This restaurant has been around for 15+ years, that says everything. Good food at reasonable prices, good drinks, lunch specials. The Moogoo Gai Pan and eggrolls are my favs. Everything you would expect from a traditional Chinese restaurant. :) read more

Shanghai - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

If I could give this 2.5 stars, I would but since we can't do half stars I am going to round up. I need to say that I have ordered takeout/doordash from here many times. I have never stepped foot inside the restaurant so I have zero idea how the service is or if it is clean. This review is solely based on the food taste. I usually get hot and sour soup, "cream cheese puffs" and general tso's chicken. It is really a hit or miss. Sometimes the food is great. It will be hot and flavorful. Other times, like tonight it was tasteless and bland. The hot and sour soup barely had any flavor. It was hot. The cream cheese puffs were probably the best thing of the night. However the dipping sauce is a really watered down version of a sweet and sour. I am not sure if they water it down to cut cost or if it is just because it is Sunday. Usually General Tso's is zesty and spicy, but it seriously lacked any flavor tonight. Again, maybe it was an off night. Sunday at 7pm might not be the best time to order here. Keep in mind this is just standard Chinese takeout style food. So again, it is just hit or miss. Good luck, I hope you get it on a good night. read more

Shanghai - General Tso's chicken - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

Food was good, not great. However, I'd go again. Customer Service at the entrance could use a little work, Everyone goes through things in life, but you have to know how to still handle the public and stay professional with a smile, especially if you're the first impression that everyone receives when they walk in. read more

So much bad things with this place. From flies, to wet food. The server couldn't even inform be about their Saturday special without charging me full price. I left a good tip to be nice but after I looked at my receipt, never going there again. Not worth it. I went back and asked about the special and the bar lady even said she told her to say it wasn't half off. That would've been good to know. read more

The owner and manager are wonderful. day staff is always so kind and professional. My patient loves coming here for their egg drop soup. It helps when she's not feeling her best. read more

Previous visits to this restaurant exceeded expectations but not today I ordered Sizzling rice soup, dine in, and it not only had NO rice in it, the shrimp in it was very fishy and the vegetables were likely from the frozen carrots with peas The salad was good, as usual but how do you serve SIZZLING RICE SOUP and forget to add the SIZZLING RICE?? Very disappointing read more

I've been there and service is great, food is greater! I am homebound and have ordered through door-dash and the delivery was excellent and the food was MORE excellent. I haven't seen them on door-dash lately, but I hope they keep the delivery option, lots of homebound folks here enjoy that blessing. Thank you Shanghai for being THE BEST. read more

"Is this tap water?" "Yes it is tap water." That set my expectation for dinner. I started either a Zombieland drink, which was very sugary. One sip and I shoved it towards the tap water. The table was dirty and offset to ensure your back will ache from reaching out to eat. The waiter tried to move it but the stack of coasters holding a leg collapsed. So i moved to another table. I ordered Sesame Chicken with fried rice, the safest choice I thought. I was wrong. Had a strange taste to it, a few bites later and I asked for the check. Bad taste in my mouth so I won't look for another restaurant. I don't recommend this plate. read more

I usually do not write reviews, but last night I came to eat here and let's just say I was not impressed. I will admit the food met past my expectations but the service was lousy. I had a female server with blonde hair and she didn't seem any older than 18. She was just the worst experience I have ever had. She was overly talkative to the point where I could barely enjoy my food, but worst of all she reeked of cannabis. I do not have a problem with this smell outside or in the road, but at a restaurant? That is utmost unprofessional. It smelt so bad it was starting to make the food taste weird and it was the only thing I could smell in that restaurant. That is why this review will not earn anything above 1 star. I hope the manager takes serious action. Seriously, do better next time. read more

The staff seemed friendly, they seemed to be on the phone with IT so no one really talked to me. The food isn't too bad, the chicken in the chicken fried rice has a grey tint to it so I didn't eat it. Bit all of it was grey but majority read more

Shanghai - Chicken Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

We've been here a few times, food is typical Chinese restaurant food. I ordered the moo shoo shrimp suppose to come with thin pancakes and I got tortillas. Our server was either very new or no one bothered to train her, felt kinda bad for her. When we left, we went up to the counter to pay. Told the gal up front which I presumed was the manager, about the tortillas and she laughed at me and proceeded to ignore me completely! Whatever we probably won't be back. read more

i really enjoyed my visit at shanghai. i've been before and it's always good i don't know if it's because i usually order the same thing every time but yk what they say don't fix it if it ain't broken. i got the general tso chicken (my usual) which was delicious the sauce was excellent. the chicken was nice and tender. super juicy. but instead of sticking to my usual i also ordered the fire noodles with shrimp & chicken (the double protein is an up charge) and it was amazing so full of flavor. not super spicy as you would think since it's called "fire noodles" but it still had a kick. i think it might become my new favorite. the food portions of both selections were huge . which is great because me and my boyfriend shared both plates. the only thing i would say was kinda bad was the service . it wasn't extremely terrible just kinda silly. our appetizer (the salt n pepper calamar) came out 2mins before our main entrees. mind you we sat with just our drinks for almost an hour. which is okay we weren't in a rush but still. another problem was when i was drinking sweet tea and when my glass was empty my server filled it with dr pepper. which was silly . other then those two silly problems service was great and the food was spectacular read more

