Ck Shanghai - Wellesley

Friends brought takeout from this restaurant- and it was some of the best Chinese food I've ever had!! This coming from someone who a) has worked for years downtown in the Chinatown area and b) generally wouldn't choose Chinese food for a meal out. The flavors were fresh, well spiced, and had some unique combos: yu Hsiang chicken (fabulous with eggplant), loved the Szechuan shrimp, and the cucumber salad was so good I'm hoping to recreate it! We'll definitely be ordering from here again soon.

Years ago my husband I had lunch with friends at New Shanghai in Chinatown best Chinese food we'd ever had. New Shanghai disappeared a while ago, but I was delighted to discover that one of their chefs had opened this restaurant in Wellesley. Service was extremely prompt and friendly. Atmosphere was classy but comfortable. As others have said the sesame/peanut noodles are the BEST not that gloppy oversweet mess you usually get. The Shanghai cucumbers weren't as spicy as I'd hoped, but they worked very well with the noodles. Broccoli with garlic sauce included water chestnuts and red peppers. The sauce was a terrific blend of sweet spicy. Large portions and reasonable prices. (I do wish they offered lunch specials. We're eager to try many other items on the extensive menu.

Decent lunch, All fresh, beef and chicken nice and tender, nice saucy sauce not too spicy. Shrimp were very small and looked canned shrimp. Nice quiet interior and clean, fast.

This is a place we drove a distance to go to. Very good food.

I'm still searching for the perfect style of Chinese cuisine. While the food was fresh and beautifully presented, the ingredients seemed a bit mishandled in their preparation, which prevented the flavors from coming together as we had hoped.