Lotus Café - Silver Spring

I don’t know how people can eat in these place, is so disgusting a friend of mine clean for them and she told me everything she saw cockroach everywhere inside fridge food containers etc? she show me all the pictures that she took …. Plus the new owner still from her not paying her for the very hard work she did cleaning this disgusting place ??

Maybe we went on a bad day, but the one day we ate there did not at all live up to the high ratings.The appetizers were all fine. Grape leaves were good. Shrimp toast wasn’t BAD. We liked the pancake, though my companion found it a bit greasy, and I didn’t care for the taste of the pork which I picked out. (They have a vegetarian version without the pork.)The pho was too salty, and I didn’t care for the beef flank taste. The taste of the lemongrass tofu reminded us both of dry dog food kibble. We didn’t eat either one.I decided to try the bacon shrimp. It tasted like a bacon shrimp quiche, cooked “well done,” but with the shrimp tails on. I didn’t care for the taste of the egg, but dipping it in fish sauce improved the flavor.Hopefully we just hit them on a bad day, judging on the other good reviews. I like that they have an extensive menu of unusual dishes. Our waiter was very nice, and we had a good time. Their reviews show they’ve been here more than a decade. I hope they do very well.

Tasty pho but a little too salty or maybe MSG？ both of us were thirsty all evening after eating here.

Really a hole in the wall type of place. The flavor was good, but the Bun Bo Hue was nothing like actual Bun Bo Hue.

DO NOT GO HERE. The waiters are very rude. It is a couple who run the business and they barely know any english. My friend ordered alcohol and they kept asking him for his ID even though he is 22 and showed a state ID. The first time she took his ID inside and came back a minute later. We had the veg spring rolls which were okay and left. Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian options