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8396 Musick Memorial Drive Brentwood, MO 63144

314-645-2835

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Riverfront Times
Recommended
Best Vietnamese Restaurant
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Chinese, Vietnamese

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover, cash, ATM/Debit
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Free, Garage

Description

The area's first Vietnamese restaurant has relocated to a bigger, better space, but its charm remains. The menu is quite long and has the rare quality of appealing to novices and aficionados alike. For example, you can order spring rolls (goi cuon) or you can roll your own. House specialties include excellent roast duck and a beguiling lamb dish with lemongrass and chiles, troo xao xa ot. Mai Lee's pho, the traditional beef noodle soup, is capable of curing a cold, a hangover or existential ennui. Mai Lee originally opened as a Chinese restaurant; a selection of Chinese dishes remains available.

2011 | Best Vietnamese Restaurant

As St. Louis' first Vietnamese restaurant, Mai Lee's place in local culinary history is guaranteed. But when owner Lee Tran and her family announced their plans to move from the western edge of University City to a strange new location -- the ground floor of a parking garage in Brentwood, sandwiched between the Best Buy/Sports Authority colossus and the South Hanley Road Home Depot, even passionate fans raised a skeptical eyebrow. Our worries were unfounded. Mai Lee is thriving in its... More »

Soup Countdown #10: Pho at Mai Lee

By Stephanie Tolle | Tue, January 17, 2012

January is National Soup Month, which makes sense, considering the first month of the year is typically marked with below-freezing temperatures, snow and slush. What's better than a delicious, hot bow... More »
The Five Best Vietnamese Restaurants in St. Louis

By Ian Froeb | Thu, December 29, 2011

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our wa... More »
Mai Lee's Jay Nguyen: Featured Bartender of the Week

By Katie Moulton | Fri, June 3, 2011

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Katie Moulton profiles Mai Lee's Jay Nguyen. Below is a Q&A with Nguyen followed by th... More »
The OED Now Includes Banh Mi!

By Deborah Hyland | Wed, April 6, 2011

Debating the proper pronunciation of the Vietnamese soup known as phō has occupied great gouts of American bandwidth. The increasing popularity of Vietnamese bánh mi sandwiches will surely c... More »
Openings & Closings 2010: The Final Reckoning

By Ian Froeb | Thu, January 20, 2011

A snowy day is the perfect time to look back over our archive of restaurant openings and closings -- and notes on restaurants that we forgot to include on our lists of openings and closings -- and dra... More »
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kitkellison | St Louis, MO | 3 Reviews

| Wed, October 20, 2010

Friendly service, great food

Main Menu

Hot Appetizers

$3.50

Banm Bao

$4.95

Bo Lui

$4.95

Heo Lui

$5.95

Banm Tom Chien

Specialties

$10.95

Mi Xao Thap Cam

$14.95

Ech Xao Lan

$14.95

Ech Xao Xa Ot

$16.95

Mi Xao Gion Do Bien

Beef Dinners

$12.95

Bo Xao Sate

$12.95

Bo Xao To

$14.00

Bo Tai Chanm

$13.95

Bo Luc Lac

Chao (rice Porridge)

$6.95

Chao Thap Cam

$6.95

Chao Ga

$8.95

Chao Vit

$7.95

Chao Tom

Vietnamese Dinners
For Two

$29.95

Soup Thap Cam
mai lee house special soup

$29.95

Goi Cuon
mai lee spring rolls w/ shrimp & pork

$29.95

Ga Xao Gung
chicken stir fried in ginger sauce

$29.95

Bo Xao Chua
beef stir fried in lemon sauce w/ mixed vegetables

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Mai Lee

8396 Musick Memorial Drive Brentwood, MO 63144

314-645-2835

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2011 | Best Vietnamese Restaurant

Soup Countdown #10: Pho at Mai Lee

By Stephanie Tolle | Tue, January 17, 2012

The Five Best Vietnamese Restaurants in St. Louis

By Ian Froeb | Thu, December 29, 2011

Mai Lee's Jay Nguyen: Featured Bartender of the Week

By Katie Moulton | Fri, June 3, 2011

The OED Now Includes Banh Mi!

By Deborah Hyland | Wed, April 6, 2011

Openings & Closings 2010: The Final Reckoning

By Ian Froeb | Thu, January 20, 2011

kitkellison | St Louis, MO | 3 Reviews

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