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For four star Californian, try Darda in Milpitas. Here's a place to get good food. You'll find this is one of the popular places to eat in the area.
5.0 of 5 stars.
Great restaurant. Good for family visits or takeout, big portions. I highly recommend the green onion sesame bread and the beef noodle soup. Now take those 2 great things and dip the sesame bread in...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Everytime ive been to dardas ive always been amazed as to how fast the food gets to you, its truly mind boggling . The place is always a madhouse, packed during peak hours, hard to get a seat etc....
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went there last night with my husband - we are both Indian. We are huge fans of Mandarin Islamic in SF but we live in SJ now and have a baby so time is of essence when its just us eating out with a...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I use to come here all the time. Something happened to the food here. It use to be really good. The last 2 times I ate here, food was cold/warm and served within a couple minutes. I believe now most...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We needed to finish lunch w/i 45 min one Sat during lunch time. We got to order in 5 min w/ a smiley waitress (yes shocking I know) then the dishes came out w/i 5 min. We were like O that's not bad....
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
their handcut noodles are soooo good! so are the sesame green onion bread and the beef dishes. before darda i had never been to a muslim chinese restaurant before so at first it was odd not to see...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Carbo bliss! Weekend morning breakfast food is terrific.Get the bread sandwich (those rectangular seasame folding buns with oil stick fillings) and their thick bread bings (think bread the size of a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
seriously good spicy noodle soup dish (3 flavors noodle soup)lamb, shrimp, and vegetables over handcut noodles.fresh hand pulled and cut noodles chewy and the savory broth compliments well.the sesame...
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I wanted to like this place! But it didn't turn out that way. It was all right. But when your favorite thing about the entire experience is the tea, something is wrong. The hot and spicy items are not...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am half chinese.My husband is indian.what a perfect place for us--we love this place! I am not Muslim, but the food has such a nice spicy kick to the chinese flavors I was accustomed to growing up!...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I heard they are usually better than the Sunday I went. My friend Shannon L. picked this place on my visit to Norcal! I'm usually ecstatic about her picks...but this place...ummm...well sorry (I know...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great prices, huge portions, and the food comes out incredibly fast. Must have the home made noodles and the sesame pancake (Thin). First time I ever had lamb in chow mein.
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of a few places that I MUST visit whenever I went back to Bay Area. The economic slowdown had made a bit easier to eat there - less wait. But this place still gets full house most of the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
What exactly is Muslim Chinese food? Well, everyone has an opinion about what it is and isn't, and none of the restaurants really live or die by the rigid rules, except: No Pork. So if you want a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Would give 3.5 stars but rounded up for good food. Went to Milpitas Square on a Tuesday night for dinner. We looked around at a couple restaurants on the north side of the plaza, but most places had...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
In terms of food, Its a Panda express with an extended menu ...In terms of service, Its like getting served by a pissed off Simon (Am'n Idol), an irritated Gordon Ramsey (Hells Kitchen) and the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Good northern chinese food, with great noodles and big pancakes. It's a bit on the greasy side, and the waitstaff can be rude. Not really amazing, but not bad.
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
been here a couple of times now and the food is consistently good and comes out quickly.this place is good for larger parties - with a party of seven we got a private room where the service wasn't...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
What is so special about this place? The food is mediocre and the restaurant smells funny. It's hard to enjoy your food when the place stinks. The price is somewhat high too for food of this...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A solid Chinese seafood and dim sum place. It's not Mayflower, but it's a bit cheaper. The dim sum here is pretty comparable. Not a great selection, but the quality is good. My family loved it all and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What can I say. Great delicious food of all kinds except for pork because this place is Islamic. GREAT!
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
We just went there with a large group of friends - one can't eat pork, so we thought this would be a good place. With a large group we had a'VIP' room reserved - so even though they are super busy, we...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Super busy, really fast kitchen cranking out the food. The home made noodles were ok but a little greasy for me. The sesame bread with green onion was OK but it may be a preference thing. Some...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
The food is ok, but quality is too little, especially the BBQ beef rib steak only 5 or 6 pieces in a huge bowl.
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah yeah the green onion bread thing is awesome. The food here overall is really quite good. Even the freshly squeezed orange juice is quite delicious. And if you're Muslim, this place is a big plus...
yelp.com - user review - 07/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
To me, this is THE best Chinese food restaurant in the bay area. This is the only place I would willingly drive 1 1/2 hours to go for Chinese food. Being Chinese, finding decent Chinese food has...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of the best Chinese Islamic restaurants in the SF Bay Area. Try their sesame bread with green onion, lamb with green onion, three flavor home made chow mein (hand cut noodles), dry...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family came to celebrate Father's Day here for dinner. We got there at around 5:40, and surprisingly there was plenty of parking. But I noticed by 6:30, the restaurant was packed. We usually order...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
really goooood food. came here for mother's day weekend with my boyfriend and his family. it's his grandma's favorite restaurant (i think). the lamb with green onions were AMAZING; it was also my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Qing zhen yi tiao long! They have some good stuff here:- Sesame Bread w/ Green Onion (thick): This is their signature item. It's crispy on the outside while nice and soft on the inside. Sometimes our...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best place for Dao Shao mien and onion cakes! Go for it, they won't fail!
