I love this place. This place is awesome for food, friends, and drinks. Their pasty is wonderful. I wish I knew about this place a lot sooner so I could have eaten their more often. I always order their cheese burger pasty and its just amazing. Everything about it is delicious. I can't find one wrong thing about this place at all. Their drinks are awesome and at a good price as well. The environment is pretty darn cool. It's definitely an Irish pub so if its super packed (Friday-Saturday night) be prepared to be sitting by someone, but that's how we made some wonderful friends as well that night. Definitely will be going there again and again until I probably die.

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Had dinner for the first time at Merchant during Restaurant Week. My date ordered cheese curds and I had the brown sugar bacon brussels sprouts. The cheese curds are fried in a light crisp batter, which makes them awesome. Even the buttermilk ranch they make tastes better than others. The brussels sprouts had the perfect crunch, and I enjoyed the contrast of the bacon and brown sugar. For our entree I ordered the baseball cut NY strip steak, medium rare. The steak had a peppered seasoning and was cooked to my liking. Fries were good and so was the light arugula salad. I was most impressed with my friend's pork shank entree. The pork shank was incredibly tender. It just melted in your mouth. You could tell the flavor absorbed well into the meat because every bite you had was full of flavor. For dessert we both ordered the bread pudding and that was tasty too. I enjoyed the nutmeg and sea salt flavors. I will be coming back during Restaurant week again for their lunch items!

positive

Good pizza, nice people, great rock and roll. Coupons, too. What more can you ask?

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I was not expecting much from Lemongrass Thai, especially when my friend and I pulled into the sardine-tight parking lot. It looked like the most dingy place in Tempe. Little did I know it would be one of the best lunches I've had without spending a small fortune. In fact, without tip, my entree (with water) was $7.52. I ordered the #7 - with eggplant, green peppers, carrots and tofu (yum!) and nixed the onions. The dish came with a pile of white rice, a small egg roll and a little bit of dipping sauce for the egg roll. It was all VERY GOOD! The atmosphere doesn't amount to much. The service is just okay. The people taking your orders and bringing the food aren't what I'd call "people pleasers," but they're there to make some mean lunch dishes - not schmooze and win you over with charm. But, let's face it, the food spoke for itself. I had every intention of eating only 1/2 and saving the other portion for later. I couldn't stop eating. The flavors were great! And the fare was light enough that I wasn't stuffed and leaving with a bloated tummy. An added touch: A wrapped mint at the end. A sad note: I tried to order the Green Chai Tea. "No Green Chai Tea!" I was told. Bummer. I would definitely go back here and recommend it to anyone who likes Thai, especially those who are fortunate enough to live and/or work nearby. Just beware of the parking lot!
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