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    Dao's Tai Pan's

    3.6 (318 reviews)
    InexpensiveVietnamese, Chinese, Thai
    Open • 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago
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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    2 Piece Fresh Spring Rolls

    Food is okay small portions and also meat was very skimpy. Overall service was great no complaints there. Ambiance is nice and cozy.

    Spring rolls and steamed dumplings came
    Stephanie E.

    Stopped in for lunch today and tried a few different menu items. Their steamed dumplings came with a delicious gyoza sauce, they had plenty of filling, and a wonderful texture! The spring rolls were very ok. I love spring rolls, but the shrimp taste in their rolls was really overpowering and there was a really strong herbal flavor. The Bun Bo Hue was spectacular! The broth was flavorful and not overly spicy. There was tons of sliced beef and they bring you a plate of herbs and bean sprouts to add. Our server was very attentive and helpful. She came back to our table several times to see if we were doing ok. The food came out really quickly as well. The restaurant itself is quiet and vibrantly decorated with pictures of menu items in the wall. We will come back again for sure!

    Lemongrass Chicken with Vermicelli noodles
    Alex K.

    I came here with my spouse during lunch thinking they might have a lunch menu but they don't. I thought the prices were a little high with most things around $17 an entrée. Maybe that's just the norm now. The place was starting to get busy which usually indicates it is a popular and good place to eat. Once we sat down, we were asked what we wanted to drink. After our drinks arrived we were ready to order. The menu was a little hard to read as it is basically a 8.5x11 laminated sheet which combined the Thai on one side and the Chinese and Vietnamese on the other side. We ordered the Vermicelli noodles with lemongrass, usually a favorite I get at Vietnamese restaurants. My spouse ordered the Thai red curry. It took a bit long for our food to arrive but it didn't arrive at the same time either which felt unusual. Portion size for the lemongrass chicken seemed fine. For the red curry it seemed a little small for the expensive price. My noodles were served cold as if from sitting in the fridge. Chicken was lukewarm which made for an awful lunch experience. My spouse's red curry had way too much coconut milk in it. It just wasn't enjoyable. I had the spicy symbol next to mine entree on the menu, but there wasn't any spice to it at all. My spouse said their dish tasted too fatty. Meanwhile the waitress never came back to check on us. There were two waitresses there but none checked on us after dropping off the food at our table. I decided I would do better going home and heating up my lunch so I can eat it hot. We had to start starring at the waitresses until we finally got their attention which they seemed surprised. I will give you this, the waitresses are kind and polite which is nice, but they just weren't attentive and the quality of food was subpar. Due to the miserable lunch experience I won't be coming back nor will I recommend this place. I will give them credit for having a nice ambiance which included hand painted walls with Asian scenery. They also have some outside seating so you can bring your pet to the table. Finally, I noticed they do a drive thru togo service which is kind of nice. You don't have to leave your car. I had good hopes for this place but it just didn't work out for me.

    Pad Thai???
    Dave T.

    Do not eat here. We had the orange chicken which was bad. Definitely the worst I've ever had. And we got their pad Thai which was unrecognizable and completely inedible. The only flavor was citric acid. I don't even understand how it could be so far off. Not sure how this place is in business. It shouldn't be.

    Yun-Wen L.

    Food/Taste/Flavor: 4/5 - ordered two pho dishes. #11 of Pho Xe Lua (extra large bowl) with steak, brisket, tendon, tripe, and meatball. #12 of Pho Tai (regular bowl) with slices of beef steak. The protein was a bit skimpy for the extra large bowl. For example, the meatballs were sliced into 1/8 but there was at maximum one whole meatball. The soup was tasty but not very clear Ambience: 5/5 - radio was playing fairly loudly from just one speaker by the counter. Store is brightly lit and decorated with a full wall mural of a lake scene. Service: 5/5 - slight language barrier but very polite Value for price: 4/5 - food was good and price was reasonable

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    11 months ago

    Been here twice for bahn mi and they didn't disappoint. My only complaint is the bread is more doughy than crispy.

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    It was easy to order over the phone. The service was good. The pho was delicious with healthy portions.

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    9 months ago

    Best food ever!!! Service could be better. Staff is okay friendly enough but doesn't go more than minimum

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    9 months ago

    Service and food quality was delicious and we went on a bit busy night and they were still so attentive and kind

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    10 months ago

    Best pho in town, and the fried dumplings re delicious too. Friendly service, great Vietnamese food. We will for sure return!

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    my boyfriend loves it here, really good food and service. friendly waiters and clean environment.

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    Quality of food. Just another sub par Chinese restaurant. Vegetables looked frozen. Small portions.

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    The 81 Hong Kong Cafe

    The 81 Hong Kong Cafe

    4.2(290 reviews)
    7.5 mi
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    Stopped by for an early afternoon brunch today. Big mistake…read more But first, let me say that our server was friendly and attentive and could not have been more helpful. Promptly seated, drinks brought out, order taken and food delivered fast, hot and correct. The background music was some chinese music tv station playing modern easy listening tunes and, along with the comfortable chairs and solid table made for a relaxing environment. The food? meh. You can see our order in the latest photo and how expensive it was. the Lo Mein was mostly tasteless and certainly lacking in thast "lo mein flavor." Although the meat was tender, the sauce was just a sticky brown sauce. Surprisingly, the Spicy Pickle Tofu was essentially the same sticky brown sauce as the Lo Mein but with some fried tofu in it and without the noodles but nothing otherwise remarkable. You can tell by looking at my earlier picture attached. The old picture shows a bright and colorful plate. The dish today was a dark brown (you could hardly see the tofu from the beef) as everything was just dark. Eggplant seemed to have a similar brown sauce as well but the eggplant was otherwise tasteless. Nothing popped. Chicken bites were bland and not at all crunchy. Just fried to soft texture but no real flavor. According to our server, the menu was just recently updated about a month ago. We noticed because one of our favorites was the Fried Taro Pie which is now gone from the menu and the server said yes, that's right. Maybe this place has a new owner or chef, but it's no longer in my top asian restaurants for Tucson.

    Talk about food quality and quantity, 81 HK cafe is very good and on top of it!!! Having a mint…read morepork rice with egg Taiwanese style!!! It's an excellent and good quality of Chinese foods!!! Services were rushing due to I was here on Saturday night!!! Everything is perfect here especially when customers want Taiwanese Chinese foods!!

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    New Asia Chinese Restaurant

    4.2(134 reviews)
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    Went in around 2pm today to get some lunch. What a gem! Seems to be a mom and pop family run…read morebusiness including a couple of the kids hanging out. Immediately greeted and offered a booth in the pleasant dining room given menu along with getting my drink order. My drink came out fast and was a neat plastic cup full of ice along with the can - pretty perfect for me. A few seconds later my small order for the hot and sour soup arrived and it was a good sized small bowl but the soup was delicious. I've missed this in Tucson. Shortly, my order of the house special chop suey came out. It was fresh, hot, in a flavorful brown sauce. Full of the chicken, beef and shrimp along with lots of crunchy vegetables. A large portion and so good. This could be the kept secret in Tucson. Go check it out!

    Saw this as a recommendation somewhere else on Yelp and decided to give it a try for dinner. We…read morecalled in an order for pick up and it was ready within 15 minutes! The dinner special was a great deal, the portions for soup and the other items were more than reasonable. Our favorite thing however was the BBQ pork wide ride noodles. We can't wait to come back and try the BBQ pork in something else because it was fantastic. They also already had spicy mustard and sweet & sour sauce in the bad without having to ask. The inside was rather small and warm when we went to pick up. We will be back again, but likely for take out only.

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