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We came here for dinner on the way home. We took the food to go. It was actually ok, but I think it would be better if we at there. The are Islamic Chinese restaurant, so I thought there wouldn't...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The 5 stars are for their thick onion sesame bread! They still make the best!The last two times we've been to the same shopping complex (The LovingHut is at the opposite end) we've gotten three...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I came here on a Sunday at noon, and so straddled the border between brunch and lunch. We ordered some brunch food and some lunch food, and the brunch food was far, far, far superior to the lunch...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been here 4 times now and have always had a great experience! The servers are friendly, service is fast, and the food is tasty and in huge portions! I love that it's a slightly different twist to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place has better service than some of the other Chinese restaurants that I have went to. It was quite busy on a Monday night (Memorial Day). The food is alright. But, for...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going here for awhile for only 3 things: The sour cabbage lamb soup, beef noodles, and (thick) green onion pancake/big slab of bread. The noodles are shredded by hand and the portions are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I come here with my parents several times.What can i say, i'm a sucker for the giant green onion dough flying saucers, their specialty, and lamb with green onion.Other dishes: string beans (a bit...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been to so many chinese restaurants and I thought this place's food was pretty good! We ordered the sesame pancakes (seemed like it was the popular dish cause every table had a plate!). Good...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
So my sorority girls and I decided to have a night out and eat dinner at darda. I was the one who actually suggested Darda because the first time around that I ate here the food wasn't bad.We were...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Islamic Chinese at Darda in Milpitas: Really? These Sesame Pancakes?One of my co-workers asked where I was going for lunch yesterday. "Oh," I said breezily, "I'm just going out for some Islamic...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Such a typical good old northan Chinese restaurant.Food:Food comes out in lightning speed. The food is very northern Chinese style. Though not the best, they do a good job. As long as you ask for...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe there is only 180 something review for this place. Isn't this the most popular chinese place in milpitas? Almost everyone of my coworkers like this place. Islamic Chinese food, don't...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
A not too bad sit down Chinese restaurant. There are tablecloths, so I guess this makes it okay to take the grandparents here to impress them. However, with those tablecloths, it gets a little...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not bad for a place that is open pretty late night, me and my girlfriend were walking around the area trying to find a place to eat and noticed this Chinese restaurant. So we were seated and looking...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Have they changed owner recently? Ordered my favorite thick noodle today, and it was not cooked thoroughly. You can still see the uncooked dough.... Downgrade to 2 star. Hopefully this is just a...
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is really freaking good. I'm not easily impressed by crowded Chinese restaurants that ask you to "share tables" with complete strangers, and that sometimes has stained tablecloth....
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
rice cake!! I love the rice cake here, its stirfried with veggies. its a must everytime I come here. their sesame onion pancake is reallly good too, very filling btw. I have yet to order anything here...
yelp.com - user review - 04/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
you...i would die for you...yeah..DARDA if you want me to ..you..i would die for you.....You're just a food place, I am toldI'll Be your eater when you have foodYou make me happy when you have food...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not knowing what to eat today, I went over to Ranch Market Square. After passing by many older, bespectacled, balding, if not bald Asian men, I still had no idea what to eat. I just keep thinking...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My friend introduced me to Darda's by bring the Sesame onion pancake (thick) to one of the potlucks and I was hooked. I went to Darda's the following week with some friends to try the food. We...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place isn't as good as I remembered it to be. I went yesterday to have the beef noodle soup with the knife cut noodles and it just did not hit the spot. The meat was tender and the broth was...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Rating: 3.5 stars- hand made noodles: really yummy!! we come here for the noodles- egg panckage (dan bing): good but could use a little bit more flavor. a little bland- dried string beans: perfect...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My wife liked the hot and sour soup. I felt that it was too peppery.There shrimps with spicy sauce was good along with their lamb chow mein.
