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    New Shanghai Restaurant

    3.8 (508 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Soup, Noodles
    Closed 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Happy hour specials
    Dogs allowed

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    Alan S.

    Located in a strip mall off Lake Forest Boulevard, New Shanghai Restaurant is described as a "warm, relaxed eatery...featuring ample Chinese classics." We visited for dinner on a Sunday evening and when we first arrived after 7pm, we were the only customers in the entire restaurant. However it was apparent New Shanghai is the local Chinese food spot because several parties arrived after and there were numerous takeout orders during our visit. Their menu is fairly extensive, but I wouldn't describe the Chinese cooking style as especially traditional. In fact the target audience appears to be primarily for Americans. We started with the Sizzling Rice Soup (not pictured) followed by the Shredded Pork in Garlic Sauce, Mapo Tofu, House Special Chow Mein and Mu Shu Pork. Everything was good but not great. In all my years, I've never had Mu Shu Pork that was already wrapped. Some dishes were too sweet and others too salty. Regardless, it's good to see that New Shanghai Restaurant seems to have consistent business, and I wish them all the best!

    Vegetable Chow Mein and Tofu
    Jasmine O.

    Decided to come here last night. It had been a while and was pleased with the newish layout of the dinning area. The server was attentive and nice. As for the food, was not surprised the food is okay. Nothing to rave about it is a bit bland but for the price it's good. Won't be coming here anytime soon but maybe next year .

    Gavin S.

    Been eating here for 10 years food is always been very constant and good. Always has good cuts of meats. Family owned come check it out

    Mushroom ChickenMushroom
    Tiffany C.

    Got this place for takeout using Foodja vendor for in office lunch. The mushroom chicken combo is just average with only a few pieces of snow peas and mushrooms. Chicken is also dry and not velveted like the usual Chinese stir fry dishes. I would stick with Panda Express if I wanted takeout Chinese food.

    Awesome place. Huge menu. Service is one on one amazing! As soon as I walked in they had a beautiful aquarium, came before the lunch rush and has great seating. Food: we started with a eye-drop soup Orange peel chicken Pan fried noodles White rice Drinks : water & a mango smoothie Total price : affordable !

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    Ramsey H.

    Very disappointed. Ordered 2 Entrees to go. Vegetable Chow Mein and Orange Peel Chicken. I rate the Chow Mein a 4 out of 10 and the Orange Peel Chicken a 2. Very few vegetables and the noodles are not good and flavor is meh. The chicken is fine but the sauce is not good. Overall, the food is not good and the flavors are wrong. I will not be ordering again.

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    Simon K.

    Best Egg Foo Young in Orange County! It's impossible to find Egg Foo Young anywhere and they do a great job making it. If you order the House style, it comes with a generous pile of a variety of vegetables and meats with a nice rich gravy throughout. Comfort food at it's finest! I like all of the meats equally. I like it how they have a complimentary array of sauces at the table including sweet and sour sauce. You start with a complimentary bowl of crispy noodles that I like to dip in sweet and sour sauce. The egg rolls are rather small with not much inside, but they have a good flavor. The egg flower soup is good. The fried rice has a nice smokey char to it and great flavor. Warning it comes with bean sprouts mixed in, but I love them. You can upgrade your complimentary white rice to fried rice for a small charge. The ambience is unfortunately lacking. The exterior is unassuming and the inside is very basic. Old pictures online show nice tablecloths, but that is no longer the case. Also there is no music playing and it is unnervingly quiet like a library inside.

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    Chris G.

    I dislike giving low reviews. We're all struggling. And I can't imagine what it must be like to run a restaurant nowadays. To be honest, I wanted some takeout at 8:00pm on a Sunday evening, and I'm at a Hilton hotel. But, there were a few spots that were open and I had a hankering for some general t's or orange chicken. The picture below with the blue "G" (for google) is the picture I saw on google for the orange chicken. Looked abundant, looked dank for late night.. good enough for me. The next picture is what I got in my small takeout box. For $18 (chicken and side of rice) I realize that my expectations were higher than I thought. Don't let the sesame seeds and flash of the camera fool you-- they aren't very appetizing to look at . Quite room temperature, underwhelming in volume, slimey and smooth, and the sauce was already solidifying on the bottom I thought there would be at least some veggies, like a broccoli or two, but uh I suppose not. (Completely my own assumption, I realize). The rice was just some basic brown rice that was also quite underwhelming and room temp, clumpy. From walking in and no one being present, to what I received for the plate compared to apparent in-house plates, and how everything is prepared: it seemed all a rushed operation. Seems like things were made quickly, sitting, not much attention. I think one star would be if it was uneatable and I returned it-- which would have to be real bad. I'd say pass this. Maybe it was a fluke? Idk. Maybe the in person experience is better. It seemed setup for quick pickup and not a welcomed restaurant ‍

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    Dave L.

