Lotus Restaurant ( Dine-in open!)

What I got: shrimp and egg rolls Cost/value: $15 Bathroom/access: yes Free WIFI: yes Parking: yes Staff: very friendly and speedy Loyalty card: nope Notes: Very delicious food! I would 100% recommended.

Have eaten at Lotus many times over the years and the food has always been pretty solid standard fare. Went last weekend and was very surprised to discover my tuna roll was filled with. . . well, I’m not sure what it was. Gassed, dyed, probably not even really tuna. The vivid watermelon pink color was fake, it was seeping onto the rice. Dry, sticky texture, flavorless too. The rest of the food wasn’t quite up to snuff either (bland, dry,) but these bizarre red “fish” scraps pretending to be sushi grade tuna have convinced me to not come here again. Cutting corners is not acceptable where sushi is concerned.

Update: 5/11: it’s been a little over a year since we’ve discovered this place. We’ve tried many other restaurants that sell sushi but nothing in the Milwaukee area compares. Been coming here every Monday since last year and will continue to eat their absolutely delicious, well made sushi until I depart next summer to my next assignment. I used to pass by this restaurant daily on my way to work or whenever I go to kohl’s and Target. The building was an average looking building that advertised multiple different cuisines on the outside. From watching all of the Kitchen Nightmare shows, I expected this to be gross and bland Asian food. We still decided to give it a try because it had a descent rating plus we wanted some sushi other than Meijer’s. Now, we are eating Monday Sushi special every week. It is very delicious and quality is great. We normally get 3-5 rolls between the two of us. Amount of sushi varies per roll, so we try to get no more than $40/$50 worth. We are used to eating s