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for some greasy chinese food!-The sesame bread is great (thick or thin)-Their fish two ways (in soup and steam) Excellent and fresh-Their stirfry lamb (great, a bit salty so great for...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
AUTHENTIC CHINESE FOOD!! YAY!! I love coming here to get Chinese food even though they categorize their food as Islamic??? My absolute favorite dish is a rice cake dish (it is more like sliced thick...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Good: Hong Kong styled house noodles (yummy!), green onion bread, etc.Bad: Can get very busy with long wait longs and sometimes obnoxious front check-in.Ugly: Very few selection of fish for some...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of a handful authentic Chinese restaurants in the Bay Area. It's quite a hike for me as I live in SF, but it's worth the drive. And it's not a seafood restaurant at all (not sure why...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
came here a dozen times. The food has not been disappointed. Come early for parking and seating. It does get crowded. The only negative part about this place, the seating is tight. Can't really...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Darda Seafood is in the amazing cheap Asian food mall in Milipitas (Ranch 99). I was told it is Muslim Chinese food. Whatever it was, it was really good and pretty cheap for ALOT of food. We were...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place has lightning fast service. Its a very busy place with generous portions and cheap prices. Food is oily and is not the best but the price makes it right. My fav is lamb noodles, fried rice,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You got to like the green onions if you order the green onion sesame bread. They have version without the green onions. It's so FRESH and crunchy, Yummy. Other people may say this is bland food,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 stars.Lunch for 4 for $27. Sounds like a good deal? We were three hungry guys and a gal (who spoke Chinese which I think helped us) and we barely finished the food. So yeah a good deal: big food,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Not sure why this place is so popular. I have not been there for a long time. I used to go there because my family used to like the sesame thick onion pancakes and fresh fish. I stop going there...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Typical Chinese/Islamic restaurant - greasy food, the thick sesame green onion bread, bad service, and waiters/waitresses that don't smile.Our table ordered:Lamb pan fried noodles - This was pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
used to be my fav chinese restaurant. I grew up in the middle east so this place hits the spot.however - kinda been loosing its touch recently which is a bummer.love the lamb/beef with onions, tofu...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
--Food: **2.5 stars--Atmosphere: **3 stars--Service: **2 starsDarda is an Islamic Chinese restaurant. It is plenty busy during lunch and dinner times, I guess the food just doesn't suit my taste....
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Let me start off....for customer service and help from the waiters....I will use the term "Waiters" very very loosely. I wil give them a -5. The service sucks balls. When i have to raise my F-IN...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I come here occasionally for lunch when coworkers or friends decide on it, because I most would never choose this restaurant myself. Most recently, I came with coworkers for a new year lunch. The...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have NO idea why this place gets insanely crowded after 7 PM. The sesame thick onion pancakes were pretty flavorless. All the other regular Chinese dishes were over-priced.Service is pretty slow,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is the most multicultural restaurant, or at least the most interesting combination I have ever encountered. It's an Islamic Chinese restaurant that serves no pork. The food is excellent, I...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have been coming to this place since I was like 10 and it has been awesome awesome food since then. HOWEVER, go for the food NOT the service. I mean they know they have good food so they basically...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
thank god a halal chinese rest in milpitas! i think they have pretty good food and theyre service is good as well. ive been to other halal chinese places around the baY but darda seems to have the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
the bread and lamb is good, the deco not good, other food we tried last time were so-so
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you ever wanted to visit china, all you need to do is go to Darda. Food is pretty cheap, pretty good and to give you the full chinese effect, you get some rude ass chinese waitresses. I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The sesame seed bread with green onion is dabomb.com. There's enough on the menu to keep you happy for many visits. Check it.
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
ok so i came here the other day again. ordered the lamb stir fry and the big onion sesame breads. its like u put that inside the bread and eat it as a sandwich. man...super yum!! but the service, is...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We came here for a family dinner and just barely beat the dinner rush. I'm not sure what people love about this place as the food was pretty meh. Granted, our orders probably weren't the most...
yelp.com - user review - 12/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'd say my four stars is really 3 stars tainted by MSG. No really folks, there is no possible way that everything I ate was the single best thing I'd had. Even still, the variety of dishes, the speed...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dined: 2008-12-27I went here a few times and it was pretty good. I even remember when they opened a Darda in Fremont. It was good until after one takeout my brother and I got food poisoning. I have...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I was invited here by my boyfriend's family for dinner on the night of Christmas Day. It was really busy when we went so I guess business is good for them. We had 7 people so we got the 8 person...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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The food always comes out fast, and fresh. The spicy soup noodle, beef noodle, lamb fried rice, and cumin lamb are really worth a shot. Really great food. Service is really good too. However, it gets busy...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Someone invited to this place because they wanted to try it and needed company. I said sure. Boy was that a mistake by me. One word...."YEECCCHHH!!!"Friend ordered so I don't know what was actually...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I just ate here again for lunch today. Why the f*ck do we keep coming back to this stinky ass place? Majority ruled in this case. This time around, we ordered: -Sesame onion bread- becoming blah to me...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Good food but really bad service. They make you feel very unwelcome. Especially when it comes to leaving a tip, they watch over you like a hawk and would actually have the guts to approach you if you...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The homestyle noodles are the best.
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I think this place is actually pretty good for Chinese food and they give you a lot of food while at it. My family is a huge fan of this place every time a relative or someone comes to visit....
