Lotus Cafe at Boca Chica

2489 Boca Chica Blvd, Brownsville
(956) 982-1888

Recent Reviews

Agripino Olbera

Food ok......got better......had really gone down hill. Place was remodeled.....atmosphere better.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Broccoli Beef

Kel Thornton

The only good thing about this place was the service of the cashier. Interior was old and dingy, had a funny smell.Four Seasons - bland, lacked any seasoning, vegetables overcooked to mush and the meat was coated in a pasty wrinkly flour or starch? Meat super tough.Beef Chow Fung - super greasy, weird beef, very bland, no seasoning.Kung po chicken - guess what? You got it! Weird coated chicken in a very sweet beige sauce with burnt spring onions. No salt and no spice at all! Pretty horrid.Peking duck - as dry as a flip flop on a beach! Duck jerky!Egg rolls & spring rolls - super greasy, soggy, tasteless.BBQ Ribs - tough & tastelessSteamed meat dumplings - thick and gummy, tasteless and dry.Steamed shrimp dumplings - dry, pasty, flavorless, gummyI have eaten a variety of Asian cuisine in my life. Ranging from authentic to westernised. This is by far the WORST oriental meal I have ever had. The person cooking the food has zero palette and needs a new profession! Their cooking skills are outright offensive. How dare you charge people for this. Even if the food was free (which it most certainly was not) we wouldn't eat it. We read the reviews, 4.2 stars it said. LIES! Huge waste of time and money. Actually so disgusted that we cannot even be bothered to call and complain. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!! We made a very costly mistake, trust our feedback, go elsewhere.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

Imagine_Life nature

The cashier has a crappy attitude and the young girls are just talking and making side conversations instead of insuring the orders go through they take long with your orders don’t recommend this one. The only person breaking her back and serving is the older lady with black hair she was seen through the whole time going back and forth. Whoever the owner is should hire new people and keep the older lady .

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jose Gallardo

Always good food and service.consistency is a great attribute.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Tim Sager

The food was good but nothing special, service was very good and atmosphere pleasant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Andrew Gonzalez

Arrived and as I was walking in a server approached me told me to get a table and he would be our server. We sit he takes our drink order then leaves. 5 minutes later another server approaches us and says that the server behind us would take our order. So she gives us our drinks then walks away, while we wait already going on 10 minutes the server that brought our drinks flags the server and tells her to take our order and the server nods her head saying no. This all happened right in front of my table with my family and everyone in the area. Total humiliation and disregard and disrespect to customers who wanted nothing more than to sit down and enjoy a lunch meal with their families. Despite the humiliation my family chose to stay and eat but I refused and I walked out of the restaurant. I’ll never come here ever again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

John Valadez

Great Chinese food,at awesome prices, a beautiful atmosphere, and friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jaz

I come here very often and I always order the chicken with mixed vegetables plate, a cabbage soup, and edamame with garlic butter. The food here is good and this is my favorite lotus location. I like how they offer a large self serve tea portion. I also recommend the fried rice platter.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice

Samantha Perez

I recommend this restaurant very delicious food ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bryan Peterson

Really good food. I was very. impressed with the Almond

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice

Ray Pecina

The food is great and fresh. Almost taste like something i can make at home.Parking: you will always find a spot close to the door. Two exits. Just a little tricky to get back to the other side of boca chica since they the city put a partition.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet & Sour Chicken

Sarah-Anne Smurlick

This was my first visit. It was a late ish dinner. There were a few other diners in the restaurant. I didn't see anyone Aisan, eating or working, in the restaurant.I am trying to avoid wheat flour, so rejected the complementary chips. My waiter was pretty attentive. I was happy that they have an extensive combo menu for one and the prices are very reasonable. The Hot and Sour soup was okay, maybe not the freshest. The waiter recommended the Tripple Crown, which I had never heard of before. It was well portioned with assorted meats/shrimp/veggies but had way too much sauce as you can see in the photo, the meats and veggies are swimming in it. The shrimp were especially tasty. The filling of the egg roll was okay, l left the casing to avoid the wheat flour. The fried rice was pretty awful, I'd probably choose steamed if I return. Overall, the portions were generous, so there is value for the price.I'm guessing the decor dates back to the 80's when they opened and is now dingy/depressing. I think, if they can afford it, a refresh is in order.There was enough staff on hand that if they worked together (instead of playing with their phones) they could have served by hand instead of using the rather unpleasant looking cart.Other reviews suggest Panda Express as an alternative, I highly prefer table service on reusable plates/cutlery over cafeteria style.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Hot & Sour Soup, Triple Crown

Vicky Miller

Reasonably priced Asian food.Each of us brought home a doggie box.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Pricilla

Asked for cashew chicken without the veggies, and received cashew chicken without veggies and without cashews ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 3

Maria Estrada

Amazing atmosphere, excellent wait staff! Not to mention the delicious food!!! Yum! Yum!Food, Service, Atmosphere all 5 Star! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mongolian Beef, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Fried Rice, Egg Drop Soup

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