Shanghai Chinese Restaurant

reliable dim sum
Apr 5th, 2024

Only dim sum I found in north Austin. The food is pretty good. I like the dim sum selection. Whats pretty cool is that the food is fresh. It is a bit weird that there are no carts going around. But I like that they make the dim sum when you order them. The service is not bad. They are understaffed but the server/hostess was pretty good. The restaurant is clean. The tables are neatly set up. The bathroom is clean. I like this place. I cant believe that I havent been here before. Im surprised they were not busy for a Friday night. Austinites dont know what theyre missing. I think this place is worth checking out. I do plan to come back for more.
Apr 4th, 2024

Mar 16th, 2024

The food, let's just say it satisfied the craving. We haven't been able to find one that meets our needs since the pandemic until we gave Shanghai a try today. They are mediocre, but, I think they might be the only decent option in Austin these days. Our family was able to find something each one of us liked: BBQ pork buns, egg drop soup, the pork rice soup, the sticky rice thing, the rice noodle wrapped shrimp, the rice noodle wrapped fried bread sticks, the pork dumplings. The radish cake was a bit too chunky and plain to our liking, but we were happy that we could have it. The chicken feet was missing the taro bites and peanut I usually saw in other dim sum places. Although this isn't something I would come back on a regular basis, but I will come again if I ever crave for Dim Sum. Service, typical family owned Chinese restaurant service. Note, someone will bring you water upon seating, then you order on your phone, no one will check on you until your food is served. Suggestion to the management, have someone check on the customers to see if they have questions about the menu about 5 minutes after they sat down. Don't assume your app works ALL the time, don't assume your customers know everything about the food! The wait staff are friendly enough, but lack of proper training. But you see these across most of the Chinese restaurants. Although 15% tips are automatically added for groups of 5 or more. We always tip extra to bring that up to 20% to 25%, not because the service was so awesome, but to appreciate the fact that they are trying the best they know to serve us. One thing I love about the restaurant is that the tables are arranged with generous spacing, definitely a plus.
Mar 14th, 2024

Mar 12th, 2024