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love, love, love this place. If I could change my middle name to Darda I would. I don't particularly care for the items on their lunch special menu, hence the missing star, but other than that,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
a crap load of food, especially for dinner. Huge plates of food. Price: Very GoodFood; YUMMY and GreasySanitary? Not really...worth it? YES
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
One of my co workers brought me here for lunch. I read the reviews on yelp and was expecting an average meal but the food here was AWFUL. If you can get over the grease and the lard , ( its been 3...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If you're looking for a fast place to go for some good cheap asian/muslim food this place is a good bet. Yes, it's super crowded and when there are that many asian people in one place it's not exactly...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I really wanted to like this place. Really really really. After all, I AM an Asian food fanatic and every time I've walked by this place, it's super crowded and full of Asians! Always a good sign,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Just got back from Lunch. Everyone keeps saying their food is too salt too salty. Maybe thats why I liked it. I Both my BF and I got noodle soups with the homemade noodles. I got ox tail, he got beef....
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good place for Chicken sweet corn soup and Fried Rice . Quantity is good too .
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Muslim chinese food? This is my second time here and their health standards have obvi taken a step downward. This place has dirty smell of wetness and a black carpet to match. Don't even think of...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe this place is so crowded. The food was definitely not up to my standards.All the food tasted bad. Seriously like one dish was so salty like i couldn't even stand it. Also another dish...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
this place is packed! get here early if u dont want a long wait for lunch.the food is pretty good. we had the lamb with green onion and 3 flavor home-made noodles. also ordered the green onion...
yelp.com - user review - 09/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We come here every time I visit my parents, usually for brunch/lunch on Saturdays. There's always about a 10 minute wait to be seated.Last time we went, we ordered sweet soy milk with Chinese doughnut...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 stars if I could award it. Great lunch of lamb with green onion (just a touch too greasy), 3 flavor chow mein with home made noodle, and the green onion sesame bread. It was all very tasty, but...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Darda is acceptable Chinese but nothing phenomenal. It does get bonus points for the culturally interesting Muslim/Chinese spin - but other than that its pretty average. This place is ALWAYS crowded...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love the breads here! (I've been here off and on since 1999) The rice cakes with crab was okay tonight. The rice cakes were a little too mushy. I need to try different variety of Chinese Muslim...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great muslim chinese place. Generous portions combined with delicious offerings leaves me nothing but to give this place 4 stars.Had the stir fry noodles and lamb with green onions. Both dishes were...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Where to go for late night food? That's the question that a few friends and I asked on a Monday night. We went to the other Asian plaza next to this one, but there were just too many people at the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite places to eat. I would probably go hear every day if I didn't like to eat such a variety of foods.It's a little exotic for those who aren't adventurous eaters as it's not a-typical...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is ok...last night was my 2nd time and it was not as good as the first time I went. The home made noodles which I had the first time were excellent..but last night lacked flavor. EVERYTHING...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place has a pretty good favor of Chinese cuisine. I'm pretty picky about Chinese food and refuse to eat at Chinese fast food joints. The one thing that stands out about this restaurant is that...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
hand make bread is the best. Lamb and sour cabbage soup is the best too. every single plate is big. Good to go with family or 3 and more ppl.
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place has pretty good hand-made noodles. Oily, but that's restaurant Chinese food for you. Great green onion pancake!!! Cheap and filling =D
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a jewel I've found out recently. Their samsun chomamien or the three flavor noodle soup was a bliss, I think it's a level up from Ma's Restaurant's. Will be returning soon.- Very hearty...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2008
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love the garlic chicken. be sure to get the onion bread. the "thin" one is...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
if i'm ever back in this area (most likely not) i'll be back to darda. we had the the hand cut noodles with shrimp, the cumin lamb and the sesame bread thick style. i've had the hand cut noodles...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Because I'm from the city, I only get to eat here for weekday lunches (when visiting clients). Ate here once and take out lunches numerous times. One of, if not the best, beef noodle soup that I've...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you haven't been here yet, you must try the thick sesame bread with green onions (or "da bing"). It is sooooooo good. I love just smelling a freshly baked piece of sesame bread. If you're like me,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You have to order the sesame bread with green onion when you come here!! IT IS SO GOOD! =)I think the sesame bread is Darda's specialty dish, because all the tables order it....lol.Food items I...
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Lost in Translation Part 2:I order beef soup with home-made noodles and the lady asks me something in Mandarin. I repeated what she said in my mind a couple of times, she said, 'Knife-shaven'.I was...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Variety of food on the menu is excellent and portions are pretty big. Also, the food comes out within 5 minutes of ordering and tastes great. They also have large tables for large gatherings and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for lunch over the weekend with a buddy of mine. This place reminded me of Fatima Restaurant before it burned down...and now relocated.Food - 3 stars- Ordered the Spicy Cucumber, Soy Sauce...
