Red Lotus Restaurant

01/04/09

WORST RESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Prabhjeet at Citysearch

THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE!!!!! DO NOT GO HERE BECAUSE IF YOU DO YOU WILL LEAVE WITH A BAD MOOD, LESS GAS, AND A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!! This is FAST FOOD chinese, i would not even call it chinese food, more like frozen food that someone heated up and tried to pass off as a chinese meal. The waitresses had attitudes the whole time my friends and I were there. When we asked for a substituition or for the food to be extra spicy they looked at us like we were asking them to jump up and down while rubbing their stomachs. This is the worst experience I have ever had while eating out. I have been to Chinese restaurants before and the food was nothing like I nastiness I experienced today. They shoved the checks and dinners in front of our faces, stormed away, and huffed and puffed all through the night. I don't know who hired these freaks but they are not fit to be waitresses. At the end of the meal I told the rude waitress that she shouldn't be one, and she had the nerve to tell me I shouldn't be a customer. Of course WE DID NOT pay for this meal. I regret even wasting my time setting foot inside that poor excuse for a chinese restaurant. DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!!!

• Pros: nothing!!!!
• Cons: horrible food and even worse customer service.

11/12/08

I love Red Lotus

by christi1977 at Citysearch

My family and I have been going to the restaurant for years! I have just now begun to explore even more items on the huge menu. Out of all the people I have introduced the Red Lotus to, just one guy didn't like it and he was a total yuppee from Kirkland who was a dork anyways. This is a great restaurant for anyone who likes a good experience, isn't on a diet, and isn't stuck up! Hehe

The Red Lotus ROCKS! And by the way, the Chicken Chow Mein that the guy said doesn't have a noodle in it, is my favorite!

• Pros: Great combos yummy food
• Cons: I can't stick to my diet too well when I go there! hehe

05/27/08

Americanized Chinese at its best.

by muskrat at Citysearch

Duh this is Americanized Chinese---it opened up in Auburn for Pete's sake over 40 years ago!! But if you want to time warp back to the 70s, this is totally the place to go. The food is a guilty pleasure, lots of fried things. But seriously the wonton soup, fried rice, and bbq pork are the best around and the chow yuk is anything but yuk. So to all the reviewers who are whining about the food being americanized and the lack of asian people---read city search's fourth rule: "Compare apples to apples: Burger joints shouldn't be held to the same standards as four-star restaurants" If you compare this place to other chinese/american restaurants, this place rocks. If you want 'authentic chinese' then go to Shi'an in Lake City (which by the way is amazing). And the interior is amazing---and really really big, with many secret rooms.

• Pros: Much parking, the lady behind the front desk has been there FOREVER
• Cons: it is in Auburn