IShanghai is like playing a game of "I Spy." "I spy a delicious soup dumpling" Ishanghai delivers a solid Shanghainese experience. Now there are some standout dishes that absolutely shine. Here's my top 3. * The Soup Dumplings. These are worth the visit alone. The skin is thin and light, offering just enough structure to hold in the deeply savory and satisfying broth and filling. * The Dry noodles. The noodle dishes are well prepared and I have a clear preference here. Opt for the dry noodle variations. Unfortunately, the soupy noodle dishes fell a bit flat as the broth, while perhaps visually appealing, was surprisingly tasteless and lacked depth of flavor, IMHO of course. So Stick to the dry versions. * The Thick-Cut Pork Belly. Wow! The meat is cooked to tender perfection. The fat renders beautifully, creating a melt-in-your-mouth texture, while the meat remains succulent. The saltiness is not overly salty, but seasoned deeply enough to enhance the rich pork flavor without overwhelming it. This dish is a masterclass in balance and indulgence. Ishanghai offers delicious, authentic Shanghainese cuisine with some truly exceptional items on the menu. Some notable must haves are the scallion pancakes with beef, pork chive dumplings, crispy pork chops and shredded pork with rice cakes. Don't forget to order from the $5 daily dim sum specials (Dine in only) offered between 11-2:30pm. A great Shanghainese restaurant in the Bayside Hills area that is worth the trip! read more

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I was there around 6pm on Thursday (Juneteenth). We are the only table there. Thats not a good sign. My wife was sick and tired of our usual place, ( You Garden). After this experience, she can't wait to go back after experiencing this place. We ordered the dinner set. After tip, it is $100. It came with soup, appetizer (fried dumpling), beef with onions, 3 cup chicken, braised pork belly. The food isn't that impressive. Dumpling skin were hard rock. Soup smelled gamy. Beef with onion, I thought i ordered beef with scallion. I actually like the cup of chicken, and the braised pork belly. The braised pork belly were soft and tasty. One thing that put me off is that there were small flies keep hovering my food. I spent the whole dinner trying to swat the flies. read more

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Keepin it real out here in Bayside Got takeout only, love to dine in one day, but fairly solid dumplings, extremely saucy so can be pretty "filling". Would try it again next time read more

IShanghai - Shanghainese Near Me - Queens, New York

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We went for dinner on a Saturday and it was not busy. Simple decor inside and service was okay. Good family combo dinner deal but mediocre food. The 4 of us got the Shanghainese Drunken Chicken, Crabmeat With Pork Soup Dumplings, Fish Head with Tofu Soup, Shredded Baby Bamboo With Pork, Chicken With Basil Casserole, and Braised Pork on the combo. We also added an order of Mapo Tofu, and Shanghainese Salted Cabbage With Pork Rice Cakes. Everything was okay, nothing really standout. The Rice Cake was bland and the soup was salty. read more

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Excellent place for scallion pancakes, Pan fried soup dumplings, crispy pork, and other Shanghai dishes. Ratings below. Scallion Pancake With Beef Brisket Rating 9/10 Crispy scallion pancake Soft savory beef Shanghainese Panfried Pork Soup Dumplings Rating 9/10 Lots of soup filling! Thin fried skin Crispy Garlic Ribs Rating 9/10 Super crispy Good value Shredded Pork & Sautéed Udon Rating 8/10 Very filling thick noodle with chunks of pork Wonton In Chili Oil Rating 8/10 Flavorful spicy peanut sauce wontons Szchuan Style Ox Brisket And Tripe Marinated In Chili Rating 8/10 Multiple cuts of brisket and triple You can definitely taste the szechuan pepper. Medium spicy. Shanghai Style Spongy Gluten Rating 8/10 Sweet, soft, cold appetizer with wood ear. Vegetarian Duck Rating 8/10 Thin rolls of mushrooms and super thin tofu skin Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings Rating 7/10 Very sweet dumplings with strong pork flavor. Shanghainese Mini Wonton Soup Rating 7/10 Bite sized wontons in clear broth. Salt flavor. read more

