Comments on: Lido Restaurant: Vietnamese, Chinese and French, but nothing really French about it

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:40:27 +0000

I LOVE Lido’s Hot and Sour soup with the catfish filet. They have some other good dishes, but that’s my favorite.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:42:28 +0000

Hi! I like eating at Lido. I do agree that it is an little pricey but the place is cleaner than many other Asian restaurants. Mainly, the local Asians do not eat at that restaurant is the price and as authentic. Yes, Lang’s Bakery is more authentic, cheaper and less professional with service. When I go to Lang’s Bakery, I just order at the register. If you want a more authentic Chinese experience try Grand Village across from Shepard Mall on 23rd. But, then again most will order something like Kung Pao Chicken or Sesame Chicken. BTW Korean Ribs is the style of cut from beef ribs, not a Korean dish.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:38 +0000

Ok, my co-worker and myself went to Lang’s today to try it out. We walked in and sat down at a sticky table. Only one person was working and she walked over and took one paper napkin out of the dispenser on our table and gave the table a swipe and walked away. We picked up the menu’s and decided what we wanted to order, she never came back to take our order even though other people had arrived and she was attending to them. So……we got up, left and went to Lido’s where we were waited on in a most professional way and had excellent vermicelli bowls in a clean, warm enviroment. I still love Lido’s!

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:25:35 +0000

Ok, I’m in, we are going to try Lang’s bakery!

By: Nickie

Nickie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:43:55 +0000

I went to Lido’s last night. I still like the place. I had the black-bean chicken and vermicelli and I thought it was very tasty and fairly-priced. My friend had the veggie fried rice and she swears it the best she has found in OKC. I do think the service is lackluster, as Kim said in a different post.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:14:20 +0000

dk, I originally made a comment about the lack of asian diners at Lido, but it got edited out for some reason… Anyway, it sounds like I really need to try Pho Ca Dao next! I also thought that the place on the other end of the plaza from Lido was good, they just don’t have the convenient hours that Lido has.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:46:16 +0000

I have to agree with dk. I’m Viet and my family won’t eat their either. Not to say the food is bad, it just isn’t authentic. I do love Chow’s for some fantastic Chinese food though, get the oysters in ginger sauce. As for a good Vietnamese restaurant in town, I would also have to vouch for Lang Bakery for the Banh Canh or the Banh Beo Tom (if you’re interested in something authentic and different) and my personal, albeit biased favorite, Pho Ca Dao for the pho and the Bo Kho stewed beef.

By: dk

dk — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:56:24 +0000

How can you eat at an Asian restaurant if Asians wont eat there? Judge by the clientele?

By: Sara Mc.

Sara Mc. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:42:46 +0000

Informative post and comments. I’ve thought about trying Lido, but after reading this, I won’t. Thanks for saving me the trip!!! (The comment about the roach sealed the deal. Good Lord!!!)

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:18:03 +0000

I agree, SO over Lido. I prefer Kim Wah, which is closer to me anyways, but the vermicelli bowls are better!
Last time a group of us went to Lido, we saw some guys that work there carrying a HUGE frozen, raw animal carcus directly through the center of the main room taking it in the back or something. And the room was full of diners! I dont know, but it seemed unsanitary and I thought that has to be against some health code. Also, who wants to see that when they are eating!

By: Holley

Holley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:20:42 +0000

It’s been years that I’ve been to The Lido. I used to go there frequently when I worked at the Capitol in college. I always ordered the B8. I normally don’t order beef at a Chinese place, but here it was good. The last time I went I wasn’t as impressed. I do love Grand House and prefer to go there when I chooce Chinese in that area.

By: RedGlowX0X0

RedGlowX0X0 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:44:47 +0000

If you’re in that strip mall and are wanting some good down-home Vietnamese cuisine and don’t feel like paying the high prices at Lido’s, head three doors down to Lang’s Vietnamese Bakery. Little cute family run hole-in-the-wall place. They have 2 dollar sandwiches and 5 dollar vermicelli and pho bowls…and the taste is just amazing! We go there for lunch every week and always see fancily dressed business folk walk over to Lido, and we smile knowing we are getting what is probably better tasting Vietnamese for a fraction of the cost.

By: C

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:48:40 +0000

Fung’s and Golden Phoenix are where it’s at. No doubt.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:34:14 +0000

Lido was our favorite for years. Not so much now – cold food, lackluster wait staff and so-so meals. Love Kang’s – great sushi and Lido “type” food. Expensive but worth it.

By: Cult of Nobody

Cult of Nobody — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:25:19 +0000

@Benjamin…. I was wondering where Fung’s went to. Last time I drove by there it was still an empty Crawdaddy’s

I have never tried Chow’s and the last few times I drove by there I thought they had gone out of business. Back in the 90′s some of the ladies from my office would go over there once a week.

Another observation I have made is that you can almost rate an Asian restaurant by their chopsticks…. The ones that offer the crappy, little, warped chopsticks are a dime a dozen. The ones with the nice chopsticks usually serve some good food.

By: kevin

kevin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:39:08 +0000

Last time I ate there is also the last time I will eat there. I was served a drink with part of a roach moldy roach carcass floating around the top. I almost puked. I will never go back.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:12:23 +0000

@Benjamin, yeah I saw Fung’s new location in the building that used to be Crawdaddy’s and before that it was a pizza hut. Haven’t tried their new place yet but I did notice their sign promotes that they have Dim Sum. Going to have to try that as it would be nice to have another Dim Sum option.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:47:09 +0000

Lido has pretty much gotten worse every time I’ve eaten there over the course of the past five years. They still do a few things really well, but that list is getting shorter and shorter. The neighborhood has a wealth of superior alternatives, imo. Once you get beyond the noodle bowls, you’d better like cornstarch because that’s what you’re getting.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:47:41 +0000

Being an Asian who is actually from Asia, I’d say that Fung’s Kitchen and Chow’s come pretty close to what we get back home! Fung remodeled and moved so you’ll have to look out for it. Its somewhere on classen … between 23rd and 36th. Golden Phoenix is also pretty good but not as good as the aforementioned Chow and Fung.

By: JuJuBeans

JuJuBeans — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:05 +0000

Never really liked Lido too much, I always preferred Dot Wo but I haven’t been to either places in a very long time. It’s a shame that as time goes by most restaurants go down in quality instead of improving in quality.