Delivery: Yes Take-out: Yes Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Good for Kids: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
1 review
Kelvin Madonna
Anyone who lives in or near Montclair will join me in a moment of silence in remembering Sesame, the best Chinese restaurant in the state of New Jersey, which closed last year when the owners very selfishly moved back to China to retire and be with their families. Yeah, whatever.
Since then, I've been on a quest — a crusade, you might call it — to find a Chinese place to fill the void. I've accepted that no place will be Sesame, but would love to find good Chinese food.
Unfortunately, Lotus isn't it.
First of all, it's a take out and delivery place — that's important, because I thought it was a restaurant (and according to another reviewer here, it used to be). I am guessing that would help with the food quality as with any place you order from vs. dining in.
We had the barbeque beef stick because it was recommended here, and it was made with a funky spice — fennel, perhaps? — that seemed unfamiliar and out of place on it. The cold noodles with sesame sauce were more tahini-tasting than peanutty, but they were light — so if that's what you look for in these types of noodles, you will like them.
The boneless ribs were the best out of all our party ordered, and although this might sound like a dumb thing to rate, the rice was perfect.
We also had sesame chicken, which was more like a sweet and sour chicken than a typical sesame. So again, if you like sweet and sour, you'll like this; it was just too sweet for us. Finally, an order of kung bo chicken was overall fine, although we couldn't get past the potatoes in the dish, which none of us in our dining party had encountered in this dish before.
So not awful, not the best. Just, as the description reads, "meh."
Off to jump on my trusty steed and ride off into the sunset to find another place to try… Wish me well!
Anyone who lives in or near Montclair will join me in a moment of silence in remembering Sesame, the best Chinese restaurant in the state of New Jersey, which closed last year when the owners very selfishly moved back to China to retire and be with their families. Yeah, whatever.
Since then, I've been on a quest — a crusade, you might call it — to find a Chinese place to fill the void. I've accepted that no place will be Sesame, but would love to find good Chinese food.
Unfortunately, Lotus isn't it.
First of all, it's a take out and delivery place — that's important, because I thought it was a restaurant (and according to another reviewer here, it used to be). I am guessing that would help with the food quality as with any place you order from vs. dining in.
We had the barbeque beef stick because it was recommended here, and it was made with a funky spice — fennel, perhaps? — that seemed unfamiliar and out of place on it. The cold noodles with sesame sauce were more tahini-tasting than peanutty, but they were light — so if that's what you look for in these types of noodles, you will like them.
The boneless ribs were the best out of all our party ordered, and although this might sound like a dumb thing to rate, the rice was perfect.
We also had sesame chicken, which was more like a sweet and sour chicken than a typical sesame. So again, if you like sweet and sour, you'll like this; it was just too sweet for us. Finally, an order of kung bo chicken was overall fine, although we couldn't get past the potatoes in the dish, which none of us in our dining party had encountered in this dish before.
So not awful, not the best. Just, as the description reads, "meh."
Off to jump on my trusty steed and ride off into the sunset to find another place to try… Wish me well!