The Lotus

In a fit of hunger and because everything else was so crowded during lunch rush hour, I came here to have Vietnamese food instead of traditional Hong Kong food. Like most Chinese restaurants, the service was so bad, but that was to be expected — any request was answered with a scowl, they took forever to take our order, and then it seemed like they forgot about my food because it came out 5 – 10 min after my friend’s food, and we had to ask about it twice.
I got grilled chicken and red rice, because I was trying to eat on the healthy side and avoid too many carbs (near impossible to do here in Hong Kong — I since learned my lesson). Apparently «grilled» here means fried and oily, because it was about the opposite of grilled and healthy. The piece of chicken was fairly small. I thought the red rice was going to be more similar to black rice, but it was a tomato-​flavored rice.
A decent, quick meal — I probably ordered wrong and should have stuck with phở or something else. It was fine — not somewhere I’d seek out again, but not somewhere I’d avoid either if I was hungry and in a rush. Each of the dishes were around $ 60 HKD, so it’s a fairly inexpensive lunch and slightly nicer/​cleaner than some of the other hole-​in-​the-​wall places.

Located near the Wan Chai MTR station. This is a Vietnamese Café in a convenient location. I went for a Vietnamese Coffee, and my friend went for a Afternoon Tea Set menu for HK$ 38 (Less than US$ 5) where you can have a bowl of Vietnamese noodle and a drink. However, the drinks’s selection is limited, if you wanted to have a cold drink, you need to pay an extra HK$ 20, (about US$ 2.60). The Vietnamese coffee is HK$ 45 for one, rather pricey for HOng Kong. If you order a cold drink it could range from HK$ 24. The drinks are good, and the food I did not try, but my buddy loves it.
The place is crowded and noisy. For me it is just OK.