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Shanghai Kitchen

81/100 (184 ratings)

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"Friendly service. Wide range of food on the menu. Although was disappointed that they had run out of pan fried dumplings. We ordered pork buns..."

Jessica

"Came here in a cold weekdays night with friends. Good to see that they have the heater on and we sat by it. The waitress was friends and settled..."

John Chin

"Very nice and not all your typical Euro-blend choices. Chef was great, presentation and quantities very good. Ambience is sub-par but standard..."

Gryfon

"Great Shanghai food!!Will definitely go back again! The xiao long bao was delicious! Very authentic. My partner and I really enjoyed our meal...."

Maggie Ngan

"Speaking as a native Chinese, many of their dishes are the best I've ever had outside China. This is one of the very few, if not the only Chinese..."

Jin Cowan

"LOVE it, food is great, never had bad service, sweet and sour pork is the best ever, not jelly type sticky red stuff, dark purple lovely very tasty,..."

Jacqui

"My wife and I along with friends and family have dined at the Shanghai Kitchen many, many times. Excellent Shanghai food and service at a reasonable..."

Ernest Cosgrove

"Where to begin. The service at Shanghai Kitchen was totally superlative to any other restaurant we have been to on Petone's prestigious Jackson St...."

Campbell Mackie

"We are regular eaters at this place, love the food there, service has always been prompt and have never had to wait for service...need to book a..."

Jennie Turner

"I must admit I am shocked at the negative reviews. I have eaten at Shanghai Kitchen lots of times. I do like the spicy pork which comes in a box..."

Lynne Plimmer

"Shanghai Kitchen is one of my favourite restaurants to go to in petone. It’s authentic Shanghainese food, not the usual lemon chicken sweet and..."

KP

"Victoria is quite right in her review. This is not Cantonese food and tastes different to what a lot of NZ ers would be used to.I found them friendly..."

Rosa

"great food and service. and what "Jane" said was not true. their restaurant is called Shanghai Kitchen. they have shanghainess food rather than..."

Daisy Ni

"A certain food critic at the Dominion Post made a mention of Shanghai Kitchen's skate wing. I made my first visit on the strength of that. Pains me..."

Mike Barton

"Last Friday was our first visit to Shanghai Kitchen Petone. What a treat. We were greeted and shown to our table (reserved) and received attentive..."

Robert Joiner

"As a Shanghainese myself, I gotta say this restaurant offers the most authentic Shanghai local food in Lower Hutt, if not in Wellington. The fish..."

Cynthia Ren

"Best and authentic Southeastern Chinese food! Must try the Shanghai style teamed pork bun!!! We also ordered the pork and bamboo root soup, which was..."

Hanajan

"This was our first time eating there and we all enjoyed the good food. The people were helpful and friendly. Definitely going..."

Joanne and Ali Felio

"Good staff.. Good ambience and clean. We tried chilli crab and pepper beef. It was really..."

george jose

"Came here wanting to try something different from Cantonese style Chinese food. Was not disappointed. Liked that the flavours were different and the..."

Sanutep “SanChan” Chan

"Fantastic dining experience! Was the Ideal venue for a Xmas event as we did for our small business of 10ppl. The service was fast and the food was..."

Tesha D.M

"We shared orange chicken and sweet & pork with rice on the side, very nice food.... Tender and yum Sophie & Katie..."

Sophie McKleanin

"Having lived in Shanghai for 3 years in the mid-nineties, I love coming to the Shanghai Kitchen for real authentic Shanghai food prepared & cooked by..."

Jim Pilcher

"Good location, nice food with orthentic shanghaines dishes, reasonable prices, and friendly..."

Hai Zhu

"The best sweet and sour pork I’ve ever had. Lovely staff and well worth a..."

Jack Wellwood

"Very good. Very light but rich of flavour. Typical Shanghai style food. The chef used to work in Chinese embassy in NZ. Highly..."

Little Fire Rabbit

"Best Chinese food I've ever had! I went three times in a week, need I says more. Stir fried prawns with vegetables salt and pepper chicken, rice..."

Tracy Johnson

"With such a tiny street presence it's easily overlooked, but this restaurant is a little gem. The menu is affordable and the food is delicious. We've..."

Kris Dover

"delicious spicy wonton soup and great dumplings. the lemon chicken was lacklustre, needed a much larger lemon/ citrus kick. will definitely go back...."

realignit

"I love Wonton soup and I can say without a doubt that the Shanghai Kitchen do make the best I have ever had. This is why I keep going..."

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