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There are still restaurants that compensate for escalating gas prices where price point per quantity served tops even the divey'est of dives in San Francisco Chinatown. Darda seems to be a lunch hour...
yelp.com - user review - 06/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The best possible meal to have here would be:-lamb with green onions-handstretched/shaved noodles (beef, chicken, vegetarian... doesn't matter because it's the noodles that are amazing! i haven't had...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i am absolutely obsessed with their homemade thick noodles! in noodle soup or stir fry form, they are absolutely amazing. i dine here JUST for them!
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sometimes the service here is hit or miss, but the food is very good. Try the onion pancake and also the seasme bread (hint: dip the seasme bread in your Hot and Sour soup - very tasty:))! The fat...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is tops on my list for Chinese food. I am not into most Chinese cuisine, not least cause pork does not rock my world. This place not only provides lots of pig-free options, its also super cheap...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Packed like sardines on a Friday night. Just what you expect from a large, bustling Chinese restaurant. MSG, grease, and oil. But what I can say: the trio makes for a tasty meal. Just remember to walk...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Visited here last night ...And today I am munching on the left overs.. mmmm..Not an opulent place, in fact, a little frayed around the edges, much like some of their chairs in need of a little...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the only Chinese Muslim restaurant I know in this area (there used to be another one in Fremont near the Tri-City Sporting Goods store, but they closed, just as did Tri-City).They have some...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The food didn't quite make up for the rude service here, so giving 1 star. Unless you can speak Chinese or ready for some rude comments, my advice is don't ask anything out of the ordinary (like water...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not very high end, yet offers excellent value for the price you pay and the portions you get as well as the taste. Careful when trying to communicate with the staff, English can be challenging for...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Halaal Chinese, eh? I wasn't really sold on this place the first time I went, but I must say, now that I've been there a number of times (always for lunch), I think this place is pretty darn good. I...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a bit of an interesting place. Hilal Chinese.No pork in Chinese cooking? Really? How does anything get done? Personally, I have no idea.It is pretty different and unique in my experience....
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We love this place. It is about as clean as one might expect an authentic food place to be. We always get at least one hand-made noodle chow-mein (beef or chicken), and usually a beef chow-fun....
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I didn't really know that Chinese Muslim restaurants existed. Igggenttt of me. I came here with my fambam because my dad had heard good things about this place. We tried many things on the menu but...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 stars for now. I didn't get a chance to try a whole lot on their menu because it was just me and my friend. I've always liked the Sesame Green Onion baked bread at these Chinese Muslim...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite restaurants in Milpitas Square. I came here for lunch recently with some friends of mine. I'm a fan of their garlic pancake.
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fastest Service Ever. I have no idea how they do it, but every time my boyfriend and I go there. We sit down, order and poof our food is there at such a fast pace.I LOVE their da shao mian (I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i love their house-made fatass noodles, with prawn... uhh its nice.. i like to order with it soft tofu and mangolian beeef and kina dip them in .I think i tried their ox tail wasn't bad or it might...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
the food here is good and there's quite a large selection of stuff to order. the lunch prices are good, and normal prices aren't too expensive either. i really like the chili chicken.service is kind...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is how you die the right way. If you want to consume things that your heart will hate you for, come here! I'm not saying this is a bad place it's just like most chinese places it's full of grease...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
All my meals here have been mediocre at best, yet because I live so close to the restaurant, I find myself here time and again. The food is oily and tastes so so, but they give you huge portions and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Reminds me of when I lived in China and downstairs from the foreign students dorm was a Muslim family who ran a small "hun dun" shop. You bought them by the kilo. They were little dumplings like...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is pretty good for its price range. Typically when we come here on the weekends, we'd order two entrees, 3 appetizers and two soy milks and walk away with less than a $30 tab. Where...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Chinese and Halal. That's the combination that brought us to this place. Came on a Saturday night and it was packed. The service was pretty good considering it is a Chinese restaurant on a busy night....
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I usually don't prefer to come here unless somebody brings it up. I ran out of choices today and decided to pick up my favorite spicy seafood noodle soup there since I haven't done that for a long...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
When you are Chinese, and your bf is Muslim, this restaurant is perfect for date night.... almost too much so. It's also a few doors down from a great jewelry store, which makes for a great little...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Day 2 of Daddy's business trip brought us here. We were originally going to go to Fatima's in Cupertino, but came here instead for proximity and the fact that my dad had heard of this place.This...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i like this place. my mom knows the boss that owns the place. the knife sliced noodles are good and that one egg hat on top of vegetables and stuff that came with a sweet sauce. the dim sum here is...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Halal Chinese cuisine. Wrap your mind around that. How can a cuisine with pork as its backbone adhere to Islamic dietary rules? Tastily, that's friggin' how!No, I'm not Muslim. No, I don't follow...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
3.5 - 4 stars depending on the day. Highlights are the sesame onion bread (get the thin version) and the handpulled noodles. They have great chow mein and chao ma mein using those noodles. The chao...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My chinese friends had brought me here and I keep coming back. They got a islamic motif going on...I guess as another reviewer put it that they are muslim chinese. Who knew? Today was the first time I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Slightly above mediocre. 3.5 stars - I was pretty satisfied when I left, but was not wowed by anything there. Good enough for me to come back and try more dishes though.
