Lotus Garden Restaurant — Restaurant in Covina

The people are very nice to start on a positive note. However, the food was left for something more. The fried rice was drizzled in soy sauce and that's all, no peas, carrots, egg, nothing! I've never been served fried rice this way. The egg foo young had a thick gravy on it that tasted like it was slopped on from a can. The chop suey was wilted and had bean sprouts and small slivers of meat, again nothing else. The pork spare ribs tasted hard and chewy and were warmed in a microwave because they were tough to eat, normally these fall apart when you bit into them. I'm sorry, I will never go back to this establishment again. It is obvious they are trying to make a profit by serving poorly prepared food with lacking ingredients and if this doesn't change soon, you can rest assured they will have to shut their doors. Very sad meal and it was...

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT I can not find a Chinese restaurant like this where I live. This is by far like the Chinese food from NY ( where im from originally). EXCELLENT fried rice! Duck (and I don't even like duck, first time I tried it)String Bean Chicken, yummi! I'm glad they are still around (since '62) and Covid did not break them. Hubby has been going here since he was a kid in the 70's. we even met another customer that also was going there since he was a kid. They've definitely earned their longevity. the atmosphere is cozy, neat, and homey. Real authentic family Chinese food, not some franchise restaurant- which we hate! service was fast and they were kind. You must check this place out when you are in town! it truly was one of the highlights...

My husband's family used to go here many years ago and since we were in the area, he wanted to stop here for lunch. The food was still pretty good but there was a 10% service fee added to the bill. When I questioned our server he pulled out a paper from behind the counter that the manager had written saying to charge that fee to help offset costs and help them to stay open. I'm not sure if that's legit because it wasn't posted anywhere for the public to see nor was it mentioned at all when ordering or paying. It added $4.20 to our bill. That dishonesty will probably keep me from eating there again. Just be prepared to have an extra fee on your bill if...