Lotus, a small, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, located at 4970 Summer Avenue is a hidden gem. It is the first Vietnamese restaurant to open in Memphis and has been around since, so you know it’s good. Joe Bach, the owner is there every day and waits on the restaurant’s guests, the kind of personal, attentive detail that is hard to come by these days.

Everything on their menu from their Spring Rolls to Curry Pork, their Roast Pork and Huanh Thanh Noodle Soup is made fresh to order. Lotus’ fanbase stretches across the pond, including everyone from Paul McCartney to Pete Townshend, check it out and see why.