Lychee Restaurant Bar - Braintree

Ordered a couple of appetizers: Banh mi tartine and chicken wings. Entrees: Vegetarian Japchae, Lollipop Lamb Chops, Miso Glazed Salmon. Banh mi was sweet, but good. Favorite entree, in my opinion, was the Japchae. Flan for dessert.

Restaurant is new and nice. I came here multiple times already. I enjoy the pho. It is served HOT and presented very nicely. Their apps are delicious as well, especially the fried tofu popcorn and shishito peppers. The cocktail drinks are excellent. I love that they make them not too sweet. They are extremely generous with portions. Got to know the owners and became friends : . I am thinking of having my daughter’s graduation banquet here next June.

The place is nice. Probably looks incredible at night. Judy our server was great! Sadly, our time here ended short because we had a fly in our water to start. (not the end of the world. Looked past it very quickly. Because of this, I told my fiancée to get a soda to be safe. Well, that soda we got was not... soda. It had the most metallic taste I've had with water. I was so surprised. We already ordered steamed pork buns so we waited for them but we were worried. They were okay. Not blown away by them. But they were heavy on the cilantro, and the buns could have been fluffier. Overall, I wanted this place to be great but it was... kinda disappointing. Hopefully, it was just a fluke and we can try again.Edit: Damn. Quick update. Wrote the review previously right before we paid for the food. We got charged for an alcoholic drink we never asked for nor received. Yeah... thats too many mishaps in one trip. I really wanted this place to be good, but I'm not coming back.ANOTHER EDIT: I can't believe this place. The soda $3, the tea $3, and the steamed pork buns $10 should have been around $16. We received the new bill at 21.59. I really wanted this place to be good. They refunded us and offered to give us a gift card but I'm all set. I really hope this trip was just a bad moment and not the overall experience for most people.Edit for the owner: I sincerely appreciate your efforts. I left some nitpicking comments in here on the steamed pork buns. But, my review was on the overall experience. When mistakes happen you need to slow down to make sure more mistakes aren't happening. The fact that the issue happened with the bill twice is difficult to pass by especially after everything else that occurred. That's why I wrote this review. I wish you the best.

So I have been wanting to try this spot for awhile. When you walk in, it's a very clean, cozy modern atmosphere. I was more impressed with my appetizers than my actual entrée. My meal as well as my son's did not come to the table matching the description on ghe menu. I ordered steak tips(medium), which came with rice and stir fried vegetables. The steak tips were not cooked to order which was understandable given the fact that they were so small it would be difficult to cook to order, the portion was also extremely small. My rice was undercooked, and instead of stir fried vegetables, I got steamed bok choy. I always order dishes because of the combination of flavors, so to receive something different than the description on the menu, I expect my server to inform me of any changes to the dish. My son ordered lamb chops medium. Also over cooked, small portion and missing the yogurt sauce he was looking forward to trying. They flavor is there, but the overall quality was well below my standards.

We were the only diners there and the temperature of the food was not hot enough. The calamari was rubbery overly cooked, however our entrees were really delicious. We ordered the steak tips and the salmon and both were very flavorful. Our server was very nice. Once we were able to tell them the calamari was over cooked, they were more than willing to switch out for a good appetizer. Overwall pleased with the service but it didn't give me the wow factor although the place is quite beautiful.