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I ordered my go-to, Singapore noodles. I got to the restaurant and they made the wrong dish. After waiting 15 minutes for the correct dish to be made I took it home. I am sorry, but AF is this? This was so beyond disappointing. The noodles are horrible, the ingredients were completely off and the tasted was not that of Singapore noodles. I will never go back to this place. Such a horrible experience overall. read more

Shanghai - Singapore noodles (supposedly) - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

if I could I would give zero stars. this is my first time writing a review because usually I wouldn't bother even if the food or service was terrible. I went there to eat out for my birthday because I saw they had pho and I have been missing home and my Ba'noi's pho. the appetisers were ok but the eggrolls were overwhelmingly greasy. when the pho came out I was instantly disappointed. the both was obviously watery and the meat was chunky. true pho beef is sliced thinly so that it can be cooked by the hot broth. their noodles were over cooked and felt disgusting. I was so disappointed I wanted to cry. their menu said their pho was authentic so I trusted that it would be. I also order the lemongrass chicken and it was like eating rubber. I was severely disappointed and my day felt ruined and I miss home even more now. also a pair of chopsticks from the table were mouldy and my little brother didn't know because he's never had to see mould before. I spent $202 for bad food. read more

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Just ordered pan fried dumplings, beef stickers, and general Tso beef. The dumplings were most definitely not fried and seemed to be microwaved instead. The general Tso beef was a bowl of sludge, the breading wasn't crispy even remotely, and the beef stickers were very dry. There also we're no utensils provided or anything else, napkins, soy sauce, etc. The steamed rice was alright. All in all, I will not be going back. read more

Shanghai - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

This is a VEGAN Asian Fusion HUB for the southern Brazoria County area. The food was delicious! I will definitely find myself hear frequently! Even to just grab a small appetizer for a quick snack/lunch! We were graced with the.. -General Tso's Style Tofu: Love the flavor, spice level was like a 4/10. -Salt & Pepper Tofu: The tofu was so crispy, so good! The grilled onions and peppers alone are fabulous! Here is the current VEGAN options at Shanghai: Appetizers: Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps *There's another appetizers but unfortunately forgot what it is Entrees: Vegetable Lo Mein Mixed Vegetable Deluxe Shanghai Tofu Vegetarian Fried Rice *REQUEST NO EGGS Moo Shu Vegetables Salt & Pepper Tofu Vegetarian Singapore Noodles *REQUEST NO EGGS General Tso's Style Tofu YES: Thats correct, all of these delicious options!!! **awesome thing is, you get bottomless RICE! YUP! BUT -- be sure to ask for white rice or fried rice with NO EGG. -We were unaware of this so had to replace the original rice with white rice. THANK YOU SO MUCH SHANGHAI FOR HAVING VEGAN OPTIONS!!! read more

Shanghai - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

Food was terrible. Noodles were all hard and stiff as if they had been sitting awhile. Will never return to this place nor recommend to anyone. read more

Food and service were good. We had a group of 8, all went well. Thanks a clean place to eat.

My go to restaurant for Asian food, I especially like the mixed fried rice. When the dining room was closed for renovations, I'm so glad I could still order on Waitr. https://waitrapp.com/restaurants/420 read more

Usually get our orders to go, but food is consistently delicious. The times we have eaten in, the service was great. They always accommodate our crazy, picky requests! read more

We used to eat here many years ago and they aren't as good as they used to be. We ordered fried wontons, they came out tasting a little burnt, the General Tso's chicken came out slightly undercooked, under seasoned, no spicy heat at all and in bigger pieces than usual, the cup of wonton soup we got had one wonton in it...most places give you two. The best thing I tried was the Vietnamese iced coffee and even it was only 3 stars. read more

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Every single time I order on DoorDash and order a clearly specified 20oz bottle, they send me a fountain drink and argue with me every time saying that it comes through as fountain drink on their end and everyone else's order is always ok. I'm tired of having to call to confirm I'm getting what I THE CUSTOMER am paying for and I'm also tired of being told that I cannot have extra basil or cilantro and the excuse being "the cost has gone up" no it hasn't. And even so, I offer to pay extra and am still denied as a paying customer and argued with. Then they say they aren't arguing with me. Management needs to figure something out, I spend way too much money here to get treated like I do and have my orders constantly messed up. I can't even get my order that I pay for AND I get denied extra as a paying customer who also offers to pay for the extra. But screw me when y'all take my money and mess up my order anyways right? read more

