Overall, I had a wonderful experience at Ba Bar. The house cocktails are wonderful, I tried 3 different ones and highly recommend the Garden Shed. The bartender was super knowledgeable and kind. However, when it comes to food, I do have some advice for anyone who is gluten free (GF). It is important to note that the menu is not labeled GF, rather GS (gluten sensitive). This is because nearly all menu items are not gluten free, but can be altered to accommodate the allergy. There is a lot of pushback when it comes to gluten allergies and I was informed that the owner has requested a few items MARKED GS to not actually accommodate those with a gluten allergy or celiac. The lemongrass beef vermicelli is wonderful, but note that the imperial roll is not GF and you have to request AND clarify that you do not want it for a gluten allergy. If you are not celiac, but have high concerns, it is better to say you are to be taken seriously. The ice cream is labeled GS but the staff has been ordered to not serve it without the cone, making me wonder why they even bothered to put a GS label... what part of a glutenous cone is GS?? Ba Bar is a wonderful place to eat, but I feel I need to emphasize how ridiculous it is to refuse to make small adjustments to accommodate a gluten allergy. If the staff was a little more knowledgeable on what gluten is and how a dish can easily be altered to make it GF (simply removing the rolls for example), or if ice cream was allowed to be served in a cup, my experience would be 5 stars AND I would enthusiastically recommend my other GF friends to try it. Ba Bar is so close yet so far from being accommodating, it's a bit infuriating.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
David Stone
Overpriced for run of the mill pho, though i did not try anything else (and the menu is more extensive). High quality ingredients, but not much comexity in flavor, and presentation felt like the bare minimum (like placing extra veggies on a side plate, where they were basically cold, instead of mixing into the pho as one would normally expect). Nice people and a well designed atmosphere though. And it seems to be one of the only night time soup options in Seattle (seriously, how does everything close at 8-9pm in this city?), so they get extra points for convenience. If you're eating before 8pm though there's a plethora of better, cheaper and more interesting options for pho throughout the city.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
JC
I’ve only had the opportunity to try the cocktails so far but will be back for dinner. The cocktail list is creative, fresh, and delish. The service is friendly despite some issues behind the bar that delayed the drinks I can see myself returning again and again.
Manjot Dhesi
the chicken wings are so sweet and unique that we ordered another plate for the table. also the meat and beef pho was so deliciously flavored. First time here, now a forever favorite! ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SWK xiao SWK
This place is great and offers a smart, creative takes on Vietnamese cuisine. The Pandan cocktail was one of the most clever cocktail I’ve tried for very long time. The staff were also friendly and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emeka Evanks
The food here is incredible! Such fresh and tasty flavors, everything I’ve had so far has been very very good.
Highly recommend the chicken salad appetizer.
Also if you’re vegan they have an entire vegan menu!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Trung Tieu
This was a great recommendation by a local! Their take on Vietnamese is fabulous. Love that they have banh cuon on the weekends and have three versions: Hanoi, Saigon and Shrimp. We had all three and they were all great! We also had the wings, but the winner was the banh cuon hands down.
The Old Phoshian spin on an Old Fashion had the nice addition of anise but otherwise no hint of pho broth. Good, if slightly misleading.
It's popular with the neighborhood locals and Seattle University students, so recommend getting there a little on the early side for dinner since there were several large parties waiting to get in when we left.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chunnian Wu
Food is amazing, but I was waiting for the line first , the waitress did not ask me to seat at table instead of asking the next customer.. then when I just sat down , immediately ask me if ready to order , besides that , I was just having couple first bites of my food .., the waitress just put the check on the table ??? Why in a rush
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Chris M
Ba Bar is always great food and attentive, friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lemongrass Rockfish
Brian Wood
We went here for happy hour, and dinner. We sampled most, if not all of the happy hour snacks. All were great. Favorites were wings, some bread and artichoke thing, and the salads.
