Lotus Asian Market & Snack Bar

The food is great but the service is unacceptably slow and irregular. I have been waiting for 40 minutes for a to go order and they estimate it will be another 10 minutes. Won’t be back.

Excellent Broth! I get the giant and take it home to share!

Great food, I love their yellow curry and fresh rolls! They have bubble tea with lots of flavors.

I’d heard good things and thought I’d order food. I had to meet a friend, so I called and placed an order for takeout. Pad Thai and crab rangoons: my favorite guilty pleasure order. They told me it would be ready «in a few minutes».
Now, I had a couple things to do before I left the house and I was on a tight schedule in terms of meeting this friend. Lotus was on my route, so I figured I’d swing by and grab it and all would be well. I left 20 minutes later, figuring that that was well past «a few minutes».
I walk in and there’s no one at the register/​counter. A gentleman comes up from the back, I tell him I’m here to pickup my food and he looks at me blankly. He tells me there are no takeout orders. I’m perplexed. I confirm the phone number. It’s correct.
Just then a young lady comes up from the back. She hears a few seconds of our conversation and then tells him my order. At this point, we’re 25 minutes into «a few minutes» and the order hasn’t even been started. He tells me it’ll be about 10 minutes.
Again– tight schedule, places to be… I guess I’m not eating dinner.

Checking in. The food is still great! We come as often as we can. I don’t know what Archie is talking about. The phở broth is excellent and not from a packet. I’ve seen it being made.

Ok I have only ate here once but I can tell you it was the best food. I will be ordering again from this place I had the phở and spring rolls and oh my soooooo Delish. I can’t wait to try something else.

It’s not one for fancy presentations as far as the restaurant goes. Their food has been very good however every time. I would recommend.

You need to know that this place is TERRIBLE if you’re accustomed to any legit phở/​Thai place. Other positive reviews must have been paid for.
Lunch service: seated by someone who promptly left work and left us forgotten about. Once we asked someone if we could order he went to check and told us that yes we could but the other guy would be out soon to do it. Upon washing my hands after ordering, I passed by the kitchen, which is a joke, to see one person cooking and yelling at everyone. The peanut ‘sauce’ was a jar of Jiffy sitting on top of a microwave, NOT HOUSE MADE as was highlighted in the reviews.
We proceeded to wait for an hour for our food.
The verdict: phở broth seemed to be from a packet: no fat and poor flavor. Also, I’ve never seen meatballs cut so incredibly thin. Papaya salad was so bitter and browned from not being fresh.
All in all this place is struggling and the prices are outrageous for what you’re getting. For phở and salad nearly $ 20?! Portland’s nicest Phở isn’t even that much.

Staff is super friendly and accommodating, best laab in the tricities hands down. Been coming here for years. I haven’t found a dish there I dont like… I usually dont order pot stickers when I go out to eat. but here I can’t get enough of them the sauce is so good.

I’ve been coming here for years and this restaurant is by far one of my favorites. The staff is extremely nice and the food is amazing. My favorite is Beef Phở, no meatballs. I just tried Laab for the first time last week and. Omg, I recommend it to EVERYONE. It’s so so good! Also try the Mango Sticky Rice. I crave it almost every day after trying it. Along with the bubble tea!

Amazing phở. Great service. Not what I had expected when I walked in. Will be back for sure!

This place is definitely interesting, but i frequent and recommend it regularly. The food itself is fine to good, I usually always get the pad thai and fresh spring rolls. The spring rolls are huge and they probably have my favorite sauce in town. The pad thai is above average but not amazing. Usually takes a while to get food, so don’t go if you are in a hurry. Not much in the way of ambiance, but I tell you what, your water glass will always be full!
Just be sure you point clearly to the menu on the table as to what you want as the waiters english is limited… very limited, but he’s a character! Keep it simple, use your fingers for quantity and star level for spice and point at the pictures and you will be fine.

This place is a secret gem of the tricities. Not only is the staff incredibly sweet, but I can eat the food & feel good all day. I always leave full with a happy tummy & some delicious leftovers for later. Their phở is some of my favorite in town. I would recommend the fresh rolls to start & the Laab or any of the phos. You won’t regret any length of time at this tucked away joy. Today when I went in the server showed me their party phở bowl! Share with a friend & chill in their homey atmosphere. I can’t wait until next time.

