Shanghai Palace

The ambiance of this restaurant leaves something to be desired, but if you want some good chinese food, I’d recommend this place. Prices are on par with other take out chinese food places in Lincoln, and the serving sizes are large.

My girlfriend and I wanted some Chinese on Christmas day and ended up here. Honestly, after walking in, we almost turned around and walked right out again. Despite how big it looks from the outside where we ate was off in the corner and only had two booths. (There is what looks like a full-​sized seating area attached but that was closed up.) We looked at each other since this wasn’t what we were expecting but sat down anyway. The menus were greasy and sticky and the hostess brought over the space heater so we could be a little warmer. We made eyes at each other wondering what we’d gotten ourselves into but silently decided to stick it out. We ordered and had received our food in about five minutes. At this point you may be wondering why I’ve given this place four stars. Well, the food was spectacular! Great crab wontons, wonderful garlic chicken, and amazing kung pow beef. Based on the environment, 1 star. Based on the food, 5 stars. The food was so good, I’ll compromise at 4 stars. My advice, take advantage of their take-​out service as we plan to do in the future.