5 reviews about Shanghai Stories 1938 Chinese Restaurant

verified email - 13 May 2015

Authentic and modern Chinese cuisine and yum cha. They serve really good chinese food. I loved to eat there. They are quite busy better to book them in advance.

Approximate cost: $30

verified email - 11 Oct 2013

Shanghai Stories is described as an upmarket, high end version of the Taste of Shanghai restaurants. Disappointingly this is not the case.
We went there as we were going to the ballet (I know, but my wife loves it & it was our anniversary) & we like the food at Taste of Shanghai, Eastwood.
Service very slow (and this was at 6pm) with not many patrons there.
First up - Duck rolls: great if you don't like duck as there was not much & the rolls just tasted of carrot;
Steamed/boiled pork dumplings: arrived cold, requested they be heated up and came back a little bit warmer;
Pan fried pork/chive dumplings: great, hot & tasty - the dish of the night;
Shanghai Pork Belly: again cold, very tender but lacking much flavour;
Desert was the taro rolls? quite hot but left an oily taste in our mouths.
Very disappointing experience & we won't be going back. Food is still good at Taste of Shanghai, Eastwood though.
And, to finish off the experience, I got in trouble for fidgeting too much during the ballet.
Cost of the dinner for two was $86. (included 2 x Tsingtao)

Approximate cost: $18 - 24

verified email - 07 Aug 2013

I bought a voucher recently. It claimed the value worth over $81. for just $38 for two people. We booked 1:00 and arrived 5 mins before. The reception refused to let us in but she let all other non-voucher holders in. We waited for 15mins then we had a seat. The waiters mentioned a few times that we've bought a 2 person voucher but we had 4 persons. We already told the person while making booking and the reception that we 'll add some more dishes.
Then food didn't come after 15 mins. The deal said the boneless chicken and cucumber are a plate to share but end up they gave us 4 pieces of chicken and they claimed it worth $24.8 (full size price on their menu). The mango omelette only had 1 pea size mango in it. All we had are cream!
They want to boost their business by selling voucher but they don't want people to take advantage. They shouldn't sell if they think it's non profitable. I would say I will never go there again.

Approximate cost: $20

verified email - 19 May 2013

Average to slightly above chinese food in small-average servings. Prices are a bit expensive for the serving size but they still taste fine. Drinks are amazing- their fruit crushes/mocktails/frappes are $6.80 but so delicious! They were probably the highlight of my meal!

verified email - 29 Jan 2013

We had a family dinner at Shanghai Stories 1938 on the weekend, a very nice and traditional restaurant with Shanghainese decorations and feeling. Lov the high ceiling with grand lights. They have an extensive menu of Shanghainese food. We ordered some rice noodles chicken salad with sesame dressing for entrée(cold dish), pork belly in Shanghainese style, San Choy Bao and egg white with dry scallops. The dishes were very delicious. They were not expensive at all which was to my surprise. The service was excellent and the restaurant looked very clean. We will definitely go back again!

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