In my search of the best Phở, this place is highly recommended. the broth is fantastic, full of rich flavor. all breast meat chicken and the homemade chili infused oil is wow! the waiter chuckles as he says «it’s a little hot» … no it’s HOT and if that oil and the sriracha isn’t spicy enough, there are some ground chili powder that will make you gasp for air.
For me, I have a simple recipe for fixing my Phở Ga. taste the broth, add the basil & lime and sriracha. then a spoon of the chili oil. Mmmmmm
the atmosphere is a street market in Vietnam or Thailand, so a bit sketchy but the Phở is to die for. definitely in my top group.

The phở is as good as phở anywhere — excellent. And if you are into Asian cooking, they have a lot of tough-​to-​find ingredients for sale as well. Hot soup spot is great on a chilly day.

This little spot is great! Its not fancy, but the service is fast and friendly. I have been three times since I discovered it a month ago and can’t stop ordering the summer rolls and red curry!

I’m good with a solid 4 on this. I had the phở today (beef and meatball) and it was delicious. The broth was a wonderful color and super flavorful. The noodles were cooked perfectly. And I honestly didn’t need to add anything to the broth since it had great spice already. Once I started to get to the bottom (even after stirring constantly) the broth did tend to get a little salty. Over all it was wonderful. I got the small and it was more then I could eat, really fair priced.
Looking at some of the other items on the menu they looked a little over priced compared to other places I’ve seen in my opinion. All of the food looked great and the reviews speak for themselves.
As far as the market… Honestly they need to step the game to compete with others in the Tri-​Cities.
My overall opinion is really good and I’m looking forward to going back.

I love coming here every time I want phở and spring rolls. They have all the different meats you could dream of, great service and there’s even a secret item that’s not on the menu. The Super Bowl phở.

This is the best Thai food I’ve ever had. I do not say this lightly.
No, I’m not talking about «best Thai food in Richland», or «best Thai food in Tri-​Cities», I mean best thai food period.
Looking at the past reviews, I’m wondering if the original owner Cack came back, or something. Because if this is the «not as good», dear god.
I’ve had:
Yellow curry — not a premade paste, or at least not one I’ve ever encountered. Simple, fresh, savory, delicious, set my expectations for next time.
Spring rolls — fresh spring rolls, with homemade peanut sauce. Delicious.
Pad Thai — the menu says «homemade pad thai sauce». I’m used to those kinds of statements being less than accurate. It’s accurate here. Bright flavors, clean, fresh, delicious.
Som tum (the green papaya salad) — this is one of my favorite Thai dishes to get anywhere that has it, and I like it spicy, and I mean real spicy, Thai spicy. I could tell that, yet again, this was a freshly made dressing and freshly prepared salad. I asked for Thai hot, I got a different level of Thai hot than I’ve gotten anywhere else. And it was perfect and delicious. Almost too spicy.
I don’t think you understand, /​there were pieces of fresh Thai chilies in the salad/​. I just realized now that this is literally the only time I’ve seen Thai chilies ever used in any Thai dish I’ve ever gotten. That strikes me as very strange.
I have yet to try the phở, but that’s on the list for sure. I’ve seen other patrons enjoying it, and almost all of the reviews here seem to mention it too.
Did you notice some common themes in my descriptions of each dish? Fresh? Delicious? Yeah, I think they make damn near everything they can fresh to order, or at least in house. Might not be a sustainable model if they get super busy and popular, but man oh man do they produce some amazing stuff.
I honestly can’t imagine finding better Thai food in the US. I might, someday find something that’s as good if I travel around a lot and make it a mission to find good Thai, but it can’t be beat.
If you like Thai food, go to Lotus. They don’t have a huge selection, but they’re fantastic at what they do.
This was also the only place in the area that I’ve found the Lee Kum Kee hoisin I like (cause it’s in a squeezy bottle so I don’t need a spoon). I also got a delicious and knock your socks off strong sambal here. It’s a different flavor profile than the Huy Fong stuff you can easily find, so not a direct replacement by any means, but a fantastic supplement. They’ve got little guava candies at the cash register too.

There’s nothing like a big bowl of ph on a cold day to warm your spirits and body. I count myself lucky to have this joint fairly nearby (once again, the Uptown Shopping Center provides). I’ve called in orders for ph a few times, and they generally have my big bowl, and all of its accompaniments bagged and at the ready within 7 minutes.
I’ve also eaten in there little dining area and have been taken care of very well. The meals are surprisingly cheap for the amount of goodness you get.
I’ve also tried their red chicken curry with sticky rice, and that meal was the BOMB!
The space isn’t glamorous and is definitely a more hole-​in-​the-​wall type establishment, but that ands to the ambiance for me. I eat that up. This place is also an Asian market, so if you’re looking for unique foods, snacks, and spices, I’m sure they can hook you up.
I’m a total fan!