Lemon Bar

Let me start off by saying that if this place didn’t have pool tables we would have left hours ago. And don’t get me wrong, the pool tables are also bad, but they are 2 of very few in Frisco.
We were greeted by a server who couldn’t tell us any of the beers on draft because apparently they were having the latest of many menu revisions. We somehow managed to score some Sierra Nevadas when she described ‘some sort of ale?’ The second round was dropped, which was also the second accident since we got there.
Now I don’t want to say the music was bad, but if they had traveled back to the 90s and found my mixed tape of bad, I don’t want anyone to know I like this kind of music in my boom box, this is what they would be spinning right now. Ok it was bad. It’s probably what continued to drive any kind of possible customers into this revolving door of a business.
Also the waitresses kept dancing. Gross. It’s a Frisco bar, what do you expect?

TERRIBLE DONT GO!!! It’s like a smoking heaven in there, the floors haven’t been cleaned in… ever. I would rather have a root canal done than go back

Open mic for classical instruments. Kids and adults. Actually very surprised at the talent we’re hearing. Food decent. Staff was either too busy or didn’t care. But they were nice, we just rarely saw them.
If you go to the Lemon Bar, get a lemon bar.

Ahem… okay so it’s been a few months and I decided to go back and see what’s happening at this joint. I went to hear a local talent band at the end of July on a Friday night. The band was awesome… unfortunately that was the only thing that was outstanding that night. The wait staff are still mostly clueless, and act like they are doing you a favor to wait on you. My food was cold this time, like someone wasn’t paying attention to get it out to me when it was ready. Unruly crowd that gets louder and ruder as the night goes on. The sound system is not very good, and it is difficult to have a normal conversation even at the far end of the place when the live music starts up. The bar is still very good — at least that hasn’t changed, but it’s not enough to get me back regularly. Still needs work.

What is this place trying to be? Décor is odd — other folks describe it well — they need to decide what they want to be. Watched two guys walking around with spray bottles spraying the floor — what was THAT all about? insecticide? Febreze? #WTF_​FAIL
Ordered a porter beer, got something pale and vile tasting — one sip and couldn’t stomach any more — obviously not a porter which should be DARK. The waiter obviously didn’t know what a porter beer was and this was a BAR. Management never showed their face or asked if drink or food was OK#FAIL.
Ordered hand cut fries — tasty –VERY SALTY/​SEASONED. Would have been awesome, if say, I had a TASTY BEER to drink it with instead of something that tasted like cough syrup.
People (sanctioned by bar management) coming around selling wrist bands for a good cause (Crohn’s disease) — it takes guts to sell, so i bought two for $ 10. To the restauarant owners, #FAIL — i don’t want to be solicited while i’m trying to eat or drink.
Band starts coming in and tuning up at 6pm — REALLY LOUD. IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE CONVERSATION. .WAIT… WHAT DID YOU SAY??? #FAIL.
Here is the worst — bill was $ 33, waiter (?) said credit card machine was down, so i slipped 2 x $ 20 into the bill — he took it and vanished — never to return. I didn’t mean to give the guy a $ 7 tip (20%?) for evil undrinkable beer. No change was ever returned.
#EPIC_​FAIL

Met my friend for drinks up here a month or so ago. It’s a nice bar, but it wasn’t all that exciting on a Sunday night. We got good customer service, the décor and atmosphere seem nice, and good drinks. I’d like to go back on a busier night to get a better feel for the place.

I didn’t find anything appealing about this bar. The food was not good. Just your normal heat it up appetizers.
Drinks where ok. I just do not see me coming back here anytime soon… I mean come one, they let ME in for free. :P (JOKE)
The bar just didn’t appeal to me nor did the patronage.

