The decor at Shanghai Inn takes me back to my childhood in the '60's which is kind of comforting. We've been coming here regularly for 6 years. It's the only place I enjoy eggrolls. They taste homemade. Crab Rangoons are crispy and satisfying. I've considered ordering other items but the orange chicken, chicken lo mein and the pineapple chicken fried rice are just irresistible. read more

After reading reviews I decided to see what they had. I entered a small cozy place that was encouraging. I wanted to like this place. I really tried. The egg drop soup was delicious. We were met by a friendly and patient waitress/owner. I ordered the beef tomato and peppers; spicy. The meal came with egg roll and fried rice. The tomatoes were delicious and I wanted more. The sauce was so salty, no spice and the a fried rice just seemed old and lacking any flavor. The egg roll was limp, not crispy and again lacking any flavor. I don't know how they had such high marks. I didn't see many positives. read more

Shanghai Inn - Beef Tomato and Pepper - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I appreciate their lunch menu, but for being a large sit down restaurant, I would prefer most take-out spots. The flavoring tastes packaged and lackluster. The fried foods are good, but not the main thing I'm looking for when I go to a Chinese restaurant. The spicy mustard at the table helped improved most bites though. read more

Shanghai Inn - Crab Rangoon (6) - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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We ordered take out and it was ready right on time. I'll have to try dinning in and update my review once I do. We ordered the Crab Rangoon (per google recommend) and they were so good. We ordered Sesame Chicken, Mongolian Chicken, and some Egg Rolls everything tasted really good. I will sub Spring Rolls for the Egg Rolls next time as they weren't really my fav. I'm so happy to find a good Chinese take-out close to home. read more

My go-to chinese restaurant. The food is absolutely fabulous; I can guarantee you that you will eat the most flavorful homemade potstickers here. Service is very fast, everyone is so kind, and the prices are great for the generous portions. HIGHLY recommend Shanghai Inn! read more

if your craving Chinese food. This is the place, fast service, friendly environment, not to greasy, take out or dine in you will leave satisfied. read more

My husband and I have been trying to find a go-to Chinese restaurant in our neighborhood for a while and we finally found it in Shanghai Inn!! The Crab Rangoon, Potsticker/Dumpling, Orange Chicken, and Chow Mein were excellent. Loved that dumpling were the thicker kind and came with a great sauce. We orders online and went to pick up. Everything was on time and tasted delicious. We'll be back for sure! read more

I ordered from here this Christmas eve and last, since Chinese food is my traditional meal! Overall, the food is pretty good. They win over some other places because I love egg fu young. Everything was ready and waiting, and piping hot, at the appointed pick up time. They were busy fielding calls, pickups, and dine-in, but got to me very quickly. The veg egg foo young is exactly what you expect and very tasty. The small is 2 patties. The yu shin vegetable was new to me this year, and will be added to the order going forward. It was medium spicy and flavorful, with all the veggies I'd hoped for (broccoli, peapods, baby corn, mushrooms, red and green pepper, and water chestnuts). The tofu curry was a little underwhelming. It could have used a little oomph. The only disappointment was the vegetable fried rice, which had a ton of broccoli and a couple bits of green pepper and... that was it. Not a morsel of onion or a bit of baby corn, and no egg! I threw it in a pan and cooked in an egg, but it was not as good as what I'd had before. Overall, good and will still be my go-to for Chinese food. read more

Dined at Shanghai inn for the first time last night! The dinner portions are SO big and delicious! Shared crab rangoons, egg rolls, Cantonese chow mein, and garlic chicken with my friend. About $40 for all 4 items which is a steal! It was so tasty and we both had lots to take home. Would highly recommend everything I ordered, but could pass on the egg rolls next time. Was too busy eating didn't take pics of everything. Service was friendly and quick. Ambiance is old school booth seating and cozy. Also want to mention the hot tea was so good and didn't just taste like hot water. Food came out quickly! Will definitely be back! read more

Shanghai Inn - Crab rangoons - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

They use peanut oil for everything so if you have an allergy this is not the place to go.

Shanghai inn really is a blast from the past. The quality was really good. The best dish was the shrimp fried rice! I would highly recommend that dish! The waiter was always checking in which was great! The ambiance was like the 90's and how family style places were like. I will highly recommend Shanghai inn! read more

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Eating in person was so fun. Food is excellent. So fresh and huge portions. Great pricing.