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The place itself is pretty nice and comfortable. The food is pretty good and the $5 menu from 11-2:30pm is pretty decent. Unfortunately the waitress was not friendly and seem to be rushing us to leave at noon time. Definitely a good spot if they improve the service and attitude. read more

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Cuisine: 7 Service: 7 Decor: 7 Value: 8 Overall: 7 I was in Bayside on August 8th for a work meeting and found this new restaurant by accident because it's two doors down from my original target place, Nan Bei Ho. I walked in and found David, owner of three other Shanghainese restaurants (The Bund in Forest Hills, Bund Dumpling House in Astoria, Shanghai Time in Manhattan) at the helm, who I am familiar with. This is his fifth restaurant, after selling Shanghai Eats in Flushing two years ago. Clearly he'a doing something right. Yesterday was his first day of soft opening. I happened to be his first customer even though I originally wanted Taiwanese food. With this restaurant, he is introducing a new concept that's very popular in China - 私房菜. Literal translation is "Food Cooked in Private Kitchen". What it really means is that dinner will be reservation only and preordered. That will allow the chef to buy the freshest ingredients and make whatever you want on the night of your visit. For example, they can do a live 5-6 lb Carp Three Ways, utilizing the head for soup, body for braising, and tail portion fried. Also, instead of frozen eel that many restaurants use, they can serve live eel instead. As long as you know what Shanghainese dish you like, you can order it. I'm pretty excited to give that a try and more than happy to setup an event if anyone is interested. As for my meal that day, I had a bowl of Mini Wonton Soup, which was such a good comfort food. Then an order of David's signature item, Pan Fried Pork Soup Dumplings. The ones at Pan Bao 66 in New World Mall food court certainly is amazing, but don't sleep on these. Check out the amount of broth in a single soup dumpling from my pic. Lastly, David brought me a few Nutella & Banana Dumplings (off menu) to taste. The filling was not bad, but I gave him some critique on the skin. For dinner, I also brought home some cold appetizers - Shanghainese style Spongy Gluten and Drunken Chicken. Both were decent, but I had better in NYC. I certainly plan to come back for dinner. Hopefully, they can make some of the dishes from my childhood growing up in Shanghai that is hard to find, or not available at all in the US. Regardless if they can or not, I'm glad I have an option for the freshest Shanghainese food possible. read more

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I was excited to stop by iShanghai during the 2nd week of their soft opening since I read good things about the owner's other restaurants. The restaurant was packed when we arrived around 1pm on a Sunday. The restaurant had about 10 tables, 2 of which were for bigger parties. Most of the diners seemed to have finished their food and were waiting around for their checks. The 3 waiters were mostly occupied in the kitchen and not available for service. It took about 15 minutes or so for them to provide checks, clean up the tables and seat the new wave of customers. I noticed that we were the 2nd party to sit but the waiters tried to take our order last. We ordered the Shanghainese pan fried pork soup dumplings ($1 per bun promotion), steamed pork soup dumplings, and the Shanghai style pork chop over rice cake. The steamed soup dumplings came out first and at first glance the sizing and thickness was inconsistent for each soup dumpling. It was apparent that the non translucent buns were thicker and doughier. The taste of the filling was very subtle and not as flavorful as I would have liked. The pork chop over rice cake was not what we were expecting. The rice cakes were fried and crispy, but were a bit too dense and hard to eat. I was hoping the thick brown sauce to be on the sweet side but it was very salty. The pork chop was crispy but nothing to write home about. Lastly, the pan fried soup dumpling were certainly very crispy and juicy, but it was just too doughy. I prefer the ones in New world mall better and for a better value too. I really wanted to like iShanghai but they didn't deliver on service or food for their soft opening. I don't think I will be returning but I hope that they do better in the future. read more

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My in laws heard a new soup dumpling opened so we decided to check it out. The place is on the smaller end with about 2 round tables for 6-8 people and maybe about 6-8 4 tops. We came here on two separate occasions and both time, we didn't have to wait too long for a table. I was pleasantly surprised by the pork and pork/crab soup dumplings. The skin was thin and it was packed with flavor. The mala soup dumpling seems to more fragile. They were popped upon arrival. It was not too spicy and still kept the mala flavor. The service was friendly and attentive. The mala soup dumplings were undercooked and they immediately gave us a new batch plus heated up the original batch for us. The con is the portions were small but it allowed us to try more dishes. I would come back! read more

