I first noticed the lotus flower murals on the wall when I walked in. They were fairly busy for a Sunday. Tranquil spa-like music was playing giving the place a calming effect. I was craving a healthy choice. The ginger salmon, rice with pineapple , and cooked vegetables were yummy and fairly priced. My friends enjoyed their beef stew and noodle soup choices. The spring rolls were terrific. You can buy an ice cream macaron for dessert from the small freezer. They have a small private parking lot, but street parking works too. read more

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Delicious! Parking was easy. I had the pork steam rolls and papaya salad, really enjoyed it :)

Great vegan/vegetarian options. Most of the items I've tried are delicious. It's close by and they are fast. Would definitely recommend.

I love this place. I can't beleive I didn't write a review before SIP. I'm writing this review now in the hopes they reopen for take out sometime soon. Their handmade noodles are incredible! The thin premade rice noodles you get at other places just makes me sad now. They also have true vegetarian pho for my husband. But their filet mignon pho is so good its one of the few beef dishes I still eat. I'm also a big fan of their appetizer combos. I order the one with papaya salad and can have it for dinner plus two lunches. My hubby has ordered a variety of dishes on the vegetarian menu and has been happy with them all. read more

We usually order the Salmon sandwhich and teriyaki chicken plate. We are always happy with these delicious meals and feeds a family of two with leftovers. read more

This is a great place to get some Thai food. The service is great and the food is amazing. Everything on the menu is worth trying the last time that I was there I tried four different types of dishes, and I was pleased with all of them. read more

My friend and I decided on having pho at like 830... many places close at 9. But this place closes at 930, not too much of a difference but it's still better than 9. My friend is vegetarian and they have a WHOLE PAGE full of vegetarian choices(YASSS WINNER!!!). She ordered vegetable pho and I got the bun bo hue. She said it had very good flavor because sometimes the veggie pho at other places can be very bland. The bun bo hue I ordered was really good. It didn't seem very spicy at first but it does have a little kick in the soup. Also they don't have pork blood in it (which i don't mind because I'm not a fan). We also got summer rolls (vegetarian version of spring rolls). It was sooo good with the peanut sauce! This is going to be my new bun bo hue spot~^_^. YUMMMYYY. Oh and the Vietnamese coffee was pretty good. They serve it brewing hot into condense milk. Then we mix it and pour it over ice. :P. Yummmmyyyy I definitely will come back and take my parents :) read more

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Gluten-free , dairy-free folks can't go wrong with a good bowl of yellow curry (made with almond milk), with the family of veggies bathing inside. The Lotus Leaf is a small San Leandro gem, for its coziness, quick service, and reasonable prices make for a nice quiet Saturday night outing-romantic, platonic, or familial. What else would you expect in San Leandro? For a bowl of pho and a bowl of yellow curry (with the prawns), my friend paid about 35 bucks or so. Not bad, especially when the entire meal is free.99 because your best friend wants to give you an early birthday gift. The (Lotus) Leaf is lovely! read more

Lotus Leaf - Just the menu - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

Delicious food, attentive service, and very nice ambiance. Would go often if I lived closer.

Lotus leaf is usually really good but this was so unappetizing to find THREE pieces of hair in the Buddha rolls! In two of the 4 rolls. Really long hair too! I kept pulling and it kept coming out. read more

Lotus Leaf - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

When you're in the restaurant you could almost forget you're in San Leandro. Overall the setting of the restaurant and service is great. Unfortunately the cost of the pho also makes you forget to your in San Leandro. It is priced high so this won't be a regular spot for my wife and I but we'll definitely be coming back. Note on the pho: they use flat noodles which you may or may not like. My wife loved it but I would probably ask for regular noodles when we come back. However the broth is amazing and quality of the good is just as good. read more

We came here with another couple who come here regularly and one of our friends is a native of Vietnam and regularly enjoys the food here as they use thick noodles in their pho which is uncommon in most Vietnamese restaurants. So we were open to trying a new place. We ordered the salmon rolls, filet mignon pho, chicken claypot, lemongrass pork and L5 ginger salmon with pineapple fried rice. All were delicious, filet mignon tender, claypot tasty, lemongrass pork was deliciously tender and flavorful and salmon was cooked just right. The salmon rolls were also good but the service was a bit discombobulated as when we had arrived, the place was a bit busy. The waitress seemed a bit overwhelmed and there was only one other server. Needless to say, the waitress forgot about our salmon rolls and we had already received our entrees. Other than that, the food was good and we had an enjoyable meal. read more

