Me and my friend went here for early dinner once. It was hard ordering the food since the staffs dont speak english but we managed to order the Soup Dumpling through photos. It was fun actually. Lots of laugh. The food is really yummy!
Consistently good food here but the staff are also consistently unfriendly :P
We love pork hock, stir round bean, chicken n wonton soup in casserole, deep fry chicken pieces with special tofu sauce and fried pumpkin cake.
Pretty authentic restaurant. You can tell as it’s always quite busy with locals. Food is alright. Nothing special in my opinion and lacking some more vege/vegan options.
One of my favourite spots to have lunch. My family used to go every sunday and we recently went back again and the food is as good as ever. My favourite dishes are the real simple ones like the meatball noodle soup things and the pan fried dumplings. They have pretty big servings and the service is pretty good.
One of our favourite go to shanghai food restaurant in howick, we often come for lunch and this time we try their dinner menu and realise they don’t offer much soup noodles like the lunch menu, it was packed on a Wednesday evening...
we order a large pork stew , a vegetarian bun ( always my fav) and a sour and spicy soup ( this is huge for $14).
Overall everything is good, happily to come back for another dinner.
Our family had been coming here for years because it’s so delicious. Always fresh, fast and great service. would highly recommend this place to anyone!
Yum! Always come here for lunch on the weekend with the family. Their soup dumplings are some of the best and is delicious. The shanghai fried noodles are a classic and so is the drunken chicken.
Yi Pin Xiang has been my mother and grandmother’s fave dinner spot for years now.
Easily understandable why this place is always packed as there is a wide range of dishes that cater a variety of different preferences. Fantastic service, reasonable prices and consistently delicious-tasting food. Always very fast even during rush hour dinner time.
Portions are relatively large in comparison to similar restaurants. Would say this is the best restaurant in the Meadowlands area and one of the best Chinese restaurants in Auckland. Gotta get in early to order the Xiao Long Bao because they sell out quick af.
Perfect restaurant to visit for a family dinner.
It is clean and they serve tea right after we got the seat. The mini steam bun is a must try and the beef w black pepper sauce is delicious as well. While, Stir Shanghai noodles is normal for us which is just plain noodles with little meat and vege.
Usually go there for lunch. Price is reasonable and food taste real good. Love their spring roll and fried rice. Service is good if they not busy. Would definitely visit again~
This is a Chinese restaurant worth visiting. It’s clean and the food is delicious and authentic tasting. Loved the vegetarian bao and gong bao jiding. Will visit again to try more delicacies.
Dlainee.900.clubpenguin
+5
By far best Shanghainese food - if not, best food - in Auckland.
Crispy prawn with buttered egg yolk and the crispy chicken with chilli and onion are a must, as is sweet and sour pork or any sizzling beef dish.
Our family favorite take away restaurant. A lot of nice dishes . The buns, noodles, rice cakes , smoke fish etc... very delicious . The place is always busy. I think it’s one of the best Shanghainese restaurants in Auckland .
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Decided to try it after a friend kept going on about how good the mini steam buns are. We went early as apparently will sell out fast. Got there at 11:30am as they just opened, the food came pretty quickly, by 12pm the restaurant was packed and lots of people came in for takeaway of the mini steam buns. Service was good the girl had lots of smile and take away empty plates promptly.
Mini steam bun was juicy, thin wrapping as it should and doesn’t break easily. I would personally like it to have a bit more ginger in it, but just a personally preference. Highly recommend it. Fried buns also juicy, crispy down the bottom and soft on top. Turnip cake is light in flavour, strips of turnip mixed with a bit of pork mince and spring onion, fluffy pastry, can taste the natural sweetness from the turnip.
I’m sensitive to MSG so I like to give a MSG rating. Only base on my body reaction. It’s surprisingly very little MSG in those 3 dishes, I give it a 1/10. Food was lightly salted, we enjoyed it very much. Will definitely come back.
Came here for dinner tonight. One of my favourite shanghainese restaurants.
- Rice cakes were quite chewy and slices were thin.
- The deep fried chicken pieces with special tofu was tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.
- Pancakes had choy as a filling in them. Thought that was a very interesting choice.
