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    August Moon

    3.1 (115 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Thai, Vietnamese
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    AUGUST MOON ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Lunch Lemon Grass Chicken, double rice
    Ha M.

    Love August Moon. Love the lady that takes the phone orders. Love the delivery guy. My department orders from August Moon once a month and we call to make an order at 10:45am. We get our food by 11:45. Food is always fresh, no complaints. Our go to is lunch special general tso chicken, sweet n sour chicken, lemon grass chicken and boneless chicken. Their grilled pork vermicelli and lemon grass shrimp substitute fried rice for vermicelli are also delicious! We like the different substitutions if you didn't want the eggroll. Definitely recommend

    Garlic tofu lunch special with egg fried rice and spring roll.
    Jeremy T.

    I've been depressed about the quality of Chinese food in this city ever since moving here many years ago. Having grown up in Chicago, where there is a real Chinatown and so much authentic Chinese cuisine, I feel sad every time I eat Chinese food here. But as a vegetarian, I noticed this place had dishes that are hard to find here, like Sezchuan eggplant, gai lan, and stir-fried string beans. Unfortunately, they don't deliver outside of Uptown. But I noticed they run lunch specials, so I decided to drive over. The place isn't fancy, and it's not very clean, either. It's very basic - that's the only way I can describe it without being rude. But I was more interested in the food than the ambience. I ended up getting a garlic tofu lunch special that came with egg, fried rice and egg drop soup. They are very flexible with doing substitutions for vegans or vegetarians, btw. The soup was great. The vegetarian egg roll was just okay. But the tofu came with vegetables and was outstanding. Very rich and a little heat. They cook their tofu right. It's tender instead of tough. The egg fried rice was really good (you can get white or brown, though). I also needed to try the string beans, which is one of my favorite dishes. It was really delicious here. I would have preferred both dishes a little more spicy, but I did not request spicy. Maybe next time. Oh - the food came out in less than 5 minutes. I don't know how they did that. These aren't the most popular dishes that you can just have pre-made. Whoever they have in the kitchen is extremely fast! Well nothing here can compare to the Chinese food back home, I'll probably continue to drive out to August Moon to try my way through their vegetarian dishes. It's a bit of a drive for a pickup, so I wish they'd develop a larger delivery zone. They're not on Uber or Door Dash.

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    Brittany M.

    Stupid expensive for basic American Chinese lunch. $26 for a small Gen Tsao (sp?) with an egg roll + drink - but it was Lundi Gras, and you eat where you can walk once you're at your spot. It wasn't bad tasting, but nothing to ever go back for. Tiny crab Rangoon for $7/4pc. Seriously? At least it was warm? I should have planned better and packed a hamper, but its carnival and ain't nobody got time for that. I didn't take a photo of the food, so here's a parade pic...

    E8. Moo Goo Gai Pan lunch special.
    Darnell G.

    They offer lunch special for 12.95-14.95. I ordered the Moo go gain pan with shrimp, white rice and egg roll. Everything was delish. The sauce was light. The egg roll nice and crunchy! Very good! Service good. And the atmosphere as expected....clean and typical Chinese restaurant. I'd come back.

    L06. General Tao's Chicken Lunch Special

    $16 plate & this is what you get . 1 scoop Shrimp fried rice (2 shrimp in the rice) & general chicken only 5 little pieces very hard pieces of chicken. No way. Also the website says $12 minimum delivery fee, they would not deliver my order because according to the order taker it has to be $15 minimum before taxes.

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    Shannon S.

    This is a Chinese & Vietnamese Restaurant with some Thai dishes. I tend to get the lunch and dinner specials here or the pho. The food here has improved somewhat over the years and these days it can usually be pretty good but sometimes they seem to drop the ball and it is less than good. They used to have some of the most expensive pho in the area but the other places serving pho seem to have raised their prices to around the same level as here. Most of the time these days the other dishes I've had here have been decent for the most part. They seem to give decent portion sizes (although the portions seem to have shrunk a bit from pre-pandemic days) and the service has always been good. The location of this restaurant is very convenient to where I live and is the nearest place to get my pho fix. Overall this is usually a decent spot to grab a quick meal and currently they are giving out more greens with their pho than any of the other Vietnamese spots in the city.

