cooked noodles. Curry beef brisket was tender and abundant with a huge side of crispy roti, so much I needed to take half of it home to enjoy. Highly recommended if you're a beef satay aficionado. read more

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I came here for lunch. The place is located in a plaza with a few other eateries. The service was quick and everything I got was served hot. I got the house special pho and beef curry vermicelli. The soups were very tasty, but I think it is from msg as I was immediately thirsty after eating. I would come back here to eat, they have a wide variety of selection here and it is busy at certain times. read more

Pho and other Vietnamese dishes are common. This place has some rotis - Malaysian food is rarer! They used to do more types of stuffed roti pratas/canais (murtabak) but now they only do this for shrimp. And they have no more pork rotis! Curry beef was good. It tasted legit - like how Chinese-made Malay-style curry should. There was a lot of beef in it. The rotis (which come with curry) are huge portions. They are crispy, but on their own they are bland (blander than roti canai/prata should be). With the curries they are alright though. Shrimp roti (murtabak) was bland on its own like the normal rotis. It had egg as well as shrimp inside which was nice. It was pretty big., but not as huge as the plain rotis. Curry beef brisket noodles were decent. Basically noodles in a diluted version of the roti curry. Tom yum spicy beef noodle soup was ok. It was quite spicy & had an ok flavour. The noodles were huge bowls. read more

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An absolute hidden gem. Every time I stop by Markham, I always try to swing by here. The prices and portions are reasonable. You MUST get the curry beef brisket and naan bread combo and their crispy chicken wings. Unfortunately, I didn't get a photo of the wings because they were snagged so quickly! The curry beef brisket curry is Malaysian influenced and naan bread is plainer than your typical but paired together. I would skip the Vietnamese dishes. Service is kinda spotty. At peak lunch hours, the restaurant is crowded. So don't expect that much walkable space to navigate to the washroom. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Curry Beef Brisket - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Was waiting on a doctor's appt... and decided to walk around to see what to grab for lunch. Now there's only about 4 restaurants in this small mall. And it happens to be my fav cuisines : Korean, BBQ, Viet and Chinese. So we opted to try the viet restaurant because we saw the giant banner that was promoting their popular dishes which included a Satay Beef noodle dish and a Spicy Beef Noodle soup. I tried Satay beef noodles once and that was at the Train "Pho Xi Lua" on spadina and that soup was soooo thick/yummy... I was curious to know if this place was the same. So what is amazing about the two noodle soups, were the portions. The large can for sure serve 2-3 people easily. The verdict on the Satay Beef.... well let's just say its quite flavourful. The tastes is more curry based with peanuts. The broth was not as thick as Pho Xi Lua, but it did hit the spot. The noodles are the flat pho looking noodles. Was not that spicy at all. I saw the other table that ordered the curry beef with roti and it did look quite similar to the Satay beef lol The verdict for the spicy noodles...not that spicy as well. :( The noodles were the round ones that look like rice noodle spaghetti. The taste was average, felt like chilies paste with water as broth. Nothing too amazing. Overall was filling and big portions. The price is quite fair as well. Pretty surprised. read more

Green Lemon Grass - This one is the satay beef. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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This restaurant is located inside an enclosed mall and the stores/ restaurants here close early. So do not be surprised if you find this mall a bit deserted on weeknights. I came here after my friend gave us the recommendation. I had the pho special large. The soup broth is flavourful and noodles were good. The pho here isn't bad and I consider it to be one of the better ones in Markham. If you ever have a craving for pho. Check this place out! read more

Green Lemon Grass - Large spicy pho special (at the back) and medium pho special (front) - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Average quality and service. Not too bad but not outstanding. The environment is almost the same for over 10 years. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Inside - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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You will be really surprise how busy this place can be during lunch hour. They specialized in Vietnamese beef soup noodle and curry. I always order either the small size Tom Yum beef noodle soup or if I have 2 person then we will share a medium size. The broth is really favoured, not salty. Their small size is equal to a medium at other restaurants. Service is fast and prompt! And the price is great! BTW, no lunch special... is the same menu for the whole day... Please don't sit near the little opening where the wait staff pick up the food. You will have a view of the kitchen..(which I prefer not to see). CASH only! read more

