CK Shanghai

They make the best Chinese food. We’ve ordered takeout from them for 10 years and it is always excellent. They are always fast and we love their scallion pancakes. Their chicken with ginger and scallions is one of the best meals I’ve ever had. We have always found the people friendly and nice to deal with.

Outstanding food. We are very selective about Chinese food. This is one of our favorites. Full serving of Bass with ck sauce is outstanding. Also loved their eggplant and shrimp hot pot.

I rarely write Unilocal reviews, but this felt like a time it was necessary. Came to CK for my daughter, but figured in such a nice area that they’d be able to communicate effectively for folks with food allergies. Wait staff should be kind, patient, and friendly. Full stop.
I am a celiac. I am always understanding of menu limitations, but at CK the server decided to get impatient. There is no soup or substitute, and no fried rice.
I only care because at a restaurant like this it’s generally easy to use a clean pot and a gluten free soy sauce.
Maybe I’m being high maintenance, and I understand this is a high pace establishment, but color me annoyed

I’ve been here a bunch of times, as I live nearby, and I have never been disappointed! Very authentic Chinese food!
The portions here are HUGE when you dine in, so it’s a great place for classic meal sharing. My favorite is the pork lo mein, boring I know but it’s absolutely delicious. Food is always fresh and well made.
The staff is extremely efficient and quick, they are very attentive and bring everything out on time. The restaurant is very clean and you can tell it is very well taken care of.
Great spot for a big group meal, because of portion sizes, And prices are extremely reasonable!

Excellent food, efficient service, waitstaff could be a bit more «kinder and gentler.»
We have struggled to find a good Chinese restaurant in the greater Boston area and we have found one in Wellesley — C.K. Shanghai.
The food is fresh and very well prepared.
For appetizers we had the Scallion Pancakes which were not greasy and the Shanghai Cucumbers which had just the right amount of «heat.»
The Egg Drop Soup was light and flavorful and the Sweet and Sour Soup was perfectly balanced.
We also had the Hunan Style Bean Curd, Moo Shu Vegetables, and Chicken with Broccoli. Everything was served hot and promptly.
Our main courses were served so promptly that we weren’t done with our soup or appetizers when they arrived. This made for a very crowded table and a feeling that the waitstaff were instructed to serve the food and then clear it away as fast as possible.
Case in point, my daughter was still eating from her main plate when one waiter decided to reach over her to grab a used plate as opposed to going around to the other side of the table to clear it.
My advice is to give your waiter clear instructions on the timing of meal. By doing so you are guaranteed a very good one.

Terrible. Just had dinner with my family here. Thursday evening and I think they were low on staff because the waitstaff seemed so flustered. Once we got to our table it was empty. No silverware, dishes or glasses. It took awhile for them to give us our menus and then even longer for them to come take our order. We had to ask for water and it was then that they noticed we didn’t have any settings. Plates were plopped down on the table, not even in front of us individually. I had to grab our own napkins from the drawer behind our table myself. When our entrees arrived they also were just plopped down on the table, not in the center of our round table but close to the edge. Our waitress never once came by to see how we were doing or refill our water glasses.
The food itself was just ok. Really saucy and it basically drowned out the flavor of the meats. We ordered the Dragon and Phoenix (chicken and shrimp dish), eggplant and beef pot, and lamb with ginger and scallions.
It was our first time to this restaurant and we had heard rave reviews in the newspaper. What a disappointment. The service was terrible and the food just so-​so. We won’t be back.

The food is really good! I’m from Shanghai and the food tastes like from Shanghai or even better! Lobster has many cook styles, i think I ordered salt and pepper flavor. Really good!

Truly awful meal. This restaurant was good years ago when it opened. Had sesame chicken last night thick crust deep fried slathered With thick sweet sauce. Couldn’t tell what the food was that the sauce covered up for. Maybe bad night maybe bad Chef

Decent Chinese with fair service, my problem can be the dumplings which are a make or break with Chinese for me. If you need takeout from wellesley, it’s an option.

We used to order from here all the time for takeout. Our family loved it. But just recently we started ordering from here again and the quality was not as good. It was not as flavorful. Not sure if they have new recipes or a new owner? But I won’t be rushing back there anytime soon.

Solid sit down chinese. Good menu and portions.

I would have to say that they could have been a little nicer on the phone but when I ordered at 6 selection dinner for the family on the phone they got every order correct. Kudos. That said, the food was HOT at the time of pickup, all sauces and condiments included. Definitely worth coming back.

Went there today for a late Sunday lunch (~2pm). Ordered walnut shrimp, string beans w/​minced pork, and one of the duck dishes (forget which one, but not the imperial duck or peking duck). Food was okay taste-​wise, but none of the dishes were hot. Some of the string beans were actually cold. Given that the dishes came out relatively quickly, my suspicion is that they microwaved it.
On top of that, the service was just meh and the meal totaled just under $ 50, which is really expensive for the quality we got. Can’t speak to the dim sum or dinner experience, but from my meal today, I would NOT recommend CK Shanghai.