    Vietnamese chicken salad.  Tastly!
    Paul W.

    Came here the other day for lunch. I have a friend receiving treatment at Touro Hospital, just a block away, so I walked over here to get some food. I had the egg drop soup and the Vietnamese chicken salad. The egg drop soup was as good as I have had elsewhere. The chicken salad was good but unusual as it had a lot of celery. Food was ready promptly and easy to call in over the phone. The vast majority of their lunch business is takeout! And they are efficient at it. Recommended. They seem to do the basics without issues at pretty good prices -- nothing special but nothing to complain about either!!!! Very convenient for take out to Touro.

    L07. Bell Pepper Steak Lunch Special
    Shalon P.

    Consistency is the name of the game. There's nothing fancy here. Just tried and true recipes. If you're sensitive to salty food, this might not be the place for you. I find all the food here a bit on the salty side. However, that not really a bad thing unless you're sensitive to it. Overall it's an average Chinese food spot.

    N4. Bun Vermicelli Salad
    Sonya N.

    I'm alway looking for a good vermicelli noodle salad or bowl. August Moon hit the spot. Complimented with a tasty fish sauce it was just the response I needed to my regular dental check up. A tall glass of limeade and I was set for the day. It's an unsuspecting spot but the Deco is nice, the bar is full and the menu has enough items to keep you coming back for more. Awesome lunch spot or Vietnamese craving place. Plus it's reasonably priced.

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    Food was great and so was service. Great prices too! For three people, we left with a bunch of leftovers despite it being pretty cheap

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    We are vegetarians and very much enjoyed the big selection of available items to eat. We really enjoyed them.

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    I wish I could give 0 stars. Insanely high prices for a nasty quality of food. I guarantee this place has roaches.

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    I ordered the Lemongrass Chicken and it was the worst! The chicken was so hard, sauce too dark, simply inedible.

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    Every time we order the food is delicious and flavorful. Always consistent. Never disappoints.

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    I have never been disappointed in their food. My favorite is the Sweet &Sour Shrimp Combo Plate.

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    Really nice meal before the show with my vegetarian friends…read more Recently a couple of friends and I needed to grab a quick bite. I thought we were going to another place when one of my guests suggested Thaihey across the street from the fire station on Decatur. Yes, sure. It's a typical Quarter restaurant with its long gallery seating. We were seated right away. The menu appeared to be heavily vegetarian which was great for my two friends. Many will understand the limited menu options for vegetarians at most places. Wes ordered Tom Kai, Becky the Massaman Jackfruit option and I the one with short rib. It was delicious. It was warm and comforting, full of flavor and the chef made it less spicy for me. What a delight to choose a menu option that I have never had and restaurant that I have never been to. You believe that I'll return for certain. Especially for that gorgeous Mai Tai!

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    I was really excited to try Pho Tau Bay for a couple reasons. I know it's a very historic…read moreVietnamese restaurant in the area, and it got shouted out on a recent Bon Appetit video by the chef at Emeril's. Both reasons for hype! Coming to the restaurant, you do have to time it right, as it closes at 7 which makes it not an option if you want a later dinner. Lunch or early dinner it is. The system here is counter service, then take a number and a tray and seat yourself. Food comes out pretty quickly, there were few other customers there at the time when I went in the early evening, and my appetizer came out within a few minutes, and my pho came out within ten minutes. I had a half order of the spring rolls with shrimp and pork, and a beef combo pho. The spring rolls were wrapped very well, with great structural integrity that made them easy to eat and dip. However, the pork was really dry and tough, and the only reason it didn't ruin the texture of the whole thing is because the pork slices were quite thin. The shrimp was fresh but also sliced quite thin to the point where it was almost not even noticeable. The wrapper was quite thick and felt like it had been left out for a while, so it was quite dry. The pho was good, but the meats were overall quite chewy and tough, and there was significantly less meat than I would expect for an extra large order. They also were pretty stingy with the herbs. I am used to there being a fair amount of onion, scallion, and cilantro in pho, and here it was like they finger-pinched the herbs in rather than grabbing a handful. Overall, it was not bad, but it was underwhelming, and I have had many better Vietnamese meals elsewhere.

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