Shanghai Grill

Hospitality was great. Our waitress was on point with everything. The food was tasty. I loved the coconut pineapple ice cream.

This is solidly decent fast casual Chinese. It rates above Good China which is just down the street. If you are looking for some quick take out or even a bite in, it’s worth the visit.

The food was very good I had the garlic chicken house specialty… I also had an egg roll and hot & sour soup. We were waited on by a new waitress and we tried to be as patient as possible but we never got refills on our water or soup until we flagged down the busser… this was the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars… we watched as it appeared to be 3 new servers running around as the manager decided to sit back and never get involved… why? Good question! We have been here several test and the food has always been good… the service usually better… we most likely will be back

I’m new to the area, and I’m looking for a good Chinese restaurant. Sad to say, I am still looking. A few pros and cons in my opinion: Pros: food was hot, decent portions, decent prices. Cons: just bland tasting. (And they got my order wrong, but no biggie, we just wanted to try a few different things). Overall: food wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t necessarily good either. The search continues for awesome Chinese food!

Good food. I like getting the dinner with the egg roll soup and fried rice. We have tried several dishes and all have been good. We like the orange chicken. The Mongolian beef and the beef with broccoli. I will be back it’s a nice place for dinner.

This is a very unusual Multi Asian Style Restaurant that has a bar and also offers many seafood dishes. They offer familiar Asian dishes of many kinds and many interesting sounding Asian inspired dishes. The interior of the restaurant was very dark and filled with comfortable booths. I tried the Vietnamese Sun Devil Chicken with brown rice. The chicken in my dish was tender and they gave a nice assortment of fresh vegetables. The sauce on the menu was described as spicy and aromatic but all I got was sweet and soy sauce. My waitress said they usually make this dish with jalapeños but I didn’t get any and they just used a few red pepper flakes. It seems like they were out of jalapeños and a few other things.
My husband tried the Szechwan Meatballs that were suppose to be in Szechwan Sauce that was suppose to be DOUBLE HOT. My husband said the meatballs were tasty but the sauce was like sweet BBQ sauce that wasn’t hot at all. Guess they were out of some more things here too. He did tell the waitress about the lack of heat and she said most people love that dish and told us to order it extra extra spicy next time.
It seems that this restaurant is a little hit and miss.
I’m giving it a generous three stars because the meatballs were tasty and the chicken was prepared well.
2.5 stars

Been about 5 years since we ate here so thought we’d give it another try. Ordered the Korean Short Ribs and they were horrible! Chewy, fatty and just not good! And they charge $ 16 for them!
My wife had the Chicken Teriyaki and the chicken was grizzly and not good. Will never go back! Panda Express is better!

I have been to the Shanghai Grill many times but won’t be returning. Apparently business is not doing too good because they seem to be reducing quantities especially in the drink category. My wife and I ordered martinis and I have never seen such small glasses. The wine glasses are also much smaller that they used to be. Service was mediocre at best. The steamed rice was not warm so we sent it back to be heated. Instead of doing as we asked the waitress brought a new serving of rice that wasn’t any warmer than the original serving. We visited on a Saturday night and there was hardly anyone else there. My only guess is that other customers have been as disappointed as we were.

Came here thinking they had sushi as well, but they didnt. :/​However service is good and portions are good. I got the pad thai. Probably won’t order it again, but I would come back again and try something else. Great selection.

Awesome food for take out: D Only dined in once, it was mediocre– but their food is definitely one of my favorites!

