Food is excellent. Fast service and I've never been disappointed. Every time I order a take out, they always give me some freebies. Tonight, they gave youtiao, and it just made my night. My absolute favorite: egg yolk golden prawn. read more

Ordered to go for lunch, got in my car to have said lunch, and watched as the guy who literally just cooked my food, stand next to my car and chain smoke. Not sure if common sense isn't a regular thing here but maybe have your employees smoke in the alley BEHIND the restaurant and not right in front where your paying customers are. THANKS! read more

I am so sad that their quality of food has declined as it has. The beef is always so tough now, the pork can be very fatty and also tough, and dishes are inconsistent. I mean, it actually creeped me out a couple times how bad the meat was (like, what did that poor cow go through?). I really want to support my neighborhood businesses and I love the super hard-working owner and staff, but cutting costs by getting such bad meat will only cause you to lose customers! I almost never go back anymore. :( read more

Summary: giant portion, average taste. We got beef fried rice and Singapore noodles. Rice was rather dry, dull and boring, I wish it had more flavours. But it had a good amount of meat! Singapore noodles was a bit spicy and with good spices - no surprise there, just a good average Singapore one with prawns and pork. Service was fast, and the owner was nice and busy. Overall a decent place, and one meal is enough for two not very hungry people. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Beef fried rice, Singapore noodles - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

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Loved the food the waitperson and the really low prices. Hot and sour soup among the best but really hot. Lunch portions were enormous and well done read more

Best Shanghai Shengjianbao 生煎包 I ever tasted in my life! Tasty and authentic. Don't miss it. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Shanghai pan-fried buns - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

EXTREMELY RUDE STAFF I tried calling to make sure they had enough space for our party and they hung up on me the second i asked anything twice in a row read more

The food was quite good. It was not gourmet cuisine but solid and plenty of beef, shrimp or chicken depending on the dish. Sparing use of starch means the food is not swimming in glue. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Mongolian Beef, shrimp and veg, Kung Pao chicken and Mu Shu Pork. Can with hot and sour soup. - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

I don't know what the health score is for this place but it needs to be posted. I recently ordered their eggplant and tofu dish through Uber Eats and found a roach in the dish. I hardly write reviews but this was so disgusting that I had to say something. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Roach in eggplant and tofu dish - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

Chunky meats in their Wor Wonton Soup. Ordered to go and it was ready. After getting gas at the corner. Great dinner to go on a rainy day. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - C2. Sizzling lron Pan Eggplant - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

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their cucumber salad blew me away! the egg drop soup was incredible as well. I delivered my order and was beyond pleasantly surprised, even the soup was still very warm upon arrival read more

BF was pleased with his shrimp and vegetables and kung pao chicken. My mu shu pork was generous, although a little sweet. This Chinese restaurant is the real thing, fresh and delicious. Relatively reasonably priced for Marin takeout. Support this family place to help them thrive. read more

Really great food. Well prepared and presented. Singapore Noodles are great. Never a disappointment.

Mind blown. Incredibly delicious food and generous portions for very reasonable prices. New favorite chinese restaurant!

Great food, great service, averagely priced. The ambience isn't the best but if you want good Chinese food and are on the go, this is a good place to eat. read more

Never again. What an awful owner or whoever that is that works there. Walked in as I saw my order already on the counter. She thought I was a dasher and yelled at me to get out. I was so shocked I almost left the restaurant and my food lying there. The food was basic - way too much rice to fill the container. But wow was I shocked at her behavior. read more

We've been having great homemade chile and cornbread on these cold evenings, but when I looked at our leftovers there definitely were not enough for dinner. "What do you think", I asked my husband, "Shanghai Kitchen?" We both said "YES" at thesame time. My husband called in our order, three favorites; Mu Shu Pork, Singapore Style Noodles and Pork Buns (lots of filling !). My husband greeted our server with "Kung Hei Fat Choy", and when our order was handed to him, there on top was a container of warm Chinese donuts, a gift! We've enjoyed two dinners, with enough left for lunch today. We also love their Kung Pao Chicken, Wor Wonton Soup and Vegetable Delight. We are so glad these folks are almost neighbors! read more

Super Happy with the Boba here! Affordable and delicious. They don't knuckle and dime you with upgrades. Our kids love coming after school for their fav drink. The Taro tastes fresh and is yummy!! Thank You Shanghai for offering Boba this side of the 101 read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Boba Menu - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

unbelievable food!! isey, mgr, + husband chef are both incredibly, caring & honorable people!! food is fantastic , prices reasonable & affordable. "do not miss this place!!" che che isey!! read more

Terrible customer service, Rude lady work there , plus very nasty food i don't recommend read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - the front of the restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

What a disorganized place. They don't answer the phone, do you gave to go online to order, then when you arrive they ask how you ordered. Still waited for my order. Can't really address ambiance since they still don't have in restaurant seating. But food is as sub par. Never again read more

