I love when I try a place I have never even heard of and end up completely impressed. That is exactly what happened at Shanghai Garden #1. The vibe felt very local in the best way. It was packed with regulars and you could tell the staff genuinely knew people by name. That kind of energy always makes a restaurant feel special. The food delivered across the board. The panda baos with red bean were both cute and delicious. The cucumber salad was fresh, bright, and perfectly seasoned. The pork xiao long bao were juicy and flavorful with a great balance of broth and filling. And the egg custard buns were soft, lightly sweet, and a perfect way to end the meal. Everything we tried was solid and I am already planning a return visit to explore more of the menu. read more

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This place was great. Good tasty food and exceptional service. I would say the best Chinese we have found yet. Egg rolls with pork, cashew chicken with a variety of veggies and Kung Pao with just enough spice. Cocktails and full bar service. Nice enough for a date night read more

Shanghai Garden - Cashew Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Centennial, Colorado

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Last minute decision to eat out and find a Chinese restaurant. Hadn't been to Shanghai Garden for years. Greeted, seated, and 'watered' immediately. Ordered drinks but the only non-Asian beer wasn't available (keg issue). Apparently the barkeep didn't know how to change it out. My wife ordered Sweet & Sour Chicken and I ordered Orange Chicken. I also ordered the Hot & Sour Soup which turned out great. Plus it was a sizable cup! Her main was great but mine lacked a little zing even though there were plenty of dried peppers in it. Tasty with dried orange rinds in the sauce but no spice. Curious. The mild surprise came with the check. My wife ordered brown rice which came with a $2 up-charge. We'd checked their website and the average entree price was between $14.50 - $19.00. However, the menu price came in generally at $17 - $22. Someone needs to update their website!!! read more

Shanghai Garden - Orange Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Centennial, Colorado

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Truly authentic. Everything was prepared well and delicious. Ambiance was great as was the service. Definitely our " Go To" Chinese restaurant!! read more

We finally tried this place and loved it! The wontons and sesame chicken were fantastic, some of the best sesame chicken I have had in recent memory. The wontons were very good too. Plus, we loved the decor and the service was friendly and fun. read more

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Beef was boiled and tasteless. I ordered three extra vegetables for the orange chicken. I paid $6 for that. There was just a sprinkling of vegetables for $6! ?? I have never given Chinese/asian food ,etc.. a bad review because it's never bad. This was gross I didn't even finish my portion. Taste was bland and not good. read more

This restaurant serves Americanized Chinese cuisine. The atmosphere is pleasant, the service is friendly, and the food is served quickly. I was hoping for authentic Chinese cuisine on a 'hidden' menu, but it was not available at this location. read more

Shanghai Garden - Szechuan Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Centennial, Colorado

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Our whole family loved Shanghai Garden last night! The food was flavorful, fresh and beautifully prepared. We especially enjoyed the lemon chicken, Mongolian beef, egg drop soup, egg rolls, cucumber salad, and the Mapo tofu. There's a wide variety of options to choose from, and the portions are generous, making it great for sharing. Even our kids had a great time and loved the food, which is always a bonus! The staff is super sweet and welcoming, and the location off Arapahoe Rd. is convenient. Whether you're looking for a casual night out or a tasty takeout spot, this place delivers. read more

There is a reason this restaurant has been in business for 40 years! It's a neighborhood favorite and the staff is wonderful. We had great service and enjoyed chatting with our server. I am a big fan of appetizers so we had to try a variety and our favorite were the pan fried dumplings. The lettuce wraps and Mongolian beef were also very flavorful and made great Leftovers! read more

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They have the best spare ribs in Colorado. Always friendly, affordable and gracious service. Been coming here since 2001, since way back when they were in the old South Glen mall read more

First time visit. I'm originally from SF. Bay Area and Shanghai's hot and sour soup is as good as I've had in SF. We went for lunch and the portions are very generous. Everything we had tasted freshly prepared and hot. We will return. read more

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Traditional Chinese was very good; crab cheese wontons, sweet and sour soup, dumplings and orange chicken were great! Look forward to returning!! read more

Best Chinese place around. Been coming here for like 10 years. Amazing food, nice employees. We usually do takeout but the restaurant looks pretty good. read more

OK, new restaurant been here three times with my wife and food is great. Service is also good. They counted my food allergy and were very happy. People fairly priced flavor rich properly portioned. read more

If you're from California you will love Shanghai Garden. It's the closest taste I could find to what I'm used to. The egg rolls are big a crunchy, the noodles are a little smoky, and all their dishes have the best sauces. I used to come here a few years ago and the portions were really small and the price was really big. I think they have fixed that problem because we had plenty of food and two more meals to take home. The service is great, same owner as always and she is very pleasant. I didn't like the comfort of their booths, the back of the booth hits your back at a weird place and I was sitting straight up. Tables were great! I'll be getting the orange beef every visit! So good, sweet and a little spicy with a nice crunch. read more

