Lemongrass Cafe

Name

Lemongrass Cafe

Legal name

Lemongrass Cafe

Website

https://lemongrasscafeqc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant (Thai Cuisine)

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regional/Ethnic Specialty Fast Casual (e.g., Indian, Caribbean, African, Eastern European) (THAFABAM)

Keywords

• Thai restaurant dining
• Thai cuisine takeout
• Event catering services
• Restaurant dine-in service
• Food service operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Moline

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dine-in and Takeout Food Service: Revenue generated from serving prepared Thai cuisine to customers dining in the restaurant or taking food to-go. The restaurant offers a regularly updated menu of noodles, curries, soups, fried rice, appetizers, house specialties, and cocktails.
2. Catering Services: Catering services for private events, corporate gatherings, and special occasions. Customers can inquire about catering through the contact form or by phone.
3. Gift Card Sales: Digital gift cards sold through SwipeIt platform, providing one-time revenue from prepaid dining credits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lemongrass Café is a single-location Thai restaurant that prepares and serves authentic Thai cuisine to customers through on-premise dining, takeout, and event catering. The food offering is built around a regularly updated menu featuring noodles, curries, soups, fried rice, appetizers, house specialties, and cocktails, with digital ordering enabled through the ToastTab platform and gift card sales handled through SwipeIt.

Product overview

Lemongrass Café operates as a single-location Thai restaurant offering a unified dining service. The core offering consists of dine-in, takeout, and catering services, all centered around a regularly updated menu of Thai cuisine including noodles, curries, soups, fried rice, appetizers, house specialties, and cocktails. All ordering (dine-in, takeout) flows through Toast Tab online ordering platform, while catering requests are managed separately.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-In Service Full-service in-restaurant dining experience serving classic, contemporary, and authentic Thai cuisine at the Moline Centre District location. Restaurant operates Monday-Thursday 11:00 AM-2:00 PM and 4:00 PM-9:00 PM, Friday-Saturday 11:00 AM-2:00 PM and 4:00 PM-10:00 PM, and is closed Sundays.
• Takeout Service Food ordering and pickup service allowing customers to order Thai dishes for takeaway via the ToastTab online ordering platform. Available for both scheduled and immediate pickup at the restaurant location.
• Catering Service Catering service for private events, corporate gatherings, and special occasions, featuring a dedicated catering menu available for download. Customers can inquire about catering via the website contact form or by phone/text at (309) 430-5103.
• Lemongrass Café Gift Cards Digital gift cards sold through the SwipeIt platform, providing prepaid dining credits that can be redeemed at the restaurant.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ToastTabcoreTechnology or IntegrationToastTab provides the online ordering platform for Lemongrass Café, enabling customers to place orders online for takeout and dine-in. This integration is essential for the restaurant's digital ordering capabilities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sweetgreen: US fast-casual restaurant chain with strong digital ordering, dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering. Comparable as a digitally-led fast-casual concept demonstrating how integrated online ordering and catering can scale small-format restaurant economics.
• P.F. Chang's: US chain of Asian full-service restaurants with a full bar, dine-in, takeout, and catering. Comparable as an Asian full-service incumbent offering bold-flavored cuisine with cocktail and event services, operating at much larger scale than Lemongrass.
• Noodles & Company: US casual-dining chain offering globally-inspired noodle and other dishes, with dine-in, takeout, and catering. Comparable as a multi-format casual ethnic restaurant chain with catering capability and a similar everyday-dining positioning.
• CAVA: US fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant group with dine-in, takeout, delivery, and catering. Comparable as a digitally-enabled, multi-format ethnic-concept restaurant demonstrating the modern ethnic-casual playbook relevant to Lemongrass's integrated ordering stack.
• Pei Wei Asian Kitchen: US Asian fast-casual chain offering pan-Asian cuisine including Thai-inspired dishes, with dine-in, takeout, and delivery. Comparable as a broader Asian casual-dining incumbent covering some of the same Thai-style menu space as Lemongrass.

Direct peers

• Thai Express: Canadian Thai-focused restaurant chain offering Thai cuisine with dine-in, takeout, and delivery. Comparable as a Thai-cuisine multi-format restaurant operator serving everyday neighborhood demand, similar in concept to Lemongrass Café but at chain scale.
• Wagamama: International Asian (Japanese and Thai-inspired) full-service restaurant chain with a full bar, dine-in, and takeout. Comparable as an Asian full-service concept offering bold-flavored pan-Asian cuisine, cocktails, and a contemporary urban dining experience.
• Busaba Eathai: UK Thai full-service restaurant chain with dine-in and takeaway, focused on bold Thai flavors in a contemporary urban setting. Comparable as a small-format Thai full-service operator with neighborhood locations, similar in concept density to Lemongrass.
• Rosa's Thai Cafe: UK Thai restaurant chain with neighborhood locations, dine-in, and takeaway. Highly comparable as a small-format Thai full-service operator serving local markets with a Thai-focused menu and casual dining experience.

Emerging players

• Lee's Sandwiches: US Vietnamese/Asian sandwich and food chain with dine-in, takeout, and catering across multiple locations. Comparable as a small-format Asian casual-dining operator with multiple revenue streams in secondary US markets, similar in operating footprint to Lemongrass.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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