Green Lotus
“When I have a tough day at work and don't feel like cooking when I come home, I pick up the phone and order for delivery.”
“I love the coconut with passion fruit bobos.”
“They do their best and I think people need to consider that and they have much much more than typical take out places in terms of variety.”
Green Lotus
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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I really wasn't a fan…Yes, they do give generous portions and the prices aren't unreasonable but taste-wise, the food was just lacking for me. I came here at around 1:30 on a weekday and there was no line at all. I was actually a little surprised at the decor because from reading these yelp reviews, I had not expected Green Lotus to look anything like a Chinese take-out restaurant. I had expected it to look more like a cafe but I guess I was wrong…There are only about 3 tables of seating available and also additional seating at the front window. The place seems kind of cluttered and unorganized but it didn't seem dirty.
So I ordered the Chicken Pad Thai and it was ~$8 which isn't that bad. Even before I ordered, I already had expectations that I wasn't going to like this pad thai since it's made in a Chinese restaurant and not in a legit Thai restaurant. My senses were right. The noodles aren't the Thai noodles that are usually used to make Pad Thai and the sauce was just a bit off. The noodles that they used were the ones that are usually used to make Chow Fun at Chinese restaurants (they do not taste good in pad thai!!). While waiting for my food, I glanced around to see what the people inside were having and the food did not seem appealing..
I probably won't be coming back to Green Lotus because if I want Chinese food, I can go to Empire right next door and if I want Thai food, I can go to Thai Taste a block away. I'm honestly not a huge fan of these "fusion" restaurants because even though they have more variety of food items, they don't make any of them exceptionally well.
I live here for three years, always like their green curry.
The price of lunch special is fair which include soup/drink, really like this deal!
I got the "Pho Bo" and shrimp rolls. How is it that this pho bo is actually much better than Saigon next door, something that they specialize in? Well..anyway. This dish was realllly good even though it's not authentic pho, but more of a beef noodle soup. It's the perfect dish to get when you're sick and it'll make you feel like a million bucks. Try it out and you won't regret it. The shrimp rolls were average, nothing special but it does the job. The rolls came with a mayo/tarter dipping sauce. Overall, nice place for a quick bite to eat!
So I don't come here unless I am super desperate, or if everything else is close around the neighborhood. Honestly this place has the worst food I've ever eaten; when my friends get food here I just pray that they don't get diarrhea a few hours later. When I first moved to this neighborhood to attend SJU, I had the displeasure of getting the "pho" here (this was freshman year and I'm now a 5th year). Trust me, this is not pho (and I'm saying this as a person who was born and raised in Vietnam); I don't even know what led them to conclusion that what they produce from the kitchen is considered "pho", the broth is horrible and the noodles they used is not even the right noodles.
I haven't gotten a bubble tea here since 3 years ago, just because it's plain crap, but a few days ago I thought I should give it another try….nope still crappy. I hate that powdery aftertaste, and it's not even worth the normal price. I honestly would not recommend anyone coming here ever. Of all the place that you should go to to find food in this neighborhood, this should be the very last place!
I used to ordered their chicken over rice few years ago. It definitely had flavor because of the amount of sauce the actual food is smothered in. It's piled with rice on one side with your choice of meat and vegetables on the other. It always looks like my food is drowning. It's just too much sauce added into the dish. The sauce is very thick too. The color of it looks fine but the taste is bland.
I've tried their bubble tea a few times whenever I order chicken over rice. Each time was a different flavor. I couldn't bring myself to like any of them. It's powder mixed with sugar and hot water. It's not tasty and it is overly sweet. The prices are pricey too.
This is basically upscale Chinese food. It's not saturated and it tastes amazing. The price is a little high but we'll worth it. There is always a wait whether you go in or call ahead.
My girlfriend loves this place and let's face it, I'm not a big fan of thai food but since it makes her happy, I'm sure it's all good. I've ate here only once. I lied. I've ate their food once but it was to go. It was decent but just not my taste; however, I'm sure a thai food lover will enjoy it.
Not your run-of-the-mill Chinese takeout, Green Lotus offers a variety of Asian fusion to satisfy your noodle or rice fix. The menu is a hodgepodge of different cuisines running down the coast from Honshu to Kuala Lumpur. And strangely, the tastes work if you order a number of different dishes. This is a popular place with the college crowd from St John's across the street, offering affordable & tasty alternatives to college cafeteria food.
The pad thai with your choice of beef, chicken or shrimp is not bad, but sometimes the rice noodles get too soggy and the ground peanuts are not too fresh, especially when it gets home in the takeout container. We'll have to try dining in sometime. We go for the basil or shrimp & scallop fried rice most of the time, but a new menu item we've tried is the beef pho bo. It has sliced aromatic beef and thin rice noodles in a hearty tasty broth.
For an Asian fusion place, I would think they'd have more dumplings on the menu. They have deep fried gyoza, but i wish they had pan fried and steamed pork and vegetable dumplings. The bubble tea is also very good with lots of different flavors to choose from and at a good value price. I like the taro, honeydew and coconut flavors with the chewy tapioca balls. They use the automatic plastic cup sealing machine, so you don't have to worry about it spilling in the car on the ride home.