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New Shanghai restaurant opened in Bayside. I was very excited to go there for lunch during their soft open. Everything was delicious! I thought their shredded beef with hot peppers over noodle soup , which happens to be one of my favorite dishes, was excellent and very flavorful. The xiao long baos were also very tasty! We also ordered their pan fried pork soup dumplings to go. The restaurant felt spacious and tables were not crowded or top of each other. It was busy during Saturday lunch but the wait for a table was not long and the noise level was not bad. Their prices are reasonable and service was attentive. My compliments to the Chef - I will be coming back to try other dishes on the menu. read more

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Low key place with AMAZING pan fried SOUPY buns... dough is thin like a dumpling, pan fried upside down so the pinched bottom is golden and crunchy, the pork filling is substantial and fresh, and the delicious soup makes each bun a perfect bundle of happiness. This bun tastes like good fortune. This is one you write home about. read more

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I'm half Shanghainese and very excited to have this restaurant open up near me. Their shredded pork with udon was very tasty. Pork buns were juicy! Scallion pancakes were too oily but the bamboo shoot with pork and egg over rice lunch special was very good. Will definitely order from here again and try other items! read more

IShanghai - Lunch specials, pan fried pork buns and scallion pancake - Shanghainese Near Me - Queens, New York

Best soup dumplings in the bayside/Douglaston area that I've tried so far! Very juicy pan fried buns too, and the amazing thing is they remain juicy even after getting delivered. Really rare to find that for soup dumplings. I didn't really care for their udon but I'm just happy to find a decent soup dumpling place nearby because Nan Xiang is too far away from where I am. read more

Order for pick up but the store was closed and no one picked up the phone. Lost money on this order.

The meal did what food should do without extras. The date-night atmosphere includes excellent service. I mean it, the staff is excellent, especially kind, educated about their products and instantly make you feel included. I've tried many but this ranks highest. I want to come back and taste what else they offer. read more

4.5 stars. We went on their second day of shoft opening and the place was practically empty. We ordered Shanghainese Pan Fried Pork Soup Dumplings ($4), Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings ($7), Shanghainese Mini Wontons Soup ($9), Pork and Chives Potstickers ($9). I was not so impressed with the soup dumplings and much prefer the ones at Nan Xiang but I really loved their mini wonton soup and pan fried soup dumplings. The mini wontons had the thinnest most translucent skin. It felt so silky slurping it down. The broth was clean but so tasty. I just really loved it. And the pan fried soup dumplings had so much broth. The bottoms were nice and crispy. This might be my favorite pan fried soup dumplings I've gotten in a while. We ended up getting two more orders of this when we were. Just for these two items, I Shanghai is now in my rotation of restaurants and will recommend it to friends and family. read more

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Food is not so bad. But not making sense when they ask for cash and still charges tax for that. And 3% more fore credit card.

I'm always looking for soup dumplings in NY and I think I found my new go to! The soup dumplings were good. Soup is a bit on the sweet side but I was completely happy with the flavor profile. Got the fried dumplings as well and my mom enjoyed it very much. Shanghai small wonton was decent. I can think of maybe one place better but this one is a lot more convenient compare to heart of flushing. Over all a solid 4. I will be back soon. read more

This restaurant is probably the best authentic Shanghai style restaurant in Queens, the food came well prepared and not loaded with cheap sauces and MSG, I especially love their vegetarian dumplings and sweet sticky rice dessert, the only issue I have is about the portion size, most of the items I had so far are kind of small, but I rather have good quality food instead of huge portion of tasteless food read more

Had dinner here last week. Had tofu gluten, spicy beef and tripes, cold fish dish as appertizers. They did not taste very good. Soup dumplings and crab meat soup dumplings was ok but nothing special. We believe the pork used for shanghai noodles were not the freshest. Service was ok but it takes a few tries for waitress to understand what have asked for during the dinner. Spacing in the restaurant is nice and comfortable. read more

Highly recommend their delicious soup dumplings and pan-fried dumplings. Service was quick and ambiance was nice.