Dao Kitchen Asian Bistro

Food — lousy.
Atmosphere — pathetic.
Servers — learn how to dress for work. If I had workers show up dressed in dirty shorts and what looks to be at least a 20 year old ripped t-​shirt, I would send them home and I run a production warehouse.
No idea how this business survives.

Very good. Your typical American Chinese food, but good value on their lunch specials. I especially liked the Hot and sour soup. The restaurant is in a new building and is very clean. If you’re in the area definitely worth a try.

The food and service is good but it’s a little pricey. They do give large portions which is nice.

Really good food won’t be disappointed. Wish was more spicy orange chicken is best not too much batter. Ate here tonight and was terrible the Terri chicken was so salty we threw it out. Called and complained

My favorite and the best Chinese restaurant in AZ. Great value, especially lunch specials. Everything is fresh and tastes great. Their chicken spring rolls and Orange Chicken are both amazing, also try their Moo-​shu Pork and San Shien. They will make any dish as spicy as you want too. 3x spicy will make you sweat.

While picking up a take out order which they messed up on that’s another story. Anyways, I had ordered two thai iced tea to go. Once I had paid, the girl who had helped me walked to the back to make it. I seen her looking confused and looking around the kitchen. She stood in the back for awhile with two empty plastic cups and walked back to the counter and told me she can’t find covers for the cups. (How can you not have cup covers??? And why would you tell me, I can’t do anything about it) So she walks back and makes my drinks in the plastic cups that have no covers. She tells one of the owners which that there’s no cover for the cups. Another lady took over my order. She grabbed big Styrofoam cups that has covers, added more ice, and transferred the drinks from the plastic cups. (There was more ice than the drink it self) Which the girl should of made it in that cup from the beginning. After my drink was made the girl gave my drinks. I seen her walk back to grab the plastic cups, walked to the sink, rinsed it, and left it on the side. (I hope they don’t reuse the cups and give it to another customer. Very unsanitary and gross.) Who knows if they reuse things there all the time. I waited for a total of 10 to 15 minutes for my drinks.
After all that, they messed up on our take out order. We called back and also had mentioned about the girl rinsing the cups and hoping they won’t reuse it for the next customer. She claims she threw it away but why would you rinse a cup and say you threw it away. Obviously theirs no cover for the cups… no reason to save it.

Always consistently good food! Recommend House Noodle Soup and Mongolian Beef with Shrimp. A hidden gem in Sonoran Foothills area.

Ordered pork lo mein, I got spaghetti! !!!, it was hands down the worst I have ever had.

Not very good. That’s putting it mildly. Never refilled our cups and the food came out cold and flavorless. Asked for chili sauce and even their chili sauce could barely improve the flavor of the food. Ordered Moo Shoo and Lo Mein both with chicken. Would not recommend this restaurant to anyone in search of true Chinese/​Asian food. This is a great restaurant for the average American looking for your Americanized crap that gets passed off as Asian food.

After reading the reviews, I was expecting more. We order hot and sour soup, it was warm at best. My daughter ordered a thai ice tea — it was a cup full of ice with tea poured over it. Then we ordered the beef chow fun with no onions. Got chow fun with white and green onions.
Maybe I’ll try again for lunch, but dinner was a disappointment.

Service was really fast, was in and out in about 10 mins. Gave me chips to snack on while i waited for my take out lunch. Got the orange chicken lunch combo, was awesome, some of the best orange chicken I have had! Overall an awesome experience, will definitely return.

The best Orange kitchen I’ve had. Its full of flavor and crispy. The Wonton chips with sweet and sour sauce over spicy mustard is Complementary and addictive. The service is amazing. Love the atmosphere. Great food, great service and staff what more can you ask for?

Had the Mongolian beef lunch special — was probably the best Mongolian beef I’ve had in PHX. It’s tough to find good Chinese food in PHX but based on my meal, this place is awesome.

Dao is surprisingly good for quality Chinese food. My family and I are very happy to find this gem in an area with few good restaurants. The inside décor isn’t special but trust me, the food is excellent and the prices and great. Lunch specials are especially great for tasty food at reasonable price. They have these fried honey banana caramelized bites that my wife loves and my kids can’t get enough of the orange chicken or orange beef. My favorite is Kung Pao but honestly I need to try more of the menu, I am in a Kung Pao rut now since it’s so good – fresh veggies and light chicken, not too heavy. Egg rolls and cream cheese wontons are a bit better than expected. See you there – we’re there 2 – 3 times per week either in a side booth or taking out. Dao will make you ask Panda Who??!