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Gosh dam, you know what I dislike the most... soggy sesame chicken* and tofu. Each entree was too expensive to begin with, and the chicken did not taste right. I ordered takeout and it was disappointing. $71 for two entrees and an app. I will definitely thought the reviews served this place justice but was definitely served an inedible dish. Like the stuff that comes out of a dog can for real. read more

We went to this place had takeout! It is super expensive and the food is so bad. I cannot even tell you it is still in the refrigerator and I have two sons. Nobody is touching it feel like I totally. I called back and they said they would give me buy one get one free no thank you I will not be back. read more

The apps were good and so was the service but overall felt it was over priced Chinese food that was hyped to be really good when it wasn't.

We mostly order take out and everyone is always super nice and it's so cute inside we decided to have a family date night and dine in. The server and wait staff was so attentive and also very sweet to our children. The food was great. We're always really happy with the quality of the food. I usually order cashew chicken, but wanted something different and tried the udon noodles and really loved it. It had a good variety of veggies and just a little kick to it. Out of everything we've tried the only miss is the egg rolls. I love the wonton soup- they make it with thick shells which is what I grew up on and hard to find. read more

Very bad phone service. 14 min laying phone down so I can hear everything then hang up. AVOID AVOID read more

Decent American type Chinese food. Egg Foo is best I have had in CO. Ask for the Hot Mustard, they seem to forget? They close from 3-4 PM so keep that in mind. read more

For $20 Very large serving size of lemon chicken, yummy sauce and 2 small "trees" of broccoli. $2.00 extra for rice and $2.00 extra for tea. Good service and clean, but won't be returning. Too expensive:( read more

The orange chicken is fantastic with the fresh orange peal. The chow mein was a good complement to the tangy orange. Chinese new year is busy ! read more

Always great food and service. Sometimes I take food to go and other times I eat at the restaurant. I had had many good experiences both ways. Never have I been disappointed. I love the dumplings. read more

the best. so comforting. so friendly. in love. we go there constantly. Definitely try it. Especially their wonton soup. three dollars and delicious. Their cheese wontons are also the best. We love the people who work there and it is always so satisfying and lovely. read more

I give Shanghai Garden a one-star rating only because one-fifth-of-a-star isn't an option. I attempted to dine there just once - an out-of-town guest wanted Chinese on Christmas Eve - so I placed an online order and scheduled a pickup time of 5:45. I arrived at exactly the designated time but was told my order would be ready in a half hour... One hour and forty-five minutes later - it was now 7:30 - I was able to flag down a person to check the status of my order, and was informed that it would be another half hour! The same story was repeated by many patrons cramming the bar area and entryway, some of which reported a three-hour wait. I finally received a refund, but they wouldn't have refunded my online tip had I not caught it on the receipt. I would imagine the food at Shanghai Garden is good enough to attract so much business, but to be so spectacularly unprepared (sidebar: they also ran out of beef during my wait) on a holiday is inexcusable. Anyone choosing to dine at Shanghai Garden will simply be rewarding incompetence. read more

I absolutely love this place. The only place I'll eat Chinese. The service is great. The food is absolutely fabulous. Priced well!! Enjoy

Tucked into a partly-empty little strip mall, this place doesn't look like much on the outside - except for the giant plastic lions - but the inside is very nice. It seems to me this place has been here a while, but everything is spic-and-span and in great shape. Very comfortable booths (which are becoming a rarity). Now to the food. The egg rolls are EXCELLENT. One of my favorites west of the Mississippi and east of San Francisco. The pan-fried dumplings are also delicious. Everything else is standard Chinese-American fare. Tastes good, fills you up, but doesn't "wow". That said, we come here often enough. I have read bad comments about the owner, but she has never been anything less than kind to us. The waitstaff also treat us well. They don't take reservations, but they have a fair amount of seating and staff, so usually not a problem. read more

We just discovered this place although it's been there for many years. We almost didn't get there because I got lost. But we found it and we were very happy we did. The food was very good, perfectly prepared and very taste. We were seated very fast, received side plates and water quickly. Then given plenty of time to consider the options. So many choices and they all looked good. We ordered and were served without a long wait. The restaurant is clean and neat. The servers were clean and neat. On the way out I stopped to speak to a couple of ladies, who I assumed had been there before. I was correct. They were regulars. They told me everything was always great there at the Shanghai Garden. I'm convinced. We'll be back. I think we've discovered a very good Chinese restaurant. I highly recommend the Shanghai Garden restaurant. read more