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love Chinese food but hate the MSG bloat? Look no further than Darda Seafood Restaurant. The name of the place is a misnomer in that the serve everything other than pork being that it is a Muslim...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My husband and I are probably gaining a reputation here as the "two-soup couple". This is our go-to place when we're sick and don't feel like tofu soup, pho, or ramen.We get the lamb and pickled...
yelp.com - user review - 01/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is not supposed to be an exotic place. IMHO, it is a place where you to go to have a quick and economy meal. I have tried many chicken items, they are good. The chicken corn soup is very good,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Before I start with the food, we had a party of 13 people eat here, so they seat us in the private room on the side. Ok that's cool except the table barely fits 11. I guess they expected a couple...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WORST in the Milpitas Square.Go there if you want to be pissed off by those rudest waitress - most of them don't speak English and carrying dead faces.Food was OK though.
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of the first things I noticed about Darda was that the chair seats are frayed and worn. This may be due to the number of asses shuffled at high speeds in and out of the chairs.If somehow you have...
yelp.com - user review - 12/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of our must-visit places in the Bay Area. I used to have this place on my cell, under the label "Lunch".The Sesame crusted Big Bread is a secret family recipe, only passed down to the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The sesame bread rocks. It is heavenly. But the rest? Meh, it's oily and greasy and just not very tasty. I've tried a number of dishes there on multiple visits and just didn't enjoy them. I like...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Expect to leave here feeling like you gained 5 pounds, but also very satisfied. They have some delicious vegetarian dishes here, but everything is very heavy and oily. The green onion cake is a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Their noodle dishes are so tasty!handmade noodles!Lots of delicious vegetarian options such as many tofu variations, braised string beans, and lots o' NOODLES! Pretty crowded, but only 5' wait on a...
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I love their thick noodles here. It's supposedly hand-made and I hope it's from the restaurant themselves. IT's like chow-mein, except that the noodles are thicker. Watch out for some of the well...
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
i don't like lamb too much, but they make pretty good.Cheap lunch, but the portion is on the small side.
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A no-frills no-fuss Chinese restaurant, slightly less fancy than a place like Mayflower or ABC Seafood. The restaurant caters to Muslims, so there is no pork on the menu, but you don't really miss it....
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite places to go eat with friends. I love the thick, handmade dough noodles. I usually order chicken, but any of the handmade noodle dishes are fantastic!The food always comes...
yelp.com - user review - 11/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you're expecting good service here, well don't be offended, but I gotta laugh at that. Unless you frequent the place often and get to know the waitresses/hostesses or if you know them personally,...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A large (20 odd - well 19 odd, plus me who is the definition of normal) group of us came here for a group lunch and we were spread across two large tables. I had no idea that there was such as thing...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
We had a large group and they won't take lunch reservation. We sent a few people off first to get a table - ended up in one of the rooms, very very tight w/ no elbow room and quite stuffy but at...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can't believe I haven't left my review for Darda yet. Oh well, better late than never, so here I go. I first tried this restaurant some 7 years ago when I was new to the area, and I found it...
yelp.com - user review - 10/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place's main attraction is not service. It has a unique menu, that tailors toward the Muslim Eastern Chinese. There is a wide range of vegetarian dishes that are extremely good.Then, if you are...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
People come hear for the nang (thick Xinjiang bread with sesame seeds and scallions) and the lamb which is excellent. The trick is to sop up the the lamb and whatever other dishes with the bread....
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family has been coming here for a couple years now. The chow mein noodles are hand-pulled. They have really good sweet and sour soup. The prices are pretty good for what you get. Definitely...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place for lunch - be sure to order the bread. Be warned if you are meeting people here that you need to have the whole party there to be seated. It is best to go with colleagues who...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is good for 2 things. The lamb vermicelli soup and the green onion pancake. Those 2 items on the list makes this place well worth it. But the rest of the food is a little bit greasy...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
** EDIT **We came here to eat lunch and I ended up biting into a piece of FINGERNAIL that was about half an inch long in my soup. The servers were rude and blatantly denied that it was a fingernail....
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Adequate. Better than Fatima (also Islamic Chinese food). The Da Bing (onion bread) is their specialty. The soups tend to be very salty, and most of the meat dishes are pretty greasy, so be judicious.
