Lotus Court — Restaurant in Jakarta

This used to be our family’s fine dining Chinese restaurant at Pondok Indah back in the early 1990s. Times have changed and revisiting after 25 years ended up with a slight disappointment.

First, Lotus Court was no longer a fine dining Chinese restaurant, rather a mid-to-high priced dim sum place. Despite price range being slightly higher than the other conventional peers, Lotus had not put much attention on its interior. Literally, the place made me feel like I was back in 90s.

Second, they have no respect for the demand side. When we sat down we were so surprised to find that half of their dim sum dishes were sold out. I understand that the restaurant wants to save costs by not throwing away left over (unsold) food, but that doesn’t justify them preparing a bit short.

Third, service was terrible. Table setting was horrible and I had to ask them for the chili sauce and soybean sauce.

One liner about the food: Expected taste with no edge or surprises. Me and our family decided to keep my sweet 90s memories only on the...

Earlier, my mom, my niece, and I were planning to eat at Common Ground. When we parked, we saw this restaurant and noticed it was busy inside. So, we decided to go in. After waiting a bit, we got a table. Without giving us a menu, the waitress told us, "We only have dim sum and fried dishes left." Not knowing what kind of restaurant it was, I just went along and ordered the dim sum she brought, along with some fried dishes. I asked, "Do you have chicken porridge?" "Oh, it's sold out," she said. Okay, so I just ate. The dim sum tasted very average, as Wing Lok’s is much better. Then, I noticed that the table behind us, which had just arrived, got chicken porridge. I asked, "Do you still have porridge?" "Oh, this is the last one," she said. Excuse me? I arrived before them and was told it was sold out. Long story short, I asked for the bill. A handwritten bill came: 8 dim sum, 6 fried dishes, 4 drinks, totaling almost 600 thousand rupiahs. Haha, NICE. I’ll never step foot in this restaurant again for the...

Lotus has opened for more than 15 years and known as one of the famous place to eat DimSum in Pondok Indah. There’s also choices of Chinese food here besides DimSum. The place is spacious and family friendly. No need to worry about the parking area, although sometimes you have to pass the traffic area going there. As a Dimsum Lover, Lotus used to be one of my favorite place to eat DimSum that serves authentic taste and variety choice of DimSum. Too bad some of my favorite DimSums such as Hakaw, Ceker Ayam and Siomay doesn’t taste good like in the old days anymore. Chowfun is also out from the menu. Good thing the Iga still taste great. Unfortunately, the waiter is not too friendly on a Sunday Brunch when its crowded and I hope there will be an improvement in the...