Shanghai No.1 Shàng Hǎi Yī Hào

Ive ordered here past 10 times. This time was very bad. The pork belly was extremely dry. The 上海醉鸡Shanghai Drunken Chicken was so bitter with alcohol flavor . Very disappointed and unsure if I will come back.

Went for a brunch with a couple friends, because this place was one of the few open early. The menu isn't too diverse, but we were glad to find some very authentic Chinese style breakfast options like savory rice roll! The beef brisket noodles were alsovery tasty. Don't know why the A/C was turned way up in the winter.

Horrible in basically every way. Generally, I have no complaints about service when going to a Chinese restaurant. My baseline expectation is only prompt, no-nonsense ordering and getting the bill, with absolutely no expectation for service attitude orwarmth. But there was only 1 full time waiter serving the entire dining room. He was extremely flustered, throwing down platesand even bumping into customers/tables racing to finish orders. I was blatantly ignored at the front door for over 10 minutesbefore being seated. They are so short staffed nobody has time to give you recommendations: simply scan a QR code and to order.I heard this place was pretty authentic and ordered the sweet and sour mandarin fish to truly test how good they can be. Andthat order was overlooked, having me wait for over 45 minutes. It pains me to criticize the food at this point knowing howextremely difficult it is to make this dish. And I'd even say chef executed quite well on knife skills. Sweet sour sauce was onpoint. HOWEVER, I cannot forgive they use Tilapia, the cheapest ingredient, for this $40 dish. To add insult, I can even tastethe fish was not fresh! Maybe the order was complete and forgotten, but when I received it, some portions of the deep fried fishwas no longer crispy. My high expectations were completely crushed. I guess it's really hard to source high quality live fishand make profit in the US. The last part REALLY left a bad taste in my mouth. I ordered 1 portion of soy sauce duck to go anappetizer. When I opened to try it 1 day later, I found the portions to be tiny, and the duck already spoiled. I can't believepeople actually think this place is good. As a Shanghai native, I am ashamed an establishment brining this business attitude isallowed to exist.

The braised pork is extremely dry and tough to chew. It has a greasy flavor, even worse than my own unsuccessful attempt at making this dish.

The braised pork belly and quail eggs were excellent.