Dim Sum on Sundays! Great food, good price, wonderful service!
Clean, friendly, and consistently delicious.
Great food, okay cocktails, but not quite the South Pacific.
Highly recommend

Not perfect but quite decent. Walnut shrimp not as good as others. Most other dishes, especially appetizers quite good. Nice that they have a cocktail menu in Wellesley. Food came very fast.

We have been coming here for the last 2 years. We find it a friendly place, great service. I have lived in Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Needham, Newton and now Wellesley, and being Chinese, I know all the Chinese restaurants in these areas. I have to say CK is among my top 3 favorite places for a «home cooked meal,» we either go or do takeout at least 2 – 3 times each month. When our kitchen was being renovated we went embarrassingly almost every day.
I read some of the 2 star posts, and have to disagree with most of them, as the posters seem to miss the point that the dishes are served up as they are ready, home style, not meant to be all brought out at once; and no lids, who does that? And no, there is no left over because this is not Vinny Testas (out of business), who wants left overs to bring home? As with anything, there can be some hit or miss with any establishment.
Recommended dishes are the mo po tofu, tangerine beef, beef scallion pancakes, soup dumplings (weekends), peanut noodles. Few places do peking duck well, and CK’s peking duck is very good. Suffice it to say that I have recommended this place to plenty of friends and colleagues and this is where I go when I have out-​of-​town family visiting when they are in the mood for Chinese food.

I dined at this restaraunt with my family for the second time and we all went away feeling disappointed for a second time. Yes it certainly has all the awards and distinguished accolades on the front door, but we found the service careless and the food delivered at slightly above room temperature. I almost sent my soup back, but chose not to make an issue of it.
My father is 89 years old, and our daughter is fourteen, so they are not the biggest eaters in the world. We ordered the «Must try» House Fried Rice with Scallops and Spinach, the Sesame Chicken, the Beef with Brocoli, and Shrimp with Garlic. We also ordered an appetizer (steamed ravioli) and we all had a soup.
On both occaissions that we dined there, the custom/​practice of bringing your order to the table is piecemeal, all without any lids, rather than in its entireity. Consequently, you are dining on only on one entrée until they bring out another five minutes later, and another a few minutes aftet that. Since the portions are not very large to begin with. you are deciding if you need to order another House Rice to go with the other entrees that have not yet made it to your table.
Another observation that we all made was the fact that there were no left-​overs. When was the last time that someone left a Chinese Restaraunt without taking something home?
Bottom line: This restaraunt does not remotely approach any decent restaraunt in China Town, either in the quality of the food or the portions that are presented.

It’s too bad that CK Shanghai is in Wellesley now instead of Boston. I don’t go to Chinese restaurants much (as nothing really matches to what my mom used to cook), but the Lady of the Table has forever recommended this joint.
The atmosphere at CK is «clean.» It’s not a rundown establishment, and it doesn’t pretend to be upscale. The waiters were attentive and friendly, and the portion sizes were quite decent.
Do the flavors still have a distinctive American style to it? Yes, but not as much as you would find at a Chinese buffet. Are some of the dishes still too oily? Yes, but again, not as much as you would probably find elsewhere.

Food was slightly above average and not too Americanized. However, I found a staple in the fried calamari with spicy salt. Also ordered chow fun with minced pork but they substituted hamburger. This suggests a general carelessness and disrespect for customer preferences.

I had dinner here two nights ago and as usual it was very good & did not disappoint. I’ve recommended CK to many friends that really love this place too. I’ve been going to CK for a few yrs now and would say I’ve been at least 15 x’s.
I think only once was I disappointed. When I pointed out to the manager what was wrong with the meal it was quickly corrected and they were very apologetic.
Admittedly 75% of the time I get take-​out & can attest with some of the other reviewers that the servers @ CK are not friendly, most of them actually come across as abrupt & up-​petty. I’ve decided that it may be somewhat cultural though as the servers are not American-​Asian, most of them have bad English.
IF YOU are a fried rice lover you will be very disappointed here because their’s is more like a Vietnamese fried Rice, in that it’s fresh steamed rice and barely seared in the pan. Not at all like 99% of the other Chinese restaurants. I asked the manager about it and he said the chef refuses to use old rice, he wants the rice to have a fresher healthier consistency, he told me people often get upset about it.
Personally, I don’t care for rice, unless it’s brown but I’ve had friends that were disappointed so thought i’d mention that as a footnote. We get stuck with ideas of certain dishes, so I get it! Not Traditional Pooorrrkkk Fy’d Wice. OK!
Menu favorites «must try’s» 1. General Gao’s Shrimp, 2. Salt n’ Pepper Shrimp, 3. Black Pepper Sea Scallops, Dumpling’s & Cold Sesame Noodles (very hard to find in Boston because of the whole nut allergy thing). Veggies & seafood have always been very fresh and a giant step up from almost every Chinese restaurant I’ve tried in the Boston/​Metro Area. The Chef has been well reviewed in various magazines.
The prices are def. $ 3-​$ 4 more per dish than most other places too, but I think you’ll be happy to pay a bit more.
Cheers,