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I really love the soup noodles here. My go-to favourite is the ox tail lemongrass soup noodles. The chicken and rice here is also delicious, and so are the curries. Very affordable restaurant, with a good mix of Vietnamese and Thai-style food. Service is curt, but quick. It is not a fancy place, but definitely good for a casual hangout, with great food at reasonable prices. read more

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2.8 /5 I frequented this place a lot but haven't been back for so long. I was told the quality and portions have declined but decided to see for myself. I went on a weeknight and right away I felt the business has declined it used to be pretty full even in the evenings I think we were 1.5 hrs before closing which was at 9pm we usually get the stir fried vermicelli with grilled chicken and a Pho but the kitchen said that they couldn't make it the stir fried just the regular, bummer. So all in all the portions are smaller but more important the taste was different my tastebuds were not satisfied, better and cleaner Viet placed around. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Tucked in Richlane Mall, this restaurant has been around for a while, serving adapted Malaysian / Viet / Thai dishes. The portions are big, but the price is not exactly cheap. A regular bowl of pho is served in huge bowls and its not uncommon to see a group of 2-3 with their tables full of plates. My dad remembered this place serves up decent malaysian curry. The portions are huge, but the sauce lacks some spices and depth and is a little runny. I was looking for some heathier options and the only 2 veggies dishes is yu choy in oyster sauce ($9) and stir fried green beans in balachan sauce ($15). Knowing the price of my veggies, I wouldn't pay $8 for a plate of blanched veggies. The stir fried green beans did not disappoint. The balachan toppings are crispy, delicious, and the dish comes with 8 large shrimps. Much better ingredients for the price. Also ordered the lemongrass meats (chicken and pork chop) ($12). Tastes amazing, and not expensive for the amount and quality of the meats. If you're trying to reduce carbs, consider getting this instead of the regular pho or the lemongrass meats served with rice. It is large enough to share with a small group. read more

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Just a few quick notes before the food part of the review. It's World Cup time and the servers were very preoccupied with trying to get the game on the tv. You have to ask for napkins. Compared to other Asian restaurants the service here IMO is slightly worse. They don't have a big restaurant but the service is slow so it makes it harder to overlook. I came here with my partner and her parents. My partner got the pig feet soup, which from my guess was their version of Bun Bo Hue. Obviously I couldn't tell because the menu is in English and Chinese and didn't obviously say Bun Bo Hue. I got the oxtail soup. First the "Bun Bo Hue" the soup was basically spiced water. The broth didn't retain any of the flavour of tomato that a traditional soup should have. But if we're saying it's not Bun Bo Hue the soup is still on the thin side as the flavour of spice is the only thing that you taste. My oxtail soup was significantly better. The flavour of the spicy blends well with the lemon grass and creates a more complex and pleasing flavours. The oxtail is tough but is sliced thin so that you're not trying to gnaw on a huge tough piece of meat. My overall impression is that the food is decent but not anything that's going to impress you or make you come back unless it's convenient. We got other food like spring rolls and chicken wings as well but I feel like the contrast between my partners and my noodle dish highlights the inconsistencies of the restaurant. Unfortunately this restaurant's food would not bring me back and the service is what it is. read more

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Originally I was going to try Dickens cafe however they were only offering a set menu for Christmas dinner and I didn't feel like eating their set menu and therefore stumbled upon this place which had no lineups. My favourite dish was the beef brisket curry with roti and lets just say they don't skimpmout on the meat at all. The brisket was delicious and love the roti as well. Price wise it was in the higher end but I would say the portion size is good for two three people for $14.99. Another dish I got to try and really enjoyed was the Vietnamese style laksa which had egg and vermicelli noodles. The flavour was delicious and I really enjoyed this dish so no complaints. If I ever come back I would def try the pho dishes. read more

