Lotus Thai Bistro

Palo Alto, CA

Top Picks

Ginger

Contains onion, mushroom, ginger, garlic, and bell pepper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Basil

Contains thai chili, sweet basil, garlic, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Roti

Contains roti. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Lunch Curry Fried Rice

Contains protein, fried rice, and curry sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Green Curry

Contains sweet basil, green curry paste, coconut milk, bell pepper, and bamboo root. This item may contain fish sauce.

Full Menu

Lunch Menu

For take-out between 11am and 3pm. Utensils and napkins are available only upon request.

Lunch Curry Fried Rice

Contains protein, fried rice, and curry sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Basil Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and basil. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Roti

Contains roti. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Lunch Sweet and Sour Stir-Fry

Contains sweet and sour sauce, rice, and protein. The sweet and sour sauce may be non-vegan.

Lunch Spicy Stir-Fry (Curry Paste)

Contains rice, protein, and curry paste. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Green Curry

Contains sweet basil, rice, protein, green curry paste, coconut milk, bell pepper, and bamboo root. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Samosa

Contains potato filling, and pastry dough. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Lunch Fried Tofu

Contains fried tofu. This item may contain egg.

Lunch Pad Thai

Contains rice noodles, protein, peanuts, and pad thai sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Pad See-Ew Noodle

Contains protein, pad see ew sauce, and flat rice noodles. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Green Bean Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and green beans. The stir-fry sauce may be non-vegan.

Lunch Ginger Stir-Fry

Contains rice, protein, and ginger sauce. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Spinach Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, spinach, rice, and protein. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Broccoli Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and broccoli. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Thai BBQ

Contains rice, protein, and bbq sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Bamboo Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and bamboo shoots. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Pumpkin Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and pumpkin. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Rama Noodle

Contains spinach, ramen noodles, and peanut sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Red Curry

Contains sweet basil, rice, red curry sauce, eggplant, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Thai Fried Rice

Contains protein, fried rice, and egg. We suggest removing the egg. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Tom Kha Noodle Soup

Contains soup broth, noodles, and coconut milk. This item may contain fish sauce, and meat broth.

Lunch Mango Stir-Fry

Contains vegetables, stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and mango. This item may contain oyster sauce.

Lunch Mus-Sa-Mun Curry

Contains rice, protein, potato, onion, mus sa mun curry sauce, coconut milk, and carrot. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Yellow Curry

Contains yellow curry sauce, rice, protein, potato, onion, coconut milk, and carrot. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Pad Curry Kee-Mow

Contains protein, kee mow noodles, and curry sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Rama Curry

Contains spinach, rice, protein, and peanut sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Panang Curry

Contains rice, protein, panang curry paste, kefir leaf, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Choo-Chee Curry

Contains rice, red curry sauce, protein, mushroom, kefir leaf, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Kang-Pa Curry

Contains sweet basil, red curry paste, pumpkin, green bean, bell pepper, and bamboo root. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Pumpkin Curry

Contains sweet basil, red curry sauce, pumpkin, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Lunch Fresh Roll

Contains vegetables, and rice paper wrapper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Lunch Garlic Stir-Fry

Contains stir-fry sauce, rice, protein, and garlic. The garlic sauce may be non-vegan.

Lunch Fried Spring Roll

Contains vegetable filling, and spring roll wrapper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Sweet Rice with Mango

Contains sweet rice, and mango. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner Appetizers

For take-out between 5pm and 9:30pm. Utensils and napkins are available only upon request.

Roti

Contains roti. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Fresh Roll

Contains vegetables, and rice paper wrapper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Fried Spring Roll

Contains vegetable filling, and spring roll wrapper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Fried Tofu

Contains fried tofu. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Samosa

Contains vegetable filling, and pastry dough. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Cucumber Salad

Contains vinegar, and cucumber. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner Noodle and Rice

Thai Fried Rice

Contains thai fried rice sauce, fried rice, and egg. We suggest removing the egg.

Pad Thai

Contains rice noodles, and pad thai sauce. This item may contain fish sauce. The pad thai sauce may be non-vegan.

Pad See-Ew

Contains soy sauce, flat rice noodles, and egg. This item may contain fish sauce, and meat.

Lard Na

Contains vegetables, meat or tofu, gravy sauce, and flat rice noodles. This item may contain meat, and oyster sauce.