Shanghai - 20 oz soda I ALWAYS order on DoorDash that they claim comes in as a fountain drink and then argues with me about it every time I call. - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

I'll start out with the positive. The spring rolls were very good! That's where it ends. The Dumplings too Salty. The Singapore Noodles are Not that. Not one drop of curry. Very unauthentic. It was very sweet and hated the noodles they used. Which isn't the right noodle anyways. The Street noodles were over-cooked and very bland. Our booth and table were sticky and smelly. Unfortunately, this is one of those places were you have to find something you like and stick with it. read more

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I keep coming back hoping it gets better. And it has. The food has more flavor and the service is excellent. Some of the dishes could stand improvement but that is my opinion. Take it with a shake of soy sauce. read more

They have amazing service & the food is always fresh & hot. They have the BEST PHO IN TOWN!

Food was great! Waiters are very attentive and I love the atmosphere :) will be coming again

About 12 years ago when I lived in Lake Jackson, Shanghai was one of my favorite places to eat. Nice restaurant with really good Chinese food and great service. When my wife and I were passing through the other day we decided to stop in and have lunch as I had told her about Shanghai a few times before and she wanted to try it. The booth I sat is was so broken down that I have to switch to the other side of the table and sit next to my wife. When our iced teas arrived we had to send them back because the tea tasted like rusty pipes and garden hose. There is ZERO excuse for a restaurant not installing a filter at the source of water to be used for drinks. They are inexpensive and easy to maintain. We opted for sodas which sort of covered the bad taste of the water to the point that we didn't want to gag whenever we took a drink. We ordered from the lunch menu, sweet and sour pork with egg rolls for me and sweet and sour chicken with an egg roll and house salad for her. The pork and chicken had the flavor and texture of what you'd find in a low end frozen dinner. The egg rolls were about the size of my pinky finger, over-fried and likely from a bag of frozen egg rolls. The house salad was just cheap lettuce (mostly the bitter white part) a handful of egg noodles and plain ole' dressing. Why wouldn't an Asian restaurant have any sort of Asian salad dressing such as ginger? Because lazy, that's why. Lastly, our (probably) frozen Chinese "cuisine" took forever to get to the table and the server disappeared for long periods and we had to ration our tasty beverages because refills were few and far between. Eventually, she cam back and we paid our check even though my wife was only able to manage one bite of her lunch and continued with our day with queasy stomachs. The people who own and operate Shanghai have no place in the food industry. read more

I was impressed with their food, came here for date night with my fiancée and our server Sergio did an excellent job . Highly recommend the eggrolls. Most definitely will be coming back here ! read more

The Mojito was missing sugar/ sweetner, the bartender made it again, same outcome, $9.00 to waste. The egg rolls were greasy!!! The wonton soup was basically salty beef bullion. The Singapore Noodles had all the right ingredients, but super super sweet and taste was nowhere close to Singapore Noodles, left 75% on the plate. The General Tso's chicken was sweet and sour instead of sweet and spicy!!! Left 80% on the plate. The waitress/ service was very good, so did not bother to complain. This is NOT Chinese food, and I would not recommend this place at all !! Especially not for the final $45.00 bill. read more

The food is pretty good. It did take quite a while to get a wanton soup. Since food delivery is a big thing, I thing people who actually dine in have to wait read more

Because my mom wanted to go, we went for dinner last night. For the second time in a row, the Shanghai egg rolls were luke warm at best. Also they claim to be classic Vietnamese egg rolls. If this were the case, they would be served with all of the classic vegetables and sauce. They can be pretty good on their own, but not when they seem like they have been sitting for who knows how long. The Hunan Chicken tastes ok but the sauce, if you can call it that, had the consistency of water. It's edible, but there's lots of room for improvement. read more

We went thinking the reviews were great to only be let down by the food and crafted mixed drinks. We sent the enrolls back because they were hard and dark brown. Then the meals came. I had beef lo me in and him the mushrooms and beef. I've never had lomein that was sweet. It was also full of water. His as well. We left there disappointed and we will never go there again. $50.00 later a lesson learned. read more

The absolute best Chinese food you'll ever eat! This is my absolute favorite Chinese food restaurant. I have yet to find anyone to who compares. Only problem I have, Shanghai is to far away. If they were closer, I'd probably eat there every other day or until I made myself sick! This is a must try if your dad wanting Chinese food. Prices and very reasonable for the amount of food you get (which is always enough to serve 2), the inside is clean and staff is so friendly! Please open another in Angleton!! read more

