Lotus Restaurant

Just had dinner here w my boyfriend who knew the lady boss personally. I have to admit, I was a little bit doubtful after I read the comments about the restaurant, but OH DEAR WAS I WRONG! The food was AMAZING! Also, Aunty and the other servers were so very hospitable, constantly making sure we were enjoying our food!
I highly recommend having the butter prawns! It didn’t look like the one I had back in Malaysia, but damn, it tasted so alike and some might even argue that it’s better! my boyfriend also said the Teh Tarik tasted really good!
All in all, my experience in lotus was really good and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who wants to give Malaysian cuisine a go (:
Can’t wait to try their banana leaf rice! I hear it’s unlimited food for a fixed price!

Lotus offers Indian delicacies and some Malaysian food. You will find your usual indian selection here (naan, chapatis, curries and so on) but what makes this place interesting for me is the availability of Malaysian dishes.
You get stuffs from Nasi Lemak, Nasi Paprik (Rice dishes), Mee Gorend (Friend noodles) and Satay. First trip there was actually okay. The food wasn’t too bad and of course it wasn’t as delicious as the original. (From Malaysia itself)
I ate there several times before it struck me. The cooking is very inconsistent. Sometimes it is good and sometimes its completely ‘crap’. The nasi lemak sometimes is too soggy, which completely destroy the flavour of the dish. The mee goreng is too salty at times (which makes me wonder if they accidentally split too much salt on it).
Drinks often came 20 minutes later, which is surprising considering that you don’t normally take that long to prepare drinks. Food comes pretty slowly as well as I normally have to wait a whole hour before the food arrived.
They always seem to be short on waiters or so as if they are either hiding in the kitchen.
I guess for small crowd it is fine but if you bring a large group (around 6−10+) then you’ll be seated in the middle of the restaurant. It feels like a can of sardines at that spot since its so hard to move around.
Please also note that there is an additional cost if you are paying via debit card. Most restaurant or shops I know absorb their own cost or set a minimum transaction if you want to pay via debit card.
If you are looking for Malaysian food, I rather recommend Ning right now. It has won awards, has a classy environment, better food and the service there is way better.

This is the first restaurant to offer South Indian food in the Uk! Most of us, associate Indian food with spicy/​pungent curries, naan bread and rice, but if you come out of the usual frame and see, South Indian food, is food from another country altogether! It has ‘dosas’- rice flour cooked tortillas with a filling or two with various sauces, «Idlis”-rice cakes and many more which would be a complete novelty to many! It also houses Malaysian food in its best and these two cuisines together complement each other immensely! The prices are very reasonable and the ambience fun-​filled. This, my friends, is variance personified and different redefined! Heads up!