Restaurant Roundup - Aug 09 Update

Another night, another round of "Where are we gonna eat tonight?" inspired me to compile a comprehensive list of all the restaurants we have tried, loved, liked, disliked and hated in Lexington.

The list begins w/ a few places we've yet to try and does not include any chains. There are a few select places outside Lexington (Midway, Versailles & N'ville).

haven't Tried

Ali Baba
the Dish
Frankie & Annette's
Izakaya Yamaguchi (bar)
Old KY BBQ
Rossi’s
Siam Thai
Yamamoto

Love

Arirang Garden (just discovered their lunch buffet & heavenly soup)
Belle’s Bakery
Fusion Café (the owner knows me well enough that I don't have to order when I go there)
Han Woo Ri
Holly Hill Inn
Jonathan’s (consistently great experience)
Masala - Beaumont
Panda Cuisine (buffet is hit & mostly miss but dinner/ala carte is still solid)
Seki (Still love this place & hope the old couple's health stays good)
Wallace Station

Mild Affection

Banana Leaf
Bangkok House
Bella Notte
Bellini’s
Drake's (solid bar food, bit of a scene on the weekends)
Giacomo's
Kobe
Malone’s (great salad but a little tired of it)
Masala - Fayette Mall (new mgmt & amateurish service)
Petra (the best Med in town)
Punjab II
Ramsey’s
Restaurante Aguas Calientes
Sav's Grill
Smashing Tomato
Stella’s Deli
Suggin’s
Tandor
W & M Wine Market
Winchell’s

Eh (subject to reassessment)

AP Roots (doesn't quite know what it wants to be)
Asian Wind
Atomic Café
Azur (tried once, subpar high-end experience)
Billy’s BBQ (consistently mediocre)
Bombay Brazier (overpriced)
Bourbon & Toulouse (too salty & a little boring)
Charlie Brown’s
Cheapside
Cleveland's
Dudley’s
El Toro
Gumbo Ya Ya
Heirloom
Hunan
India Garden (pricey)
Jean Farris
Marikka's
Mellow Mushroom
Merrick Inn
Mi Pequena Hacienda
Miyako
Mr. Kebab
Murray’s
Nagasaki Inn
Oasis
Olive Tree (food was good but menu too small & hours unreliable)
Orchid Flower
Planet Thai
The Pub
Puccini’s
Regatta
Sahara
Saul Good
School (great rolls, intriguing apps, small portions & EH service)
Sugano (super-slow service, so-so sushi, zero ambience)
Surf’s Up (RIP?)
Taste of Thai
Thai Orchid
Tokyo Sushi
Tomo
Tony Roma’s

Dead to Me
Ala Lucie
Alfalfa’s
Buddy's
DeSha’s
Euro Wine Bar (in N'ville, possibly the worst restaurant ever..,.)
Furlong’s (food & service both in the gutter)
Giuseppe’s
Joe Bologna’s
The Ketch
Koreana
Metropol
Natasha’s
Paisano’s
Portofino

RIP

Black Tulip (bank foreclosure)
Grotto
Joe’s OK Bayou
Kashmir
Nadine’s
Patchen Thai
Portabella’s