Thai Lotus Restaurant
| Address: | 2795 Cabot Dr, Corona, CA 92883, USA |
| Phone: | +1 951-277-1298 |
| Site: | thailotuscorona.com |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Working: | 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11:30AM–9PM |
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Andrew Alva
Overview June 3, 2017: food was subpar (particularly spring rolls), service was terrible, and the staff was not knowledgeable about ingredients. Major let down, I will never eat there again because of the food and service, but also because they said their pad thai was gluten free, but it wasnt. Food: We love thai food and this was definitely one of the lowest ranking places weve ever been. The food wasnt disgusting, but I can find at least 10 places that are MUCH BETTER and closer to my house. The spring rolls werent fresh, the sauces had a strange flavor, their chili was not great, and their boba was harder than it should have been. Service: our server started off well, she immediately took our order for drinks and appetizers (spring rolls) and the appetizer came out pretty quick, but she didnt bring our drinks. We finished our spring rolls and sat there for a while then someone else brought our food, but still no drinks. We asked the young lady that brought our food about the drinks and she took care of it, but this was the trend all night. Until finally our server never came back lol. She was at other tables, but didnt come back to us to bring us more water, the check, or finish things up. Knowledge: my wife is gluten intolerant and they said their spring rolls and pad thai were gluten free, but based on our questions it was clear that they didnt understand much about gluten. At that point we should have walked out, but we stayed and took their word for it. I dont expect everyone to know everything about gluten so their lack of knowledge was understandable. But they were also 100% wrong about their spring rolls and pad thai being gluten free. My wifes body begins showing signs of gluten along a very specific timeline: about 6-8 hours after eating gluten she begins to get severe stomach contractions, 12 hours vomiting, etc. This morning my wife was sick with all the symptoms. Their spring rolls or pad thai definitely contain gluten. Even if my wife didnt get glutened we would never eat there again because we know of much better thai food, but add that on top of everything else and they were definitely a 1 star.
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Lyn J
Love the food that Ive tasted here. Ive tried the Yellow Curry, Pineapple fried rice, Thai fried rice with chicken, Broccoli with Beef, Orange peel Chicken, wontons, Thai Ice tea, Chicken egg rolls. Trust, I did not eat all of this in one visit, lol! How do I know when I really enjoyed the food at a restaurant? I begin to CRAVE it! So far this place has not disappointed me, and I plan on many more visits with friends and family, my hat is off to the chef(s)! UPDATE: Just went there again Feb. 27, 2016, and I tried the best Won Ton soup ever! So much flavor in the broth and not skimpy on the Won Tons. I also tried the Pad Thai noodles with Shrimp, Omg, I loved that as well. My new favorite Thai food place in Corona/Temescal Valley!
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Seth Ganier
The lunch special is totally worth it. $7.95 for a lunch dish, with wontons, salad, and soup (drink not included). The main dish was superb; pad thai with chicken, shrimp and tofu. The salad was what can be expected, an Asian style salad. The wontons were below average, little filling, mostly just a fried side included with lunch. The spring rolls were delicious with the peanut sauce. The Thai tea was too sweet for my taste, but not enough to complain about. Overall, 4/5 stars, will be going again for sure. Again, try the lunch special pad thai.... Really good for the price. Kind service. Worth trying it out.
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Scotty
I cant say enough about this wonderful restaurant. Tonight was about my 100th visit. I eat the pad Thai chicken I order the orange chicken for the children and its amazing, very fresh , very clean white chicken with no weird bites that you have to spit out like at most restaurants. Sorry to be graphic. LOL Everything Ive had here is amazing including the soup they have at lunch time, which I have no idea what its called and theyre usually out of it by dinner time. This place rocks. The service is amazing also.
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Lance Higgins
I love my thai food. Thai Lotus did not impress. Yes, they make everything a Thai restaurant makes but none of it was very good. The egg rolls were fine. The orange chicken was terrible, I couldnt get my kids to eat it. The chicken pad thai was whatever, just bland and unremarkable. The yellow curry was about the only thing that was fairly tasty. Seven seas is definitely better, though I wouldnt even say that its all that great. I wish these guys luck but Ill never be returning. Really disappointed :(
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Christina Davis
Loved their rice with coconut milk... Update 06/8/2017 Yesterday I order online.. at 12:30 then got a email 10 minutes later saying my order wouldnt be ready for another 30 minutes.. Because i have a 30 minute lunch i decided to go into the restaurant early.. it was done.. and waiting for me by 12:45. The orange chicken was soft and soggy. The online portal gave you an option to pick fried rice with the lunch special. But once I got there apparently that isnt allowed so i had regular steamed rice.
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sandy shah
First time there and my friends water glass was dirty. They brought us plates and my plate was dirty. Had to ask for more water and waitress only did for my friend so had to ask again. Had to ask for bill and then had to wait and wait and wait! Then after I gave her my ATM we waited and waited and waited as she took care of other people and then waited until I asked her for my card back and then waited and waited. Food was not bad but dirty glass and plate doesnt work for me. I will not be returnung
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Maram Jibril
This place used to be great. Key word is "used" to be. The quality of the food has severly depleted not sure if its due to new ownership or pure laziness. My panang Curry was watery and bland. shrimp pad thai was also flavorless and lacking significant sauce. just sad... not eating here again.
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Farin Bacani
I usually like Thai food but the food here was just mediocre I was not sure to put 1 star or 2 The best thing was the spicy beer which was something I have never tried but the BBQ chicken was terrible . Service was decent. I would never go back
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Anthony Flores
Great location, soothing ambiance, delicious food and optimal service!! Everything from their spicy pineapple, pad thais, Thai teas and pots of soup are well balanced between flavor and quantity. Its my go to when at the dos Lagos shops
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John Sullivan
Good food but short-staffed. One of two servers was very fast but very loud. Food came out slowly. They definitely need another server and a host. Very full and busy with people waiting (and some leaving because they couldnt get in).
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Al Ramirez
Waited too long for service here,20 mins no drinks not even a be right with you not a friendly place. we walked out on them they didnt even notice a party of 7 walking out, tells you something about this establishments hospitality
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A Private User
One of the better Thai places that ive been to in Cali, must get their house soup and Chicken penang...weekends it gets packed and takes a little time to get in due to the parking, but other than that, great place to dine.
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Heather Newman
Ordered traditional pad Thai. It was ok, a little soupy. Place was completely empty and smelled like the sewer had backed up. I wont go back. Service was fine.