Spicy Noodle

Contains noodles, and basil sauce. The basil sauce may be non-vegan.

Pad Curry Kee-Mow

Contains kee mow noodles, and curry sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Spicy Fried Rice

Contains fried rice, and basil sauce. This item may contain fish sauce. The basil sauce may be non-vegan.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Contains pineapple, fried rice, and egg. We suggest removing the egg.

Curry Fried Rice

Contains fried rice, and curry powder. This item may contain fish sauce.

Jasmine Rice

Contains jasmine rice. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Brown Rice

Contains brown rice. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Coconut Rice

Contains rice, and coconut milk. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner Stir-Fry

Please order rice separately.

Ginger

Contains onion, mushroom, ginger, garlic, and bell pepper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Basil

Contains thai chili, sweet basil, garlic, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Sweet and Sour

Contains tomato, sweet and sour sauce, pineapple, onions, cucumber, carrot, and bell pepper. The sweet and sour sauce may be non-vegan.

Eggplant

Contains thai chili, sweet basil, garlic, eggplant, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Bamboo

Contains thai chili, sweet basil, red curry paste, garlic, bell pepper, and bamboo. This item may contain fish sauce.

Green Bean

Contains red curry paste, kefir leaves, and green beans. This item may contain fish sauce.

Spicy

Contains zucchini, sweet basil, red curry paste, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Pumpkin

Contains sweet basil, pumpkin, garlic, and bell pepper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Spinach

Contains spinach, and garlic. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Mango

Contains onion, fresh mango, cashew nut, and bell pepper. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Garlic

Contains lettuce, ground pepper, and garlic. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner Soup and Salad

Tom Yum Lemongrass Soup

Contains sour soup broth, mushroom, lemongrass, kefir leaf, and chili paste. This item may contain fish sauce, and meat broth.

Tom Kha Coconut Soup

Contains souring agent, spices, mushroom, lemongrass, and coconut milk. This item may contain fish sauce.

Larb Salad

Contains protein, onions, mint, ground rice, cilantro, and chili. This item may contain fish sauce.

Mango-Lemongrass Salad

Contains thai herbs, spicy dressing, protein, mango, and cashew nut. The spicy dressing may be non-vegan.

Spicy Salad

Contains thai herbs, spicy dressing, and mixed greens. The spicy dressing may be non-vegan.

Som Tum Papaya Salad

Contains tomato, som tum dressing, peanut, green papaya, green bean, garlic, chili, and carrot. This item may contain fish sauce.

Dinner Curry

Please order rice separately.

Green Curry

Contains sweet basil, green curry paste, coconut milk, bell pepper, and bamboo root. This item may contain fish sauce.

Red Curry

Contains sweet basil, red curry paste, eggplant, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Yellow Curry

Contains yellow curry sauce, potato, onion, coconut milk, and carrot. This item may contain fish sauce.

Panang Curry

Contains protein, panang curry paste, kefir leaf, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Mus-sa-mun Curry

Contains massaman curry paste, potato, peanut, onion, coconut milk, and carrot. This item may contain fish sauce.

Choo-Chee Curry

Contains red curry sauce, mushroom, kefir leaf, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Kang-Pa Curry

Contains sweet basil, pumpkin, kang pa curry sauce, green bean, bell pepper, and bamboo root. This item may contain fish sauce.

Pineapple Curry

Contains sweet basil, red curry, pineapple, coconut milk, and bell pepper. This item may contain fish sauce.

Rama Curry

Contains spinach, and peanut sauce. This item may contain fish sauce.

Haw-Mok

Contains sweet basil, red curry sauce, egg, coconut milk, and cabbage. We suggest removing the egg. This item may contain fish sauce. The red curry sauce may be non-vegan.

Pumpkin Curry

Contains red curry, pumpkin, coconut milk, bell pepper, and basil. This item may contain fish sauce.

Street Food Menu

We miss Thailand and all the street food. These are some of our favorites!

Durian & Sweet Sticky Rice Dessert

Contains sweet sticky rice, and durian. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner Dessert and Drink

Sweet Sticky Rice with Fresh Mango

Contains sweet sticky rice, and fresh mango. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Dinner House Special

Please order rice separately.

No vegan options.

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