• 5
• One of the best Chinese restaurants in MCR

Stumbled across this place when driving home from Chorlton. My wife and I have agreed to try to use vegetarian restaurants more often and here was a perfect excuse. We like asian style food but often the vegetarian dishes are limiting or the same old tinned water chestnuts. Lotus is clean, elegant and very well priced. We started with veggie crispy duck (better than the real thing) and followed with veggie ribs with Peking sauce, boiled mixed rice (white, brown and red), mixed vegetables with crispy noodles with tofu, veggie chicken with Satay sauce and Cashew nuts. The vegetables were fresh, interesting and cooked to perfection. The meat substitutes were fantastic and the portions were generous. Also plenty of vegan choices too and clearly labelled. We spent £30 on two adults and a four year old and I have lunch for tomorrow in a doggy bag. We had Jasmine tea (served over a tea candle so always hot). The quality china cups were a nice touch. Staff friendly and professional and very welcoming. This is in the top three Chinese meals we have eaten. We plan to return soon or pick up a take away as soon as we can as there are plenty of other mouthwatering choices on the menu for us to try.