- Egg whites and yolk in vinegar is a must try dish. Mixing it into your rice proved to be an excellent choice.
- Crispy prawns with salted buttered yolk was one of the best dishes.
We got some glutinous rice balls for dessert to finish off. I would definitely come back to try other interesting dishes I've never tasted ;)
Delicious shanghainese food, my family has been going for years and it's always a good time. The food is really good and definitely can recommend the fried chicken and broth soups
A friend said that Yi Pin Xiang has the best xiaolongbao in Auckland. To proof his point he got some takeaway for us to try. Despite it being a bit cold it was still indeed very delicious. Will definitely go back again and try it fresh out of the steamer.
We ordered the vegetarian chicken with peas & mushrooms, plain steamed buns & the meat buns. The vegetarian chicken was flavourful & delicious. The plain steamed buns were so soft and marshmallow like, you could sink your fangs in to them. With the meat buns, the outer she@ll of the buns were nice & soupy but the meat inside was slightly dry & overcooked. All this cost me $32, not too bad considering we enjoyed our meal. We'll definitely be going back to try the other dishes. :O)
Absolutely delicious! I come here in groups of friends and have a fantastic time :) their chicken fried rice is lovely. I just wish they served pork buns as a dinner option.
This is one of the best Shanghai restaurants in Auckland run by a family. The taste is clean as Shanghai dishes should be, with a touch of sweetness. Lots of choices and it's a good place for family gathering. It's always busy and the attitudes of the two sisters can be a bit overwhelming. It's almost that they don't really care even you don't ever come back.
Rosemary Reece-Morgan
+4.5
While awaiting Ming Court to open we tried Yi Pin Xiang . It was great like stepping back in time . Food was great didn't quite understand the menu . But picked wisely and was pleasantly surprised. It was fresh and colourful. no mSG which is very important to me
First time we had been here and really enjoyed it , very busy more cafe dining but food great. Salt and pepper prawns amazing , green beans with mince and garlic, ribs and sweet and sour blue cod . Would go again ! Also BYO and take outs available !
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Yi Pin Xiang has been a regular lunch time spot for my dad and I for the past few months, and for good reason too as we would always order the same two dishes : The xiao long bao and the fried buns but a note about these fried buns, they usually run out pretty quick especially in weekends so I'd recocmend either calling in ahead to reserve a plate or to go in earlier and try your luck :P
The xiao long baos here never fail to be filled with a delicious soup and the wrapping is always the perfect thinness and not too doughy. So goood! I could have hundreds of these little treasures here :) The fried buns are extremely tasty and are also always filled with soup, the crispiness of the fried side with the sesames make for a perfect lunch!
The service can sometimes be below average, however it's forgiveable for these dishes they offer hehe. Good and cheap place for lunch, high recommended!
UPDATE! Dinner dishes :)
I've been here for dinner with my family twice in two weeks now cos the dishes have been amazing!! Definitely reccomend the stewed pork cubes !! My favourite dish of all time here ( order it with mantou pancakes you won't regret it!). The salted pork and bamboo shoot soup was beautiful too AND the sweet and sour fish was definitely something to try out! EVERYTHING SO GOOD!
P.s. the service from one of the waitress, Annie, is 10/10 ! Cant wait to come back here again for the pork again hehe
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Didn't expect great service and was not surprised by what I received. Seating is sometimes hectic, but we usually arrive midway through dinner rush with the restaurant relatively full, so there's little to complain about.
There's a huge range of dishes, all the ones I've tried of which are great, authentic, Chinese dishes which aren't too salty as I've commonly experienced in some Chinese eateries, so this was a pleasant surprise.
My family and I have been frequent customers of this restaurant now, ordering a mix of both what sounds good and especially what the English-speaking lady recommends; she hasn't offered up a bad dish yet. What I've found is that if you go with an open mind, then the food is delightful in many aspects; well-balanced in its seasoning and never too heavy, we have yet to encounter a dish in their repertoire that we haven't enjoyed. For the adventurous, look to the lady who's happy to suggest the best dishes.
As for lunch, the portions are very decent for the prices, and with a good range that offers both some yum cha-style dim sum dishes or Chinese dishes. It's a good place to go for a meal, but make sure to get in a bit earlier to get a seat.
