Lotus Court — Restaurant in Karachi Division

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 (𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸)!

So it was my nikkah anniversary and as per the occasion I had to choose a place which has soft & elegant attributes. Dine in hotel based restaurants is always risky for me cause many of them were disasters but Alhumdulilah Lotus Court made my anniversary night wonderful by serving amazingly delicious food, service and ambiance.

𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻𝘀 (1,575pkr): What I expected was cut opened grilled prawns but those were fried. Fried part was done with perfection and served in less than 10mins. I would say that the batter they used to marinate the prawns were very common, many other restaurants have the same taste in it but the sauce was flavorsome. Sauce has the creamy & salty lemonish taste ofcourse with the addition of mayonnaise (not the typical one in taste).

𝗦𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝘅𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 (1,155pkr) Very different from what other restaurants serve, taste was chilliest sweet. Many of you are familiar with this szechwan but the spices used in this dish were very different from others. May be they were following the authentic pattern of Chinese cuisine originating from Sichuan Province.

𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗳 (1,465pkr) This was the dish made my day, my personal favorite among the others. Beef was tenderly soft and sauce which was used in this dish was very similar to teriyaki sauce but was little sweet in taste. "A MUST TRY DISH"

𝗘𝗴𝗴 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲 (555pkr) The quality of cooked rice is the first impression of every rice based dish, and lotus won my heart by making fried egg with perfectly cooked rice. The quality of rice was complimenting the over all taste of the fried rice.

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗶𝗻 (425pkr) Good quality of soba noodles was used in this dish with the ample quantity of veges and chicken, nothing was overpowering the over all taste. It wasn't salty nor sticky, the overall taste was so balanced that I can say this was the best chow mein that I ever had in Pakistan.

Bill amount: 6886.22...

We thought of going to Movenpick for dinner and decided to try out Lotus Court. Upon walking up to it, we were refused seating based on not having an advance reservation. The entire restaurant was empty and yet they said that we could not dine there as we had no reservation. My cousin called on their landline no and made the reservation at that very moment from the parking of movenpick and voila; we could now dine there. The staff was rigid, rude and unprofessional. They were not helpful when we asked questions abt the dishes nor were they helpful in helping us decide the volume of the order. Our order included lotus special soup, chicken wonton soup, fried fish, fried prawns, schezuan chicken, stir fried prawns in garlic sauce, braised baby Chinese cabbage with chicken, sweet n sour chicken, chicken in oyster sauce and egg fried rice. The only dishes which we found good were schezuan chicken and lotus special soup. The remaining dishes were below par and a total waste of time and money. It was a bad experience altogether. Will definitely not be visiting again nor will I recommend...

So we made a booking to celebrate my father in laws birthday with a family dinner.

I'll mention issues in bullet points below.

One set of serving of sauces/chillies on a table of 8 persons. After asking 2 or 3 times, they gave us another set and bu then we had all finished crackers and soup.

Tempura prawns: i was shocked to see how they looked, and horrified when I tasted them. The batter was not only tasteless but also seemed like made by a 12 year old kid who tried to make tempura prawns for the first time. Beyond imagination.

Drinks: had to ask for our drinks again and again and we got them when most of us were almost done with the food.

Service: overall service was super super slow. Had to stand up and look around for a server.

Payment: so we knew that 20% discount was available on our platinum credit card but we didn't get any discount because they had no yet received updated discounts list or whatever they called. It cost us 22,000 for way way below average food and service.

Never going there again, never recommending it to...