Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant

What Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant does

Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant is an independent, single-location Vietnamese and Asian fusion restaurant operating at 1211 Summit Dr, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, under the legal name Lemongrass. The company runs a direct-to-consumer dine-in model with no delivery, takeout ordering system, or third-party marketplace integration, serving walk-in customers during weekday hours of 11:00 AM to 20:30 PM and Saturday hours of 12:00 PM to 20:30 PM. It is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investors, and no equity or ownership structure on record.

The restaurant's offering is a made-to-order menu of over 40 named items organized into appetizers (salad rolls, spring rolls, tempura, gyoza, chicken wings, tofu dishes, edamame), Vietnamese soups including seven Pho variants (Veggie, Chicken, Rare-Beef, Beef-Ball, Rare-Beef & Beef-Balls, Rare-Beef & Flank, and House Special) plus Hue Spicy Soup, Seafood Rice Noodle Soup, Wonton Soup, Wor Wonton Soup, and Laksa, vermicelli and rice dishes (skewer combinations, Lemongrass Chicken or Beef, Grilled Chicken with Vermicelli, Chicken Curry with Steamed Rice), specialty stir-fries (Beef, Chicken, Seafood, Tofu Vegetarian, Lemongrass Prawns), and a dessert line anchored by Deep Fried Banana. Menu prices are publicly disclosed and range from $4.00 (steamed rice) to $21.50 (chicken curry with steamed rice) in Canadian dollars, with selected dishes available in small/large sizes. The restaurant positions itself around fresh, sustainably-sourced ingredients and made-to-order preparation, and maintains a dedicated vegetarian subset of the menu.

Revenue is generated entirely through in-person food and beverage sales at the single Kamloops storefront, with no documented catering, wholesale, franchise, or off-premise channel. The company's marketing footprint is limited to a basic Bootstrap-made website at lemongrasskamloops.ca that publishes the menu, hours, address, contact number ((236) 425-0022), and a photo gallery; no social media profiles, email marketing, paid advertising, or app presence are documented. The firm has approximately six employees, no disclosed funding history, no partnerships or alliances, no awards or recognition, and no recorded M&A, leadership changes, or restructuring activity.

Name

Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant

Legal name

Lemongrass

Website

https://lemongrasskamloops.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant is an independent, single-location Vietnamese and Asian fusion restaurant in Kamloops, British Columbia, serving made-to-order dine-in meals from a 40-plus-item menu to local walk-in customers during weekday and Saturday lunch and dinner hours.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vietnamese Restaurant

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

Keywords

• Vietnamese restaurant
• Asian fusion cuisine
• Vietnamese noodle soup
• Dine-in restaurant
• Casual dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Kamloops

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in and Walk-in Restaurant Service: Traditional restaurant revenue from serving food and beverages to dine-in customers. Customers pay at the restaurant for their meals. Menu items range from $4.00 (steamed rice) to $21.50 (chicken curry with steamed rice), with combination meals and specialty dishes in the mid-range.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lemongrass is a Vietnamese restaurant that serves Asian fusion cuisine made to order with fresh sustainable ingredients. The menu includes appetizers, pho, soups, vermicelli, stir fries, desserts, bubble tea, and Vietnamese coffee, priced from $4.00 to $21.50 CAD. Service is dine-in only, with approximately 6 employees, operating from a single location in Kamloops, BC.

Product overview

Lemongrass Vietnamese Restaurant is a single-location Vietnamese restaurant serving creative Asian fusion cuisine. The restaurant operates as a unified dining establishment rather than a platform with separate products. Its menu is organized into categories including Appetizers (Salad Rolls, Spring Rolls, Tempura items, Gyoza, Tofu dishes), Pho varieties (Veggie, Chicken, Rare-Beef, Beef-Ball, and House Special), Specialty Soups (Hue Spicy Soup, Seafood Rice Noodle Soup, Laksa), Vermicelli and Rice Dishes, Specialty Stir Frys, and Desserts. All dishes are made-to-order using fresh, sustainable ingredients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appetizers Appetizer menu items served as starters to Vietnamese and Asian fusion meals at the dine-in restaurant.
• Pho Traditional Vietnamese noodle soup prepared made to order with fresh sustainable ingredients for dine-in customers.
• Soups Vietnamese-style soups served as part of the menu at the dine-in restaurant.
• Vermicelli dishes Vietnamese vermicelli-based dishes served made to order at the dine-in restaurant.
• Stir fries Asian fusion stir-fried dishes prepared made to order with fresh sustainable ingredients for dine-in customers.
• Desserts Dessert items served as part of the Vietnamese and Asian fusion menu at the dine-in restaurant.
• Bubble tea Bubble tea beverage offering served to dine-in customers of the Vietnamese restaurant.
• Vietnamese coffee Vietnamese-style coffee beverage offered to dine-in customers at the restaurant.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Pho 24: Vietnamese restaurant chain specializing in pho and traditional Vietnamese dishes. Directly comparable as a pho-led casual dining operator with a similar menu architecture to Lemongrass.
• Pho Saigon: Vietnamese restaurant chain offering pho, spring rolls, vermicelli, and stir-fry dishes comparable to Lemongrass's core menu categories. Operates at a similar price-point casual dining position.
• Pho Hoa: Established Vietnamese noodle-soup restaurant chain with multiple locations, offering a pho-centric menu similar to Lemongrass's signature offering. Comparable as a pho-specialty operator with broader geographic reach.

Broad incumbents

• Pei Wei Asian Diner: Asian fast-casual chain offering stir-fries, noodles, and Asian-inspired bowls with dine-in, takeout, and delivery. Comparable on cuisine category (Asian) and casual dining price point, though broader and more digitally enabled.
• P.F. Chang's: National Asian casual dining chain with a broad menu spanning noodles, stir-fry, and rice dishes. Overlaps with Lemongrass on Asian cuisine category and stir-fry/vermicelli offerings, though at a much higher price tier and scale.

Regional players

• Mandarin Restaurant: Canadian Chinese-Canadian buffet and casual dining chain primarily operating in Ontario and Western Canada. Comparable as a regionally focused Asian casual dining operator with multi-location presence in Canada.

Emerging players

• Bamboo Restaurant: Small-chain Vietnamese and Southeast Asian restaurants operating in Canadian markets with pho, spring rolls, and vermicelli menus. Comparable as an independent-operator Vietnamese casual dining concept at similar scale to Lemongrass.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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