Lotus Garden Thai — Restaurant in Wauchope

Edit - disappointed that ever since I wrote this glowing review the crispy pork has not been crispy, meat still tasty and tender but skin not crackled, otherwise the noodle dish is still tasty and so is all the other food - I love this place, I have had Thai and Vietnamese food from many different places. I love Asian food. I have not ever had a bad dish from this place! Their pad si ew is perfection with that smokiness that you get from wok over flame 🔥 I haven’t tried a lot from the Vietnamese side (love that food) but the crispy pork stir fry noodle is legendary!!! May be a bit on the oily side for some people but the flavour is the bomb and the crispy pork is CRISPY! which sometimes from some places it isn’t (don’t tell me it’s crispy pork when it ain’t) highly recommend...

Waited over a 1 and 1|2 hours for our meal. Every other patron whom all arrived after and placed orders after us had received their meals. Asked for time frame on order, spring rolls arrived shortly after but nothing else. We decided to leave as it was unacceptable for the length of wait. We paid for spring rolls before leaving, this is when management should have stepped in! Unfortunately for this restaurant, we will not rebook. There was a lot of takeaway orders coming in and am aware that a lot of restaurants give priority to them but really fair is fair! In this case, unfair and...

50 mins of wait time for an undercooked Pad See Ew, Lumpy Larb (seemingly not cooked with pork mince) and some nice spring rolls.

After 30mins of waiting we would have preferred a friendly "Sorry" for forgetting about our order and an offer of a refund to allow us to grab some dinner elsewhere.

The goodwill offer of a bag of free prawn crackers.......was about as good...