Shanghai Grill

The service and ambience were amazing. Decent place for a family. Ordered the vietnamese style sun devil chicken lunch combo. It came with a soup, 2 fried wontons, 1 egg roll. Food was average but the quantity and presentation was great for the price. Hopefully other food items taste better.

Shanghai Grill has been such a great find and it has become our new favorite Chinese restaurant! Each dish we have ordered has been prepared with care and especially delicious! Our favorite dishes so far include sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, kung pao chicken, General Tso’s chicken, pad thai, sesame chicken, and chicken lo mein. Shanghai Grill’s egg rolls are the absolute best and a must-have! Their potstickers and egg drop soup are also really flavorful and warming; making them such a great starter to your meal. It is easy to tell that each dish is prepared with quality ingredients and that makes all the difference in the world; making the entire experience enjoyable. Each time we have visited Shanghai Grill, we have been welcomed in with kindness and seated with care. The staff is always friendly and attentive. We also appreciated being able to order food to-go from the table, if we needed to. Do yourself and your tastebuds a favor and try Shanghai Grill for your next night out, trust me, you won’t be sorry you did!

So gentle readers, I would be remiss for not more than mentioning “The Shanghai Grill” on W Union Hills Road and N 91ST Ave in Peoria. We first tried this restaurant several times multiple years ago and it was alright. While alright is a relative term, it is not necessarily a glowing recommendation. Through the advice of other NEXTDOOR writers, I was advised to give the new owners a try. Our first re-visit was a little over a year ago, and per my most recent bank statement, it appears we are now sending the new owners children to an Ivy League college of their choice! (Yes, the food is that good!) This is the point where I recommend my weak bladdered readers and those whose drink is now mostly ice, to empty and refill said mentioned items. If you have read any of my previous food reviews, you will know I recommend not reading any reviews rated a “1” as most of them seem to have an axe to grind; not all but 95%, as stated by their own other reviews. Remember, you can select their name and read their other reviews. Most never spoke to their server, or the restaurant manager. One should ALWAYS give the restaurant an opportunity to make things right. Also remember, your right may not always be the fair right! As for the “5” reviews, again throw out 25% of those reviews, mine included because we never had the opportunity to write as we had hoped over the years! Now onto an honest review of the “new” Shanghai Grill Restaurant. First off, we have found their menu is merely amazing and only a recommendation. They can and will do almost anything to their ingredients, spices and heat levels. Over the past year of “reconsidering” Shanghai Grill we have come to truly love this place. Their Hot and Sour soup is pungent, but not vinegary (a word I thought I just made up, but nope, it is a real word). The vegetables are fresh and on point. We have tried so many of their entrees, it is hard to choose a favorite. The six fried shrimp appetizer is delicious, (although some have criticized them for being flat). The cocktail sauce comes with a flavorful kick! I must mention the Six Crab Puffs, while crab or anything from the sea is not a favorite of mine, the creamy texture with a hint of crab drudged through a delicious maybe duck-Ish sauce left me wanting more. Next onto our favorite entrees! Feeling like taking the tastebuds out for a spin? Try the Vietnamese Sun Devil Chicken and get it SPICY! You will hate yourself the next day, but it sure is delicious and flavorful on day one! Are you one for full flavor and no spice? Try the Thai Curry Chicken and leave the pineapple in! It sounds weird but adds another level of flavor one can only experience at Shanghai Grill. Do your tastebuds want something beefy and fulfilling? (But also, afraid that any beef dish might be chewy?) Fear not, try the Mongolian Beef and you can never go wrong by adding snow peas for the added crunch! Finally, we could never decide between chicken fried rice add extra onions and snow peas, or the Chicken Lo Mein and running it through the same garden. Well, the server advised us to try the Pork, Beef and Chicken Lo Mein with extra onions and snow pea pods. Let’s just say that servers children have since been added to the college fund! So, keep in mind gentle readers, everyone has an opinion, but YOUR opinion is the most important to your gastro needs. You can only take other peoples opinions and see if they add to your dining out experience or if those blue formed together cans of “La Choy” in your bottom cupboard outrank another’s’ opinions. Yes, I paid for my meal; no, I am not a family member, and yes there might be a small upcharge for adding snow pea pods! The Shanghai Grill will continue to grace our favorite Chinese dining experience. Happy dining!

Shanghai Grill was amazing! I highly recommend you and your family give it a shot and I promise you'll go back! Super Friendly staff, authentic Chinese food, and fast service! I swear we got our food as fast as I have seen and it was the very best Chinese I have ever have!!! Don't take it from just me, go there and try it yourself! Thank you Shanghai Grill for my New Dinner/Lunch spot!

We hadn't been here before, but we had an entertainment digital coupon so we decided to try it. The food tasted ok, but was served barely lukewarm. We did tell our waitress, but there wasn't any help offered. So we only ate a tiny bit and packed it up to take home. My husband ordered a cup of hot and sour and it tasted like it had sugar in it and wasn't hot or sour. He asked for the typical chips for the soup, but found out they don't offer them for free. You have to pay extra. The prices of the entrees are very reasonable, but we won't come back.