AJ Shanghai Restaurant

775 Riverside Ave, Lyndhurst
(201) 885-3438

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Karla Capurro

All the food was extremely oily. Would not recommend

Food: 1

Ines Dávila

I love to come to this restaurant with my family, the food is fresh, great customer service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dumplings In, Jasmine Tea

Bob Salvesen

The food is similar to the one in Fort Lee which is also excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Braised Pork Belly, Pork Soup Dumplings

Jaime Gutierrez

Consistently good food. We’ve been here a number of times and we like it more the more we go. Everything we’ve ordered is just well made and has great subtle flavors. This time we got the pork soup dumplings, pork fried rice, sesame chicken, and beef soup. It was all delicious. My favorite was the beef soup which had a wonderful broth that wasn’t oily and you could taste every ingredient.

It’s a big space inside with only one person serving tables. Much of the side work, like getting utensils and water are self-serve.

There’s plenty of parking outside in their own lot. As well as outdoor seating on a patio.

Prices were great too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dave Fischer

Not sure why this place has such good reviews, no one looks at you when you walk in to pick up your order, food is bland with almost zero taste, as if they don’t know what spices are, even a little salt or soy sauce would have just helped, except for the spice dumplings which was very salty, dry beef and just ok soup, super over priced on top of that,

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Cho Dumplings in Spicy Sauce

M D (Lisa)

My new neighborhood favourite. Ample parking. Spacious entryway and dinning area. It's partially self-service, whereby you seat yourself, grab your condiments, drinks and utensils at the designated area. There's a service call button at each table so the host isn't hovering over, you just call when you need.
Food: They start you with lovely herbal tea. We ordered the crabmeat and pork soup dumplings. The scallion shrimp pancake and wanton soup to start. We also had the braised pork belly, the Shanghai beef, sauteed peashoots and white rice. Capped off by a classic
Bubble tea. Each dish was more amazing than the previous. We intend to return until we've tried everything on the menu.
The sevice was good, the bathroom...you could eat off the floor and it's BYOB.
We were so in the moment and pagentry of thr food that i forgot to get before pictures

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Mantou, Chinese Broccoli, Jasmine Tea

A (Theaknitter)

Everything is superb! We have gone twice so far but plan to come back many more times. We have had Chinese food many places but have never had such an authentic flavorful experience. The wanton soup was so simple but flavorful and the dough used was so delicate and delicious. The dumplings were bursting with juice and flavor. The texture of the udon noodles was hard to describe it was so good but a must try. The other dish we ordered, the Chili Fried Chicken with Sichuan Pepper was thoughtfully packaged with the sauce on the bottom so the chicken stayed crispy even after the drive home. This restaurant blew us away and we are so excited to have it in our neighborhood!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

S Collado

A very nice chill vibe with great good. Very family oriented atmosphere. We always order the steak and scallion pancake, wonton soup, young chow rice and on the of chicken options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cucumber Salad, General TSO's Chicken

Surya P

Best dumplings and authentic Dan Dan noodles

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Elizabeth Wisneski

The dumplings were PHENOMENAL - I forgot to take pics, but several of us had (and loved) the soup dumplings; I also loved the steamed pork dumplings and my fiance loved the pan fried; all my friends who got bubble tea loved it, and they were very accommodating - had no trouble seating a large party of 7 Friday night at peak dinner time and the service was friendly and not overbearing! Literally can't wait to go back (great fish tank too)

Vegetarian options: They did offer vegetarian dumplings! Tbh you'd be missing out on the pork ones though

Dietary restrictions: Would not recommend if you don't/cant eat pork, unless you'd do shrimp or chicken and even then you'd miss most of the great dumplings

Parking: Parking lot right there, not a ton of spaces but it's free and a short walk to the front door

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dumplings In, Pan Fried, Buns

Steven Zimmerman

Maybe I just ordered the wrong dish, but my chicken was so salty I could not eat it. It may have been the soy sauce, which was needed because the dish came with virtually no sauce. I would not go back

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Flo Gori

This is my third time coming here and I always end up eating the dumplings before I remember to take a picture- they’re that good. As someone who goes to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao in the city I can honestly say their Pork Soup dumplings are just as good. They don’t have as much of a selection as Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao obviously but if you’re craving soup dumplings (pork or crab) you’ll be satisfied here. The guy that works is also so nice and the atmosphere and music is chill. The scallion pancake with beef is also soo good. If you’re craving Dim Sum I would definitely recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Angel C

Their soup dumplings are very good. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mike P

I love their steamed bok choy

RNJR

Great food! We will come back for sure

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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