    Tucked away in a strip mall up near Saddleback mountain, is New Shanghai. It's old school Chinese. It's the place you remember as a child when your folks told you, to your delight, we are going out for Chinese food. It's a perfect place to get take out and eat out of the box like in the movies. As far as decor, it's simple. It's ordinary. It looks like they might have remodeled fifteen years ago. We sat in the older part of the restaurant that looked unkept. It needed some help, some paint, and some love. The menu is extensive. The choices are just like I remember as a kid. The portions and prices are reasonable. My favorite is the crunchy egg noodles and the egg flower soup they serve to everyone. Just like I remember as a kid. The food was good. Their shrimp dishes were good. This kind of Chinese food is wonderful to me, but the real question is: does it appeal to younger people? Places like Din Tai Fung or SUP have lines out the door everyday? May I suggest doing some traveling to other successful Asian restaurants in OC and then revamp the menu to include other more modern dishes. All restaurants need to adapt to the changes around them to survive. I recommend this place as Old School Chinese.

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    Tony J.

    I've always thought that they had the best orange chicken in the area. My other regular restaurant, the manager retired. So here I am because I know the food is good here! A bit more expensive, than my regular place, but better quality. Definitely going to come back. I took a picture of the decor, this place is a solid stable sit down Chinese restaurant. (I wrote this thinking that the meal was gonna be good until I got home, and it was very different than two years ago! Unfortunately.) Took the to go order home, Opened the first Styrofoam, and saw Black shiny hair in it, removed it with a tissue, try to ignore it. Open up the second, and there's another one. UGG

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    Great small family business with good prices. Super quick pickup too...will definitely go back

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    My daughter and I thought the food was delicious and the staff was lovely. We will be back.

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    I always get "to go" orders. Food is always fresh, delicious, and very nice portion size.

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    Great food at good prices. Never had a dish I don't like. The soup was good along with the mushi.

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    I was trying to find any Shanghainese dish, however, other than the Americanized menu, I found nothing fits the name of the restaurant.

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    What kind of sauce is on the Buddha's Feast? Is there any oyster sauce, fish sauce or chicken stock? Looking for a vegetarian dish.

    It is soy sauce, vinegar, and little bit of sugar. We can also substitute it with a gluten free sauce. Just let us know.

    Will you be open Christmas day?

    Hi Steve, Yes, we are open.

    Is there a lot of MSG in their soups?

    We don’t use MSG in any of our foods.

    Is this place open for sit down?

    No. Taking orders over the phone or at their front door. Take out only as of 2.17.21 Highly recommended though. Suggest supporting the family run place in these rough times

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    Hot Dumplings - Beef noodle soup

    Hot Dumplings

    4.3(140 reviews)
    2.3 mi
    $$

    Overview: Friendly staff - very attentive…read more Yummy food Two people ate for 70 dollars +tax and tip, but we had very big appetites. We got five dumpling dishes and the sesame balls The serving sizes were good for the price, and all the regular dumplings we had were delicious and juicy. The pork and chive dumplings were my personal favorite, but a one or two of them were very heavy on the chives. I loved it. My partner really enjoyed the beef and onion dumplings The juicy pork dumplings were amazing! I saved them till the end. Usually, steamed buns are my favorite dish at dumpling places, but the ones here weren't very fluffy. They were more starchy. The filling was very similar to the filling in the pork dumplings.

    Eight of pickleball friends decide to have lunch together. The local friends recommend Hot…read moreDumplings which specializes in buns and dumplings. The service is just okay. One person handles everything, it can be very frustrating to wait. The vibe is bright, modern, and clean restaurant. We went family style, so each of us share all the dishes. We have flavored beef noodle soup - better than average. It's flavorful and good noodles. Pan fried pork bun, both bun and meat inside tastes good. Fried beef noodles, good flavors and noodles. Combo fried rice - pretty good. Fish fillet with pickled cabbage & chili - solid standard soup. Spicy beef short rib - tasty. The highlights are specialty local Chinese dishes like dry fried lotus roots! Sichuan chicken with chili oil ; both are super yummy!! This is a Chinese restaurant, and not a fast food. So the check can add up quickly. Good for ordering regional authentic Chinese dishes.

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    25 - pan fried shrimp and pork dumplings

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    Sunny Dumpling House

    4.2(870 reviews)
    3.7 mi
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    My friend recommended this place and said it was better than Din Tai Fung. I have to admit, I was…read morepleasantly surprised. First off, there was a lot of parking in this hidden strip mall. When we got there, there was a little bit of a wait, about 10 minutes. The menu was digital and we were able to order from the table from our phone. The service was good, the restaurant was clean and had quite a few tables there. The bathroom was located upstairs, the key was by the register at the front. The scallion pancake was good but I've had better. The dan dan noodles were really tasty, it was like a mix of spicy noodles with peanut noodles and I'm definitely down for that. The XLB was juicy and oh so delicious. The spicy wontons were fresh tasting. The beef rice cake was great but I wish it had a little kick to it. I was a little surprised that it had an assortment of proteins in it.

