Ba-dar Chinese - Tucson

The best Chinese food restaurant in tucson hands down. came back after 5 years to visit and was pleased to find badar was still here. the broccoli beef was great with real meat and not so softer replacement that some restaurants use. the Mongolian bark was the same good quality and the barbecue pork fried rice was fresh and very tasty.

We come here very often for delivery and take-out. I love all the vegetarian options, and the huge menu! Everything we've had has been awesome, and we've eaten here a ton of times. I really like the vegetarian fried gyoza, the bean curd/tofu soup with egg and seaweed, and the mushroom and cabbage dish. Highly recommend this place

Still the best lunch menu anywhere. Delicious food and wonderful staff.

I've been going around town trying more and more Chinese restaurants. Each one offers something different than the last. Personally, I thought the food here was just okay, I wasn't wowed. The chicken lo mein certainly has a *much* smokier flavor than you'll usually receive elsewhere. While I thought it was just okay, I'm sure for others it may be really great, as everybody searches for something different in their Chinese food. So I'm still recommending people come try the food at Ba-Dar, at least once, to see if it's to your liking.

I have reasons i would want to rate this place a 4 star, but everything amounted to a mixed experience. I had the Sizzling Hong Kong Pepper Steak and Crispy Squid. The squid was cooked to a perfect texture and paired well with the thinly chopped cabbage. However, the dehydrated onion/garlic flakes were way too salty. I understand and know that this is often the case with this dish but in a restaurant setting and for the price i paid i would have preferred they pan fry minced onion/garlic instead which would have delivered better flavor and not so much saltiness. The Sizzling Pepper steak was... Not sizzling. It was served on a sizzle plate but there was no visual/audible sizzle. The steak and peppers were cooked well but, it did not have much peppercorn or black pepper flavor that i would have liked. Service is young and energetic but not perfect. They shine in some areas and not others. For example, there were only two or three occupied tables and it still took 15-20min for me to be seated. Albeit they seem to be very popular with pickup orders. It also took quite a long time to get a boba slushie to go. Iwill return one more time to try their more unique items like fish/seafood but doubt i will be a repeat customer afterwards.