Lotus Restaurant

Tried the lotus for the first time. all the personnel was very nice the place was clean and nice looking. However, a lot of items on the buffet were over cooked and dry. The pork ribs were very fatty. However, the beef and peppers, chicken and broccoli, jalapeño chick, were excellent. A little more focus on some of the overcooked items and I would have given a 4 maybe 5 because of the great people.

Finding the «right» Chinese restaurant when you move to a new area can definitely be a hit-​or-​miss kind of situation, and I’m very happy to say that the boyfriend and I found «our» restaurant on the first try: Lotus!
The food is delicious. The typical order is: Broccoli and beef, steamed dumplings, General Tso’s chicken, pork fried rice, and spare ribs. — Each time we’ve gotten take-​out, it’s been great. The service is wonderful, and the food was always still hot by the time we got home.
I cannot speak for the table-​side service, but the takeout has been great enough that I wouldn’t mind spending an hour or so enjoying some tasty food :)

Over the years I’ve become a little less into Chinese Buffets, but that said, Lotus does it right. In addition to the standard fair, they also have some simple sushi options. I find that the pickled ginger and seaweed salad from the sushi bar goes well with the stomach when eating massive quantities of American Chinese food.
I’m also quite the fan of crab rangoon and can say that as buffets go, Lotus has some of the better ones. I also don’t like desserts at buffets much, but the éclair pie is also very good.
My only warning is Lotus can sometimes get pretty busy. For example, Sundays around lunch time has had a wait when I’ve gone.

Generally speaking, this is about as good as it gets in this area. They do an incredible amount of business. This works well, because the Buffet keeps getting refilled. They stay on top of it every time I have been there.
The food is good, as well. A very nice variety. They have recently expanded, so now this place has plenty of room… except for the location of the entrance so close to people paying and leaving, and the herd of customers coming thru those front doors. It’s a bottleneck at times.
I can’t go 5 stars, but I can easily give it a solid 4. It keeps me coming back probably more than I should!

Ordered delivery veggie pad Thai, crab Rangoon, lotus sushi roll, and egg rolls. Strong performance and quick. Pad Thai was spicy though.

Finially Chinese cusine that is truly delicious, and the service is outstanding very friendly and efficient. The Buffett is great and when I ordered off the menu It was outstanding we are very satisfied The best Chinese dishes we’ve had since Hunan House was open many years ago. High Quality food the best in Maine.

We had the lunch buffet. It was a reasonable price and one of the better buffets that we’ve had. Food was kept fresh. The place was clean with a pleasing décor. Several choices of hard ice cream was a bonus.

Great new place! Very nice, above par typical Japanese buffet. Been here a few times and love the sushi! Not your average place.
Not the most amazing food you’ll ever eat but if you looking for some Japanese food/​take out its not bad at all! 5 stars for now. I will update my review after going a few more times

I know a lot of people love this restaurant, but it wasn’t for us. My office ordered from here and none of us liked the food. I know it was at a time when people were talking about the lack of consistency of how good or bad the food was at different times of the week. The staff did seem very friendly and welcoming.

THE best tasting Chinese food in Auburn! You know how sometimes chinese buffet food tastes old, stale, and reheated? Well, NOT this place! Everything is always hot and fresh and the service is always friendly! Don’t like buffets? Take out is a great option and just as tasty. Plus, you get a decent sized portion for your money. Yum! :-)

what a yummy place to eat. If you like Chinese buffet this is my go to place! Main dishes are always fresh, dessert bar is well stocked and sushi bar is perfect! The kids beg to come here all the time.

my favorite Chinese place in the area. it’s never too greasy and the service is great. i love the sushi bar. i’m just starting to come around to trying it and so far so good. also a plus is it’s cleanliness and comfortable décor. my family and i went on christmas eve and as expected the place was packed and a bit crowded but even after being seated we still saw our server often enough (not too much) to make sure we were all set and everything was good. i was highly impressed by how well the buffet was stocked for being so busy. i never saw an empty try. i love coming here weather it’s lunch with a friend and take out dinner.

Best we have had in a long time! Clean and friendly place and lunch was super reasonably priced for the choices they had. We will frequent this place!

We got take out and it was not good at all. Maybe dining in is different.

Excellent service, exquisite food, and a great price definitely my new favorite Chinese restaurant.

Now I will fully admit that I am not a Chinese buffet lover… avoider is more like it, but when a friend suggested we check this place out I thought why not give it a go.
Walking in the interior was very nice and I exclaimed more than once that I couldn’t believe this place was a goodwill/​pizza joint only a short while beforehand. After picking up menus (you read that right… we picked up and carried our own menus) and being placed in a comfy looking booth with eye shot of the buffet, I was relieved to find that I didn’t HAVE to get the buffet.
Unfortunately when we tried to order (both myself & my friend wanted to order off the menu) our server made it all to clear that actual «orders» were not appreciated. Every time we asked a question, asked for a particular dish or were trying to locate a particular dish on the menu we were met with «that is only on the buffet» «you know you can just get that on the buffet» & «they are just going to dish that from the dishes on the buffet». It got to the point where I had to very clearly point out to our server that I appreciated they had a buffet, I wasn’t actually looking to have buffet at this moment in time.
Once our (likely scooped from the buffet) food arrived I was pleasantly surprised. Everything tasted good and didn’t have a heavy/​greasy feel that some dishes have at other local Chinese/​Fusion restaurants can have. Oh and the green onion pancakes were out of this world.
So if you are into buffets I would suggest you go to this place soon. If like me, you aren’t a buffet person I would still say give it a shot, just be prepared to defend your menu ordering ways!