We have eaten at Shanghai Garden for years and have always enjoyed it--until tonight, that is. There were five of us, so they seated us at one of the large tables. After we ordered and got our drinks, they told us we would have to move because a larger party needed our table. They put the five of us at a four-top, and we had to move everything ourselves. My husband made 3 trips between tables. Once there, we realized there wasn't room for the food, so we had to move again, this time to a booth with an extra chair. It was so crowded, we had to keep juggling things around. There definitely was not room for five of us in that booth. After we were half through two of our main dishes, they brought the lemon chicken. That is usually a favorite, but it was terrible tonight--dry and tough. We definitely should have been comped for something. Also, they should have moved the items between tables. $176.00 before tip--too expensive for Chinese food. read more

Since taking over a family business that was already successful, Dan and his team have done a terrific job of making everything even better! The food is great, customer service is wonderful and they are heavily involved in making every aspect of the place so much better. You will always find Dan there, smiling, greeting customers, taking phone orders as well as doing whatever needs to be done. He is a very hard working person. And now, they are open for lunch Fri. - Sun. Even better! Great place that got even better. Mr. Bob read more

Very good tasting dishes. They have a wide selection of Chinese specialties. The service was terrific.

The food is always amazing (best seasame chicken) and the service is wonderful too. It is great family owed business that has been in Centennial for years! read more

I have been going to Shanghai Garden for 25 since it was inside Southglenn Mall and the food was delicious. The quality has since declined significantly. Last night I ordered several items for pick up including beef and broccoli which was disgusting. The broccoli was overcooked and slimy, and the overall taste was old and off tasting like it was reheated from yesterday. I called the restaurant and the young lady said "the broccoli is in sauce, and maybe since you had a long ride home it got soggy." Umm...unlike bread, broccoli doesn't really get soggy from just sitting in sauce during a 10 minute drive unless it was over cooked and/or old to begin with. We called and the lady did refund the entree which was nice, but even so, will be patronizing a new restaurant and won't be returning. The ambiance is nice but we don't really enjoy it since I always take out. read more

Lovely people - so kind and helpful. Food 3.5 - people and hospitality 4.5. Enjoyed myself.

The bottom line is I wouldn't go out of my way to come back, but I would absolutely stop in if I was in the area. It was decently good Chinese food. The tea was hot and fresh. We have a suspicion the egg rolls were not house made, which is a bummer, because they were huge. The sesame shrimp were delicious with a sweet and tangy sauce. The chicken with garlic sauce had a umami flavor that I couldn't quite place, but was really yummy as well. Service was lacking. They brought our food and we didn't have any forks or napkins...so had to wait until we could get someone's attention. Oh, and be warned, the cheese puffs literally only have cream cheese, no crab and onions. read more

Shanghai Garden - Sesame shrimp and chicken with garlic sauce - Chinese Near Me - Centennial, Colorado

The food was great. The service was exceptional. The staff was attentive. I can't wait to return!

I question whether 1 star is deserved after the 2nd year in a row, my pre ordered Christmas eve family meal was not ready at the time I requested. Last year I had ordered it for pickup at 6:00 and it was finally ready at 7:30, 90 minutes late. Atleast they were handing out beers and giving away 20% coupons and making the best of a tough situation. I thought, lesson learned , improve next year. This year I received an email they had started an online ordering service, so I thought the restaurant had learned their lesson from their previous year's disaster, so give them another chance. I was wrong. I ordered my meal for pickup at 5:00. Again I was greeted with the long line of people standing around the bar just like last year with lot's of comments stating waiting over an hour for their pre ordered meal. At 6:30 after flagging down the previous owner who was there that evening to just be around but she jumped in to help her brother who took over the business, she told me my order was now being prepped but they had already run out of Mongolian beef which was one of the entrees I had ordered. Finally received my order at 7:30, 2 1/2 hours after the promised time, less one entree and not until I got home, less 1 order of egg rolls. There was free beer being given out like last year but no discount coupons. I was promised and did receive a credit of $22 for the not prepared entrée but in this case, I feel I should have been given a full refund. I know this restaurant has been in business for 40 years but it is obvious the current management has no idea how to run this restaurant during busy times. I will definitely avoid coming back, they are lot's of other chinese restaurants to choose from who make good on when the food is ready to be picked up. read more

Superb. Great food and service. Thank you. One of our favorites for Chinese food. Highly recommended.

Not the most authentic Chinese food, but delicious American Chinese favorites, very comfortable place to enjoy good food and talk. Disappointed a fancy dinner did not include soup or an egg roll, Very elegant dining room and skilled staff! read more