Great food. Truly, truly good food.
I get here about every 2 months. Cheap n cheerful class of down market restaurants. Prawn w. green tea flavour dish my fav. as are the big bowls of soups for tables of .4. Noisy and patience despite reservations is a virtue. Come here for authentic good-sized dishes for reas. Prices not silver service.
Always great Chinese food here. They do an awesome sweet and sour pork and their crispy duck is pretty special as well. Another firm favorite is the stewed pork belly which has star Anais added. The atmosphere is always busy and some times it can be interesting getting the staff to understand you but the food is really good. Would definitely recommend.
Consistantly good Chinese food. Can recommend Hot and Spicy Prawns (not hot), Sweet and Vinegar Pork Riblets and green beans with pork mince and garlic.
This restaurant is always busy, so booking is essential or try your luck like we did at 5.30pm. We managed to get a table and the restaurant quickly filled up by 6pm. The owner recommended a few dishes and it didn't disappoint. The flavours are unique and authentic Shanghai cuisine
The restaurant is usually quite busy but we were here on a Monday so it wasn't packed. There were quite a few interesting items on the menu so it would have been better to come as a larger group to try them all.
We shared the items and they were nice. The pork with sweet sauce came with bao to wrap it in. There was a decent portion of meat with that dish. The fat fried noodles with pork rib was essentailly a Shanghai Fried noodle with pieces of deep fried pork and it was quite nice. The chicken with tofu sauce was interesting. It tasted like the red fermented beancurd and the chicken was fried quite nicely so it was crispy.
Definately a nice place for good Shanghainese food.
Nice place to taste transitional Shanghai food. The steamed pork bun （小笼包）is must try food. I really like its thin skin, and juicy pork mince filling. Spring roll is dressing with crunchy and crispy outer and filled with mixed veggies and pork.
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I have to say that
You must go East to the Chinese neighborhood to eat authentic and fabulous Chinese foods!
This is my first time here with our elderly parents-like "friends". They told me this one has been operating for more than 20 years.
Hong Kong background owner who married a Shanghai lady so they actually make a wonderful balance on the menu.
What a tasty meal we had at lunch today!
Way better than any Shanghai restaurants in all Auckland although it's an absolutely old fashioned one.
You won't regret to drive all the way to the East. They are just so beautifully making the foods.
Luckly walked in and got a table here today. Their food quality has been supreme for so many year!
This place has amazing delicious Chinese food! Each dish was so full of flavour and made so well, we finished everything. We came here with our families and they were so impressed with the food. We will definitely return in the future.
It was my third times visit this , but every time it was full house, luck my friend pre-booked a table. foods taste is good. Price is excellent. But the place is currently under staff as far as I believe,
Great place to enjoy Shanghainese cuisine. Good service and food
Outstanding Shanghai Restaurant. Best in Auckland
Friendly staff and super delicious food. There are lots of their signature dishes. We love steam blue cod and salty egg yolk prawn
Delicious food but super oily
This place offers traditional Shanghai style food. There have few non Chinese eaters, where must be really Chinese restaurant. Price wide $25-$30 per a dish, service reasonable portion. They have well designed menu available, order per picture makes much easier. It is very hard scale taste, depends on each personal lifestyle. It is pretty good place overall. A grade hygiene certificate in place, lots of parking available.
My favourite restaurant in Howick! Fish is the best!!!!
Always maintained it's standard except for the time when one of it's chefs bailed out to start on his own. Soon after, it managed to recover and even launched new authentic dishes. The interior is plain, simple and clean, and the waiting staff and owners are friendly and efficient.
The food is tasty, and as my taste buds are quite sensitive to excessive ajinomoto, I did not feel as such from the multiple dishes we had. I'm please with the well presented dishes as well as surprisingly pleasant to taste. However, you need to lower your expectation about getting good or even reasonable service (certainly lacking in the smiles too). If the good food is enough for you to ignor the low service level, then this could be the place for you.
Undeniably delicious Shanghainese food, the squirrel fish (pine nuts fish) is quite genuine and appropriate for the Chinese New Year, highly recommended. Su ji (bean curd soya) fried with mushroom & edamame is one of the typical Shanghainese vegetarian dishes.
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