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The ambiance reminds me of part cafeteria, part where am I. It's not fine dining and it wasn't a surprise either, looking in from the outside. So I knew perfectly well what I was in for. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Yo Peeps!Just because I (wearing a White Turban) walk into an Islamic Chinese food joint, people should not assume I am related to Binny. I saw some mofo's giving me the EYE!.Chinese Lady at...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this is one chinese restaurant that my family frequents, particularly when our relatives come from out of town. this is a great place to come for chinese islamic cuisine, which is one of my fave...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I find it strange that this place gets harsh reviews. :/I'm a big fan of Muslim Chinese foods -- they're not the easiest to find and the meat selections are necessarily different (and at times...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
This place is ALWAYS busy!! The food is edible, but not exactly what I look for in Chinese food... Yet, I still find myself coming back on different occasions. The menu is simple, and there is a wide...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Muslim Chinese- Halal menu. On the long drive north from Monterey, this is the perfect stop for sustinance. The place seats ~150 people so it's large and busy ~8:30pm- we were seated within minutes...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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Its nice. The prices are reasonable, and food is pretty good. Since this is one of the few Muslim Chinese places left in the bay area, there aren't too many choices. Service there is worse than usual, just try...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/04/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Why do they name this restaurant, Darda Seafood? I have no idea.Seafood was not fresh, probably from yesterday or pulled out from the garbage can. I ordered the seafood noodle soup and the shrimp was...
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The fiance and I tried this place after seeing the reviews on Yelp. The knife cut noodles were great, and the spicy eggplant was as well. We tried few of the lamb dishes, but I found them a tad too...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is simple and quite tasty. I like the home made (thick) noodle. The lamb soup and the sesame bread are great.One thing I don't like is the service. The waiter are not friendly and some are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Hurray for Chinese Islamic food! Love the lamb with green onions. Don't know much about anything else on the menu. Order the freshest vegetables they have, and the lamb with green onions -- it's...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I haven't had any of the entrees here, but I've eaten the noodles here for many occasions. There's nothing quite like them. Hand-made (or machine-made? lol) noodles that has very good texture and just...
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I went here for dinner with a friend after a day in Berkeley, and although we were told we had a 15 minute wait, we were seated fairly quickly. The place was packed with people and the waiters were...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Their home-made fried noodles are some of the best noodles i've ever eaten. they bring your food out fast and it sure is delicious.
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've worked in Milpitas for a decade & Darda has been a favorite since it opened. It's consistently great, but I must admit that I generally order their noodle soups (both knife cut & regular), stir...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I ate here several times because its Muslim Chinese restaurant. While the food is good, their service is horrible! I have heard some terrible service experiences of them and after my experience last...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Oh this place is pretty good, I like the hand made noodles and the onion cake. I go here a lot ! Like almost once a month. :D What to order: Handmade Noodles for sure!
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I ate here with my family for the first time in early April 2007. Theplace serves halal Chinese food. We got there around 6:30pm on aSaturday night. I heard if you get there any later, you'll have...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent food. Great selection of not your everyday Chinese food. The service is harried and there's always a wait, but that comes with the territory for good Chinese food. If it's not busy, it's...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2007
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We ate at Darda only once, and I don't think we'll ever go back. They feature halal Chinese food which is definitely convenient, but I wasn't impressed by the quality of the food or the customer service. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/27/2007
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Darda was featured in the San Jose Mercury news around a month back. I think its the only halal chineese restaurant in the south bay. The food is really good, especially all the chicken dishes. I like their...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/22/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My BF dragged me here and the entire time I was thinking..."Hell the f*ck no, you're not taking me to some goddamn dirty Chinese restaurant." Luckily for him, I was pleasantly surprised. The walnut...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
the only reason i wanted try this place was because fatima in cupertino - my favorite islamic chinese restaurant - had been burned down to rubbles. we went there on sunday for lunch, and the place was...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you want to eat pork, this is not the place to be. I like their 'Green Onion Pan Cake' alot. It's thin like a tortilla, flavored and pan-fried with oil and green onion, yummy!!! You can pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This has been my favorite Chinese restaurant since day 1 when it first opened. It's catered towards the Muslim Chinese (does that make sense-no pork) so there are alot of non-Chinese types of Asians...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i'm a v-town girl, but i love milpitas. !!! there are so many yummy chinese restaurants there (i've decided that darda is one of them). darda and e-noodle.so yep, this was a yummy restaurant....
