Lotus Garden
Fine Cantonese & Szechuan Cuisine
5975 E. Speedway Boulevard
Tucson, AZ
(520) 298-3351
Experience Fine Chinese Dining in Tucson

(1) $30 Gift Certificate for Dinner or Merchandise

Lotus Garden, the oldest family-run Chinese restaurant in Tucson, offers a wide range of Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine.

Come and enjoy the flavors of China in dishes created by Chef Darryl Wong. Experience both traditional and innovative recipes in our restaurant, at home, or at your next event catered by Lotus Garden.

Be sure to visit our wine and gift shops when you visit Lotus Garden.

Restaurant History

Lotus Garden, a family-owned and operated restaurant, opened on February 1, 1968, It is the oldest family-run Chinese restaurant in Tucson.

Darryl Wong is the current chef-owner of Lotus Garden. His uncle, an American-born Chinese GI, met his wife, a nurse, in World War II. When the war was over, they married and settled back in Tucson. They brought back Darryl's father; he was in the grocery business, so he knew food. Ten years later, when the Wong family opened the Lotus Garden, it was the easternmost restaurant in Tucson. Speedway Boulevard turned into a dirt road east of Wilmot. How the city has grown since then!

Darryl's mother and father received the second Small Business Administrator loan ever granted in Tucson, and were the first to pay it back. The restaurant was a success!

Darryl's uncle came from Hong Kong and was Lotus Garden's chef for 19 years. The menu was traditional Cantonese. In the mid 1970s, Taiwan became a big influence on Lotus Garden. Its customers traveled to Taiwan on business and returned home seeking hot and spicy cuisine. Because of this, Lotus Garden added Szechuan dishes to its menu. Chef Huang has become part of the Lotus Garden family, carrying on the culinary traditions and perfecting the dishes on its menu since 1995.

Lotus Garden is truly a family business. Darryl's mother, now in her 80s, continues to help out at the restaurant every day.


We invite you to dine at Lotus Garden. It would be an honor to serve you our cuisine.