Shanghai River Restaurant

2407 Westheimer Rd, Houston - 77098
145 reviews
Shanghainese Chinese
(713) 528-5528

Very prejudiced establishment. When I walked in I asked her how are you doing today ? She completely ignores me after me asking her three times . All she wanted to know was what’s my order . Like OMG can’t no one say hello or how you doing today without an attitude. I see why they don’t have any business The establishment is empty with no customers. It seems like only regulars go there. There establishment is rat infested with processed Chinese food. Absolutely no tip .

Had I known I would've chosen another restaurant... what the F¿($ did I just attempt to eat? I did not open the reviews prior to going in and ordering... I just seen the star rating and decided to give them a try. Well first it's overpriced... gummy rice and old soy sauce that taste like hand sanitizer or something is mixed in it( State Health Dept Please). I kept one pack to make sure I don't have any kind of reaction. I had to throw it in the garbage. Waste of time and money...#trash ?

Literally the most rudest people I’ve ever dealt with for take out. I simply wanted to call and find out why my tab was so much and the gentleman (a$$hat) was rude and more worried about taking the time to speak to me rather than having a repeat customer. Service is trash. Their food is subpar at best. Not because of his interaction but because it’s not worth the price in the least. Order somewhere else trust me.

Called in an order @ 12:50 it's 215pm the guy says he's here, not. Just canceled. In a well known high rise across from Uptown Park Shopping Center. Dahhhhh

Phone order was easy and friendly. Food was ready in 10 minutes. Nice and simple.

I visited Thursday afternoon at 245 pm. No one is inside the restaurant.Nice friendly greeting at the door.This is my first visit. Was fun to see Marvin Zinder’s name on the menu.Restaurant decor from the 70s or 80s, not off putting just dated.The restaurant was very clean.Ordered the lunch special Mr. Dan Chicken and vegetables and I added jalapeños and asked for egg drop soup.Soup and drink delivered quickly by friendly employee.First look at the soup was it looked very pale and not the normal color off when egg food color has been added. This surprisingly was very tasty.The garlic Chile oil is delicious and easily one of the best tasting ones I’ve tried.Mr Dan Chicken and vegetables is tasty, especially since I added some delicious garlic Chile oil. It is perfectly spicy.The serving size is adequate, (maybe a tad on the smaller size compared to other Chinese restaurants).I would suggest using smaller plates as quantity of food seems to be an common review complaint.The vegetables were mainly celery, two red peppers, a few bamboo shoots, 3 snow peas and some mushrooms. I felt that the amount of chicken was fine.Do not eat the Eggroll, that was not freshly cooked and soggy from sitting under a heat lamp.The lady filled my tea glass several times, half way through my meal she answered her cell phone, and placed the call on speaker phone and carried on a conversation.Overall experience/food not bad, but doesn’t equal the two other places that I frequent Q*n or Ambassad*r.

Aithentic, fresh, great service, out dated decor...Who cares about decor, reminds me of the places my Dad took me to in the 70s. And, the drinks and apps were awesome!!!

Peking duck is good.Scallion lamb is good.Lamb on a stick is good.Kids liked the fried dumplings ( I didn’t try them ).It’s the only place we eat all our vegetables!Any vegetable dish is great!

This is good Chinese food. The environment is great and the people are so nice. I thought the prices were a little high. We had fried rice, orange pork and sweet & sour chicken. Food came out fast. I was surprised, for dinner there were no egg rolls included or a cup of soup. That would be a nice addition.

As always, the food and service were superb! I had the shrimp and vegetables, requesting it be spicy and with the brown sauce. Excellent! I love to eat here any opportunity I'm in the area.