Dao kitchen is consistently delicious. The service is very friendly and the food is solid.
I LOVE their orange chicken. But everything we have had there is pretty darn good!
My kids love the egg drop soup. Sometimes I get it and take it to their school for their lunch. They get so excited.

TERRIBLE!!! def not what it use to be and the service was terrible. I ordered a hot great tea and when I poured the cup a spider was in my tea, no big deal I figured maybe the pot had been on a counter and this is az it happens gross but whatever, I told the waiter there was a spider in the teapot and I was ok with my root beer. He apologized and took it away. We ordered the walnut chicken and the pu pu platter for 2, the platter was burnt. And there was a long black hair in the bottom of the walnut chicken so we didn’t find it until we are a pretty decent amount yuck. When we pointed out the hair the waiter said btw that wasn’t a spider and I don’t know how a hair got in there.

Dao Kitchen is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant. I lived nearby for about a year, and ate there more times than I’d care to admit (even on Christmas Eve). My favorite things are: Orange chicken, orange beef, lo mein, and crab puffs, though they do many other things very well. If you like orange chicken, you have to try Dao Kitchen’s. I also don’t normally care for Hot and Sour soup, but I eat theirs every time.
The service has been great every time I’ve gone, and I really like that they bring you wontons and sweet & sour sauce when you eat in. You also get fried honey bananas after your meal if you get the dinner combo. Those are delicious. I got takeout quite a few more times than I ate in, and never had an incorrect order.
The worst thing about Dao Kitchen is how far away they are from where I live now, which just isn’t fair. I miss it.

The service is fantastic, friendly, and fast. I
ordered takeout and they gave me complimentary water, and wonton chips with sweet and sour sauce. My order was correct, and was given to me promptly. I got the chicken fried rice, and crab puffs they were good, I recommend this place.

My first visit here I wasn’t impressed. I tried to order white rice, and the waiter couldn’t understand me after repeating myself 3 times so he brought me fried rice. It was just okay.
However, the second time my boyfriend and I came here we were quite impressed. We walked in at 7:45 PM on a Monday night and the place was empty. We were the only ones there. The waiter this time spoke and understood good English, which was nice, but he was a tad bit awkward. But that’s OK.
Every meal service starts out with complimentary wonton chips and sweet and sour sauce. We ask for a side of spicy mustard with them. Try it– it makes them taste a lot better! We ordered some crab puffs to start. Six of them come per order for around ⁵⁄₆ dollars. They are quite small, so the price for the value is just alright. Otherwise, they’re pretty good and are not overly cream-​cheesy like the ones you’ll find at other Chinese places.
For dinner I ordered the string bean beef and my boyfriend ordered the orange chicken both with white rice. My string bean beef was exceptional. Not to mention the portion was HUGE (like 2 meals worth and I can eat a lot!) which made the price of around $ 12 worth it. I’m not a huge fan of orange chicken so I didn’t try his, but my boyfriend really seems to like it and he is the pickiest of picky eaters. They also give you a really nice portion of rice which is cooked really well.
Altogether, the meal with two drinks came to about $ 35, which isn’t bad considering the portion sizes. Much better than Panda Express value. Perhaps my favorite part of the meal are the complimentary banana desserts that they give you that are wrapped in wonton paper and coated in a crunchy caramel like sauce. SO good!

Mm mm mm! I miss Chinese Food takeout/​delivery from NYC. I was a bit skeptical when the suggestion came up for «good chinese». But heck, I’ll try anything once.
I didn’t spend much time looking at the menu. I figured there had to be an option for «broccoli chicken» and… there was! Adding brown rice for two meals cost $ 1. (I did look to see if they had a «healthy menu». Alas, no. There didn’t seem to be steamed options for veges or chicken.)
We called and were told «fifteen minutes». True to their word our food was waiting for us on time. The restaurant was brightly lit and the employees were super, duper chipper. (No time to check out the bar!)
The portion sizes for a meal are enormous. It’s quite possible to have two serving sizes (at least for a woman) out of a meal. I thoroughly enjoyed my broccoli chicken, as well as the «two twin flavor chicken» I fork sampled.
In addition for the usual fortune cookies Dao Kitchen threw in something unusual. I’ll have to return to update this. I have a photo but not the name. It was a a room temperature fried wonton covered with honey. Inside was something sweet. I still don’t know what to make of it, but I ate it!
Our two meals with tax came to $ 24.59
I enjoyed this experience and food. Unbelievable customer service with plenty of smiles.