Shanghai Pine Gardens Restaurant

1. ☆☆☆EXCELLENT FOOD!☆☆☆
   I highly recommend this place!
   The service was excellent as well.
   I was pleasantly surprised at just how delicious the food was and the quality of the food. I haven’t really found a great Chinese restaurant, but now I have!
   It’s a bit pricey, but two things…
   1.) You get what you pay for.
   2.) You’re on Balboa Island!
   This place has been here since the early 1970s! So they must be doing something right! Right?
   If you’re in the area and want GREAT Chinese food… don’t hesitate to go here!
   Then, after you’re done eating, you can go for a nice walk up and down the main street here on this quaint little island.
   I also recommend going down the street and getting a Dad’s ice cream bar! Yum! 😋
   Enjoy!

2. Fantastic services. Nice smiles 😃 😊. Very polite servers. The prices for the dishes are average. The orange chicken dish is a must try, after I ate all of tug first plate of it, we need to order another one because my kids and I love it so much. We also had the Lettuce wrap to start with, it was a great choice. Tug atmosphere is OK, is an American style Chinese, cleaned but I personally do not like the lighting, it’s a bit too dim. Overall, love this place and we will be back next time we come to Balbao Island, Newport beach. Sorry, forgot to take photos!

3. My family loves the food here. This is one of their favorite restaurants. Finally, after years of going here and ordering almost everything, I found a dish I love as much as they do. The food is very consistent which is extremely important.

4. Nice corner spot with big bay windows to people watch while sitting comfortably inside.

   Food came fast. I was in and out in 20 minutes, tops. But I could’ve stayed. It wasn’t terribly busy while I was there, maybe 5 tables, I just had somewhere else I had to be.

   Portion size is average. The item that stood out to me was the hot n sour soup. It really had a nice smokey savory flavor and the little scallion garnish on top was a great burst of flavor that complimented the base of the soup perfectly. Was really impressed with the soup. I ordered fried rice with my kung pao chicken. Fried rice was a little dry but not bad. The main entree was just average to me. I’ve had better but I’ve also had worse.

   Overall was not bad. Price was reasonable for that area and place was clean and service was friendly. (Noted : my criticism for these types of Chinese restaurants is high since I make a point to try them whenever and wherever I see one. I’ve been to over 40 in Southern California. )

5. My wife and I enjoyed lunch yesterday at Shanghai Pine Garden and the food was great. We had pot stickers as our appetizer and followed with Mushu Pork and Orange Chicken and white rice. The food was wonderful and the service was excellent. We will be back to try some of their many other dishes.

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