New Shanghai – Ashfield

Best get in as soon as opens as long queue and wait times for lunch and dinner on weekends. Service is a bit slow, but the food is outstanding. Was so into the food, we forgot to take pics of most dishes. Dumplings and buns are spot on. Great main dishes as well. The fried rice is outstanding. Nice tea as well.

Food was amazing. Service was great and such great place to chill out and enjoy these lovely dishes. Will be back again. Lamb and leek dumplings are our go to.

Fantastic place for Shanghainese food. The pan-fried pork buns were great. The were crispy and the meat inside was savoury and juicy. The prawn dumplings had a good amount of prawn and were good. The Shanghai noodles were savoury and well made. The scallion pancake was just fine. Prices are also affordable which is a plus. Food came out fast.

Best place for Xialongbao (steamed pork dumplings). It has a light skin with a really nice broth inside. The pork filling was nice and tender. Also had the pan fried pork buns. A crispy bottom and nice chewy texture on top. Pork filling was nice and tender

I have been here before quite some years ago and I didn’t enjoy my experience. Since then, I always went next door instead (where the massive lines are . However…. recently been buying my baos and dumplings here as takeaway and really enjoyed them, so went back for a sit down family meal today. I can report back it was a fantastic, scrumptious and mouth watering meal!! And can I be brutally honest, must more nicer than next doors food so skip the queue and give this place a chance! Only thing I would suggest to NOT order the congee as it was extremely watery and not much quality or quantity. Every other dish made up for it though as they were amazing!! The old Cantonese waiter (in a Shanghainese restaurant very bizarre! can’t crack a smile for the life of him he is selective who he does use his customer service skills with so you may be his target type comes across as “blunt” and best to speak to him in English or Cantonese as he has difficulty understanding Mandarin but I’m here for the food so I didn’t mind too much. Overall I would return over and over and over again simply for the satisfying food.