Lotus Inn

Just what we’ve been looking for. Good prices, good food and friendly staff. Definitely a go-​to place for us

Never, ever order here on New Year’s day!
We placed our order online and it said the food would be ready for pickup in 30 minutes. Arrived to a place full of people who had been waiting a VERY long time for food. My husband waited an hour and 25 minutes for the food to come out. People were surprisingly calm, though very frustrated, but the woman working the cash was beyond RUDE. My husband had to tell her to stop calling him honey when he asked about our food order. Without getting into insults, she was a disaster and an embarrassment to the place…
In the end, the food was ok — nothing spectacular, but definitely not worth the wait.
The hunt continues for decent Chinese food in the west end.

Comfort food. Great onion pancakes. Awesome salty sides. Just straight up canadianized Chinese food of your youth. Perfect for a lazy Sunday, post drinks over the paper. I liked their pork buns. Love their soups. And delivery was super fast.

Finally we found a Chinese food restaurant that both my hubby and I agree on. All the food was fresh and hot, and great tasting. We ordered the dumplings, the chicken balls fried rice and mixed vegetables. All was freaking fantastic. This is my go to place for west end eating!

I ordered from Lotus Inn two nights ago and it was really good. I especially enjoyed the shrimp fried rice. On the flip side, I thought the crab rangoon was overpriced and undersized. Overall, I thought it was a good meal and the sauces were delicious so I even ordered it again the following night. Little did I know that Lotus Inn was about to embarass me infront of a friend and BOTH my cats.
First of all there was a long black hair tightly installed in my spring roll. (see video)
Second of all, there’s something strange about that chicken. I hope someone out there has the courage to rise up and reveal what animal this is. It tasted like a wallabee or a male platypus. Could have been badger meat as well. If I’m certain of one meat, it’s chicken. and trust me that was NOT chicken!
Don’t get the general jor (thats the name, its their remix of the general tao) cuz my cats sniffed a piece, paused then walked the fudge out the room.
At least we know it’s not mouse meat.
Horrified.
2 stars.

Had to drop this place to 3 stars… ordered the dinner for 1 meal with chicken balls, and they were they weren’t as crispy because they packed it with the rice.

1. It arrives HOT!
2. There are lots of vegetables and meat
3. What you order is what you receive (plus a free item the last time I ordered)
4. The noodles are crispy (a trick is to order the crunchy noodles so when it arrives they are a tad softer and still crunchy as well. Steamed noodles always arrive mushy because they get overcooked during the drive over)
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I have ordered delivery from here twice in two weeks and it is a good spot. Give it a try. Last time I ordered via Unilocal I got 20% off with my order (bonus).
Enjoy.

I rate my Chinese restaurants by the way they make their sweet & sour chicken balls. I have to say, Lotus Inn has made the best ones I’ve had since I’ve moved to the Junction area. And for that alone, I’ll order from them again the next time I have a craving.
We ordered (over-​the-​phone delivery): sweet and sour chicken balls, breaded shrimp, chicken fried rice, shanghai thick noodles, vegetable lo mein, beef w/​black bean sauce and veg, spring & egg rolls.
Besides the chicken balls, I *really* enjoyed the beef w/​black bean, and the egg roll; the breaded shrimp and veg lo mein were good as well.
The fried rice kinda surprised me (in a weird sense). Every other place I’ve ordered from the rice would come in an aluminum container; this time, it came in a medium sized Styrofoam cup. Definitely less than what you’d get from the aluminum dish, and it was more expensive to begin with (by about 60 cents). There was also a hint of an after taste from the chicken itself I think, but it wasn’t bothersome.
The vegetable spring rolls were fairly large, probably the largest I’ve seen (well worth the price of $ 1.45), and was packed with the veg; what I didn’t like was the spice used. I’ve grown to enjoy certain spices, but when spring rolls come to mind, I think of them being more sweet then spicy. For those who enjoy spice on just about everything though, you’ll most likely enjoy these.
I didn’t try the Shanghai noodles — that’s the hubby’s dish, but he seemed pretty happy with them.
Price wise, most of the dishes were 30 to 60 cents more expensive than other locations (save for Ho-​Lee-​Chow, ’cause that particular franchise wins hands down for expensive product pricing every time).
BUT from experience, I’d say that extra bit of change per dish is worth it for a better take-​out experience then their local competitors. And we received the lo mein for free (since our order was over $ 37 dollars).
So I think (after over ten years of searching) we’ve finally found our favourite Chinese take-​out location!
Cheers!

My family and I tried this restaurant shortly after it opened. Let me start off by saying that the opinions expressed in this review similar to the opinions of my other family members.
We ordered the typical Westernized chinese food entres. This included Hot and Sour Soup, Mango Chicken, Pork Fried Rice and a few others. Rather then describe each dish separately, I can simply say when I go an eatery like this I tend to set my expectations on the low end of the scale and even those were not met.
I’m not too picky but really, how can fried rice be that difficult to make? All of the dishes were a bit tasteless and seemed as though things were quickly rushed together.
The interior reeked of bleach which can be positive or negative depending on how you take that and the take out area just wasn’t that pleasant.
I understand that a new restaurant may have some issues to deal with however I have no plans to revisit anytime soon.
On the positive side of things, if you pick up your order, they do provide a 10% discount.
I am definitely open to the idea that this place will improve and maybe with another chef that will happen. However this is one place that has been added to my «keep driving and try another restaurant» list.
On a side note; As I am a small business supporter, I would be more then happy to be contacted by the owner/​manger and share my entire experience or even try this place again with the assurance that things have changed for the better.

Lotus Inn is a tiny takeout/​delivery only restaurant in The Junction that serves up super tasty Chinese food. Their crispy Lemon Chicken and General Jors (a version of General Tso) Chicken are unmatched in taste. They also have really good vegetarian options like spicy deep fried tofu and curry tofu. You can request no MSG if you like.
Make sure you ask what your total is because for some reason they never automatically tell you and then it’s a surprise when they come to your door! Quick delivery.