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My new go-to spot for satay beef noodle soup! DECOR: 3/5 Located inside of Richlane mall, you would probably miss this spot if someone didn't point it out. The restaurant is small and the windows are actually just open facing the inner corridor of this mall building. The place is clean but it's nothing memorable. FOOD: 5/5 Take my opinion with a grain of salt because 1. I am not Vietnamese, so I cannot judge what good vs bad Vietnamese food is, and 2. I came here to eat the satay beef noodle soup, which is a chinese variation of a Vietnamese pho. But yes, their satay beef noodle soup is delicious. If you like a little spice, crushed peanuts, satay sauce, and pho noodles, you will love this dish. It's $9.50 for a small bowl, which is PLENTY. I had to pack over half of my bowl to go (which unfortunately costs 50 cents for a takeout container). SERVICE: 3/5 Service was standard for local restaurants in the area. The servers all speak Cantonese, and so do most of their customers. There's a 50 cent charge for takeout containers (that they don't tell you about when you ask for it), and they only accept cash and debit. We came at 4PM so the restaurant was pretty quiet so our food came very quickly. I'll keep coming here for the DELICIOUS satay but if you're looking for authentic pho, try somewhere else. read more

Went here for a quick dinner. This place is actually always packed whenever I pass by it so I assume the pho must be good. I wasn't really feeling for pho so I got the Laksa Noodle Soup. I have never tried Laksa Noodles before so this was my first and not gonna lie, it's not too bad. Would I get it again? Maybe not. It's essentially just like a curry broth with a few shrimps & vietnamese sausage slices and two different kinds of noodles; some sort of thick egg noodle and vermicelli? Taste is not bad. I'm not really a fan of curry anymore so when I first put it in my mouth I was like aww...bummer. Noodles were fine; they were cooked just right. The shrimps and sausages were...questionable. Not a huge fan of them...(I LOVE BOTH SO YOU KNOW ITS SAD AF) Place is a little dirty looking LOOL SORRY BUT everything looks bleh. Our table was covered with water stains and other oily liquids. And the placement of one of the tables is like wtf? It's literally next to the hole where they bring out the food...like what if your hands slipped and it spilled on the customer? :/ read more

Green Lemon Grass - meh - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

My friends eat out a fair bit. Some might even say too much. So when it comes to reliable choices for post gym, hearty, heart warming food, I feel plenty comfortable blindly following them anywhere. Yesterday, that meant a quick lunch stop at Green Lemon Grass. Green Lemon Grass is a small South East Asian restaurant located in a building within which there there are several other restaurants. We went on a holiday afternoon, and were lucky enough to nab the last couple of available seats. I doubt making reservations here is an option, but that being said, I doubt that you would have to wait too long if you stop by. Hopefully they serve plenty of other good stuff, but we went purely for the curry. I couldn't tell you what the specific name is of the dish that I had, but it was probably something like pork roti with curry. The dish is pretty simple. You'll be served a warm curry with relatively no spicy heat, (which isn't a bad thing), and a several pieces of roti that sandwich pork bits, and what I assume is some sort of egg mixture. On on top of being simple in composition, the dish is relatively simple flavour wise. But don't get me wrong; simple flavours done well are often all you need for a filling meal. For under $9, you'll enjoy the freshly baked roti, and a curry recipe that they obviously have confidence in, since all the other curry dishes on the table had the same base. Upon leaving, I was plenty satisfied. Aside from wanting some more elbow room and access to the restaurant's bathroom instead of the one down the hall, I can't complain. The food certainly won't knock your socks off, but you'll be happy. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Curry and Pork Roti (Murtabak) - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