I have walked past Shanghai Inn quite a few times and my friend and I decided to give it a try. We ordered takeout online and were impressed by the fair prices and variety on the menu. We decided to pick up our order since the restaurant is close. We also noticed there was plenty of paid street parking available if you are driving. There was not a long wait time between placing our order and picking it up. The staff were also very friendly when we got our food. It was ready when promised! The restaurant seemed clean and welcoming if you were dining in. One impressive thing about this food is that it stayed HOT (temperature, not spice!) in these takeout boxes. Almost 45 minutes later the food in the middle of the containers was still very warm. As for the taste, it was pretty good except for the vegetable egg rolls. The egg rolls were lackluster and the slaw looked like it had seen better days. Overall, we thought the food could have had more flavor. I will definitely keep Shanghai Inn in my rotation of local Chinese food! read more

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Great food at a great price. Courteous staff every time I've been in. Very accommodating of dietary restrictions!

Cozy gem from yester-years of eat-in Chinese dining! Portions are huge, flavors are delish, it's so affordable and the service is always so kind and cheerful. We stumbled in here on a cold winter's night thinking we would order takeout to-go, but the red leather booths beckoned and we quickly learned our lesson! Apparently it's been around since the '60s, and for good reason. If you want a low-key date night and mouth-watering Chinese, highly recommend. read more

Can you experience nostalgia in a place you've never been to before? Shanghai Inn definitely hit me hard with that. Google says it opened in 1960, and while I can't find any other evidence of that, I can believe it. I absolutely love authentic Chinese food, from hot pot to dim sum to mouth numbing Szechuan. But we didn't have that out in the burbs where I grew up - we had paper placemats with the Chinese Zodiac, almond cookies and cheap Chinese buffets (which was definitely a great place for teenage me to get my money's worth). Shanghai Inn isn't a buffet, but it hits so many notes of a classic Chinese American restaurant. Leather booths, hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce in squeeze bottles, a slight yellow tint in the lighting, an amazingly friendly staff. And of course, the paper Zodiac placemats. My wife and I decided to go for all the greatest hits - first the egg rolls, which were super deep fried, just greasy enough and filled with shrimp and veggies. Shrimp fried rice - I swear this was a dish that spat in inflation's face. Almost every spoonful had some shrimp in it, and it was a giant bowl General Tso's chicken - crispy, sweet, and a hint of heat. It wasn't too much that my baby boy couldn't handle it, and it was just perfectly done in the way I can't get at the authentic Chinese places (which is on me for ordering that instead of mapo tofu) Shrimp in lobster sauce - again, a generous amount of shrimp and the sauce was much darker and richer than your usual lobster sauce (which ironically has no lobster in it) Our family was full, happy, and I hit the Peloton hard the next morning. This is the classic Chinese American restaurant experience that I've never had in the city after living in it proper for over ten years. I'll definitely be back, just need to finish all these leftovers first. read more

I'd highly recommend looking up the health inspector reports prior to eating here. It does not seem that they care about food safety or what they are serving to people. read more

While it's a little pricier the quality of the food and service is beyond worth it. For anyone with a nut allergy however, they do use the same peanut oil for everything. read more

I gave the Shanghai Inn four stars because of the friendly staff and the good sized portions. My neighbor liked the Shanghai Inn recently, so I thought I'd check it out for myself. It was mostly good, but a few so-so ones too. I chose Chicken Schezwan and it was the star of the show. I didn't care for the fried rice at all, the egg roll was good, but I will go with Crab Rangoon on my next visit, also I'll go with the chicken noodle soup next time instead of the egg drop soup. They give you a good portion, definitely enough to take home. The lunch specials are the way to go, your entree comes with fried rice, chicken noodle soup or egg drop soup, egg roll or one Crab Rangoon what a great deal at $10,50 as of this writing. The waitstaff is very friendly and helpful, always ready to please. Another thing is it's very close to the Brown Line Damen "L" stop or if you're driving there are spaces down the side streets, no need to feed the meter. read more

When our regular Chinese restaurant closed even trying to fight one so they haven't been going well until I found this place. Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. If you're a new customer they talk to you through the whole thing. You're very nice and I had delivery I highly recommend this place. read more

YIKES! Tried to order food for pickup, but everything went wrong. Refused to honor coupon on their advertising. Refused to run credit card for pickup ("for pickup we won't do that, you have to come in"). NOTE: There is no parking place for pickup! Bu-bye! read more

Great food,arrived quickly and hot. Will definitely order again. It's going to be on our regular weekly dinner list

I Grew up in the Area for over 40 year's Must say amazing place My New place to go My Aunt took me there and it was Delicious the prices where Not bad I seen much more pricey places read more

My friend ordered from here, picked it up, took a bite of the chicken and immediately didn't like it. She called and asked if she could exchange the food for something else and she'll just pay the difference. They told her no and explained that if she dined in, they would've did it. What's the difference? You're going to throw the food away anyways. She touched a piece of chicken and that was it. We've never been to a restaurant where we couldn't exchange it for something else, especially if we're willing to come back. The woman then tried blaming it on her, "You probably ordered the wrong thing", she knows exactly what she ordered and she didn't like it. Terrible customer service. read more

