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New Shanghai 新上海
Shanghai Restaurant
Ashfield
"Excellent soup dumplings and salt and pepper tofu."(8 Tips)
"Pan fried pork buns are also good!"(5 Tips)
"New Year Cake with XO sauce and Pan Fried Pork Dumplings!"(5 Tips)
"crispy crab and pork pan fried dumplings 🙃?"(5 Tips)
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Dominic TamJanuary 7, 2016The original New Shanghai (the others are in Chatswood). Don't miss the fried dumplings, shanghaiese noodle, mini wonton with prawn & mini pork dumplings. Sadly you will need to pay for the tea.Upvote1Downvote
Ashleigh JayneMarch 25, 2015I loved all the Dim Sim's, they are all worth a try! This place is great for a group so you can order heaps and share. The service was slow to begin with but the food came out fast.
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Dumplings are really, really good - the best we've had in the area. Crispy duck and braised pork are delicious as well.Upvote1Downvote
✩ тony ѕ. ✩January 27, 2013Pan fried pork bun are excellent, 2 thumbs up! Curry beef soup with vermicelli are very nice too! I don't recommend cold dishes, not authentic at all! Services are great, I'll definitely go back!UpvoteDownvote
JAugust 2, 2020Love the noodles with crispy chicken - thin and silky smooth noodles. Pork dumplings are also great.
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Johannes PauwJanuary 5, 2014Yep the Dumplings are good, but the mains are great too. Always a queue, so either arrive early (or prepared to wait) or beat the queues and order takeaway. Parking out front from 6.UpvoteDownvote
Brad ChouAugust 25, 2013Excellent Shanghainese cuisine - we recommend the Xiao Long Bao (poorly translated to mini pork buns; actually dumplings), drunken chicken and pan fried pork dumplings.Upvote3Downvote- Christine DuongOctober 26, 2015Xiao long bao soup dumplings and soft and crispy crab and pork pan fried dumplings 🙃🙃
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Simeon ClerkeDecember 7, 2015They have recently put up prices a bit & started charging for corkage. Takes the gloss off the cheap bills you used to get here. Great dumplings still!UpvoteDownvote
FeeApril 16, 2014I love the shallot pancake here. And obviously the dumplings. The drunken chicken was a big let down. 25% off (up to $25) with the entertainment book!UpvoteDownvote
Christine LoJuly 19, 2015Best restaurant in Ashfield! Braised garlic eggplant, dumplings, ja jiang mien, taro milk teaUpvoteDownvote
Riyaj JayaprakashSeptember 20, 2014The awesome pork fried buns is a must have by all means
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Reg LMarch 26, 2011Dumplings are the popular choice here, but the Fu Jian fried rice is a great additional to have - tasty morsels of prawns and mushrooms and saucy goodness
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Susan NataliaJuly 26, 2015Love their dumplings. The menu is so extensive but everything is good!UpvoteDownvote
Drunken chicken to start. Pan fried and northern style pan fried dumplings are big winners here. The dumplings are great but the rest of the dishes are average. Stay away from the salted egg tofu.UpvoteDownvote- Jenny LOctober 17, 2010Really don't rate this place too highly but it is value for money and the soup dumplings are probably the best in the west. Pan fried pork buns are also good! Not a fan of the noodles...UpvoteDownvote
Marcus MooksApril 16, 2012big portions and food are tasty and nice, one chubby worker here is a bitch service is crap, dont speak much english, but great dumplings,sweet n sour pork ribs wasn't all that, cheap looking but goodUpvoteDownvote
- Simeon ClerkeAugust 10, 2014Awesome Xiao Long Bao. Be prepared to wait up to 20mins for a table.UpvoteDownvote
Christopher KnightOctober 3, 2014Good prawn dumplings and beef fried rice. With the fresh garlic cucumber = awesome.Upvote1Downvote
Pan fired pork dumpling is the best !!!
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Great northern Chinese cuisine. ... In great portion and price.... But service ain't so great. .. But that's Asian restaurant for you. ...Upvote2Downvote
The wooden chopsticks have more flavour than the noodles, dumplings are worth a try...Upvote2Downvote
Ellen LeeDecember 24, 2012Since the renovation, service is fast, cockroach is gone. Food is still good . The decor is very pleasant.UpvoteDownvote
Dian ParamitaJanuary 8, 2014Bring your own chopped bird eye chilli, peeps! They only have chilli sauce 😪UpvoteDownvote
- Angela StengelOctober 4, 2010Excellent soup dumplings and salt and pepper tofu. Service is a little slow but worth the wait.Upvote2Downvote
Kim LeeMarch 21, 2010New shanghi pork mini dumplings (have soup in them) are great. Salt & pepper tofu and garlic cucumber are good too!UpvoteDownvote
Make an early booking before you arrive, so packedddddddd on weekends!UpvoteDownvote
First time I've come at 530pm - and the service is beyond atrocious!!UpvoteDownvote
People will argue over were the best dumplings in Sydney are, but I find this place hard to beat. Read moreUpvote1Downvote- Brad ChouAugust 25, 2013Typical Chinese restaurant service (below average by western standards) with better than average decor. Good food and fast!UpvoteDownvote
BrendanAugust 9, 2016We ordered, got out Xaio Long Bao soon enough then sat for 45 minutes waiting for the rest of our meal. We ended up leaving and going next door which was much better and faster.UpvoteDownvote- New Year Cake with XO sauce and Pan Fried Pork Dumplings! (see photos).UpvoteDownvote
Lily WangFebruary 16, 2012Don't go there if u value your life. Still feeling nauseous from lunch meal of lamb dumplings. Seeing a cockroach crawling across the wall certainly didn't help!UpvoteDownvote
LisaFebruary 3, 2011Always have to wait forever for the salted egg tofu! But the food is good and cheap.UpvoteDownvote
Service has been getting worse. Dumplings are great but try the place next door or across the road.UpvoteDownvote
Rae MoAugust 4, 2012Worst service ever. 203 pan fried pork buns was burnt on the bottom and undercooked on top. The mushroom and pork wonton was ok but the soup broth it was in was bland.UpvoteDownvote
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"This is to die for, the decor is amazing and the xiao long bao, dumplings are delicious!"
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