Overall, I had a wonderful experience at Ba Bar. The house cocktails are wonderful, I tried 3 different ones and highly recommend the Garden Shed. The bartender was super knowledgeable and kind. However, when it comes to food, I do have some advice for anyone who is gluten free (GF). It is important to note that the menu is not labeled GF, rather GS (gluten sensitive). This is because nearly all menu items are not gluten free, but can be altered to accommodate the allergy. There is a lot of pushback when it comes to gluten allergies and I was informed that the owner has requested a few items MARKED GS to not actually accommodate those with a gluten allergy or celiac. The lemongrass beef vermicelli is wonderful, but note that the imperial roll is not GF and you have to request AND clarify that you do not want it for a gluten allergy. If you are not celiac, but have high concerns, it is better to say you are to be taken seriously. The ice cream is labeled GS but the staff has been ordered to not serve it without the cone, making me wonder why they even bothered to put a GS label... what part of a glutenous cone is GS?? Ba Bar is a wonderful place to eat, but I feel I need to emphasize how ridiculous it is to refuse to make small adjustments to accommodate a gluten allergy. If the staff was a little more knowledgeable on what gluten is and how a dish can easily be altered to make it GF (simply removing the rolls for example), or if ice cream was allowed to be served in a cup, my experience would be 5 stars AND I would enthusiastically recommend my other GF friends to try it. Ba Bar is so close yet so far from being accommodating, it's a bit infuriating.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Overpriced for run of the mill pho, though i did not try anything else (and the menu is more extensive). High quality ingredients, but not much comexity in flavor, and presentation felt like the bare minimum (like placing extra veggies on a side plate, where they were basically cold, instead of mixing into the pho as one would normally expect). Nice people and a well designed atmosphere though. And it seems to be one of the only night time soup options in Seattle (seriously, how does everything close at 8-9pm in this city?), so they get extra points for convenience. If you're eating before 8pm though there's a plethora of better, cheaper and more interesting options for pho throughout the city.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
I’ve only had the opportunity to try the cocktails so far but will be back for dinner. The cocktail list is creative, fresh, and delish. The service is friendly despite some issues behind the bar that delayed the drinks I can see myself returning again and again.
the chicken wings are so sweet and unique that we ordered another plate for the table. also the meat and beef pho was so deliciously flavored. First time here, now a forever favorite! ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is great and offers a smart, creative takes on Vietnamese cuisine. The Pandan cocktail was one of the most clever cocktail I’ve tried for very long time. The staff were also friendly and welcoming.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food here is incredible! Such fresh and tasty flavors, everything I’ve had so far has been very very good.
Highly recommend the chicken salad appetizer.
Also if you’re vegan they have an entire vegan menu!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was a great recommendation by a local! Their take on Vietnamese is fabulous. Love that they have banh cuon on the weekends and have three versions: Hanoi, Saigon and Shrimp. We had all three and they were all great! We also had the wings, but the winner was the banh cuon hands down.
The Old Phoshian spin on an Old Fashion had the nice addition of anise but otherwise no hint of pho broth. Good, if slightly misleading.
It's popular with the neighborhood locals and Seattle University students, so recommend getting there a little on the early side for dinner since there were several large parties waiting to get in when we left.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is amazing, but I was waiting for the line first , the waitress did not ask me to seat at table instead of asking the next customer.. then when I just sat down , immediately ask me if ready to order , besides that , I was just having couple first bites of my food .., the waitress just put the check on the table ??? Why in a rush
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Ba Bar is always great food and attentive, friendly staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lemongrass Rockfish
We went here for happy hour, and dinner. We sampled most, if not all of the happy hour snacks. All were great. Favorites were wings, some bread and artichoke thing, and the salads.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The pho was good. However the noodles were clumped together:(. Even though I sat outside by the sidewalk I could not smoke a cigar :(
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Loved this place. Great service, and the food was amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious food
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food and such fun fusion! The pandan creme puffs are absolutely amazing 🤤🫶🏻🎀
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
The soft serve pandam flavor is so yummy! Pho with extra beef tendon is my favorite!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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