My brother told me that the food of vegetarian restaurant is very good. Due to his comment, I have tried it's food this evening via delivery. We ordered three dishes, namely assorted gluten, deep fried taro fish, and braised vermicelli with minced beef and preserved vegetable. Our first impression is positive because the food was still warm, their appearance look good and the portion of each is quite large. On the whole, the food is well, but the taste is a bit over-sweet. However, our comments cannot be over generalized because it is our first time to try its food nf we haven't visited its setting yet.
Expect to wait a long time for your food. It took more than 30 mins after ordering for them to bring out food. Before you even sit down they give you tea. Don’t be fooled, the tea is not complimentary. You will find the charge on your bill at the end. I’m sure they hope to fool a lot of people with the items on their bill as it’s not in English. The food itself was mediocre. We asked the waiter for the price of one bowl of steamed rice and she told us (after confirming with the lady at front) that it was $1.00. Yet on the bill they charged us for 2 rice for $2.30. It may have been just a matter of few dollars here and there, however it’s the principle of being honest to your customers. If they were truly honest with everything, they would start off by providing bills in English. Horrible customer service in general. Had to call a waiter for water. Took her 15 mins to bring out the water. Overall, would never come back here and would not recommend at all.
There are three dishes I always order at Chinese vegetarian restaurants, and they're all featured in this post. Firstly, is the assorted gluten ($8.99 for small), which is especially important to order at Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant as it will save you from becoming hangry. Maybe it's due to the after effects of COVID and being short staffed, but service is slow and over half an hour went by before the other dishes arrived.Within the gluten platter, the spongy puffs were served the traditional three ways: sweet and sour, curry, and soy sauce. While a little more subdued in it's flavour, especially the curry format, they were nice big pieces and a great texture. Usually, the sweet and sour puffs are my favourite, but Lotus' bean curd rolls stole the show as they were wrapped tightly to be easily picked up, but still incorporated with enough space between the sheets to give it a lovely moist layered texture.Despite arriving with a lovely golden brown crust, the four bean threads sheet roll ($4.59 for 2 pieces) was really soft - it almost seemed like the restaurant pan fried the rolls and steamed it to finish, rather than the other way around. It was disappointing as what makes this dish good is the crispy crust mixed with the saucy vegetables. Nonetheless, there were ample amounts of well-seasoned black fungus, carrots, bean sprouts, and mushrooms within the roll and the layers of bean sheets weren't too thick. If this was just crispy, this would have been perfect.The last dish that is a must have for me at vegetarian restaurants is the stir fried noodles with mixed vegetables ($13.99) or loa hong giy noodles in Cantonese. Lotus takes the time to properly toast the egg noodles so there are plenty of crunchy pieces to contrast against the saucy vegetables. The gravy was spot on and the vegetables cooked through but left with crunch. This was well worth the wait.While visiting at lunch, expect a tea charge of $1.50 per person as they serve dim sum during this time. Indeed, dim sum seemed to be a popular choice for patrons, which may be why it was taking us extra long to get our order. Your meal could be sped up if you only order the gluten platter and mixed vegetable fried noodles, choosing the rest of the meal from their dim sum menu instead. Otherwise, channel your inner zen and just be patient. We can all use a mindful break from being hurried.
April 2022 3.5★Hidden in the back of a small plaza, you can easily drive by and miss this restaurant. This restaurant has been operating for a long time and for good reasons.If your looking for a variety of vegetarian options, this is a decent choice. Though not every item is amazing, there are certainly good dishes to be found.Stuffed Bean Cured Rolls 4.59$ were pretty good. Soft yet crunchy with a variety of mixed vegetables inside.Mock Chicken with Sesame 15.99$ was very crispy, though with take out, it ended getting a bit soggy. Eating in, this would be a good choice. Note that the actual pieces of mock Chicken has gone down. The deep fried pieces included battered mushroom and cucumber.Assorted Gluten - medium 10.99$ is a favorite. Offered at all Chinese vegetarian restaurants, the flavors at this restaurant is not as intense. Still good none the less.Vegetarian Chicken 6.60$ this was ok. Not all places offer this, so worth a try. Comes with a side of Ginger dip.They are also on Uber.Parking is limited as the plaza is small.
Took a couple of vegan friends of mine here and they were blown away with how delicious the food was.Very enjoyable and I highly recommend it
First review for the new year (for New Year and Lunar New Year)! Glad things are opening back up so I decided to have a healthy vegeterian dinner here.Let me start with the food. It came relatively quick and the portions are good size. Ordered the Mock Shark Fin to start. It was good but a little plain for me. I like mushrooms so I still enjoyed it overall. The Sweet and Sour dish's flavour (specifically the sauce) is similar to other places I've tried. So if you like sweet and sour anything, I recommend this. Now the real star for me is the tofu. The size and taste is spectacular. There's veggie stuffing inside which is a nice touch. For the rice, rice is rice as Jokoy said.For the restaurant itself, they have a lot of tables and it wasn't too busy when I went. Got a table pretty quickly. The staff is very attentive. They gave the menu and came over as soon as I'm ready to order. Only downside was they forgot the napkins and tea. Plus the pencil to write what to order wasn't even sharpened. But overall a minor inconvenience.Overall I enjoyed my visit here and recommend to keep this in your list if you ever decide to be vegetarian. If you're already vegetarian, I'm sure you heard of this place.
Our absolute favourite place for Dim Sum.Thank goodness COVID lockdown is over, finally we could dine-in and enjoy fresh off the steamer, steamy hot dim sum dishes, along with a hot cup of Jasmine tea by the side. Ah, simple pleasure in life, priceless.We ordered so many dishes, all the little plates and bamboo baskets literally filled up the entire table, even the staff jokingly commented we must be "REALLY" hungry!Their Dim Sum hours is 11am - 3pm, after that they prep for dinner menu. Both their Dim Sum and dinner menu, we have yet to come across a dish that we didn't like. Everything is fantastic here.Happy Eating!
The dim sum was subpar. The texture and taste was not good.
Best vegetarian food in scarborough so far!
Always yummy and fresh! Satisfy all our sim sum cravings ?