Shanghai Inn is by far our favorite Chinese spot in the city. The food and service never disappoint. We got the Pineapple Chicken(our new favorite), the Mongolian Trio, Veggie Lo Mein and Crab Rangoon's with hot tea for under $60. Since it was just 2 of us, we had plenty of leftovers for the next day given how big of portions these are! If you want really good Chinese for a great value, this is the spot to go. read more

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Came again for the lunch special. Mongolian Beef was good but a bit too salty. Orange Chicken was delicious. The fried rice was better than usual, as was the egg drop soup. read more

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Well my 1st time going to this Cantonese restaurant that my sister friend mother's birthday to celebrate. Anyways the Cantonese Chinese was yummy delicious. I shall make a bucket list to eating alone. The dumplings were out of this world delicious. The Chinese chicken curry was also tasty yummy and fresh. The egg foo young was also delicious and last but not least the beef chop suey was savory. Anyways another good Cantonese Chinese restaurant on Damen l. read more

Shanghai Inn - Chop suey - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Love this place. Delicious Chinese food that is always delivered fast and always comes nice and hot.

Delicious! No-frills Chinese restaurant. Never dined in but experience take out and they never disappoint. One time they messed up the order and were extremely apologetic and delivered the correct dish at no cost. Highly recommend the subgum lo fon! It's bursting with flavor and if you like thick, chewy noodles then this is your dish. Sesame chicken is also exceptional but of course because of the breading you want to eat it fresh. Doesn't reheat well unless you have a toaster oven. read more

Shanghai Inn - Sesame Chicken, Pot Stickers, Egg Fried Rice, and Combination Lo Fon - Chinese Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

What a nice family run restaurant in the area, they're welcoming and it has an old school American Chinese restaurant The service is efficient, all of 9 minutes for two entrees for take out, and it was huge. The food is delicious, we got the beef and tofu (medium spiced, even though it's called spicy) and a mild General Tso's chicken (delicious). read more

We ordered delivery: crab Rangoon, pot stickers, garlic shrimp and mu shu pork. Delivery was excellent and quantity was large. Appetizers were very good. Mu shu did not have wood ear mushrooms and was made with the same bland brown sauce as the shrimp. The shrimp did not have any garlic flavor, just brown sauce. I know we were ordering American Chinese food, but even by those standards, this was subpar. Wish I could recommend because it's hard to find good Chinese on the northside. read more

No notes- great service, great bang for your buck, good vibes, amazing lunch special. I love this gem of a find in ravenswood

Easily one of the best Chinese restaurants we have been to in Chicago. We'd tried a few different Chinese places before coming here and none of them quite hit the mark. The food at Shanghai Inn is fresh and delicious. We ordered the egg drop soup, wonton soup, crab rangoons, orange chicken, broccoli beef, and pork fried rice. Everything was very flavorful and wasn't greasy at all. Staff was very friendly and attentive. We will definitely be coming back! read more

The worst experience I've had at an Asian restaurant. The service is terrible, the waitress is incredibly rude and racist because she doesn't speak English. I don't recommend it at all. read more

Service is good. It seems clean. Street parking is easy. A pleasant place to sit. Alas! The food is terrible!

I found this restaurant while searching for Chinese food and it is now the only place I order from. Their food is great and the service is always wonderful. They forgot to include our chow main noodles today so they made a special trip back to bring them. They also included cookies and crab Rangoons, which I did not have to pay for. They will continue to be my go to Chinese place! read more

Fast, delicious, and friendly! So cozy and huge portions. Love that they give you tea.

Clean, fresh, made to order food that in credible for what they charge compared to the other around the hood M new place for great Chinese cuisine JDH read more

This is one of those treasures. Old school American Chinese food, from my non-Chinese childhood. I got my standard order, Pork Chop Suey, extra fine and Hot n' Sour soup. It's pretty much what I order any time I go to a new Chinese place, because I LOVE Hot n' Sour soup, and am always looking for a replacement for my former favorite that closed. The food was good. Comfort food. They deliver as well, I can definitely see availing myself of that soon. Dine in also - charming, clean and good food. A neighborhood treasure, with a cool neon sign. read more

My favorite Chinese food in Chicago! Their egg foo young is so rich and tastes incredible, very authentic. Their pineapple fried rice is a hidden gem, adds sweet and savory to your meals. And a perfect sesame chicken, a true staple now in our go to takeout! Staff is always nice and friendly! read more