Lotus Thai Bistro

Best Thai food ever! *Please support small biz! Please call to order directly so they don’t have to pay ridiculous fees w door dash or whoever… The display was beautiful, but I didn’t catch a photo till it was too late, so please excuse the pics here for not effectively resenting all the TLC they put into making the presentation and delicious taste and quality of the food! The order: chicken pad Thai (peanuts on the side!), fresh rolls (vegetarian with an amazing sauce!), pumpkin curry, brown rice, samosa. It was really nice to have so many gluten free and vegetarian options so everyone was satisfied! We had about 15-20 people. Everyone had seconds and had enough leftovers to take home, too. Well worth the price and everyone is grateful for quality leftovers! Thank you Lotus Thai Bistro in Palo Alto! Our expectations were well exceeded!

Got the tofu pad Thai, medium spice, and a Thai tea. Tasted great, the portion was fairly good sized, and the medium spice was relatively hot (only order spicy if you’re really tolerant of spice). Thai tea was really nice as well. Staff was kind and attentive, and the presentation of the food was a nice touch — I appreciate the attention to detail. Also in a great location. Well worth the money.

Hands down my favourite Thai restaurant in the area. Great food and great service. The Panang curry with fried tofu and Pad Thai with shrimp are so flavourful and always hit the spot. It's the little things too, like the banana leafs on the plate or the plastic mug because why do we need to lift weights when we drink beer!

I simply don't understand the hate this place is getting from some of the reviewers. It almost looks a little fishy to me, as if someone's trying to hurt this place on purpose. In the past two years I've eaten here a dozen times and not once had a bad experience. Yeah, the spicy is really too spicy for me and they don't serve rice with their dinner plates (restaurants stopped doing that a while ago, for some reason) - but the food here is consistently good and the service efficient.

I just wanted a nice night with my girlfriend but instead I ordered what has got to be the second worst Thai food of my life. The first worst Thai food gave severe dihearra and I felt like my Assh*le had to be hospitalized. This is a tiny tiny step above that. Though it is unknown whether my stomach will be ripped out my. The least they could is provide napkins when I’m bleeding on the floor. Yours truly, a constipated one time customer

Ordered the fried tofu pad Thai and was very impressed that their prices on DoorDash are the exact same as the regular menu. I do wish they were on Uber eats though. The pad Thai itself had a good portion and was impressed that they included some carrots and lettuce as vegetable garnish alongside the standard bean sprouts. Wish they offered fried bean sprouts as a garnish option instead. The fried tofu was nice and crispy and creamy on the inside. Portion sizes are pretty good and the spicy option was perfect for my taste buds. Did wish there were some bolder traditional Thai flavors of sweet and sour.