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Decided to eat here after seeing they were a 4 star review. But upon going in we waited and waited just to be seated. They weren't even busy at the moment. So being patient I just said oh well I'll wait. There was only one gal seating and taking orders. We finally got seated and given menus. Didn't see our server for awhile. She finally decided to come take our order. I ordered PHO and jasmine hot tea. Both were excellent. If it weren't for the service I might go back. The food was great. But idk. They need help with learning how to seat and great. read more

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Lotus is my favorite Vietnamese spot in San Leandro, it's especially wonderful for vegetarians and vegans. My go to for veggie pho, veggie spring rolls, and bahn mis. read more

I just can't do it a. The service is so bad I just don't even care if the food is alright. Still one star... I swear San Leandro is lacking in good restaurants.. I come here again in hopes that the staff will get better.. no go. They font care about the customers. They just want to get paid. I made an online order because that's a option they say is available.. the lady says sometime it is sometimes it isn't. So now I wait another 15 minutes when it should have been ready.. to top it off she said to call to place order.. I kid you not one time me and my husband called from each line, for a good gal an hour until we gave up and came in..... so if u can online order and no one picks up.... I guess you got to go in to eat and experience there $hitty service... I feel rob every time I come zx Damn! 2 times!!! Make sure you check your take out order before you leave. 2 times they have left things out. Nothing like coming home to find out they jacked up your order. We had to drivvvvveee all the way back so they could refund us. So whack. read more

I've always been a little on the fence with this place. There are quite a few wonderful Vietnamese places in San Leandro and Lotus Leaf has never stood out for me. With that said, I ordered in lunch today and gave them another shot. Eggplant tofu. The tofu was cut into tiny strips and the eggplant was cut into discs. I found an inedible eggplant end in my meal too. I wish lotus leaf would wow me with a dish but they just don't. It will probably be another long while before I try them again sadly. read more

Lotus Leaf - Eggplant end - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I liked this place before today's visit, I always thought this place has one of the best services and it went 360 down hill today. I came into the restaurant with maybe 5 tables seated (my point is it's not that full), so def not super busy. The waitress pointed at the table for us to sit, and we waited for at least 5 -10 mins without any menu or water. I have to get the menu myself. Then, again, she never come back to take my order after another 5 mins, so I walked up to the cashier to order my food. At this point, I was already not very happy with the service. But since I already ordered, I'll wait for my food. This place just lose a long term customer who live nearby. The food came out actually pretty fast, but again, it failed because they never gave us the plate of basil/sprouts with the pho that we ordered. We told the waiter and while she acknowledged, she didn't come back with the plate of basil/sprouts until another 5 mins. Meanwhile, we all looking at our hot bowls of pho slowing cooling down. Oh, yeah, same for getting out check, the process prob took another 10 mins. read more

An excellent first date ambiance. It's not rowdy and spacious, so you can have some distance from the next party. It's family-friendly too. Well accommodating for midsize party (6+ people) Plenty of parking on site and street. Also walking distance from BART. Highly recommend the créma jasmine tea. Mildly sweetened, about 4/10. Love the iced Thai milk tea. It's mildly sweet, about 6/10. Also, the iced Viet milk coffee. It's strong drip coffee. On the sweeter end, but it complements the bitterness of coffee. I haven't tried the food yet. read more

I waited an hour and half for my food even after placing my order by phone. It was my lunch hour for work and so I not only lost money but I was super hungry waiting for my food. I wasn't greeted upon arrival. The waitress was also the receptionist, cook and food packager. I only ordered 2 spring rolls and some rice! They need to if the haven't yet hire 2 waitresses and some to answer the phones and take customers orders. They need to pay them California wages(20-26 an hour) & (stop being cheap) so staff can actually stay working with them. Oh I forgot to mention that two gentlemen who walk in after me and didn't place a to go order were promptly seated and then even given appetizers before my food even came out. I don't know if I was being discriminated against or what but it didn't feel good and I have told all my coworkers not to go there based on my experience. I hope they take this review and learn from it! Because that was bad...real bad business. read more

Lotus Leaf - Front desk area - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I was a little hesitant writing the review (for selfish reasons, wanted to keep this place to myself) but I wanted to share my love for their banh mi ( both chicken and pork) in addition to their pineapple fried rice. Whenever I'm craving a banh mi, Lotus Leaf is my go to. read more