Waste of time. Walk in for a night out with my hubby. Walk in, no hostess, suddenly confused. Is this Lemon Bar or Denny’s? Open tables everywhere with a mostly over 40 crowd looking like they were dressed for that Grand Slam breakfast. Too far, perhaps. We made our way to the bar, no service. Decided to grab a table, no service. Guess LB@Frisco is the distant cousin from their McKinney Ave hipster location. Don’t waste your time unless you are interested in a bleak atmosphere and bad/​no service.

Anyone want to witness a grown man act like a teenage girl with an attitude problem? Head on over to Lemon Bar! Let’s take it back about a week or so. I am from Hawaii, and if there are any events going on with artists from Hawaii, I’m so there. I found out that my favorite artist Anuhea who I’d never had the privilege of seeing live was going to be at Lemon Bar. I’ve never been to this place before, but I was stoked. I figured it’d be a great way to check it out since it’s very close to me. So… my daughter is a fan of Anuhea also and I wanted to bring her. I called the venue with no answer. I tweeted them on twitter with no response. So. I went on down there. The woman I spoke with was named China and she told me the event was $ 5 a person at the door, and 21 and up only. Okay, sweet. I got some information. But too bad my daughter couldn’t come. So anyway, days later (day of the show) I get a tweet from someone at the Lemon Bar stating it is all ages and an excuse for the untimely response. Okay. I had already made plans for my daughter so she didn’t want to come anymore. My husband and I get down to the place on the night of the show and some guy at the door tells us it’ll be $ 10 each. I ask about this because China had told me in the previous days that it was $ 5 each. He suddenly shrugs his shoulders, get’s all huffy and points behind me and says «the lady over there sets the price…» I turn to see Anuhea eating her dinner at a back table. I said, okay no big deal. Then he proceeds to tell me that China is there and he can summon her if I’d like. I had already said it was not a big deal, so now I’m irritated that he’s irritated for no real reason. I said, «Look, I said it was a not a big deal». I gave him the $ 10 each. While clearly still annoyed, he grabs some menus and asks us if we were going to eat. We declined because we were already not getting a good feeling, and if that’s how employees act there, can I expect anything better from the wait staff? He shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes in his huffy way and said nothing more. Is it unacceptable that we are only there for a concert? I didn’t know dinner was requirement. It is okay that people make mistakes, China clearly made a mistake because perhaps she was uninformed. No big deal. Just let me know that she was mistaken and apologize on her behalf. Don’t turn it into a bigger deal that it was. This was a reggae concert, those are always all about good vibes, love, kindness, etc… if you don’t know how to do those things, please do not host a reggae event there ever again.
To sum it up, the show was AWESOME! But Anuhea— If the opportunity presents itself to go back to Lemon Bar… please take a moment and rethink that decision!

I had high hopes for this place after hearing about it from a friend, and I wanted to check out the live music potential, so I decided to go there on a Wednesday night when they had an open mike karaōke with the house band, which was actually only a trio (guitar, bass & drums). To participate, you fill out a card after browsing their large catalog of songs and then wait your turn. But if you want to sing a song that’s not in their book, «fuhgeddaboudit» — ain’t gonna happen. Most of the people singing couldn’t even carry a tune. Sorry, I’m not impressed with the music scene there.
On the other hand, food-​wise, I’d have to say it’s pretty good there. The menu was impressive. The kitchen seemed a bit overloaded even though there weren’t that many people in the place, and it took a while to get my order. But the guy serving the food seemed eager to please, and wanted to make sure I was happy with the order, which I was. The bartenders were friendly.
Parking is sparse, and I ended up parking on a dirt lot adjacent. Overall, it seems the place is evolving. Might try them again next year if I happen to be in the area.

Very loud place with expensive drinks. Plus being in Frisco they close early.

