Shanghai River

07/01/07

RIP Shanghai River

by yumy at Citysearch

As of last night, Saturday, June 30, 2007, Shanghai River is closed. I went to the restaurant last night, around 6 p.m., and it was locked up and dark inside. The furniture and steam tables were gone. There was no forwarding address.

I last ate at Shanghai River on the night of June 13. It was very good that night. I think that it was due to timing. I got there around 6 pm and they were putting fresh hot food on the buffet. I especially enjoyed the steamed fish and the vegetarian spinach with ginger dish. Not many Chinese buffets have steamed fish.

One thing that I did not like about Shanghai River in the past was that the food was often lukewarm. I used to complain about it. They claimed that the AC cooled the food and that I needed to stir the food up before serving myself. One time I went to the restaurant at 2:30. Big mistake, the food at that time was not fresh, and they made no apologies about it.

This is the third Chinese buffet restaurant to close in the immediate neighborhood area. The closest Chinese buffet is now the one at Sea Dragon at 8776 Research Blvd --lunch buffet only.

02/09/07

Vegetarian Heaven!

by doubledboutique at Citysearch

I am surprised to see any negative comments below--my experiences at Shanghai River have always been excellent. Granted, there are some days when they're a bit overwhelmed and need to bring new stuff out to the buffet. They're a family owned restaurant and are more than happy to bring fresh food not only out to the buffet, but to your table as well.

Some of the best things fresh include their spring rolls, their general tso's tofu b alls (haha, citysearch won't let me write b a l l s), and their chinese fried donuts--they are absolutely devine!

While they always have an extension collection of veggie foods (including soy ice cream!), on certain days (I think Wed, Fri and Sun?) they have even more vegetarian specialties!

Definitely worth trying!

• Pros: vegetarian buffet every day of the week!
• Cons: not closer to my house!