This review is not about the quality / taste of their food, but is specifically about their lunch specials. Bottom line: please either expect to go hungry or fill up on a massive quantity of rice when you choose to order their lunch special. Otherwise, order their dinner menu. Note: if you order through DoorDash during lunch time, you may be surprised to receive their lunch special even if you order the regular menu (it happened to us once). To the restaurant: please change this... this is a little too ridiculous even if it's a "lunch special"... 1/4 menu item and 3/4 rice...! I understand you included a side soup, but I don't even eat it (or said I wanted it or expected it). read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Mapo tofu - lunch special - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

So far so good. I enjoy their food. I mainly get the pork shumai, crab Rangoon's, and lemon chicken with chow mein. Sometimes it's takes a while depending on the day but the lady that works the counter is usually nice and friendly. She even recognizes me now. Overall I enjoy it! read more

This is honestly depressing so I'll get straight to the point. Fried rice was overcooked and gummy, the chow mein was decent but the noodles were over cooked as well. The orange chicken was so tough my 9 year old son couldn't eat it. The salt n pepper pork chops have an off spoiled taste and the chicken wings are soggy and unappetizing. There's giant slices of raw jalapeno, All this for the price of $60. This is literally the first time I haven't finished food that's come from you guys and I've ordered food from you for quite some time now. read more

Shang Hai Kitchen - Not cool - Chinese Near Me - Mill Valley, California

I did take out and they were quick! Also the portion sizes are great!! I was able to have some for lunch and dinner!

Been ordering food from here since they took over May Lee's. I like the owner, they work hard, the portion sizes are good, but I have to be honest. I was very happy with the food until a few months ago... Unfortunately the quality of all the food has declined significantly. It's very obvious they've cut corners to save on costs, like buying their meat from cheaper distributors. Much cheaper, I'm afraid. The beef has been totally inedible the last 3-4 times, fries or otherwise; very tough and lots of gristle. The fried chicken dishes also tough, chewy and VERY dry, calamari super tough as well. Any of the fried dishes are particularly bad (tough, hard and dry). Mind you, all these used to be quite decent. Preparation and ingredients of dishes are also very inconsistent; sometimes nearly passable, other times horrible and (like I said) inedible. It's such a shame because they were quite good before. Where is the pride in this? If you're going to increase your prices, don't decrease quality on your customers so blatantly as well. So disappointing. I look forward to and hope they figure out how to serve good food again soon. Until then, I'd simply hold off. read more

The food was very good and portions for dine in was surprisingly large. We stopped in to eat before our Muir Woods reservation. The location is clean and it's a hidden gem as we saw the cafe next door originally, but are glad we changed our mind and went here. The service was quick, but it was 3 in the afternoon. The lady was very pleasant and even gave us cut chilled oranges for dessert! Our party of 5 had to get to-go containers because there was a lot to bring home... even after we ate! We do many food adventures while traveling and we're impressed with this place. The veggies were crisp, sweet, and yummy. The spicy garlic chicken was my fave, but we also had the Mongolian beef, salt & pepper ribs, beef & broccoli, and shrimp with black bean sauce --- got the chow mein, fried rice, and white rice to go with. Recommend all of these dishes as they were delicious. The hot and sour soup was also very good. And the lunch special pricing can't be beat for the quantity of food served! We definitely don't have to make dinner later. Unfortunately we were hungry and didn't think to take pics of our food before eating. read more

We placed a large order for pick-up, trying a little bit of everything on the menu, and I was very unimpressed. Not only were the entrees mediocre at best, but they didn't even include rice. The dumplings and spring rolls were also just okay, and I'm not sure what was in the crab rangoons we ordered, but they were not crab rangoons. Save yourself the disappointment and order Chinese from somewhere else. read more

I get takeout from here sometimes and there is large variety of things that you can get on the menu. Today I got takeout from this place, and it still doesn't disappoint! Here is the following of what I ate for takeout here: -TOFU The Tofu here is so delicious, and I've had the best Tofu I've ever had here. It's so spicy, rich and delicious. I forgot which specific one I got, but if there is a specific name saying it's spicy or something like that then I am probably refering to that. -FRIED RICE The Fried Rice was so delicious, it had small amounts of vegetables and I almost ate all of it right away! It's crazy how a business like this doesn't have more attention. They deserve much more attention, and you should definitely try it out when you have some time! I didn't get any photos sadly, but maybe when I update this review I'll get one. TIPS: -Always order the tofu even if you don't want to, you won't regret it -Make sure to try a variety of foods from here, it will make your experience better! read more

Pretty depressing looking in side , still haven't figured out Covid is over and have the entrance blocked. Lunch is fairly expensive and food looked pretty oily. The new Vietnamese across the road is New friendly and quite few seats fresh food with plenty of vegetables And salad. Place needs some tlc. read more

They gave me food not fully cooked. We couldn't even enjoy our food. Terrible service.