I want to like the Lemon Bar but something is always off. This time the place is again pretty empty around 1pm on a Sunday; Cowboys were on the TVs hanging around the very lonely bar. There were a lot of table available but they sat us at two tables pushed together only discover there is food and sticky stuff from the night before on it. After it was washed we sat down but I have to wonder why they didn’t do a good cleaning before opening.
The food was good, the service only okay. My daughter’s hash browns and eggs Benedict were cold. I took a bite of her potatoes and the onions were refrigerator cold. I had the fish tacos this time and they were still very good but the salad was a couple of days from fresh and the greens were limp.
I just don’t think the Lemon Bar is going to be open for much longer so if you want to give it a try before they close you better hurry.

So let’s say you’re in Frisco… What once was country livin’ is now kinda a happen’ place. But a night life?
Nay, we should go downtown…
– To far you say? Ok
Then let’s go to the Shops at Legacy…
– Not in the mood for that either …
Well, what about just hanging out here locally…
– What you mean like cow tipping, and mudding, or mail box smashing?
No, Frisco actually has some cool places in it’s own «downtown».
Lemon Bar is one of the place. It was packed, the servers where hip (ours was at least), and the food was above average bar food.
So if you’re tired of the same ol’ same ol’ places… why not try it out if youre in the area.

They offer blue moon on draft and the hummus is the bomb. Pretty sure they chopped up some chickpeas, added spices and lemon. wa-la…soo good! I went on a Tuesday night to have a some drinks and enjoy an app or two. The place was dead, but we still had a great time. The staff was pretty fun that night and allowed us to make music requests and then we all sang along to some oldies like sweet caroline and waterfalls by TLC.
I hear they have a band on the weekend and I look forward to going back to try out the real atmosphere of this place. But true story, get the hummus!

So I have never been to the Lemon Bar in downtown Dallas. When they opened the one in Frisco, and I worked next to it, I figured it would be worth checking out.
I’ll start by saying they do a terrible job of marketing and advertising. Most people didn’t even know they were open. My office found out and we decided to go check it out.
Staff:
I’ll admit the staff was lame when they opened. A lot were from the Dallas location. Since then, they have hired new people and the service has gotten a bit better. I know a few of them and they’re nice people.
I will say to beware if you have a large group. It’s not the fastest service for food when you have something-​teen people at once.
Food:
The food is pretty damn good. There’s a comment about overly salty flavor. Yeah, I’m not 100% what you ordered but I haven’t had that issue. I also don’t add salt to anything, cholesterol and such, but everything I’ve had has been good or deliciously great.
The burgers are okay, they’re burgers. The wings taste like wings. The Salads are very good, and the dressings are fantastic. The quesadilla are a little greasy, and I’m not sure why you would need grease to make them. The fish tacos are pretty good. The «hog wings» are great. The nachos are good; I think the use of tostadas as the chips is a great solution to the soggy nacho issue. I also think that price is ridiculously high for the nacho plate.
Overall, the food is pretty good, and not salty as someone else stated… that is from California.
Drinks:
They have the basics, and a full bar. No fancy wines but there are some to drink.
The drafts are fairly priced, a good beer isn’t $ 3-​$ 4. They have a lil something for the beer snob, such as myself.
I don’t know WHY the price of liquor differs from establishment to establishment, but it’s pretty average here.
My only MAJOR qualm is they charge $ 1 to have my drink on the rocks (with ice.) WHO THE HELL CHARGES FOR FREAKIN’ ICE?! This place and Whiskey Cake do.
Pretentiousness? Perhaps.
Atmosphere:
The layout is totally jacked up. The kitchen entrance is on the other side of the bar and NO WHERE near the dinning area. So when it gets busy and they are running food there’s a traffic flow through the bar area. Whoever built the interior should be fired.
The décor is still confusing to me. The dinning area has a Buddhist theme going. It confused me as I’m Buddhist and wasn’t sure what I was walking into. There are also rock posters and graffiti paintings.
It’s like the kid in high school that is still finding its self.
Overall I think this place is pretty good. I’m in my 30s and I like that I can go to a place that has people my age hanging out. I also like that I can get a decent drink with good food. I also like that I don’t feel like I’m in a pretentious Uptown bar either.
Check it out and form your own opinion. In my opinion, it’s pretty damn good.

