CK Shanghai

We’ve dined here several times and absolutely love it. The food is so good and my partner says it’s the best kung pao he’s had in the area. We enjoy the peanut noodles and other chicken dishes as well.

Normally, the food is excellent. However, we ordered the whole Peking Duck for $69, and all we received was a mix of a reheated shredded thigh and skin mixture. We couldn't find any breast meat. See the picture. Having just returned from having had amazing Peking Duck in Singapore, this was a huge disappointment. There, and at Jiangnan in Boston, they bring the whole duck and carve it at your table. We do not believe we received a whole duck. When we complained, they said it was served differently. In the past, at this restaurant, the duck was served with large pieces of breast meat topped with crispy skin. But not this time. The skin and meat were fatty and salty. Note, we were at the restaurant early at 4. One previous time, we arrived early and also did not seem to receive a whole duck. It seems like early arrivers get shredded duck from the previous day. This said, everything else we had was excellent. My grandsons loved the teriyaki beef sticks, pot stickers, house fried rice, and the always superb jumbo shrimp in spicy Shanghai sauce. If we have the duck here again, we will ask to have the whole duck brought to our table where we will carve it ourselves.

I’ve been a loyal customer at CK, but the waitress there was extremely disrespectful. She falsely accused of not tipping her, and she even told my friend in Chinese that I was cheap. I genuinely felt that this action was racially motivated, and am extremely disappointed that a restaurant with such great food has such horrible service.

We had my son’s birthday family luncheon here, and it was phenomenal. Perry was responsive by email and very flexible about changes we needed to make in the last moment. We pre-ordered by emailing a list of what we wanted, including several gluten free dishes, and everything was ready for us when we arrived. And to find gluten free Chinese food!? AMAZING! Everything was delicious and it’s clear they do GF right because those of us who are GF for various reasons all felt wonderful / had no reaction, immediate or delayed. Will be frequenting this restaurant for sure!

Crab Rangoon = not much filling inside… Singapore Noodles = I barely taste the curry; it’s not even spicy like it’s supposed to be; it was very bland! Shanghai House Fried Rice = not much meat included, mostly frozen mixed veges, and bland white rice. It’s not even slightly browned to look like actual fried rice!🤦🏻‍♂️ Boneless spare ribs = the only “decent” item in my entire order even though it was cold EDIT: the manager asked if they could remake the dishes for me. I told them I’d like to try the Singapore noodles and Fried Rice… the noodles were better, still not spicy, but actually tastes like curry now. The fried rice was still kind of bland. I guess I’ll just put salt and pepper when I eat it. Overall, I don’t think this is the place for me… I travel all over the US and I always order these items particularly, because they are very simple dishes… I’m not telling you not to eat here, definitely feel free to try for yourself. Maybe you’d appreciate the lack of seasoning and taste… some people prefer bland food 🤷🏻‍♂️ *I added a photo of the Singapore noodles… try to guess which one was the bland batch and which was the remake…