When I am craving vietnamese food, I think of this restaurant...but every time I come here I am DISAPPOINTED. Their curry and soup bases are very flavourful and tasty (and I guess that's what keeps drawing me back to them)...but every time I come here their BEEF is IMPOSSIBLE to chew. This time was the absolute worse. None of us could even BITE into the beef. It was like chewing rubber. We ordered the pho and the curry noodles which both had beef slices in them -- NONE of the slices were consumed. It SUCKED. When we told the waitress about this, she said "oh"...then walked away. She later came back and offered chicken but we declined -- we've become skeptical of the quality of their meats. We also ordered their curry minced beef roti. It looked quite tasty but the roti (which was supposed to have minced beef in it) had mostly eggs and a pinch of beef. It was weird....I was expecting to dip my roti in curry but it ended up tasting/feeling like dipping scrambled egg in curry. I really don't want to come back here anymore (But this is not a promise). Their soups/curries are good but everything else sucks....my tastebuds feel conflicted! read more

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Giving this place a 3 star at best and I think I'm being quite reasonable. Space is quite large and can fit a good amount of people. It is found inside a mall-like building where there are other restaurants nearby/beside/across from them. What kind of bothered me was that either the waitress or dishwasher that kept coming in and out of the kitchen area kept running into my chair so I'd always get a bump. Happened a few times until I was fed up and shifted my chair inwards. First of all, customer service, apologize cuz you are disturbing your customer. But wait, guess some people don't care about that? Secondly, BE AWARE of your surroundings? How many times do you need to bump into something before knowing it's there? Hello? Service was good for an asian restaurant. No check ups like you would get at a western place but they came promptly when we flagged them down. They also weren't too busy unlike the korean place Han Mi Jeong that was packed full of people at around 8pm...so this could be a factor. On to the food. My mom ordered the House Special Beef Rice Noodle Soup and I got the Laksa Noodle Soup. We decided to also try out this Belachan Shrimp w/ Green Beans dish. For our noodle soups, way more noodles than there were toppings. Disappointing. I don't want a carb overload, there are places that give the right amount of each if not match the amount of noodles to toppings. I expect there to be more toppings especially if I ordered a large. Not just more noodles and skimp out with a few pieces of meat. By few i mean, give or take, 5 half slices of that meat in a large bowl (referring to the Laksa)...the Belachan Shrimp w/ Green Beans to me was a rip off for a lack of better words. A whopping $15 PLUS TAX for nothing so special with the shrimp (like any other asian dish w/ shrimp found). Sure it's seafood and sure maybe it was cooked in Malaysian style but this dish I thought could be cheaper. The flavours weren't bad, a bit salty but nothing spectacular. Honestly the 2 notable things worth mentioning from the food was 1) The broth for the House Special Beef Noodle soup was flavourful and not oily. 2) the Laksa Noodle Soup had 2 different kinds of noodles in it, egg noodles and rice/vermicelli noodles. I don't even know if that's supposed to be the style but I assume so. Overall my experience wasn't bad enough that I won't give the place another shot. I will, just when I feel like it (probably try their rice dish). There's plenty of other pho places I can go to where I would get my money's worth and enjoy my time. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Belachan Shrimp w/ Green Beans - NOT worth the whopping $15! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Located in the Richlane Plaza, Green Lemon Grass serves mostly Vietnamese, Thai and other South East Asian dishes. The menu is actually quite extensive and covers a variety of dishes from noodles, rice, curries amongst others. I ended up getting the large Pho special which was the sliced rare and well done beef, tripe, tendon and meat balls. The broth was good and flavourful but didn't really stand out. The tendon was underdone and a bit too chewy for my taste. Some of the other dishes that people ordered looked pretty good so wouldn't mind trying them out next time. It does get busy during lunch and dinner time but food comes out fast so turnover is high. A pretty good option if you are in the area. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Large Pho Special about $10 - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Shortly after I received my order of Shredded Chicken with Sausage Pho Noodle in Soup, the same server came back to inform us that they didn't have enough fresh pho noodles to cook for my mom's portion of pho and asked if she wanted to vermicelli instead. Um, vermicelli is not the same type of noodles as pho at all and curry would have been ideal with pho so that it could soak up the sauciness... So, no, of course my mom didn't want vermicelli with the curry chicken. The server asked if she wanted the dry pho noodles and since my mom doesn't like the taste of dry pho (fresh pho tastes better for her), she decided to forgo the order entirely. Anyway, my order of Shredded Chicken with Sausage Pho Noodle in Soup was so-so. First, I liked that the broth was tasty and steaming hot. Hot pho soup broth is so important. The shredded chicken were tender. The pho noodles were decent. However, the Vietnamese sausage was cut too thick and didn't taste good at all. I have fond memories of eating Vietnamese sausage in soup noodles that are almost always delicious. This one was really disappointing based on it being so thick and kind of flavourless. read more