Truth be told, this review leans more 3 1/2 stars than 4 stars. I ordered my meal from Shanghai Kitchen for Yelp's Big Night In. I got their Chicken Tomato Chow Mein and their Mongolian Beef. I was tempted to order their pot stickers (which I've had before), but I'm trying to avoid packing on any more Covid-19 lbs. If I'm not carefully, pretty soon I'll be walking around in a muumuu and/or expandable sweatpants. I've had food from Shanghai Kitchen before and it's always a stellar choice for Chinese takeout here in southern Marin. It's fast; it's affordable; the portions are generous. But I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed with my recent order. The chicken tomato chow mein was a little too sweet and greasy for my liking. There was certainly an abundance of tomatoes and noodles. It wasn't a bad dish. I just wish it had a little more spice or some kind of special flavorful oomph. The Mongolian Beef certainly had plenty of spice (half the dish was sliced onions), but the meat wasn't fully cooked. It definitely could've used an extra minute or two on the wok. So essentially, I was left with a giant heap of onions, spicy sauce, and uncooked, chewy meat. Like I said, I've eaten from here before and the food's been quite reliable. So I'm gonna give them a mulligan on this one. Next time, I'll avoid the beef and stick with chicken, and fried rice, and pot stickers, and some of their other staples. I'm just glad to see Shanghai Kitchen still in business and serving the community. I definitely want to see them survive and thrive! read more

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I tend to worry when there's no one in a restaurant at 7pm. But we decided to brave it anyway. There were several take-out orders while we were eating there so that's a good sign. I'm so glad we stuck around. The food was quite good. To start off, they bring you a basket of brightly-colored shrimp crackers. Take my advice and ask for a side of chili paste to dip them in. I first had that combination in Bali (albeit, with a true sambal) and I've always eaten them that way since. And no, sriracha isn't the same thing. The potstickers were wonderful. Crispy and browned well with a balanced soy-vinegar dipping sauce. I think I know good potstickers because I once drove 400 miles to eat some! And I'd count these as equals. That gingery goodness and the pork with soy-vinegar is just something that makes me happy. The veggie chow mein was tasty with that expected smokiness and a decent amount of vegetables (broccoli, carrots, bok choy, mushrooms, onions). It was a good serving size for three of us to share. And I took the advice of another reviewer and ordered orange beef. It was sweet and savory and not too strong on the orange flavor. I liked it pretty well at first and then I just found myself eating more and more of it and liking it more and more. I'm looking forward to coming back to try more dishes here. read more

This was the best stop we made today!!! This is a cute family owned restaurant, with the BEST food! Now, I've been ordering lemon chicken for pretty much my entire life so let me tell you, I know good lemon chicken when I've had it! This was hands down the best lemon chicken I've had in a long time! The rice was nice and sticky and my mother ordered the salt & pepper fish which was also heavenly! We loved the staff, they were so nice and attentive. They even brought us some super sweet watermelon after our dinner!! If I ever find myself in town again, I'll definitely be back for more!! read more

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Most authentic chinese food in all of marin. Everything on the menu is delicious and the family that runs it is hardworking and always hustling to keep orders coming. Unfortunately theres no inside seating, but maybe it seems everyone in marine does takeout for anything asian read more

I ordered sweet-and-sour chicken with no vegetables add pineapple. She did not do as I asked her. She also offered up sour soup. I asked if I could exchange this for egg drop soup and I would pay the difference she said no. I wanted to make sure she understood what I said her daughter was in the restaurant and spoke English. I asked her to translate again she said no. not sure why we received the poor customer service that we did. We also asked for fortune cookies and she did not give those to us. read more

I have had so many dishes delivered and they were all outstanding and generous portions ! I especially love their dim sum.

The sign on the street still says May Lee's, but it's been Shang Hai Kitchen for a while now. Menu is good sized with lots of variety. More importantly the quality of their food is great and their quantity is huge! I travel to China (not recently), where I do eat real Chinese food like chicken feet, eel and swan heads and it's all great. But ever since I was a kid my all-time favorite 'mercan Chinese food is Sweet & Sour Pork. Don't ask me why, I just love the stuff and they make it perfectly. A single order of this makes 3 meals for me! And if you like green beans you MUST order their Braised Green Beans. Bestest green beans I have EVER eaten! read more

Fourth and last time ordering from this place. I ordered chow mein for pick up at 130. I got caught in traffic and picked up at 3. I walk in and no one acknowledges me. No other customers are there at all. I give the lady my name. She literally gets my order almost throws it at me and says "long time!". No "thank you" nothing, screw this place. read more

We have ordered for years from this area favorite. My go to place for excellent Chinese food, reasonably priced. The restaurant is small, unassuming, mostly a takeout business with a few inside seats. Don't let that dissuade you. The food is always fresh and prepared to order, done quickly but properly. The sauces are nice, not thickened with too much cornstarch on the items I have ordered, though I dislike sweet and sweet and sour, so I am talking about the savory and/or spicy varieties. My newest favorite dish is the Fish Filet with Bok Choy, and I request it spicy. It's light, flavorful and absolutely delicious. The fried rices are lovely, fluffy not greasy. The Wonton soup is flavorful and I love that the wontons are packed in a separate container from the broth so they don't get soggy. The portions are generous and the staff is very pleasant, efficient and accommodating of special requests. Recently I came in right before closing, twice, with out of town guests and they were happy to prepare several dishes for us. I so appreciated that. read more