As a Burmese person, I am very ashamed and disappointed with this restaurant. Before I go into detail, I would like to say that this is going to be a very long review. I don't usually complain about food because I will literally eat anything without complaining. You could say I have cheap taste in food, as long as my stomach is filled I'm fine. The reason I'm writing this review is because I believe customers deserve good service and the best food they can get at any restaurant they go to. I mean you're paying for Pete's sakes. I'm gonna be harsh here but I don't care. A slop restaurant like this definitely deserves it. This is my very first review and it's going to be a negative one, this is also my first time going to this restaurant and I'm utterly disgusted. Now note here that I only tried their food off of their Burmese menu and not their buffet, but I don't think it's much difference.
First off, I would like to start of with the place. I went with my cousin, ( He wrote a review for this place already, so go check his out.) my cousin-in-law, and her sister. As we went in, the place was empty...really, only about 2 tables was filled up when we entered. Now we went around 6-7 PM-ish and that's dinner time for most of us. So the fact that it was empty, gave me a clue that this place lacked.
Second, it is their cleanliness and their hygiene. When the four of us sat down at the table the waitress asked us what we wanted and we ordered the Burmese dish: Kyay-Ooh. But I will get to the food part later. Anyways as we finished ordering, the waitress came back with our tea and utensils. The tea cups had specks of food in it, like EWW. She gave us four spoons for all of us and 2 out of 4 of them were utterly disgusting. It didn't even look like it was washed at all, so we asked for 2 new replacements...and what did we get? THE SAME RESULT. This time though, it was just oil, but really really oily. BLAHH. I was asking myself all these questions the entire time while waiting for our food. "Who in the hell is washing the dishes and are they even washing them at all?" My cousin, who was sitting next to me seemed already pissed off and ready to leave, but as much of a patient and nice guy he is, he let it slide. But as clean freaks we are, we were really disgusted. Their tables and their chairs were also really really sticky like a half way sucked lollipop left out on a hot day in the front porch to melt the next few weeks. My cousin-in-law shirt got stuck to the chair! Can you believe that?! That's so disgusting, now I can't even imagine their kitchen or their bathroom. You call this service? Giving customers something dirty in an environment that is suppose to be clean? Is it so hard to hire someone to clean your restaurant everyday? NO. This is how the customers get sick.
Next was the food itself, when we received the Kyay-Ooh, it did look appetizing but once you try it, it was DIJFLKNALSKJOFHGKSJKAJ. The soup was way too sweet, talk about so much MSG...and when I mean "so much" I mean they poured like the whole bag in there. The meat was overcooked and it felt like it needed something, it wasn't salt, it wasn't sugar, it was just so ehh. I felt like I was eating the rubber soles of my old P.E. shoes. Really, I keep asking myself how I survived eating all that yesterday (6/28/13) and yes, I did finish the food because I was really really hungry, but the end result was not good. I thought it would be nice to try authentic Burmese food at a restaurant for once, it was not worth the money. Even my mom can cook that dish better and feed it to me for free. Yeah the place and the food was cheap so why am I surprised? But still. The whole dish was a mess, it was needing something, and was not the best. I've tasted better Kyay-Ooh in my life than theirs. Please don't be fool by their Burmese food, I can tell you right now that there are better and cleaner Burmese restaurants out there. This is not worth your money even if it's cheap.
Finally, when we all got home, my cousin stomach was not doing it for him, his stomach was literally rejecting the food he had just eaten. Later on it kicked in for the rest of us. We were all feeling sick in a way but not to an extent. Also I forgot to mention that I was the only one who finished the food, the rest of my family couldn't take it all in. Anyways I took a nap and while I was sleeping my stomach had this weird feeling, I wasn't sure if I felt sick down there or if I was hungry again because of my nap. Like I said because that place is dirty and the food tasted like it was made by a 5 year old, I'm not too surprised about the end result. I wish I can give this restaurant 0 stars, when is that going to be an option Yelp??? Their restaurant name really does fit them well. Ledu is definitely Ledu. (If you're Burmese and reading this, you'll get my joke.) So please people for your sake and for your health's sake, do not go to this restaurant. read more