The food is excellent The portions a perfect And the service is great! John is a great server!! read more

We had the house special pho, hue spicy beef noodle soup and fried chicken wings. Both noodle soups were bland and catered to the western palate. The house special pho didn't have tripe, tendon and brisket. The chicken wings were flavourless the dipping sauce made it worst. The food wasn't terrible but if you are looking for an authentic Vietnamese food experience this is not it. read more

This is quite disappointing of a Asian joint in Kamloops - especially as there is such good Japanese and Korean restaurants locally. I came for Sunday Lunch and the COVID-19 protocols were standard. The service was fine, they came with the menu, filled my water and took my order. The main issue is really the food. I ordered the Laksa, which ended up being their watered down yellow curry sauce as a broth! The noodles was also the instant vermicelli variety. A laksa really should have thicker rice noodle. Overall, just not good Asian food and won't come back. read more

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This was a good spot for pho in Kamloops. There was another spot I was curious to try, the place with the doughnuts, but it was closed. Happy to have ended up at Lemongrass. A friend in the area recommended the Laksa, but I stuck with the pho. read more

We are going to Vancouver and stopped at Kamloops. We searched Pho. First comment appeared on Google review is best pho in Canada since travelled to Vietnam Compare to many pho in Montreal. I'd give 3/5 stars. The soup is good with a bit of ginger. A different taste never tried before. Good portion of meat. We also ordered a plate of stir fried egg noodle with beef. Taste is ok. We asked if we can have it spicier. It's sweeter than ever :/ read more

Very slow service and we didn't get served. People came after us got the order and food before us and they almost done eating, then we got to order. Even we kept asking but they said yes and walked by and did their things. The funny thing is when we got our pho, we don't get the veggie and had to keep asking and waiting, the worst is you get additional charge for asking for more fish sauce to eat the rice dish. 1st time in my life getting charged for asking extra fish sauce. Bad bad service and food is not even good. read more

I'm from Vancouver, so maybe I'm bias because we have an amazing variety of Vietnamese food in the city. But, this is the most bland Pho I have ever had. Barely any onions, and was only provided with a single basil leaf. The bean sprouts were also very sad. I actually ended up getting Pho as soon as I got back to Vancouver because my craving wasn't quite met. read more

My review is based on my Vietnamese cuisine experiences from Vancouver. Ambiance & Decor: Very simple decor. One is really here to eat the food, not the to bring one's date... Menu: Missing some traditional dishes that I love...and why the heck is there laksa and curry in the menu? I was at one point questioning whether I have gone into a fusion-type restaurant... Customer service: all the servers were good except the blonde. She said us down and gave us the menu and never came back with water or for our order. When we finally flagged her down, she looked a bit distraught and said "I have to get a pen and paper." By then we flagged another server who took our orders, and promptly provided us with some water. Kitchen service: We ordered #38 (Three Colour Bowl) and a small #27 (House Special Pho) at 7:34pm (Friday). The #38 arrived at 7:46pm and #27 arrived at 7:53pm. Taste: Not too bad. 80% comparable to Vancouver. #38 is lacking in peanuts and some cilantro though. Spring roll is nice and flavourful, the meat is nicely marinated, and the bean sprouts are fresh. The noodles are a bit overcooked, as they were too starchy and they were sticking together in a lump. #27 came with bean sprouts and a wedge of lime, but no basil. Portion: Both dishes are small. I don't have a big appetite already and #38 barely filled me up. The small #27 is, yes, small. Price: #38 costs $11, while a SMALL #27 sets one back at $9. Compared to Vancouver this place is way over priced for the portion that we received. Compared to Kamloops, this place is quite good and prices are comparable to other local fares. Overall, will I go back again? Yes if I am in Kamloops and I have a Vietnamese cuisine craving. No if I can wait until my next Vancouver trip. read more

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Sometimes, reading other reviews, I feel like I've been to a totally different restaurant than everyone else. Having spend most of the past 10 years travelling and living around the Asian Pacific Rim, I feel I have a pretty good idea of what makes good food, even if I'm not that fussed about so-called "authenticity." Here's what I can say, subjectively, about this restaurant: It's making staying in Kamloops a much more bearable experience, in culinary terms. Their signature lemongrass dish is absolutely scrumptious, and the five or six times my partner and I have ordered it, it's never come out as anything except delicious. Another item of note is their agedashi tofu: Normally this is a Japanese dish, served in a light broth with grated daikon and scallions, but Lemongrass's uses a rich, complex broth with strong pepper and anise flavors. If you're going to have an appetizer, make it this one. I also like their pho well enough, but (at the risk of editorializing) all pho ever is is a type of noodle soup, in the same grand category as ramen or even chicken noodle soup. Us North Americans seem to go through phrases where we get super-obsessed with a standard dish from another country and try to invent all these layers of authentic excellence... but soup's soup, and theirs checks the boxes for a filling, warming, comforting noodle dish. Plus, there's meat enough in there for my liking, at any rate. Also, friendly service and relaxed atmosphere, so there's that, too. read more

Ordered Lemongrass for pickup tonight for dinner and wow! Soooo good. My husband had the beef stir fry with crispy egg noodles and I had the special combination vermicelli. It was fantastic and tasty. Good portions and cooked perfectly. Absolutely recommend checking them out. read more

Considering there's really no other place to eat pho in kamloops except for 1 other restaurant I guess beggers can't be choosers. The taste is pretty authentic but one might question if this is an authentic Vietnamese restaurant why are they serving Laksa noodles?? (which by the way looks and tastes just like the instant packaged noodles you can buy for 2 dollars) The portions are very small for the price they charge in comparison to Vancouver (and I am by no means a big eater). And don't even bother ordering their bubble tea because it's the powder crap. read more