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This is our go to place for pho mainly because it's so close to where we live. This place can get packed especially during the dinner rush and Sunday afternoons so try to go around these hours if you want to avoid crowds. That being said service is usually pretty prompt. Food is normally what you would expect of any pho place, I enjoy the vermicelli mainly because they always have good spring rolls, my wife likes the laksa noodles. Portions are good enough to fill you up. So if you're looking for someplace quick with decent vietnamese food this is the place to go read more

Green Lemon Grass - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

I found this restaurant on Yelp and the photos convinced me to bring my family here. We were very pleased with the food and would go back again and watch out as the portions are very big! We ordered: -satay beef noodle soup: very savoury, lots of beef slices very tender and fresh, lots of peanuts. -beef curry with roti: a few potato cubes and the entire bowl was filled with lots of beef. Do watch out though as some of the thicker pieces of beef were not fully cooked where it was real pink and I could t eat it while being pregnant. Flavour was very authentic curry. -chicken and beef satay skewers: chicken very tender, beef cooked to medium so again I wasn't able to eat it while being pregnant but both were flavourful with hint of curry/satay. -pineapple fried rice: my husband loves to order this dish wherever he goes and he was very happy with it. There were bits of peanuts, shrimps, chicken and flavourful. Definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking to have Vietnamese food and has a big appetite as their portions are so huge. read more

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Been here a handful of times but the quality has definitely gone down. Came here during the blazing humid long weekend and it felt like a sauna in there ... left me with no appetite to even eat. When i arrived i noticed a crawling insect (not an ant or a fly) that was running across the table... i told the waitress and she took a napkin to try to kill it. I honestly think the bug ran off fast enough and her reaction didnt seem like she caught it.. but when i asked her if she caught it she said yes (i tried to look at the napkin in her hand to see if she caught it...). I could be wrong but i feel like she just lied so she can go on with the rest of her duties... my girlfriends and i just moved to another table. Their large pho has very minimal meat and small portion of noodles compared to before. Their curry beef brisket and roti is delicious but with all those other factors in mind i wont be back. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

This place was recently renovated, but it's still casual and small. Service was fast and courteous. The food was delicious. I really enjoyed their roti and curries that come in large bowls. We ordered: Belachan Shrimp and Green Beans (soft, well cooked, tasty) Spring Rolls (yum!) Roti Canai (a little more oily than I like, but it's Roti!) Curry Minced Chicken Roti (tasty, spicier than the other curry dish we ordered) Malaysian Curry Beef Brisket (very tasty) BBQ Chicken and Spring Roll Vermicelli (I'm not usually a vermicelli fan, but this was tasty mixed with the curry) We came here on a Wednesday night with a group of 4 and there was no wait. We'll definitely come back. read more