I normally do not leave negative reviews mainly because I don’t patronize business that get poor ratings. The great majority of my experiences at the restaurants I frequent are on par with the ratings that most Unilocalers leave.
Not quite so this time…
This was by far one of my most disappointing experiences.
Upon entering I was greeted by fairly enjoyable ambiance and a loud and rather mean looking Asian hostess. Giving Shanghai Grill the benefit of the doubt, my party and I decided to still try their decent food selection.
We ordered their «famous» honey garlic chicken, lemon grass chicken, asian chicken salad, and chicken egg foo yung. The food was all very good. The lemon grass chicken was tasty and not too sweet. The honey garlic chicken was also light and garlicky but a tad on the sweet side (not so much honey sweet but more sugar sweet).
The main reason Shanghai Grill earned their one star from me was not because of the food or their funny tasting piña colada which they remade for my wife but ended up still tasting funny.
No, this «Asian» restaurant with its «Asian» workers didn’t botch the «Asian» food. It was the Asian hostess/​manager lady in the front who earned their «star of shame». I presented a coupon (because I’m Asian) to the Asian waiter (who coincidentally was extremely nice) upon being seated and was told I could use it. At the end of our meal, the Asian hostess/​manager lady showed up at our table and chided me for using the coupon incorrectly. When I tried to explain that I had already confirmed with the waiter that the coupon could be used, she said «he Asian, he stupid, he don’t know anything.»
I’m pretty much going out on a limb here but, I’m thinking she just insulted me and the other two people in her vicinity including herself.
She then proceeded to drag the waiter across the room and chide him probably for telling me I could use the coupon. She then came back and told me she would take $ 2 off our bill and I could still use the coupon at a later date.
Now, I’m pretty thick skinned when it comes to racial comments, but for that nutty lady to go spouting off about how stupid Asians are in front of my kids is unacceptable. In my book, racial comments are absolutely inappropriate at the dinner table regardless of who is saying it and who it’s directed to. But that’s just my $ 0.02.
BTW, I do think Asians, specifically Chinese people are stupid with all their dog eating festivals and what not but so are the people in every other ethnic group, culture, and country. We are all humans and by definition we do dumb things but, another aspect of humanity is the ability to forgive which the Asian hostess/​manager lady did not exhibit.
I just hope that poor waiter can forgive the hostess/​manager lady and the hostess/​manager lady can forgive me for writing the truth about her. I have already forgiven them both but have also learned never to patronize their establishment again.

Great food! Nice place!
Had dine in and take out both are great.

Had the general tso’s and Kung pow chicken. Both were good. Service was good as well. We’ll be back.

Second rate food… not worth the time or effort.
(M) did a great job taking care of us, would love to have her working in my place. She was polite and professional even when her obviously crazy boss (some lunatic Asian woman) chewed her out in the dining area in front of everyone.
Pass on this place.

Great first experience, the food was very good and the serving sizes were Good size.
Service was excellent and very attentive. I will definitely be back!

Ok. Went there last night. We don’t have a lot of choices way out here in the West Valley. The service and food were great. Tables were clean. Curry chicken and shrimp fried rice were both excellent. I’ll be coming back again. If you want to try some good Chinese food this is the place. Take out also.

I am very disappointed in the management here! The server was very nice and helpful, but embarrassed of her manager in charge! I asked for the house chicken and it came out in a small bowl very very salty and did not taste good. I asked for something else after taking a few bites because I did not enjoy the dish. Management said no they would recook cook it and take the salt out of it I asked for a different dish again they said no! I paid for my meal the server apologized I will never ever come back to this restaurant again after frequenting this restaurant for years!!! You have lost a loyal customer never to return AGAIN. Low price yes! Poor management! Yes!

This is definitely one of our favorite Asian restaurants in Peoria. Very nice ambiance. Clean and intimate. Full bar and happy hour specials.
The food is really great here! From the Walnut Shrimp to Honey Garlic Chicken, Lettuce Wraps, Beef Chow Fun… there is much to be pleased with at Shanghai Grill!
Lunch specials as well! Try it… you won’t be disappointed!

This is the perfect lesson of not judging a book by its cover. It’s at the end of a ghost-​town strip mall & I honestly thought this would be a typical divey Chinese restaurant. WRONG! We walked in & were totally surprised by how «restaurant-​y» (that’s not a word, I know) it was! They had fountains & beautiful booths, the décor wasn’t crazy cheesy either. We were seated right away by our friendly server.
I ordered the almond chicken with steamed rice & hubby ordered sweet & sour chicken with fried rice. She dropped off 2 bowls of egg drop soup which was actually very tasty. Our food came next & we were really happy with it. Perfect amount for lunch, it came with 2 won-​tons, an egg roll & the rice. Our dishes were pretty basic so it’s kind of hard to mess them up but we will be back here again. They were really flavorful & didn’t taste like it was loaded with salt like some Chinese places do. The lunch prices were great too (around $ 6 per person I think).

I’ve been here a few times and I do like the food. The food doesn’t taste like it’s been drenched in salt. The mai tais are awesome. But they can’t seem to make a gin and tonic. Vodka was used instead of Gin. Two different alcohols.
The Pu Pu platter is my favorite appetizer.
And my favorite is the Mongolian beef. And they serve a chicken dish, which I forgot the name, which is so good. Service has been okay and the prices are okay. I just wish they delivered.