Positive: Food was good. Open later on Sundays than most other places in Kamloops. Negative: Salad Rolls have too much lettuce and not enough cilantro in them (I'm Cambodian and know my Salad Rolls okaaaay). Biggest reason for two-stars is that I've never waited 45 mins for a bowl of Pho before. Have been to countless Viet restaurants all over Canada/US and even in the busiest of places, Pho shouldn't take longer than 10-15 mins to serve. This wait time for a bowl of Pho is a first for me. I think if you go during non-busy hours, you might be okay but I've had other friends wait up to an hour before which is actually insane. Conclusion: Good place for Viet food but avoid going during busy hours. read more

Still thinking about this lemon grass chicken that I had , chicken was very flavourful and everything tasted very good.

Just discovered this place, wow, I had the taksa soup, it was super delicious, yummm! Brining the seafood rice noodle soup home :)) read more

Good food ! Hue soup was very good (spice) Drive from Banff and on the way to Vancouver to much fast food. We are looking for vietnamiens food. So happy to find this place. Thank you YELps read more

Where I go to get my seafood pho fix in kamloops. I think it's the best pho in kamloops but it's not the greatest pho. Also their Vietnamese coffee is not like any other pho place, It's still good but not the taste I expected, kind of like thick super sweet chocolate milk. Their spring rolls are good. read more

Been visiting Lemongrass PHO a few years now. I gotta say they served best PHO in town! Friendly staff and quick service!

Did a check on Asian restaurants in the area and ended up here.I had the classic lemongrass with rice noodles and my wife had lemongrass stir fry. Both dishes were great with the right amount of flavor and quantity and quality. Will definitely go back here when were passing through Kamloops. read more

Love this place. Excellent service. Love the layout and atmosphere! The photos and music make it very relaxing. Not very loud which was nice. I always order the flank and rare beef pho. And it always tastes amazing! Their spring rolls are absolutely delish! read more

Decent place for lunch. Great prices and good service. It's a new place so they are still working out some of the snags. read more

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Been sitting here after I was seated waiting for a server for half an hour. I even phoned them from the booth and said I'm waiting and got hung up on. read more

Some of the best Pho I have ever had. The amount of flavour that u can taste with every spoonful of broth. Would be a 5 star if I did not suffer from chronic diarrhea afterwards. read more

We eat pho and viatnamese food all over the world and this place was great! Rare beef pho was excellent, beef stirfry and lemongrass chicken delicious too! read more

I had the beef phoa.it was excellent.the great thing about phoa is everyone makes the broth a bit different.this one has some ginger slices in it.great food for a good price.I paid $ 10.00 for a small phoa.I'll be back to work my way through the menu.good job guys. read more

Amazing service last minute and always has a great flavor and presentation!! Really amazing bubble tea... probably the best in town!!

Horrible overpriced with friendly staff. No problems with staff as they looked genuinely interested in making your dinner pleasant. The food taste was small town Westernized authentic. The portions however were ridiculously small. Especially given the price! Meat was sliced up and plated separated on plate to give impression there was more meat - unlike what was in the photo. Pho noodle with rare beef - I guess rare was used in a different sense because there was hardly enough meat to fill a spoon. Really? With so many pho options look elsewhere. read more

I highly recommend this restaurant. The food is phenomenal! My favorite is the Laska soup. The spring rolls are awesome too. Salad rolls, good portion of agadashi tofu!! read more

The people working are nice and service is fine and timely and the food very eatable but it is just lacking a certain level of pizaz to make it really good. It's worth checking out for yourself though. read more

Nice dining experience, very clean decor. The food was good, but nothing really stuck out.

fannnnfuckingtastic. fell upon this place while driving through town and it was delicious. I had the laksa and will most likely have dreams about it. read more

Minus 4 stars because all four of our bowls of soup were over-cooked and the noodles were broken or were breaking into little bits making them extremely hard to eat. There wasn't much meat in the bowls either. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that this doesn't happen that often but we will not be returning. read more

Like this place, had the Laksa this time, nice and flavourful, generous with the protein. Have always liked everything I've ordered from here. Always fresh and tasty. Service speed is good, waitress attentive. One thing of note is the menus are really awful, grubby, falling apart, taped up or if not, ripped. They don't give the experience a nice start at all. If I was the owner, I'd be getting some new menus and menu booklets/holders or whatever they are called, as soon as possible. The people on the next table were saying the same thing too. read more

I went in not expecting much, given the amount of Viet restaurants in the area. I had the chicken sub and chicken Pho, both were great. Had the Pho with their spicy broth. read more

I love the broth in their house pho!! Ask for extra lime and cilantro, it's delicious! It could use a little more meat though.

Very slow service, looked to be understaffed at the back of the house. The place was busy but not full, pho should not take 45 minutes to get out of the kitchen. Very disappointing! read more

Finally an authentic vietnamese noodle place in Kamloops to rely on! I would go again for the taste - not their service. read more

Was an okay place. I had the rice lemongrass with beef. Flavour wise it was decent but quantity and quality were low. I got a mini salad, rice and a small portion of beef and bean sprouts. If the beef and bean sprout were in a better ratio this restaurant would be worthy of 4 stars. I'm comparing this restaurant to bamboo from Kelowna, cheap, better quality and filling. read more

Our chicken curry meal was just right. Not too spicy but flavorful enough. The spicy soup was just spicy enough to clear the nostrils but not too hot that I couldn't finish my meal. The prices are very reasonable. And the staff handled dinner rush well. read more