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Having a Halal restaurant around for your Muslim friends are always good. The lamp dishes are not bad, and they have a decent amount of selection in both Han Chinese food and the Hui food, and the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I basically order the same thing every time I eat here...because it's just so damn good. My regular dishes include the homestyle "knife cut" noodles, the green onion sesame bread, and the stir fried...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I totally confused even myself and I think ended up at the wrong restaurant. This one. We tried those onion pancakes, because everyone else seemed to have them too. Problem is they came way later...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Chinese food with an Islamic flair so this is not the place to satisfy your sweet and sour pork craving. About the only thing that I remember of this place other than the picture of the Kaaba on the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We had a group lunch of 12 here recently. So we were able to try out many, many various dishes... ranging from chicken/beef/pork/seafood/veggie and I thought most of them were SUPER oily and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Muslim Chinese food. Yeah it's a weird combo, but delicious nevertheless. I always bring my Mandarin speaking and reading friends here because they know how to order the good stuff. Warm soybean milk,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Chinese Islamic food? what the heck is that? I'm still not sure what it is but its darn GOOD! Try the lamb or the panfried handcut noodles... and of course you HAVE to try the green onion...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, it may be hard to believe, but there used to be (and I think still are) a fair amount of Muslims in certain parts of China. The food here is a little different than other Chinese restaurants and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I miss this place. I have fond memories of the food, but it's been a while since I've eaten here. I used to go here at least a couple times a month since I worked in Milpitas but have long since moved...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It is a chinese restaurant with a twist.. islamic chinese. The food is really good. They have good lunch specials.The service is good, and super FAST. Very affordable as well...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place was great during the 90s, but it has worn itself out and also become too popular (discovered by people much later in the game).Sesame flat bread (je ma buo bing) is nice but a tad bit too...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for Sunday lunch again and ordered mostly from their weekend lunch menu, which have some more specialty items not found on their regular, English language menu. The dumplings were superb...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, I admit I am not a big fan of Chinese food, but I do like Northern Chinese dim sum. The siu loong bao and dumplings were my favorites. I also like the salty soy bean soup, but make sure you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Thought this was a restaurant I ate at once. It was not. It was crowded but not as bad as when we left. Ordered a mongolian beef & a fish dish that has 2 slice of fish topped off w/dried shrimp ($17)....
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent Northern/Beifang Chinese cuisine that also happens to be halal. Darda is always hopping on the weekends, as both Chinese and Muslim families converge here to feast, and for for good reason....
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am vegetarian - their homemade vegetarian chow mein noodles are outstanding. Very chewy!
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Their specialty is the sesame bread/pancake. Some of their stir fried noodle dishes are just too greasy and remind me of Americanized Chinese food. Stick to their more expensive dishes.
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2006
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We ordered the stir fried noodles, dumplings and sesame bread. The seasame green onion bread is okay, I wish it had more green onion flavor. The stir fried noodles were tasty, but my favorite are the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/03/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love lamb, so I love this place. Eat more lamb!
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I used to LOVE this place until we found a fly and a cockroach in our soups on two different occasions. Even though we know that most chinese restaurants are dirty but to have those critters in our...
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Chinese Muslim. If you're looking for Chinese Muslim food, this is the place to go. What I enjoy most about this place is a story I heard when I was not there. Basically, there were two tables of my...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place! This is a Chinese Muslim restaurant. They are known for their warm pots, lamb, and noodle dishes. Try the tofu, lamb, or ox tail warm pots. The hand made noodles are a MUST. My...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great place for the hand cut chowmein, pan fried lamb dumplings that doesn't taste gamey and that oh so wonderful thick onion bread! I've tried other dishes and have never been satisfied with any of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nature of the BeastThe McCarthy Ranch Plaza lunch rush is the same story everywhere -- insane in the membrane. Arrive here promptly by 11:40am, and keep in mind that there is *no time* for...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
our friends happened to suggest this place for dinner and i was super excited due to the reviews but when we ate there, i was very disappointed. we ordered 6 dishes and none of them were "good". i'll...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
They are almost always a favorite with my colleagues and the popularity of the restaurant proves it. This is Chinese cooking AND it's halal---I can't think of many restaurants that are. In general...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
sesame bread w/green onions! MUST TRY IT!first time i went here, i notice everyone had an order of these on their table. it was too late for us to order it b/c it takes about 20 min for them to bake...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
i love their fat sesame bread, lamb dishes.
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Chinese Islamic style cooking" might intimidate a lot of non-Asian people, but don't let it - think Lamb dishes instead of Pork, with a nice serving of warm green onion bread topped with sesames....
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
our waitress was so nice/enthusiastic to us that it kinda scared me. this is chinese muslim cuisine (qinzhen) so no pork, and lots of lamb. must haves: the sour cabbage lamb soup (with tiny dried...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Food is decent, prices are good.I like it!
yelp.com - user review - 11/30/2005
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I believe people who has tried their restaurant will agree that they have the best halal cooking in the bay area. Try the mutton and beef dishes, spicy soup noodles and the round pan sesame bread. Their...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/08/2005
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I like visiting this restaurant as they offer very tasy lip smacking chines dishes. Their hot and sour soup is a must.The food is good,and they make it spicy when asked.The service was great.The waitress...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/21/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I kind of like it, but not many people who don't like mutton or never try the mutton meat before will like it. If you are really into it, you are ready to try out the mutton soup espcially during...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2005
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We found out about Darda's from the Chinese Islamic Restaurant in southern California. Although it is not a vegetarian restaurant they have several veggie dishes that are delicious.....eggplant, fried tofu,...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/20/2004
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