Lotus House

Lotus House is the Chinese takeaway serving the Alma parade — the small row of shops on Leander Drive that anchors the central retail core of Riverview Park, the large post-war housing estate east of Gravesend town centre. The shop is no-dine-in counter service running collection, kerbside pickup and phone-order delivery rather than a sit-down dining room, and serves the late-night window that the rest of the Alma parade closes well before. The menu is the standard British-Cantonese list: sweet-and-sour, black-bean, curry sauce and Cantonese stir-fry mains, the usual king-prawn, chicken, beef and pork sections, chow mein and fried rice, set meals scaled for one through to four, and a chef's specials list. The shop sits across the parade from the Village Kebab House and the small handful of other Alma takeaways that share the local trade. Hygiene rating is on the FSA register. Customer feedback on Restaurantji and the delivery platforms sits at the broadly-positive end, with the standard split between long-time regulars on the consistency of the cooking and the inconsistency around delivery timing.