Ba-Dar Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Tucson

To be fair, my rating is only based on the hot and sour soup, and I am willing to give them another chance on something else, maybe. However, hot and sour soup is my all-time favorite Chinese meal, and this one was super gross. Have you ever accidentally drowned something in Tabasco's chipotle hot sauce? Well, they did. It was this that ruined the soup more than anything else, although there isn't much else to say about the soup. There was nothing redeemable about it! It was thin with meager ingredients including only a small amount of egg, bamboo shoots, non-shitake mushrooms (when shitake is essential imo), wood ear (at least they got that one right even if there wasn't enough of it), and for some reason, green onion, which doesn't belong in this soup, at all, imo. It was a small amount, but it is the wrong flavor and just takes hot and sour soup in the wrong direction. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT order the hot and sour soup here. I was desperate for a good meal I didn't have to cook myself and got delivery, but I sincerely regret my order, which stupidly was two large orders of this stuff. I couldn't finish one of them despite my hunger, which should have made this meal even better, but that was impossible, and the second one is NOT FIXABLE. It really is terrible! So bad! I feel pretty certain that Tabasco's chipotle hot sauce has no business in Chinese food. It is all wrong! It tastes like burnt barbecue with a hint of ketchup and a lot of vinegar. That can be good on Mexican or American style meat and beans, but what the hell would anyone want it on Chinese food for? Did they run out of better sauces and spices, or is this really their go to? Gross and...

UPDATE: We have been going here for 3 years. Ever since they stopped doing dine in the food has just gone downhill. We keep giving chances until today we are done waiting for them to get better. Today was bad the chicken was super chewy and seemed old. The only good thing was the soups and crab puffs. This was the worst Chinese I’ve had in a long time. It’s sad to see what was once an amazing restaurant go downhill this bad. We have even recommended them to people in the past. I hope they can start serving good food again. We may try again in a few years if they are still open then.

3 years ago We've eaten here just once at this point but we will definitely be back. The orange chicken was one of the best I've ever had it was almost like eating candy chicken super wierd but awesome and the white crunchy noodles they put it on I’ve never had before but they really compliment the chicken. And the wonton soup and egg drop soup was amazing. The only thing we ordered that we would not order again was the eggfoo young but that is only because we are crazy picky about eggfoo young and it just wasn't what we were wanting. The girl at the desk was super nice and really sweet to my kids as we had gone in to order take out. My kids are love asking questions and she was happy to answer them. I loved that the food didn't seem to just be a ton of salt which is always my complaint with Chinese food. And it all seemed...

4 stars for food. ZERO stars for SERVICE. Table of 3. Got there at 5pm. Walked out the door at 7pm.

What made us most upset. EVERY server could see we were in need of service. NO ONE STEPPED UP to assist. Or ask if we needed anything. We obviously DID !!

Zero. Waitress gave my husband sassy back talk as we were leaving. Asked. Begged for lemons for water. Do you have wine or beer. Her reply “ummmm”. SPEAK UP. for pete’s sake. Do you have Sake!? Ummmm. Husband saw it on display. We will have 2 sakes.

Nothing arrived for the longest time. Nothing. Begged for lemons for the horrid water. Finally got the soup. One sip and Then the $4.00 included with dinner - appetizers all arrived at same time. Our friend got her dinner over 20 minutes before we did. We ordered special rice. Nope. She said one bowl for for the entire table.

Then the order to go. We said OUR FRIEND joined us. He was right there. Sitting there. In person. She brought his meal in brown paper bag. Even though we specifically said. Serve the meal on a plate please.

She dismissed us. We are not tourists. We had the worst service ever.

Waitress. Blonde ends. Black roots. Mask. American//non-asian NEVER SPOKE A WORD. ??bad day?? First day on job?? TELL US. SPEAK.

Come on people. Step up. Tables were being seated around us. After us. They were served. Beer. And wine. And food before us.

Bad service. BAD TEAMWORK. owner...