I absolutely love visiting Lotus Café! It’s a cozy spot with an Asian-inspired style, and their food is just amazing. Every dish feels authentic and full of flavor, and you can really tell they put care into each recipe. If you’re looking for a place that combines a warm atmosphere with delicious Asian cuisine, Lotus Café is definitely worth checking out.
Food: 5
Service: 5
LMK
This is my go-to spot for Chinese takeout—I really do love this place. My only complaint is the consistency. I always order the same dish, and a few times the sauce has come out either much spicier than usual or overly watery. Most of the time the food is excellent, but I’d appreciate a bit more consistency in the recipes.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 5
Kartisha Hall
This was the worst Chinese food I have had in years ! The rice tasted awful , like smoke and tasteless no matter how much soy sauce you add . I had two “ Prawns “ if you can call them that . They were so small and tasted like they got them straight out the ocean with a terrible fishy taste . As soon as you take 1 bite the coating separates from the meat . The sad part is all we brought was two rices and 2 prawns and it costed $30 for that trash! I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone
Aram
Ordered crab rangoon and bbq beef. Took a log time to make it. Tasted terrible. Beef tasted as if was microvawed. Stiff like a piece of jerky. Crab rangoon tasted foul. Threw everything out.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Leslie Lowman (App_Musiclover)
This my go-to for Chinese food in Ballantyne. They are always so nice and are willing to make accommodations if you ask.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tee Gee
Quick, friendly and good taste! Order last minute for 5 ppl on a Sunday night. Everyone was happy with their dish. I had shrimp pad Thai, which was good but would have liked more vegetables. I’d get it again, though and the portions were very generous. A great weekly staple.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
SMM Merici
Worst Chinese food I've ever had and I've been enjoying Chinese for 60 years - until now. Sa cha shrimp, kon bo shrimp, shrimp and broccoli all had the same thick, oily brown sauce and the same vegetables. Spring rolls were filled with shredded cabbage, not marinated, not seasoned and tough - I spat mine out. Grubby little hole in the world wall, should be out of business soon. I can get better Asian food at a Harris Teeter hot buffet.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
Theo Ez
This is the best food in CHARLOTTE!!! Best LO MEIN, best DUMPLINGS, best BEEF AND BROCCOLI!! I EVERYTHING ON THE MENU IS AMAZING!!! I have lived here 25 years and I can say this is the best to go to! Don’t miss out, what are you waiting for!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bill
Have used Lotus satisfactorily for years. Just got a chicken broccoli dish; the chicken was flimsy thin slabs of something that looked like chicken but was terrible! Totally unhappy and will not use Lotus again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
M R
Really terrible. The chicken and broccoli had little flavor and the chicken was mushy and slimy. I had to throw it away. Totally inedible.
We ordered take out and thought we were getting chow mein noodles which turned out to be not that. There was no communication by the staff as to what they could do to make the order right. We googled what was supposed to be chow mein noodles and compared it to what was stated on their menu. There was no mention of how they could accommodate us to get us to what we ordered. I won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lauren Vernon
Lotus cafe is amazing. I love their chicken pad Thai and my husband loves the sesame chicken. We also got crab Rangoon’s last time which were so tasty. We have been going to this place for years and will continue to do so!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia Wu
very friendly owner!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Butterfly1625
This is just a hole in the wall for take out food. We thought it was good for sit down. Food was excellent, but it came in styrofoam containers with plastic utensils. No atmosphere. Recommend that you only take out food from here.
alex wiggins
The food is great but when i placed my delivery order, the site says CALL TO PAY by card. I did. And the guy says “oh you call pay dewiwewwy?” And i said yeah. Well, i was trying to ask him questions, and he just keeps yelling, “you pay dwifah you pay dwifah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ok ok ok ok ok bye bye bye yeah yeah yeah” and hangs up. They need to HIRE someone with customer service skills.
I absolutely love visiting Lotus Café! It’s a cozy spot with an Asian-inspired style, and their food is just amazing. Every dish feels authentic and full of flavor, and you can really tell they put care into each recipe. If you’re looking for a place that combines a warm atmosphere with delicious Asian cuisine, Lotus Café is definitely worth checking out.
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is my go-to spot for Chinese takeout—I really do love this place. My only complaint is the consistency. I always order the same dish, and a few times the sauce has come out either much spicier than usual or overly watery. Most of the time the food is excellent, but I’d appreciate a bit more consistency in the recipes.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 5
This was the worst Chinese food I have had in years ! The rice tasted awful , like smoke and tasteless no matter how much soy sauce you add . I had two “ Prawns “ if you can call them that . They were so small and tasted like they got them straight out the ocean with a terrible fishy taste . As soon as you take 1 bite the coating separates from the meat . The sad part is all we brought was two rices and 2 prawns and it costed $30 for that trash! I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone
Ordered crab rangoon and bbq beef. Took a log time to make it. Tasted terrible. Beef tasted as if was microvawed. Stiff like a piece of jerky. Crab rangoon tasted foul. Threw everything out.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
This my go-to for Chinese food in Ballantyne. They are always so nice and are willing to make accommodations if you ask.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Quick, friendly and good taste! Order last minute for 5 ppl on a Sunday night. Everyone was happy with their dish. I had shrimp pad Thai, which was good but would have liked more vegetables. I’d get it again, though and the portions were very generous. A great weekly staple.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Worst Chinese food I've ever had and I've been enjoying Chinese for 60 years - until now. Sa cha shrimp, kon bo shrimp, shrimp and broccoli all had the same thick, oily brown sauce and the same vegetables. Spring rolls were filled with shredded cabbage, not marinated, not seasoned and tough - I spat mine out.
Grubby little hole in the world wall, should be out of business soon. I can get better Asian food at a Harris Teeter hot buffet.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
This is the best food in CHARLOTTE!!! Best LO MEIN, best DUMPLINGS, best BEEF AND BROCCOLI!! I EVERYTHING ON THE MENU IS AMAZING!!! I have lived here 25 years and I can say this is the best to go to! Don’t miss out, what are you waiting for!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Have used Lotus satisfactorily for years. Just got a chicken broccoli dish; the chicken was flimsy thin slabs of something that looked like chicken but was terrible! Totally unhappy and will not use Lotus again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Really terrible. The chicken and broccoli had little flavor and the chicken was mushy and slimy. I had to throw it away. Totally inedible.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
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We ordered take out and thought we were getting chow mein noodles which turned out to be not that. There was no communication by the staff as to what they could do to make the order right. We googled what was supposed to be chow mein noodles and compared it to what was stated on their menu. There was no mention of how they could accommodate us to get us to what we ordered. I won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lotus cafe is amazing. I love their chicken pad Thai and my husband loves the sesame chicken. We also got crab Rangoon’s last time which were so tasty. We have been going to this place for years and will continue to do so!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
very friendly owner!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is just a hole in the wall for take out food. We thought it was good for sit down. Food was excellent, but it came in styrofoam containers with plastic utensils. No atmosphere. Recommend that you only take out food from here.
The food is great but when i placed my delivery order, the site says CALL TO PAY by card. I did. And the guy says “oh you call pay dewiwewwy?” And i said yeah. Well, i was trying to ask him questions, and he just keeps yelling, “you pay dwifah you pay dwifah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ok ok ok ok ok bye bye bye yeah yeah yeah” and hangs up. They need to HIRE someone with customer service skills.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
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