Sub-par Americanized Asian food. Not authentic whatsoever. I went in for dinner and ordered Lemongrass Chicken. It didn't even have a hint of Lemongrass and the sauce was sweet. My meal didn't come with rice or any other side. After my food was served and I was half way through my meal I asked the server for rice. He then informed me that my meal came with rice and that it wouldn't be extra. Why didn't I get rice in the first place?! Terrible! This place has really gone down hill from the family owned Authentic Asian food I remember. I will not be returning. read more

This place has gone massively downhill in the last few months. I called in a standard, beef with broccoli, and was told it'd be 15 minutes. Standard wait, no problem. I get there at the end of the 15 minutes and it takes another 25 for me to finally get my food. The front of the restaurant is full of people waiting for late orders, no one is checking on us, and the blond manager in the bright pink shirt is still telling people on the phone that it'll be 15 minutes despite the fact that they're OBVIOUSLY running behind. I finally get my food, and they skimped on the sauce and undercooked the vegetables. Management needs to get their crap together. read more

The food is great I'm in love with the tofu Pho but every time I order it and I take it home I realize that they scimp on the vegetables. I spoke with the owner today and she told me they run out of vegetables and if I had to have more than one slice of lime it would cost a dollar each. A slice of a included vegetable that you're already paying for the entrée should cost an additional dollar???. I felt so stupid talking with her as if I had no knowledge of what the fair cost of vegetables and services and what condiments should cost when dining out. I'm not eating here anymore because I hate it when a service provider talks to me like I'm stupid. All I wanted was a few slices of jalapeño and a few slices of lime. That shouldn't jack the price of the entrée up for five dollars to accommodate. Patrons, Just expect to not expect any vegetables with your pho or you will be charged a serious overage. This is so dumb. I'm embarrassed to admit this conversation to anyone. Thank God We have other Pho options in Lake Jackson Clute. read more

Considering the small town vibes, this place is as good as it's going to get as far as "Chinese food" goes. It's sub-par, does the job, and usually fills you up with MSG loaded dishes (regardless of what they say, you can totally taste/see/feel the difference between Non-MSG and MSG.) I've been here in the past, and again, for a small town it's the only half decent place to get your Chinese food fix. Until today that is, another one knocked onto the 'Don't go back' side of the list. Got a pick up order the Kung Pao chicken. Somehow managed to get Kung Pao water-chest nuts and carrot chunks with about 3 to 4 small slices of chicken. and no flavour or spice . Highly disappointed. (Picture attached to show the ratio of chest nuts and carrots to chicken... 3/4 veggies overload in a CHICKEN DISH!!! ) I'm all for supporting local places, but when things like this happen more often than not, it doesn't seem too fair on my wallet to continue pumping money into places that refuse/can't stand up to something as simple as a very popular and famous chicken dish in any Chinese restaurant. read more

Shanghai - 1/4 chicken breast, 1.5 large carrots worth of chunks, and maybe 2.5 cans of water chest nuts. Disappointed. Kung Pao what?! #IWantMyChicken - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

Why would you make crab puffs with nacho cheese instead of cream cheese? Beef and broccoli was okay. It tasted like there was some rum in my coke, which I ordered at 11 AM. I did not ask for an alcoholic beverage. Aside from that, the service was gracious. I don't think this place would last very long if it weren't for the location so far out of town, though. read more

Shanghai - Beef and broccoli with crab puffs. - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

Whenever I really want Chinese and I'm in Lake Jackson, I come here. Heck, Mondays at work have become "Go-Get-Shanghai" Day. Granted, it's probably not the best Chinese food in the world, but as close as it is to where I work, I'm ok with that. The look of the place is definitely dated, but it still has a little charm. The service is usually excellent, though sometimes when I call to place a to-go order, they get it wrong. The food is actually pretty decent. I usually get the chicken fried rice dinner, which comes with soup and egg rolls. For $10, that's not a bad deal. Speaking of egg rolls, theirs are delicious. I swear, I could eat those all day. Plus, sometimes the waiters will give you extra egg rolls. Yay! Now like I said, the food is good, but I've had better. The rice is seasoned well, but it's a bit greasy. The hot and sour soup tastes good, but it obviously has MSG. But if you're like me and can overlook such things, you'll probably like this place too. read more

Shanghai - Chinese Near Me - Lake Jackson, Texas

Ordered food for delivery and it was almost $100. We received no silverware or condiments to choke down the steamed rice they sent with our food. Half the stuff was cold & wasn't very good honestly. when we called to complain about no condiments they were quite rude. I would steer clear of this place ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TRAVELING & STAYING IN A HOTEL. read more