Old Shanghai Soup Dumplings

The namesake soup dumplings are absolutely worth it here. In fact, the workers here are so confident you'll order them that they'll set down the small dipping plates with your menu and glass of water.

I'm nowhere near an expert when it comes to soup dumplings, but I know what I love about these - thin but expertly wrapped dumpling skins that manage to contain lots of hot, sippable soup and a tasty meat filling. They come six to an order and come to your table in hot, steamy bamboo baskets. On each table, there are pour bottles of soy sauce, vinegar, and chili oil to make your version of a perfect dipping sauce.

I'm also a major fan of the string beans here. They're flash fried in hot wok oil to a perfect tenderness with just a tad of fermented funk. These are far and away my favorite way to enjoy string beans, and Old Shanghai doesn't disappoint.

There were a few but major pitfalls with our dinner. One was ordering the beef with peppers as one of our main entrees. We were enticed by the pictures (both on the menu and on the front window when we came in). But in a major catfishing swap out, we were given a platter that was mainly shredded peppers with a little beef. The peppers were also so spicy that we were shoveling mouthfuls of rice with every morsel.

That led to the second snag with our meal. We were given a little bowl of rice with that entree, and after chowing quickly through it, we unthinkingly asked for another. At the end of our meal, we nearly choked to find that they'd charged a whopping $2.50 for the tiny serving. Ya'll, I know food costs are rising, but that hurt a little.

Those quibbles aside, I'm still dreaming about those soup dumplings and when I can have them again. Service is somewhat cold but frighteningly fast and efficient.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

tasty tasty tasty

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

The food is always phenomenal and the staff are like lightning! I’ve been here at least 20 times in the last 3 years, and I can’t recommend it enough!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very good soup dumplings, scallion pancakes, rice cakes, and spicy noodles. It is authentic. The food and service is on point. This place is worth a try.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

this spot is soooo good and the soup dumplings were amazing!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food here is delicious. However, and this is just a personal preference, some of the pork they use in certain dishes had a very odd texture, such as in the rice cakes with pork dish.

Otherwise the food here is absolutely delicious - highly recommend the cucumber salad, soup dumplings, chili shrimp, and their fried rice dishes. On busy days, the restaurant can feel very loud and overstimulating. The salad and soup dumplings came out super fast, but the other dishes took a while.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

I feel repulsed as I write this review, having already eaten from the lunch box before noticing a tiny baby roach swimming in the food. It was in the Chicken Eggplant dish I ordered as takeout from Old Shanghai Soup Dumplings. I didn’t notice it at first because I was hungry and didn’t think to inspect the dish closely. This was my first—and will definitely be my last—order from this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

It was tasty until I saw a cockroach floating in the chicken and eggplant dish.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Father’s Day dumplings!! What a find, definitely recommend the scallion pancakes, fried pork dumplings and beef lo mein, but the star was the pan fried pork bun, almost ordered one to go, for sure double order next time! Everything was great, we will be back soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It tastes good. Xiaolongbao is definitely the best.
However, I could barely find any meat on the menu with meat in it. If I ordered something like stir-fried beef with green onions, the beef was like a bean sprout in the stir-fried onions. I was a little angry when I ate the leftover onions. It was just one large onion sliced ​​up.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

This is the best autentic dumplings in the area, just order soup dumplings are the best

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

The pork pan fried bao and the pork steamed dumpling was so good 🥹♥️

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The best!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is my go to spot. Pricing is reasonable., just wish servings were a little more, specially with the fried rice. Everything is tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Fried Pork Dumplings, Soup, sauteed baby bok choy with garlic 蒜炒上海苗

My wife and I got the runs after we ate their dumplings and it happened twice! Will not be ordering foods from them ever again

We will be reporting to the health department because we are still feeling sick now (we ordered the Shrimp and pork dumplings at 8 pm and we are not feeling good until 11:54pm now!)

This place should be SHUT down!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1