Lemon Leaves
“Delivery was very quick, although I did have to call to see if they received my order.”
“I was recently introduced to Lemon Leaves by some of my colleagues.”
“Kuma San makes the best drinks and is the best bartender I know in the city.”
Lemon Leaves
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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As a NYC resident, I have ordered Thai food more times than I can count so I have a pretty good sample size to declare that this place is hands down the WORST.
The chicken curry puffs were drenched in so much oil, it was disgusting to eat. I kid you not, if you took a bite of their curry puff, oil would spill out. It left such a bad taste in my mouth, it will be a long long time before I have the courage to order curry puffs at another place again.
The drunken noodles ("noodle mao") had ZERO flavor and were stuck together, stiff, and rubbery. Oh and did I mention again, literally dripping in oil?! It was just terrible.
I was thinking about calling them to complain, but did not trust that I would get another dish that was palatable and/or spit-free. A complete and utter waste of $20.
I've walked passed Lemon Leaves (Nassau Street/Liberty Street ) every day and never took notice of the place until my wife told she went with a couple of her colleagues. She had nothing but good things to say about this place and Mr. Kuma San. So my friend and I check it out last night.
As you go downstairs to enter the bar which is on the left, there is a restaurant area on the right. You know me, I took the left. The bar is small with a CHEERS feel, where everyone knows one another and Kuma San (bartender) is doing his thing with the drinks. I'll tell you, Kuma San really knows how to make a strong drink. Thank goodness for Sapporo.
This spot will be my go to place from now on.
I tried Drunken Noodle with chicken and Pad Thai with Shrimp. Both of them were good. I liked sweet sauce on Drunken Noodle. Pad Thia came with a lot of shrimps.
Ugh. Just…ugh, all around. Ordered via seamless, and the food (which arrived in a reasonable amount of time, probably 30 minutes, though they're literally around the corner) had some major issues. I got the vegetable "fresh" roll and the noodle mao, which is essentially drunken noodles, with chicken. Whatever, the latter was passable, overly greasy and heavy on noodles and not much else, but I didn't throw it away. But the veggie roll…note the scare quotes around fresh above. The roll consisted of a piece of carrot, some sad chopped lettuce, and an unidentifiable mushroom-like substance that tasted of…nothing…all wrapped in what appeared to be the worst attempt at a tortilla ever. There was a gross sickly sweet tamarind sauce next to it. It was the oddest and least appealing thing I've considered eating in quite a while.
On top of that, in the four minutes it took me to ride 30 plus floors down to the ground and pick up the food, the delivery guy called me a second time after we'd already spoken, and left a loud but unintelligible message, presumably chastising me. This place needs a lot of work.