Lotus Thai Dining — Restaurant in South Carolina

We unfortunately came to this restaurant to celebrate my son's graduation from US Army basic training back in August. We had six people in our group, so I made a reservation early on to make sure we would get a table... and boy did they give us a table. When we arrived we saw multiple tables set up that could easily handle 4-6 people at a time. They were ALL full of 2-3 people. I think one of them had 4, maybe. The only tables they had open were ones designed for 2 people, 4 if you squished really hard. You guessed it right, they squished 6 of us in one of those tiny side tables. What's the point of a reservation, if the staff don't properly seat party size to table size? But hey we were going to make the best of it. We ordered the food. My phad thai was less that notable, I'm pretty sure I've had better out of a freeze dried bag from Backpacker's Pantry out in the woods. That wasn't the worst part. My daughter ordered a sushi roll. When it arrived it had little baby spiders crawling on it. We alerted the waiter, he was nice-ish, but seemed annoyed we were complaining. He took the roll back to the sushi station and arrived a minute later with a "fresh" roll. Do I think it was actually a brand new roll? Not in a million years. At that point my daughter is too grossed out to eat. No one else cared for their food either. We asked for the check and while waiting, we noticed that on the wall next to the table there were a bunch of, you guessed it, little baby spiders crawling all over it. 🤢 I don't even think they took the spider roll off the ticket. None of the leftovers got taken to the hotel, and to top things off, I left my card there. Not sure if it was ever brought back to the table or if it was hidden under the check and in our haste to leave spider manor I didn't notice it. 🤷‍♂️ Not sure if it was just an off night, but if I were you, I'd double check everything for creepy crawlies.

For perspective, our family absolutely adores Thai food, and has traveled to Thailand. We had better food on the side of a mountain road in Chiang Mai, cooked under a...

This place is located close to some other stores, so it has a nice location. We were recommended by people who live close by! I ordered the fried shu mei appetizer to share with my boyfriend, and then I had pork pad see iew as my dinner meal. The shu mei was delicious, and the sauce that came with it was splendid. My pad see iew was the best pad see iew I’ve ever had! I think I really liked it because it had no frills. It was just egg, noodle, meat, and broccoli. Other places I’ve been to add fancy things like shredded carrots and bean sprouts, which I find make the dish harder to eat. This dish was absolutely perfect to me. You can customize the spice of the dish, and I got the least spicy option possible. However, they gave us some sauce and powder to add to our dishes, which went really well with our food. Our server was Kruawon and she was absolutely fantastic. The service was amazing and the food was stellar. Prices were very reasonable for the portions and quality of the food. I would definitely come back! I am not sure what the sauce was called, but if you could let me know the name of it, I would love to have some...

Just wow!

Food: This restaurant has amazing food! I loved what I had to eat. They have a variety of cuisines, which normally should scare you, but they executed a variety of dishes super well. I had the Lao Pork Combo, my friend had Pho, and we both had sushi. Everything was super tasty!

Service: The awesome looking meal in the picture is the combo, it was only $16! I had an eel roll for about $7. Really good prices. The server was a very nice woman, and she made it clear that the food we got would take a minute. It's good she was honest.

Atmosphere: The inside is a little bit... Off? Paper covers on all of the tables so it's easier to clean (lol), the silverware had clearly been used hundreds and hundreds of times so like idk that kinda is off putting? It's like the cracked seats. You see it and you know the food is gonna be awesome. If the seats are cracked that means tons of people have been here. And for good reason!

Also you should ask for a bit of Thai basil to put in the sticky rice, it's like really good

Wholeheartedly...