Lotus Cafe

Was greeted by a man who was on the phone speaking his language. Juggling sitting me and speaking to whomever was on the phone for a first impression meh ordered pho with a coke the coke was mostly a watered down no gas. sprouts crunchy the pho N3 was not a wow it's an Okay pho the meatballs full of flavor Music playing in the background loud people in the kitchen. Will not be back once I was served nobody came back to see if I needed anything

Came in for dinner, ordered pho. Not for me. The broth tasted like blood, meat was not fresh. Paid for my tab and left . Not for me.

FOOD INSTAGRAM: @northtx.gemz**** WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR: not sure but they are in the suburbs of south Arlington and seems to be loved by the community here based off Google Reviews. THE VIBE: casual mom & pop shop. Pretty spacious. PRICE: ~$30 WOULD I COME BACK? No. ****Overall Rating: 7.5/10- I love trying new Vietnamese places and this was one of them! I believe it was a Vietnamese Chinese type of fusion based off of both of the items being offered. - I will say the sesame chicken was pretty juicy but not as spicy as I hoped. It's off a scale of 3 and I got a 2 but I could've gotten a 3 tbh. The flavor was good but the vibrant red color threw me off. It was a pretty good dish overall tho I ate majority of it. - I thought my mom's pho tasted pretty good but it she said it lacked flavor so to each their own. It wasn't bad at all!- I took off most points bc of the ambiance. I didn't like how the owner kept shouting at this high school employees to do this and that. It made them feel awkward and I could clearly see our server just being super awkward and not himself bc of it. He even told the server to tell us to move from big table to the small table just in case a party of 6+ comes in like I highly doubt that because they were literally about to close lol and there was plenty of open tables. It was just such an awkward experience and I wouldn't be surprised if these employees quit soon.

Have been coming to Lotus for 10 years now nearly once a week. One of my family's favorite restaurants in our area. Delicious every time!

The food is great, a bit pricy, but wonderful every time. I usually get the beef and broccoli dinner plate which comes out to $14.56.

Lacking flavor and love- was not impressed with the food at all. A little disappointed after reading the reviews.

We came in because of the great reviews. It was quiet and only had 1 other customer, the place felt calm and relaxing. I'm not sure what happened but we ordered pho, shrimp rolls and egg rolls. The only thing that was tasty was the egg rolls. The shrimp rolls tasted fishy and had a hardened rice paper texture. Also, the peanut sauce was heavily salted. The pho, well the broth was way too sweet and it was cloudy like they didn't properly clean the bones before making the broth. It gave it a bloody taste. The rare beef meat tasted like it was pre boiled and had no taste. We couldn't even eat past the first two bites. We mentioned all of this to our server and were not even offered to get those items removed. They brought us the bill and we literally paid $40 for two tiny egg rolls, the only edible items of our order. This is definitely not authentic pho. If you are craving real pho...go somewhere else!

New ownership. Beware! I'm all for small businesses but this is not the same. Quality of food was terrible. Customer service, terrible.Menu says Chicken Teryaki plate. They said they don't have teryaki sauce. Chicken lo mein is completely different (noodles, chicken, taste). Went to pick up order and I sat there for 10 extra minutes while my food was ready at window... It took me going up with my receipt and matching order numbers for me to get my food - they didn't even ask. Hopefully someone else has a better experience but be careful if you haven't been there in awhile.

New cook - everything was bad. We will order other rice dishes typically aside from pho and nothing is like the pictures anymore. We ordered orange chicken and sesame chicken and some spring rolls. Which were burned. The sesame and orange chicken were exactly the same, one was just including sesame seeds. There was no reading on the chicken either like typical. When we called to bring it to their attention, they argues when we're trying to bring it back to them and get a refund. They wanted us to call back at 8:30 to speak to someone else. I really don't understand the issue of returning the food and getting a refund, but they really didn't want to accept any fault and repeatedly telling me you have a new cook for some weeks now isn't going to change my mind. Won't be coming back.

This place is experiencing some pains under new ownership. The last two times I ate there the food was not good. I have been eating at Lotus for many years so was really sad about this. Hoping they realize being open seven days a week with sub standard food is not as good as being open 5 or 6 days a week with good food. Hoping the best for this place but I don't think it will improve until they get a better cook.