Ginger Grass Silverlake
(323) 644-1600
2396 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles,
CA
90039
34.0999
-118.259
Neighborhoods: Silver Lake, East LA
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In Short
Former Le Colonial chef Mako Antonishek and her partners have renovated an old dive bar and turned it into a comfortable dinner spot with cork walls and dark Brazilian wood banquettes. Local couples and families order at the counter from an affordable menu offering classic Vietnamese fare, like Saigon-style lettuce spring rolls, caramelized shrimp and bahn mi (Vietnamese pork sandwiches).
User Reviews
Daniel333
April 24, 2009
I have never been compelled to write a review - until tonight - about Gingergrass. This restaurant has gotten my money and patronage since opening and used to be my favorite place to eat - fresh, tasty food, reasonable prices, nearby location, you know, all good stuff. But never in my life have I personally witnessed a restaurant fall so far from grace, leaving me with only the hazy memory of its former glory. First, the food is so saturated with a salty, saucy coating that most all the dishes taste the same... Now I am not a horse, but you may as well serve up a salt block, garnished with a sprig of alfalfa. Second, there has recently been a mysterious shortage of rice. On several occasions I've been told they were out of rice, and would I like something else? Certainly not! I am Asian, and I need rice with my Asian food! Whoever takes charge of rice I deem unfit for Asian food service till the end of time. Third, if I wanted to listen to new age trance on loop all night, I'd be at my little brother's high school rave party. Fourth, although I don't eat at Gingergrass nearly as often as I used to, the food still manages to give me horrible indigestion EVERY SINGLE TIME. Maybe I'll post my next review on LA's public health page...
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sk1017
March 04, 2009
Love the pork chops. The marinade is similar to Korean BBQ marinade, and the pork chops are served with short grain rice and an Asian-style cole slaw.
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January 23, 2009
this is one of my favorite restaurants, so to be fair, I have to say I absolutely love the Shaking Beef and the Tofu dish. On the other hand, I've almost gotten sick to my stomach a couple of times that I've gone in for lunch and saw how dirty the servers' clothes looked. I looked down and this server's shoes looked like he had partied too hard the previous night, stepped all over his peeuk , went to sleep and rolled off the bed right over to do his shift at Gingergrass. and the worst thing is that when they're carrying too many dishes, they lean them against their sweaty body with dirty clothes. There's one particular server that the last time I walked in the restaurant, I just had to leave. He has an extreme amount of facial hair (very puffy, long beard), and on my last trip, I thought I saw my food almost touch his beard when he was walking through the tables. I thought there were some food serving laws against facial hair being that ungroomed? I've cut down a lot on my trips to Gingergrass for the simple cleanliness of the servers, and when I do go, I try to eat at the tail end of lunch so that they're not too busy and my food doesn't have to touch their unlaundried shirt or ungroomed facial hair.
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