Today marked the second time I’ve visited The Lemon Bar in Frisco. The first time was for a girl’s happy hour with appetizers several weeks ago. The drinks were great, as was the appetizers. Normally Happy Hour ½ price apps are smaller, but these were a great size for us!
Today me and my beau along with another couple went for their Saturday brunch with their Bottomless Mimosas. Yep…$ 8.99 for all you can drink mimosas. They keep them coming too! I ordered the breakfast version of BLT. AWESOMENESS. It was served with a side of cubed hashbrowns, which were seasoned perfectly. My beau and my friend’s hubby both ordered the steak and eggs. Their steak was cooked perfect, and portions were HUGE. They both really enjoyed it so much that they literally cleaned their plates. My friend ordered the migas, and she enjoyed them as well.
Both times service has been great! We even talked about making their brunch a regular meeting place! Can’t wait to go back.

Meh! In a land that has so much competition for your dining/​drinking/​gaming/​entertainment dollars I really can’t see this place staying around for more than another few months. Food was over salted (always a sign of a lazy chef or poor ingredients), wait staff was inattentive (she seemed busy chatting with coworkers instead of actually serving her station) and the layout of this place just doesn’t make a «scene» that has a good vibe. Band was setting up and testing their equipment for so long I started to think that was actually their act (from 7-​almost 8:30). Upon our departure the manager (or someone of similar status) nearly chased us to the parking lot asking in a far too in your face sort of way if everything was ok. And we made no fuss at all, so it really came off as a desperate «why are you breaking up with me» sort of begging.
I read the reviews here before going in. I have to say I felt like the responses from management here might have been a good sign. But while it’s clear the staff were told to shape up, it’s causing their demeanor to be something more like when someone is told to be nice or apologize for something they don’t fully understand. In the end you either have it and it comes out naturally – or you don’t and it comes off forced and unnatural. Lemon Bar, unfortunately, comes, off as the latter.
I had hopes for this place, but some major management and staff changes are going to have to happen if they expect to make it past next summer.

Woo-​hoo! Another reliably fun hang out place to go to in the ‘burbs that I can add into my list. :-)
The atmosphere however feels quite different from the location in Uptown, but it still has that same upbeat environment.
I may have to come back at another time to give a more detailed say. So stay tuned folks, if you are interested to hear more. :-)

Imagine a place where you are not a restaurant check, but a friend. Imagine being greeted with a handshake and name introduction upon entering the door. Imagine the General Manager introducing himself and asking what your name is. Imagine walking in after the kitchen is closed (not knowing because I don’t make a habit of that) and the manager stating well we did close up for the night but your here and we want to take care of you let me send out a server.
I was convinced customer service like this kinda faded «imagine that» after my evening here I was wrong. I was totally impressed with the above the normal service. Best place to relax over live music, food, drinks, and friends.
Straddling that line between after work pub and thoughtfully accessible intimate lounge isn’t easy, but the Lemon bar does it so nimbly. The pleasingly atmosphere makes it simple to kick back and relax and have a good time, Bar staff is on it, ping pong and pool table in the back, pleasantly looking and behaving crowd this bar is «da shizzle»
Hello Frisco I will def be back, I must forewarn you I get ridiculous crazy fun so be ready

My wife and I have been here several times since my opening night review and I think it’s worth updating.
We’ve had several items off the menu and they’re all outstanding. The spinach and artichoke dip is amazing.
The bands that we’ve heard here have all been good, so that always a big draw for us.
The thing that sets the Lemon Bar apart is the management and the service. We’ve never had bad service and somebody from the management staff has come up to us each time we’ve been here and talked to us about our experience. In fact, the last time we were there, the GM stood next to my wife at the bar to see how long it took for her to be served and then said our first round was on him. Nice!!!
We are definitely happy to have such a great business in our neighborhood.