Shanghai Pine Gardens Restaurant

This remains one of the few Cantonese restaurants in OC and this place still offers reasonable food albeit at a higher price than its competitors. The 'beef' I have is the quality of its beef dishes. It's usually dry, tasteless, and chewy. I would gladly pay 10.% extra for a filet mignon option since even my hungry teenage grandsons left the beef mostly ' unchewed'. I do like most of its other offerings however.

Good food, excellent service from Tom Cruise in a relaxed atmosphere. Walking along Balboa main and ran into this little popular jewel. Try it. You'll like it!!

Had another delicious dinner at Shanghai Pine Garden. Good food at a good price. I only wish my fried rice had the larger shrimp the chow mein had.

We love this place. To be clear, the food isn't going to win any awards. But it's the only Chinese restaurant on Balboa Island and it has all of the Americanized "best hits". We highly recommend the Honey Walnut Shrimp, and the Green and Green. Also the chicken wings and soups are excellent! The service is pretty fast and friendly. And the interior feels like a familiar throwback.

This was an amazing 5 star restaurant. I recommend it! The Service was incredible and food sooo delicious!! The best customer service and everyone was so friendly too!!

Only spot on balboa island for Chinese food and we were not disappointed! Dined in on a quiet weekday and shared a meal with my bf. Everything we picked was delicious and was the perfect amount of food for two people.We started with the fried dumplings and for our main meal, orange chicken and pork fried. We did come about 1.5hr before closing, so wasn't very busy but there was plenty of people picking up orders thought out out 45 mins dining in. We will easily be back to try some more options, and the lo Mien!

Absolutely horrible! I do food service delivery, and arrived 10 minutes after receiving the order. There is NO WAY I should have to wait for more than 20 minutes for the order, which I had to cancel because I couldn't wait longer. But even worse, the lady at the cash register kept picking her nose and itching her butt. THEN, she handled food. I hope the Health Department sees this!

My family and I love this place! The food is so good, and lunch specials are a great deal. Beautiful location and fun to walk around after you eat.

I've driven past this place so many times and finally decided to stop by. I was served with the best experience! The servers were all so kind and friendly and our food was so amazing. The portions were very big and the prices were amazing. I will definitely be coming back!

Had the Beef Chow Fun and Garlic Shrimp. Absolutely delicious. Parking was difficult to find, but the food was worth the walk over the bridge.