Third visit, that says something, and it keeps getting better. Only thing is they only take debit or cash, so be prepared. BUT also be braced for big flavour. While it comes across as a Vietnamese pho joint, you really do want to venture beyond that section of the menu. I went with my best friend at 5:20-ish for dinner, and there was hardly anyone in the usually bustling little restaurant. Hence, the server seemed to be in a better mood. We ordered the small satay beef pho ($7.50) and the curry beef brisket with roti ($12.95), both to share. The satay beef pho arrived within 5 minutes of us placing the order. When it arrived, we knew we were going to have to spend the $0.50 for take-out containers. The portion size could hardly be considered "small", it was definitely a mammoth compared to any bowl I've ever seen. The satay pho was nothing I've ever imagined. The soup stock was richly layered in terms of flavor and texture. The warm spice that wafts up with the steam, then the milky sweetness of coconut, then a mild tang of pineapples are but some of the flavours I most appreciated. The soup was also creamy from coconut milk and had surprising pieces of chopped roasted peanuts here and there. All these make the super tender slices of beef and pho themselves nearly sidekicks. Then, halfway through our pho, the brisket curry and roti arrived. Both smelled amazing (though it also made it clear that I will be washing my scarf as soon as I got home). You know how most places try to rip you off by giving you a bunch of potatoes and two itty bitty chunks of meat? Well, this was not "most places". There was enough of that perfectly cooked, not-yet-disintegrating brisket drowned in an abundance of liquid gold - the curry gravy. And thattipsti...oh boy that pillow of fluffy, crispy, doughy, buttery roti. Words can't describe it, you need to have that roti, tear it with your very fingers, dunk it in the curry sauce, and send it straight in your salivating mouth. I packed most of the curry as leftovers (yeah, we tried to finish, but obviously failed by a pretty wide margin). Including tips, our dinner came to $25 flat. Come again? Do you even need to ask? read more

Green Lemon Grass - Satay beef pho (small) $7.50: not a very popular item, but definitely deserving of more attention. - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Came here on a Monday lunch and this place was packed! Waited around 10 mins for a table. Special beef pho noodles - Beef is very high quality, unlike other vietnamese restaurants. However, the broth has a lot of msg. The noodle portion is around average. Satay beef pho noodles - This tastes just like curry on top of the noodles, nothing special. The type of noodles used in this is the thicker rice noodles. More noodles than the one above. Pad thai - This should be called tomato fried pho noodles. Much like the one at congee queen, but sweeter. The ingredients used are descent quality, but authentic pad thai should not be cooked with tomato sauce. Overall 2/5 stars. Quality is good, but the taste is not the best. Not very authentic vietnamese food. read more

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I was not going to post this review, but I noticed that other people had also noticed this so I decided maybe it's time for Green Lemon Grass to step up and fix a few things about their restaurant. When I arrived with my friend, I was very excited to eat because their pho is actually very good. However, when we were (finally) seated, there was an insect (with wings - kind of like a yellow grasshopper) that flew up onto the table. I hate and fear insects, so out of instinct I pushed myself quickly back from the table. A waitress came over and smacked the bug with a napkin and asked if we wanted to sit somewhere else lol. I will never go back there again. read more

Food 2.5 stars. Services plus portion +0.5 star. Overall 3 stars. Average soup noodles, insane portion is the synopsis. We ordered 2 small noodles. The portion was close to the medium sized bowl of other Vietnamese noodle places. Together they could feed 3 people. The broth of the Shredded Chicken Rice Noodle Soup was clear, and bland. The Spicy Beef Rice Noodle Soup was not spicy whatsoever. I added chili sauce. The services was considerate and effective. We ordered a Stirred Fried Chinese Broccoli with Salted Fish. We asked to substitute Chinese broccoli with Chinese green, since the broccoli was too tough for my mom to chew. Not only there was no issue, the waitress voluntarily suggested to instruct the kitchen to make the Chinese green extra soft. read more

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Great tasting curry here, and good portions. There's quite a lot of gravy as well to soak up all the rice. Good stuff. My wife ordered Thai style pho, which was pretty decent. Its huge as well... medium is more than enough for one person. I was going to give 4 stars, except they charge 50c for takeout containers!! Never seen that before. Cash/ debit only read more