A great example of a once great restaurant taken a turn for the worse. 10/21/19 1:30 pm ordered two Beef combo pho for take out. Got home and realized the beef was no longer the same great quality of beef brisket, its now downgraded to the ordinary low grade beef cut that almost all Pho restaurants serves. But more importantly, there was no beef balls in my order. I am not sure if this was forgotten or they've taken the beef balls out from the beef combo bowl. Whatever it is, its an embarassment. It's a shame, this place (although had poor service, they still) HAD great quality ingredients. Now it has lost that and it has taken a few steps back. It no longer is anything different than any other Pho shops, after a few years of ordering from here I am sadden to say that I will no longer be coming back. read more

I LOVE this place. Pho is one of my favorite foods and I've tried so many in the Bay Area. The food here is top notch. Nothing too fancy, just great food and service. read more

What a gem! Finished a long morning hike at the nearby trail and found this restaurant randomly on yelp. We had a mixed group of eaters and this restaurant fit our needs easily! The staff rearranged the tables to fit our group of 15. The food came very quickly and looked delicious. As I skimmed through the menu, I was so excited to see that almost half the menu was vegetarian. I ended up ordering the vegetarian curry noodle soup and a vegetarian papaya salad. The food came and I couldn't wait to take a bite. The curry was more like a Thai curry soup and had thin vermicelli (I think) noodles with an assortment of veggie meat and tofu. I have to say I prefer this one over mint and basils spicy noodle soup! The papaya salad wasn't as good as the one I had at the green lotus but it was still okay. It is quite a large serving and has a lot of tofu. The curry soup was so delicious that I decided to take the leftover soup Togo and use it in my rice the next day. There are so many other things on the menu that I want to try. I will definitely go again, and another bonus is this place is friendly to carnivores and vegetarians both. read more

Lotus Leaf - Curry noodle soup large - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I ordered the yellow curry via Doordash. I asked for it to be not spicy, and it was perfect. I would definitely order it again. I am hoping to go to the actual restaurant next time I am craving it. read more

Waited to long for food, the orange chicken was cold, the fried rice never came. Only two people working in a busy night worst service ever. I sent the food back due to the poor quality. Plus my husband had to put his own soup in the container. No help no asking can I make it better. Worst place ever read more

Lotus Leaf - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

The vegetarian noodle bowl was good, everything was crunchy, tofu, egg roll, non meat pork. It was really big and price was not bad. Pho broth was ok, I wished it was real pho noodles, it does have good variety of meat, and has filet beef. The thai limeade was pretty good, has a tangy sour taste like tamarind. Salmon spring roll was sort of a miss, I mean it's great they had something different, but it didn't come with fish sauce, and had to ask for it. Flavors were ok on the salmon but you can't really taste it all in one bite since the rice noodle just over powers everything else. The service kinda forgot things a few times and the food took a very long time to come out. Parking lot is small, but there's street parking. Big portion, decent price, but doesn't seem like authentic Vietnamese. read more

Won't visit again, limited selections. Don't try the chicken shop noodle, chicken is so ......... Terrible, unless u have sharp teeth, otherwise, don't try. My mom gave me a the chicken bit after first bit, I left it alone. At the end, my mom found a long hair from the noodle and she stopped eating. Although the waiter waived the order after discussion, sorry won't visit again. Aomsen is much much better but they closed for sun dinner read more

Food is great but they have a child working there who is so rude, taking orders and greeting customers.

Cozy small corner restaurant. Always feeling welcomed when you walk in. The restaurant is nice and the bathrooms are always so clean. I ordered shrimp spring rolls and they where huge but delicious. I also ordered teriyaki chicken with rice and it was a little plain but the sauce they have in the tables does its justice. My friend ordered a vegetarian pho and it was best shes ever had. Nice place to go with friends to catch up. read more

I'll usually swap between this and another Vietnamese restaurant down the road. Environment: This is a stand-alone restaurant that has its own small parking space. Otherwise, there is usually free street parking somewhere nearby. It is usually not packed, but can fill up as the lunch hour goes by. Food: I will normally switch between the Bo Kho or Beef Pho when I am here. Both of these dishes are great and I have no qualms about the food. Service: This is where I am deducting a star from an otherwise four star restaurant. From when you enter to when you leave, there is a lot of waiting. You'll wait to get seated: wait to get menu and waters; wait for the food; wait for the server to check in on you; and wait to receive the bill. I'm typically not harsh with the service, but it can make for a unexpectedly long lunch. read more

