Lotus Café

8077 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring
(301) 588-8888

Recent Reviews

Chris Acosta

I don’t know how people can eat in these place, is so disgusting a friend of mine clean for them and she told me everything she saw cockroach everywhere inside fridge food containers etc? she show me all the pictures that she took …. Plus the new owner still from her not paying her for the very hard work she did cleaning this disgusting place ??

Food: 1

Recommended dishes: Pho Beef

Sharad Sharma

Really good outside seating pho broth is good ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Omo June

This is very unfortunate. I’ve been eyeing this place. I decided to try them today and it’s ghost town. I had called several times and no answer, so I just thought they were busy. Today is Wednesday and I drove here and wasted time but they’re seriously not open. It’s 5:14 p.m. And that is very strange. I hope everything is okay cause this seems unusual.

Catherine Martin

Food was good but the sauce was very salty especially for someone who has high blood pressure. I called and hope they have addressed this issue.

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pho Beef, Summer Rolls

Gina Han

Literally all the food I ordered had no flavor and dry. Summer rolls were just full of noodles, not enough veggie or protein and all torn up. It was so hard to hold them up. Curry chicken taste like it was made w/ cheap curry powder, has absolutely no flavor. Pad thai was so dry and had no flavor either. I add some pad thai sauce at home but still couldnt save chicken curry though. I dont know what restaurant is but they def need to improve their cooking.

Mercy & Dominic

The food was the worst Vietnamese food we ever had. We ordered Lo mein and summer spring rolls. The spring rolls came with no sauce and the noodles that was supposed to be seafood noodles came with 5 shrimp and it was completely bland. Maybe we just hit them on a bad day but it looked like our food was prepared in a hurry :(

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

X Y

Maybe we went on a bad day, but the one day we ate there did not at all live up to the high ratings.The appetizers were all fine. Grape leaves were good. Shrimp toast wasn’t BAD. We liked the pancake, though my companion found it a bit greasy, and I didn’t care for the taste of the pork which I picked out. (They have a vegetarian version without the pork.)The pho was too salty, and I didn’t care for the beef flank taste. The taste of the lemongrass tofu reminded us both of dry dog food kibble. We didn’t eat either one.I decided to try the bacon shrimp. It tasted like a bacon shrimp quiche, cooked “well done,” but with the shrimp tails on. I didn’t care for the taste of the egg, but dipping it in fish sauce improved the flavor.Hopefully we just hit them on a bad day, judging on the other good reviews. I like that they have an extensive menu of unusual dishes. Our waiter was very nice, and we had a good time. Their reviews show they’ve been here more than a decade. I hope they do very well.

Hongyu Zhang

Tasty pho but a little too salty or maybe MSG? both of us were thirsty all evening after eating here.

Ramola Nair

Been coming here for years now this review is long overdue. Food is amazing and service at this family owned restaurant is wonderfully welcoming. The fried fish is awesome.

Mona

Really a hole in the wall type of place. The flavor was good, but the Bun Bo Hue was nothing like actual Bun Bo Hue.

Binyam Gebresenbet

I don’t know what everyone else was having but, I had the beef sth sth and it tasted awful. The worst Asian food I ever had got to be this one. It doesn’t even test like a beef. It’s something else.TERRIBLE!

Aryan Agarwal

DO NOT GO HERE. The waiters are very rude. It is a couple who run the business and they barely know any english. My friend ordered alcohol and they kept asking him for his ID even though he is 22 and showed a state ID. The first time she took his ID inside and came back a minute later. We had the veg spring rolls which were okay and left.Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian options

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Teya Payne

My bf and i go here at least once week. Best pho in the area. Family owned business.

Keith C.

Very reasonable price place with very good food. Ambiance is lacking a bit and the parking is a little spotty, but I always seem to find a place on the street. The Pho is good, but most dishes are pretty good as well. Large selection of dishes that mostly seem to be influenced by vietnamese cuisine. Egg rolls are good with yummy peanut sauce.

Cheryl Teare

Their Pho is my miracle cure for most things. Nice people, not fancy but delicious and nourishing!

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