    Hidden gem for sure. Got recommended by a co-worker and it was definitely worth checking out. It's…read morea cute little spot tucked into the plaza with cozy vibes. We had just gotten back from China and were craving Chinese food, so this totally hit the spot haha. We ordered the beef stew soup noodles, fried pan pork dumplings, and string beans and everything was delicious! One thing we liked was how they had QR code ordering and easy mobile payment. It reminded us of being back in China with how convenient everything was. The prices were also more affordable compared to places like Din Tai Fung. Overall, a solid spot with good food & easy ordering. 100% would come back again.

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    QJ Kitchen

    4.7(191 reviews)
    4.0 mi
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    QJ Kitchen has the best mapo tofu that I've had so far in OC! You know this Sichuan restaurant is…read morelegit because they have frogs and rabbit on the menu. Since my tastes aren't quite as adventurous, we ordered the Sichuan sweet and spicy chicken and the mapo tofu. I wasn't sure what to expect from the chicken dish, but it reminded me of a chicken in garlic sauce. The portion was very generous. full of meat, and not very spicy at all. Likewise, the mapo tofu wasn't that spicy but it had a lot of Sichuan peppercorns, which provided that mouth-numbing feel. The serving was large enough that we had leftovers (and the chicken dish, too). Maybe because my husband is not Chinese, they toned down the spice level - which is funny because I'm the one that can't handle spicy. The restaurant is nice and modern. They have QR codes for the menu, but they also have physical copies as well. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the menu was much larger than the menu pics I had seen uploaded on Yelp (I added a bunch of new ones). Service was fine (though they were arguing over whose fault it was that a customer was ignored, which gave it that authentic feel). Plenty of parking in the lot.

    As of 5/19/2026, Google Maps shows Thanh Binh, a Biryani restaurant, and QJ Kitchen depending on…read morehow close you view the building in the street view. I am not from the area and wanted to go to this restaurant on Thursday. I wanted to see where it was and confirm it exists since Google Maps got it wrong. There is a heavy language barrier if you do not speak Chinese (which I do not). The host / waiter was barely able to confirm the address which was a match to this page. I plan on attending and will update my rating if I go or delete it if my guest does not like Sichuan food and I don't get to go. She might also had trouble hearing me.

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    QJ Kitchen - Stir - Fried Spicy Chicken QJ Mapo Tofu

    Stir - Fried Spicy Chicken QJ Mapo Tofu

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    Shanghai Haus - Mongolian Beef

    Shanghai Haus

    3.8(63 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    Shanghai Haus is hands down the best Chinese food I've had in a long time. Every dish tasted fresh,…read morecomforting, and full of flavor. I ordered the broccoli beef, orange peel chicken, and the Shanghai red braised pork belly, and honestly there wasn't a single miss. The broccoli beef was tender and perfectly sauced, not greasy at all. The orange peel chicken had the right balance of sweet and citrusy with a little kick, and the pork belly was the star. So rich, melt in your mouth, and packed with deep savory flavor. All of the entrees come with rice, which makes it even better for sharing or leftovers. I also ordered their house made soup dumplings and they were incredible. Thin skins, juicy inside, and full of flavor without needing much extra sauce. You can tell this is a place that knows what they're doing. The food speaks for itself and I'll absolutely be coming back to try more dishes. Highly recommend if you're looking for quality Chinese food in the area. I loved how it was so clean inside and the staff was so helpful when giving me suggestions from the menu! Options like americanized chinese and authentic dishes filled the menu!

    Pros: Nice decor and looks inviting…read more Cons: Very slow service. Servers weren't attentive. The food was mediocre. It reminded me of cafeteria food. It was edible but not much flavor. Maybe other dishes are better? But I won't be back to find out.

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    Mimi Garden - Kurobuta Pork & Soup Xiao Long Bao(8 Pcs)

    Mimi Garden

    4.6(357 reviews)
    4.0 mi
    $$

    I can honestly say this is one of the best local Chinese restaurants in the area. From the moment…read moreyou walk in, you're welcomed with warm hospitality and a comfortable, inviting atmosphere. It feels like a true neighborhood gem. The food is consistently outstanding. Every dish is fresh, flavorful, and clearly made with care. The portions are generous without sacrificing quality. Whether it's their perfectly seasoned fried rice, tender and juicy orange chicken, crispy walnut shrimp, or comforting hot and sour soup, everything tastes authentic and well-balanced--not overly greasy or overly sweet like some places.

    We ordered through DoorDash, and unfortunately the app/system was a bit buggy. There was supposed…read moreto be a BOGO deal that did not apply correctly, but we were too frustrated to call and change the order. Since that issue was more platform-related than food-related, I did not factor it into my rating. The best items were definitely the beans and the Kurobuta pork soup xiao long bao. The crab xiao long bao also tasted good, but several dumplings in the box had broken open during delivery, so all the soup leaked out (see photo). The beef rolls were decent, though the sauce leaned a little too sweet for my taste. The scallion pancakes were flavorful but slightly greasy. Overall, for the price and taste, I would still give it a solid 4/5.

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    Nice restaurant ambience

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    Garlic String Beans

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