This place is simply delicious! My good sister and I had vegan egg rolls, spicy Thai fried rice, eggplant curry, and orange chicken! All vegan! Yummmy...delicious! And drinks...jasmine tea! Awesome service, too! Found a good parking. We recommend this restaurant! We are happy! read more

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Me and my mom used to love this place but the last two times I came and ordered the salmon spring roll one of the rolls had like crumbs of salmon and they don't offer to fix it just apologize and send you are your way. Look at the food before you pay. read more

Lotus Leaf - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

Interesting location for a restaurant - mostly residential with older houses, apartments, and a sprinkling of commercial establishments. LL has a small parking lot which is a plus. Decor is upscale with lots of wood. Has both tables and booths for dining. On our late lunch visit, the place was packed with 3 to 4 recently vacated tables. Two servers manned the front of the house and they were overwhelmed and unable to clear the tables for another party and for us. Waited around 15 minutes for them to clear two tables. After being seated simultaneously, the party before us received ice water and ordered. It would take another five minutes before the server approached our table to take our orders and bring us ice water. Yep, the sign on the door said "Help Wanted". I was ok with the service as the waitstaff of two were working hard and moving fast, just need another person. Upon ordering, we received our food of Fried Egg Rolls and Pho pretty quickly. Hella fast for us Bay folks. The only problem now was the lack of taste in the rolls and in my Beef Pho. The rolls were bland and the Pho stock lacked any discernible flavor. The stock is the important base for all Pho restaurants as noodles and raw beef all taste the same, it is the soup base which defines good Pho restaurants. Well, the stock did not have any flavor. Too bad. My wife's curry Pho was good though as it had taste to it. Get the latter versus the former. Will try other Pho places nearby before going back. read more

Great service. Timed the food very well, going directly from fresh vegetarian summer rolls to tofu bahn mi's and then an order of orange vegetarian 'chicken'. Just planned on stopping for a bite to eat after landing in OAK and we weren't disappointed! read more

Lotus Leaf - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I went yesterday with my friends. We ordered orange chicken, it was disgusting! They tasted like mcdonald's chicken nuggets with a polish of orange sauce on top. It tasted like it could have been frozen & heated up. It got super hard way too fast! We also ordered crab & shrimp egg rolls, those were fine. The beef pho was fine also. We had to ask for water 10 minutes later because no one bothered to offer, and no one else was eating there! We also ordered spicy thai fried rice, it was only okay, not the best, nor tasty. We ordered crispy shrimp. It was disgusting as well! The shrimp HAD NO FLAVOR! The outside was wrinkly, terrible presentation, it was chewy & the flour had no flavor. People should not cook if they do not know how to. Don't go, save your money & time. On top of this the waiter forgot 2 things on our order, didn't even come see if things were okay or if we needed something. NEVER AGAIN! RED CHILI IS THE BEST SPOT EVER IN HAYWARD. read more

I asked the waitress a question on which item would be the cheapest and she suggested the water which was a whopping free.99 and I actually really enjoy it would recommend read more

Lotus Leaf - Cheapest item - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

I liked the teriyaki chicken vermicelli. The price was reasonable. The restaurant was clean. I came with three friends. We enjoyed our get-together time at the restaurant. read more

Lotus Leaf - Teriyaki chicken vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - San Leandro, California

This is the Vietnamese restaurant that we enjoyed the pho when we first visited San Leandro, four years ago. We recently returned and found the food all tasty. We ordered Bo Kho beef stew with egg noodle, chicken and rice dish, and a vermicelli pork dish. Service was okay for a December 24th afternoon. read more

Delicious food and the vegetarian options are amazing. Buddha rolls and the tofu/mushroom sandwich are my favorite!

It was a busy Tuesday evening, I just got off of work when I entered the restaurant , this beautiful young lady greeted and seated me with a wonderful smile. She was incredibly friendly, attentive and provide me great service. The is restaurant represents a combination of excellent Vietnamese cuisine mixed with the favors and culture of Vietnam. I will definitely be back here again, Thank You mysterious waitress for this! I came back Tuesday night in remembrance of the young beautiful waitress and waitresses, they remembered me for my well being as they continue to provide me with another excellent experience in this restaurant, the food is so fabulous that I feel in love with the crab shrimp egg rolls, filet pho and of course their drinks are always refreshing! Will come be here again and again! Thanks Lotus Leaf! read more