Reviews for Shanghai No.1 in Cupertino, CA
Came on a Sunday around 4:30. Not crowded at all. All of the dishes were excellent. There was one dish that came very late,... after we were all done. Waitress said the person making it arrived late and they were making it from scratch. And it tasted likeit, fresh and tasty. Even though we were all done and the dish just arrived, we finished it all because it was so good. Read more
Horrible in basically every way. Generally, I have no complaints about service when going to a Chinese restaurant. My baseline... expectation is only prompt, no-nonsense ordering and getting the bill, with absolutely no expectation for service attitude orwarmth. But there was only 1 full time waiter serving the entire dining room. He was extremely flustered, throwing down platesand even bumping into customers/tables racing to finish orders. I was blatantly ignored at the front door for over 10 minutesbefore being seated. They are so short staffed nobody has time to give you recommendations: simply scan a QR code and to order.I heard this place was pretty authentic and ordered the sweet and sour mandarin fish to truly test how good they can be. Andthat order was overlooked, having me wait for over 45 minutes. It pains me to criticize the food at this point knowing howextremely difficult it is to make this dish. And I'd even say chef executed quite well on knife skills. Sweet sour sauce was onpoint. HOWEVER, I cannot forgive they use Tilapia, the cheapest ingredient, for this $40 dish. To add insult, I can even tastethe fish was not fresh! Maybe the order was complete and forgotten, but when I received it, some portions of the deep fried fishwas no longer crispy. My high expectations were completely crushed. I guess it's really hard to source high quality live fishand make profit in the US. The last part REALLY left a bad taste in my mouth. I ordered 1 portion of soy sauce duck to go anappetizer. When I opened to try it 1 day later, I found the portions to be tiny, and the duck already spoiled. I can't believepeople actually think this place is good. As a Shanghai native, I am ashamed an establishment brining this business attitude isallowed to exist. Read more
Authentic Shanghai dishes! Really enjoy some of the dishes. We came for Saturday lunch around noon and sat outdoor. Due to staff... shortage, the service was tad slow but understandable since there were only two servers and is was rush lunch time. I reallyliked the Shanghai mushroom combo, savory soy milk, egg yolk tofu and the herbs with tofu skin salad. Read more
The food here is quite good and I think pretty authentic compared to other Shanghai restaurants. We ordered a dozen of dishes... and they were all pretty good. The price is ok for the quantity. However, this place is terrible to dine in because they don?topen the AC and honestly I don?t understand why. I sweated so much while eating and could not stay one second longer after thediner. Terrible. I even one time ask them to open the AC and the waiter told me that they don?t open the AC. Read more
We were originally from Shanghai, always looking for authentic Shanghai street food. We went this place on Monday evening around... 5 pm, the restaurant was quit empty. We ordered ????and ????. We loved their ??, bottom is crispy and inside is very juicy /tasty - miced pork, very authentic. I will definitely come back for more ?? and will try their steamed ??? as well. Read more
Perfect authentic Shanghai food! You will have lots of choices here. This is my first time trying salted soy milk. It opened my... eyes LOL. Crab rice cake is perfect! Read more
My husband and I are from Shanghai. The food here is very authentic and they are well made and delicious. ??? is very juicy but... not oily. ??? has very thin skin and full of soup. We have been to many Shanghai style restaurants in CA. This is the best sofar based on the dishes we had. The restaurant is pretty spacious with good atmosphere. Service is good, too. Not sure why therating is so low. IRight now it deserves at least 4.5! Read more
Went for a brunch with a couple friends, because this place was one of the few open early. The menu isn't too diverse, but we... were glad to find some very authentic Chinese style breakfast options like savory rice roll! The beef brisket noodles were alsovery tasty. Don't know why the A/C was turned way up in the winter. Read more