Overall 3.5 stars. We came here for dinner with family. This place gets really busy during dinner rush; had to wait a while for a table. We ordered a number of dishes to share. Portions were large. - Curry beef brisket roti: this was one of the fav dishes of the night, even my little nieces loved it. Roti was nice and fluffy and not overly greasy; we had to order a second roti. The curry was a bit too salty for my liking, but everyone else liked it. - Spicy beef rice noodles (Bun Bo Hue). This is a popular Viet noodle soup. I am Viet and found that the noodle wasn't quite authentic. I wouldn't get this again. - Beef satay noodle soup; beef satay served with soft Pho noodles and peanut. I enjoyed this, very flavourful and I loved the Pho noodles. The small size is quite large. - Pad Thai: comes with shrimps and chicken; decent portion. It was just alright, not bad but not amazing. Very average pad Thai. - Pineapple fried rice, comes with shrimps and little chunks of grilled lemon grass flavoured chicken. Fried rice was quite tasty but the little chunks of pineapple could have blended in a little better. We did enjoy this dish. Overall, decent food, large portion, affordable prices, service is typical asian standard (which means don't expect much service). I would come back read more

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Located by Leslie and 16th, this place wasn't too hard to find. The restaurant is inside a little chinese plaza. I really liked how the restaurant was open concept. There were no windows or pillars that blocked the outside view of the plaza. The only issue I have with that is people that are walking the plaza can watch you eat. The food was good, but nothing to rave about. The soup in my Pho tasted like the pre-made soup cubes that you can find in chinese supermarkets. I wasn't expecting much, as this is my second time coming here. My coworkers got the lemon grass chicken with rice. Like the Pho, it was nothing to rave about. The chicken tasted bland, even with the fish sauce added. There wasn't enough garlic in both the chicken or the sauce, so that was a disappointment. But the food certainly LOOKED good! :) Service was.. sub par, but passable. Lady was extremely friendly, which is why I gave 3 stars instead of two. Don't take up my review and not try this place, though. There is definitely potential in their other foods, so make sure you try other dishes too. I come here bc it's a minute away from work, when I don't feel like driving. If I had a choice, I'd go to Kim Bo on hwy 7/leslie or Vic Hong on Bayview and major mac. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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This place might not be the most authentic Vietnamese food you'll taste, but food quality and service is pretty good for the price you pay. Portions are always generous, service is quick. My favorite is the noodles with Tom Yum soup base. It's tangy, with the perfect amount of tartness. I recommend Green Lemon Grass if you're looking for a quick meal that'll fill you up. read more

Place is very busy during lunch and dinner but it's a quick service so not really like you need to wait forever. The food was average. I enjoyed the curry dishes but mostly i look forward to eating bun at Viet places (vermicelli and veggies with random meat toppings to choose from). This place didn't really fulfill my expectations of the noodles dishes. I ordered the chicken dish which should have a skewered meat and they gave me twice the grilled chicken and just told me they forgot the skewer so here's the chicken... But other tables were getting their skewers after... Made no sense.. the food tasted average, though their fish sauce was delicious and I'm a huge fish sauce fan :) It was really messy there and the sauce holders were all covered in caked on spills which just really makes you not want to use it.. they seated us right next to the food window thing which was extremely annoying cause they just kept brushing right next to me with all these hot dishes. They really should not seat people there. Plus they kept screaming at each other through the window. Honestly no real desire to come back. I've had better Viet in Markham at better prices. read more

Bad food, even worse service. Ordered hainan chicken, with rice, it's served on regular white rice. Never coming back

When we walked in, we have to seat ourselves. There are only 2 server during busy lunch hours, took a while for a server to come and take orders for us. We ordered house special noodles and pork/chicken rice, the rice dish was flavorful but the rice is bit dry. They have us a wrong noodles soup, when we asked the server, she apologized and brought another bowl of soup with all the items on the house special. read more

Green Lemon Grass - Asian Fusion Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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