Shanghai Inn Restaurant

We had delivery so I can’t comment on service or atmosphere. I had the Mongolian beef and my partner had the beef with broccoli (not pictured) and we split some crab raccoons and egg rolls. The Mongolian beef was good with portions. We both ordered large so we could veg the next day. The Beef wasn’t chewy and fair w/ vegetable portions. It wasn’t bad but I’ll probably try something different next time. The crab raccoons were pretty decent with filling and size. The tips were winged and super crispy. I saw “crabmeat “ unlike some other places that just fill it with cream cheese. The egg rolls were fairly portioned and the crisp level was 10/10 filling was average not lacking flavor.

Shanghai inn really is a blast from the past. It brings back memories of how Chinese restaurants used to be feel like. So I like that a lot. The quality was really good. The best dish was the shrimp fried rice! I would highly recommend that dish!

I love everything about this place. Best chinese takeout/dine in spot in the neighborhood. Everyone is so friendly here, the prices are affordable, the portions are huge, pure comfort food. Wish there were more places like this left in the area. Thank you all.

Ordered and picked up the “lo mein” (pictured) as well as a few other options. The food is very good, but these unusual thin ramen-like noodles came without any sauce; which is atypical from the usual lo mein I’ve ordered from most Chinese places. I called the restaurant and was told that this dish is a traditional lo mien, and that most Chinese places serve a Cantonese-style lo mein that comes with a brown sauce. During the conversation, Manager was fighting back about how the lo mein shouldn’t need to be listed as ‘dry/ without sauce’ when according to them “most other places serve lo mein as Cantonese-style with the brown sauce”. (They Also stated that we are new customers; indicating that I would know if I already ordered there before) Before trekking back to get some other meal replacement, I asked them to make the ‘Cantonese-style’ lo mein that they suggested was the style we preferred, but the manager stated that the Cantonese-style lo mein was where the vegetables with sauce were separated from the noodles and that I wouldn’t want that dish. In confusion, I asked what the original style from other restaurants was called, and the manager doubled back to say that the lo mein I ordered was the style I was asking for; but that I just need to customize it by asking to add brown sauce. (Which contradicts what they said at the very beginning) All in all, the food was very tasty and I mostly recommend them; but it gives me the impression that I need to explain what dish I’m expecting just to make sure I don’t get a surprise.

Overall: Not bad! Way better than other chinese places i have had. The food arrived hot, fresh, and not old or stale. The delivery could have been better but I ordered from Grubhub and this place handles their own deliveries. This means you do NOT get to track the order in grubhub. This makes for a poor delivery experience because you dont know when the person will arrive. A MAJOR NO NO- the delivery driver sat my food outside on the ground!! I HATE that. That is SO UNSANITARY! I get that she was having trouble getting into my building but she didnt have trouble contacting me! I answered her text right away and even communicated that I was on my way down. I saw her just as she turned around and was leaving! Dont do that again! I updated my delivery to ensure i had clear delivery instructions so the next driver wont have to contact me or wait until they get here. I suggest the same! Or perhaps i will check if they deliver to me and i can order direct. Now for the real review…the food! I ordered, Mongolian beef and added broccoli medium spicy- This was piping hot! The broccoli was fresh. I didn’t expect red and green peppers. I have never had that in mongolian beef. The spice could have been better for medium. The sauce/gravy had flavor and wasn’t bad. The only negative is that it was too greasy! You can literally see the grease kind of separating in the sauce! That was bad. But overall, not bad. Combination fried rice- this arrived hot. The rice wasnt hard or too old. The meat inside was chicken, beef, and shrimp. The rice didnt have a bad or old smell. It was good. The negative, it needed more flavor. Maybe some green onion or scallion or more soy sauce. Idk. But it did lack some flavor. I added sides of hot sauce. I didnt like it. It was like siracha but mixed with mild salsa. Final review: i would and maybe order from this place again. And maybe soon! But please add some flavor to the rice and take out some grease in the mongolian beef.