Great service and decorate the crabs cakes and burgers are excellent!but small place
Lisa Resnick
Decided to give Lemon Leaf a second try. First visit had horrible customer service and OK food.
Emily Hussain
Great ambiance, love the food but service was slow
Dogmom11236
I don't often visit Smynra, but when I do I see they are adding shops and restaurants. We almost drove past this place, but saw the, "open," flag and decided to stop by. This was their brunch hour, and it was rather early. We were seated in a lovely room, and I admired the carefully restored building and the decor. Our waiter was pleasant and came over often to check on us. Brunch was nice. I opted for a burger, although I was tempted by the french toast casserole. In the end I opted for less sugar. One thing of note, it would be great if they put the coffee creamer in a tiny pitcher in lieu of the little plastic containers. That might be a good touch. As of our visit, the world is slowly going on lockdown, so perhaps they do that and were scaling back. All in all, a nice meal with good portions.
Byron Lepe-Gonzalez
Food was not that great especially since it was on the pricier side and place seemed like it was falling apart but I also understand it’s a very old building
JackD952
LEMON LEAF CAFE - new owner, tasty menu remains, improved small dining rooms We were sad to see the closing of the Lemon Leaf Cafe in Chestertown, MD but learned of its re-opening under new ownership in Smyrna, DE. We took a fieldtrip to do small retail and had lunch at Lemon Leaf. The building is old city charm beautiful and the inside has many small dining rooms downstairs and upstairs. We both ordered the same lunch of a cup of cream of crab soup and a pulled pork bbq sandwich. The soup had an excellent taste but was served lukewarm; the pulled pork was tasty and plentiful on the roll. Lauren, our server was efficient but her personality was as lukewarm as the soup (we miss our server Aubrey from the former location). If you go for dinner, my recommendation is to reserve the upstairs 4 seater table whick looks out at the traffic light at the intersection. Finally, Lemon Leaf is pricey so ownership/management should consider some value-option specials to offer daily.
Christine Marley
Sandwiches at the bar...pretty good $$ Yummy flat bread appetizer! Bartender was friendly and quick with service! Next time we will try brunch...menu looked yummy
Tamina Smith
I didn't like the food at all ...and the restaurant was empty the whole time we there ... definitely A red flag
Shane Rose
Great and fresh food, I like the mood this place has, and the cashiers were friendly. Will definitely visit here again.
Jen Jones
Decided to give Lemon Leaf a second try. First visit had horrible customer service and OK food. We ordered wings which were good and a burger which was eh....
The service is horrible!I gave it two chances because it is close but I would have to say the food is bad and nothing was right with our food. Sad it could have potential!!
Jay Weldy
This past Sunday, wife & I did brunch and it was our first time visiting. I ordered crab Benedict and she order bacon & eggs. Very nice presentment and outstanding quality. Ambiance is great and service friendly & timely. I highly recommend.
J5865ZLmelissab
I have been here a couple times in the past, and found it to be a mediocre restaurant. Met a friend here for lunch today and the cream of crab soup was watery, not thick and creamy. The rueben and fries were just so-so, the thousand island dressing was runny. My friend barely even ate her food. And the place was not busy. I would not recommend.
Alexandra Coombs
Lovely, cosy restaurant in the middle of Smyrna. Food was delicious as well.
Great service and decorate the crabs cakes and burgers are excellent!but small place
Decided to give Lemon Leaf a second try. First visit had horrible customer service and OK food.
Great ambiance, love the food but service was slow
I don't often visit Smynra, but when I do I see they are adding shops and restaurants. We almost drove past this place, but saw the, "open," flag and decided to stop by. This was their brunch hour, and it was rather early. We were seated in a lovely room, and I admired the carefully restored building and the decor. Our waiter was pleasant and came over often to check on us. Brunch was nice. I opted for a burger, although I was tempted by the french toast casserole. In the end I opted for less sugar. One thing of note, it would be great if they put the coffee creamer in a tiny pitcher in lieu of the little plastic containers. That might be a good touch. As of our visit, the world is slowly going on lockdown, so perhaps they do that and were scaling back. All in all, a nice meal with good portions.
Food was not that great especially since it was on the pricier side and place seemed like it was falling apart but I also understand it’s a very old building
LEMON LEAF CAFE - new owner, tasty menu remains, improved small dining rooms We were sad to see the closing of the Lemon Leaf Cafe in Chestertown, MD but learned of its re-opening under new ownership in Smyrna, DE. We took a fieldtrip to do small retail and had lunch at Lemon Leaf. The building is old city charm beautiful and the inside has many small dining rooms downstairs and upstairs. We both ordered the same lunch of a cup of cream of crab soup and a pulled pork bbq sandwich. The soup had an excellent taste but was served lukewarm; the pulled pork was tasty and plentiful on the roll. Lauren, our server was efficient but her personality was as lukewarm as the soup (we miss our server Aubrey from the former location). If you go for dinner, my recommendation is to reserve the upstairs 4 seater table whick looks out at the traffic light at the intersection. Finally, Lemon Leaf is pricey so ownership/management should consider some value-option specials to offer daily.
Sandwiches at the bar...pretty good $$ Yummy flat bread appetizer! Bartender was friendly and quick with service! Next time we will try brunch...menu looked yummy
I didn't like the food at all ...and the restaurant was empty the whole time we there ... definitely A red flag
Great and fresh food, I like the mood this place has, and the cashiers were friendly. Will definitely visit here again.
Decided to give Lemon Leaf a second try. First visit had horrible customer service and OK food. We ordered wings which were good and a burger which was eh....
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The service is horrible!I gave it two chances because it is close but I would have to say the food is bad and nothing was right with our food. Sad it could have potential!!
This past Sunday, wife & I did brunch and it was our first time visiting. I ordered crab Benedict and she order bacon & eggs. Very nice presentment and outstanding quality. Ambiance is great and service friendly & timely. I highly recommend.
I have been here a couple times in the past, and found it to be a mediocre restaurant. Met a friend here for lunch today and the cream of crab soup was watery, not thick and creamy. The rueben and fries were just so-so, the thousand island dressing was runny. My friend barely even ate her food. And the place was not busy. I would not recommend.
Lovely, cosy restaurant in the middle of Smyrna. Food was delicious as well.
Very nice atmosphere...great service