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2014-11-11
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The Location: The restaurant under review is situated in the heart of Soho, right next to the Mid-Level-Escalators. Soho is part of Central in the Central & Western District of Hong Kong where most Westerners live - as the name might suggest :-) The Place: Lotus is a modern Thai restaurant situated in the corner of Shelley Street and Staunton Street offering outside and inside seating. The restaurant is fairly small yet still being able to accommodate around 60 people, I would guess. It does not
The Place: Lotus is a modern Thai restaurant situated in the corner of Shelley Street and Staunton Street offering outside and inside seating. The restaurant is fairly small yet still being able to accommodate around 60 people, I would guess. It does not feel cramped however it is still not possible to have a completely private conversation in there as others guests are just too near which is really a Hong Kong issue rather than Lotus’ fault.
The Food & Beverage: I went to Lotus with a friend, we shared an appetizer – Vietnamese Spring Rolls, and each had a curry. My friend had a glass of sparkling water, whereas I decided to simply have a glass of iced tab water.
The spring rolls were pretty good (I might be a little too subjective as I was about to starve when I arrived at Lotus) however they came fried and not in a soft dough as I am used to it. The rolls were not overly fried and did not taste of cooking oil, which was certainly a plus, so the inside stuffing of the rolls was still fresh – in terms of look and taste. Good Vietnamese Spring Rolls, but not overwhelmingly superb.
I had Panaeng Curry with Chicken and Rice. The Curry was nicely seasoned and very tasty. The Chicken was mostly tender (some bits and pieces weren’t though) and there was sufficient of it in terms of quantity. The vegetables were cooked in the Curry and had absorbed the full flavor of it. I ordered a glass of iced tab water with lemon, the glass was small, there was hardly any ice, I did not get a lemon and my glass was not refilled.
My friend had red Curry with Chicken and added Prawns to it. His food was equally nice when it comes to the taste, however I thought that an extra 48HK$ for prawns (3 pieces only) was rather exaggerated.
The Price: Our bill came to 481HK$ having included Spring Rolls (78HK$), 2 Curries (108HK$ each), added prawns (48HK$), Jasmine rice (50HK$ each), sparkling water (45HK$) plus 10% service charge.My friend paid almost 220HK$ just for his curry (including the 3 extra pieces of prawn, jasmine rice and service charge), which I believe is fairly overpriced considering the service provided and the state the restaurant was in.
Bottom Line:
To summarize my experience at Lotus, I’d say that I had a good meal and a good time. The atmosphere is lively, the restaurant is airy, the crowd that hangs out in there is a mixture of both young and mature (but young at heart). The staff was friendly but they just did their job and could not really be bothered to provide more than that (no smile, no nice words, no extra drip of water, they did not even ask if we wanted to order anything else). Lotus is a great hangout but mainly because of its very convenient location and only when the weather is nice.
Other Info. :
Thai Food, great central location, service charge of 10%,
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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