Shanghai Inn Restaurant

“Great neighborhood spot.”

Great neighborhood spot. Comfortable seating area and love the portion sizes!

Judy Deering

Dec 2025

“I love everything about this place.”

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.

Sylvia J

Dec 2024

“Everything was awesome.”

Everything was awesome! I’m definitely coming back! It’s a cozy restaurant, affordable prices and tasty food!!

Paola

Nov 2024

“Shanghai inn really is a blast from the past.”

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!

Chicago Bae Reviews

Jun 2024

“We had dinner after a long day and we wanted something easy and delicious.”

We had dinner after a long day and we wanted something easy and delicious. The staff here is always kind and hospitable. Their take on General Tsoa and Orange chicken are fantastic. Dinner portions are always enough for almost two meals. Great neighborhood Chinese restaurant!

Evin Hoffman

Feb 2024

“Great place for comfort food.”

Great place for comfort food. Fresh vegetables, chicken breast, fluffy rice, and tasty sauce. They do a lot of take out orders so sometimes it's easy to get a table. Nice people.

Gretchen

Nov 2022

“Food is still delicious after almost 18 years.”

Food is still delicious after almost 18 years! Even with the new owners the food took me back to childhood. You have to try it!!

Lady Stephanie Alvarez

Aug 2022

“My first visit but hopefully not my last.”

My first visit but hopefully not my last. The food is amazing! This is the flavor that takes you back, before fusion food. Service was great. Thankyou. Their portions are jenerous and the menu is reasonably priced! This is my definite stop when visiting family in the area.

James Olson (Super Diner)

Sep 2021

“This restaurant is amazing.”

This restaurant is amazing! Came here with my Mom and Aunt for late lunch/ dinner on a Saturday. Not too busy. The service was great. Got seated fast. All the employees were super nice and happy. The food was so delicious. We had the shrimp Almond ding and Eggfood Young. Both were Soo delicious. Highly recommend!!!😍

REBECCA POZAS

Jun 2019

“Ordered and picked up the “lo mein” (pictured) as well as a few other options.”

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.

Matthew Hanf (Hanfinator)

Dec 2024

“Overall: Not bad.”

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.

Keishawna Miller

Apr 2024

“The food was great I forgot to make photos of the spare ribs and potstickers.”

The food was great I forgot to make photos of the spare ribs and potstickers. The service was wonderful. Can't wait to go back again.

Jerry Masiello

Mar 2019