Shanghai Inn

Shanghai inn really is a blast from the past. The quality was really good. The best dish was the shrimp fried rice! I would highly recommend that dish! The waiter was always checking in which was great! The ambiance was like the 90's and how family style places were like. I will highly recommend Shanghai inn!

We ordered delivery: crab Rangoon, pot stickers, garlic shrimp and mu shu pork. Delivery was excellent and quantity was large. Appetizers were very good. Mu shu did not have wood ear mushrooms and was made with the same bland brown sauce as the shrimp. The shrimp did not have any garlic flavor, just brown sauce. I know we were ordering American Chinese food, but even by those standards, this was subpar. Wish I could recommend because it's hard to find good Chinese on the northside.

No notes- great service, great bang for your buck, good vibes, amazing lunch special. I love this gem of a find in ravenswood

Service is good. It seems clean. Street parking is easy. A pleasant place to sit. Alas! The food is terrible!

Can you experience nostalgia in a place you've never been to before? Shanghai Inn definitely hit me hard with that. Google says it opened in 1960, and while I can't find any other evidence of that, I can believe it.I absolutely love authentic Chinese food, from hot pot to dim sum to mouth numbing Szechuan. But we didn't have that out in the burbs where I grew up - we had paper placemats with the Chinese Zodiac, almond cookies and cheap Chinese buffets (which was definitely a great place for teenage me to get my money's worth).Shanghai Inn isn't a buffet, but it hits so many notes of a classic Chinese American restaurant. Leather booths, hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce in squeeze bottles, a slight yellow tint in the lighting, an amazingly friendly staff.And of course, the paper Zodiac placemats.My wife and I decided to go for all the greatest hits - first the egg rolls, which were super deep fried, just greasy enough and filled with shrimp and veggies.Shrimp fried rice - I swear this was a dish that spat in inflation's face. Almost every spoonful had some shrimp in it, and it was a giant bowlGeneral Tso's chicken - crispy, sweet, and a hint of heat. It wasn't too much that my baby boy couldn't handle it, and it was just perfectly done in the way I can't get at the authentic Chinese places (which is on me for ordering that instead of mapo tofu)Shrimp in lobster sauce - again, a generous amount of shrimp and the sauce was much darker and richer than your usual lobster sauce (which ironically has no lobster in it)Our family was full, happy, and I hit the Peloton hard the next morning. This is the classic Chinese American restaurant experience that I've never had in the city after living in it proper for over ten years. I'll definitely be back, just need to finish all these leftovers first.

I have walked past Shanghai Inn quite a few times and my friend and I decided to give it a try. We ordered takeout online and were impressed by the fair prices and variety on the menu. We decided to pick up our order since the restaurant is close. We also noticed there was plenty of paid street parking available if you are driving. There was not a long wait time between placing our order and picking it up. The staff were also very friendly when we got our food. It was ready when promised! The restaurant seemed clean and welcoming if you were dining in. One impressive thing about this food is that it stayed HOT (temperature, not spice!) in these takeout boxes. Almost 45 minutes later the food in the middle of the containers was still very warm. As for the taste, it was pretty good except for the vegetable egg rolls. The egg rolls were lackluster and the slaw looked like it had seen better days. Overall, we thought the food could have had more flavor. I will definitely keep Shanghai Inn in my rotation of local Chinese food!

I gave the Shanghai Inn four stars because of the friendly staff and the good sized portions. My neighbor liked the Shanghai Inn recently, so I thought I'd check it out for myself. It was mostly good, but a few so-so ones too. I chose Chicken Schezwan and it was the star of the show. I didn't care for the fried rice at all, the egg roll was good, but I will go with Crab Rangoon on my next visit, also I'll go with the chicken noodle soup next time instead of the egg drop soup. They give you a good portion, definitely enough to take home. The lunch specials are the way to go, your entree comes with fried rice, chicken noodle soup or egg drop soup, egg roll or one Crab Rangoon what a great deal at $10,50 as of this writing. The waitstaff is very friendly and helpful, always ready to please. Another thing is it's very close to the Brown Line Damen "L" stop or if you're driving there are spaces down the side streets, no need to feed the meter.

Clean, fresh, made to order food that in credible for what they charge compared to the other around the hoodM new place for great Chinese cuisine JDH

The food was amazing! The hot and sour soup is phenomenal. Portions are a great size. The service is good too!

Shanghai Inn is by far our favorite Chinese spot in the city. The food and service never disappoint. We got the Pineapple Chicken(our new favorite), the Mongolian Trio, Veggie Lo Mein and Crab Rangoon's with hot tea for under $60. Since it was just 2 of us, we had plenty of leftovers for the next day given how big of portions these are!If you want really good Chinese for a great value, this is the spot to go.