Reviews for Shining Rainbow in Albany, NY
I got a boiled fish in spicy soup. All I have is three small pieces of fish meat . some bones and lots of bean spouts! it cost... me 33 dollars! ???? Unbelievable??? Read more
Visited Albany from Canada. Had the best lemon chicken I have EVER tried. Replicated it at home because I couldn?t get over it.... Will be my first choice when I come back to New York. Server was very friendly. Atmosphere was nice. Amazing experience allaround. Read more
Google maps listed it as top rated so I gave it a try. I was not disappointed. My food was fresh and a tasty home made gravy, ... complimented the egg foo young. The staff was friendly and attentive. I'd definitely go again! Read more
I ordered dinner from them just now and had to leave a Review....The food was absolutely delicious i was very skeptic at first... went thru the reviews an decided to take a chance and I'm happy i did.Rice was very delicious also General toss chicken...oh imust say the gentleman who took the order tonight was very pleasant and patient over the phone,even the driver who deliver thefood was very polite dressed very neat and Clean ..I was very happy with Shining Rainbow Read more
The food is not as good as before. It used to be my first choice of Chinese restaurants in this area. Now the owner changed. The... food tastes not good. The materials are not fresh, therefore all the dishes you order are filled with deeply fried food to coverthe poor quality of the materials. The new owner is very greedy.Your bill automatically includes 20% tip. Most people don?tscrutinize the bill, and just pay the tip again. If there?s some problem in the bill, and you point it out, which is supposed tolower your bill, then you will find that they secretly increase some other parts of the bill. Eventually you pay about the same.Anyway, remember to check you bill carefully. If you have time and patience to argue with them, then good luck! Read more
Beautiful place, foods great? but I?ve been ordering from them since 2018, I have a hair salon a few doors down. I always... ordered black pepper shrimp NON BREADED W/ extra onions NO green peppers (I?m allergic to whatever they bread the shrimp with).My clients even order from there because of me. Michael used to work there but today I was told he left. The last time I seenMichael was last week because my client ordered from there and he would always walk it over. I ordered the same meal blackpepper shrimp non-breaded with extra onions no green peppers. Today, I ordered the same meal black pepper shrimp non-breadedwith extra onions no green peppers. Whomever I spoke to over the phone stated that they will not bread the shrimp. When I wentnext-door to pick up my food it came to nine dollars and some change. I gave them $13. When I got back to the shop I open myfood and the shrimp is breaded. I went back next-door and ask them if they can remake it without the bread on the shrimp. Hesaid that?s the way it?s made. I explained to him I?ve been ordering this meal from them for years, when I called today to speakto Michael they said he quit. That?s why I asked if it can NOT be breaded. Whoever I spoke with said that the shrimp would notbe breaded. Another guy walked over said something to him (in their language) and walked away. They refuse to make it the waythat I eat it, which is the only way I?ve always ordered it. Respectfully, I told them don?t worry about it, and I left the foodthere, declined my refund and left. Im a hairstylist that gets very busy. That?s why I order my food next door, I knew that Ihad a 15-20 min grace period to eat my food. But, I waste of my time and my money and I?m very upset and frustrated. I willnever order from there again and will let my clients know that meal is NO LONGER served how we use to eat it and they will NOTmake it that way. Read more
Really great authentic Chinese food. Good size portions. We had the General Tso chicken, pork eggrolls, pork lo mein, & wonton... soup. It was all delicious. Only drawback is the size of the restaurant its pretty small inside with about 6 booths and a fewtables in the back. Probably not great for groups bigger than 8 or 10. It also has a really nice atmosphere. Read more
We ordered 4 dishes: Spare Ribs in Hot Pot Rice, Salty Fish w meet in Hot Pot Rice, Squid w Hot Pepper and Salt and Pea Shoots... w. Garlic Source. the first two dishes were good, almost as good as the dishes you would get when you are in Taishan, China -where the dishes come from. The Pea Shoot was also very tasty, fresh, and tender. Squids were alright. So sounds like 4 or 5stars, right? how come I put down 3? Well, the waiter dragged down the score. we were a group of 4. I didn't expect the waiterto add the Tip in automatically, but he did, and worse - without telling us!!! We then wrote down another 18% tip in the creditcard slip..., we hung around for a few more minutes, but the waiter didn't let us know that we double tipped. Well, almosteveryone like $$$, and can't have enough. However, we earn money with our good work, hard work, not cheating others. Shame goesto that young waiter. I may still stop by if I am in town, but I have my lesson learned and will be really careful to check thebill next time. Read more