“ I was a regular visitor of the first Dong Tai Xiang restaurant in Shanghai. The food here is the same quality. I was really impressed and felt nostalgic. Will definitely recommend! ”

“ A true hidden gem in Richmond. The low ratings on Yelp and Google don't do the justice. They serve the best Shanghainese food I've had in recent years. I recommend every dish we got. Unlike some other Shanghainese restaurants, their food doesn't taste too oily or heavy. Our server was very friendly even we arrived close to their last order time. - Pan Fried Steamed Bun 東泰祥生煎饅頭*** - Dried Shelled Shrimp w. Spring Onion Sauce Stirred Noodle 蔥油開洋拌面** - Deep Fried Pork Steak 上海炸豬排** - Deep Fried Steamed Gluten 上海特色烤麩 - Wonton Soup (Pork and Vegetable) 薺菜大餛飩 I've been constantly searching for good sheng jian bao, and I found one that lives up to my expectation here. Each piece had a half-fluffy half-crispy texture, with a golden bottom and juicy pork fillings. The buns were made to order, so it came piping hot. My second favorite was the scallion stirred noodles. It was a simple, humble yet fragrant dry noodle seasoned with dried shelled shrimps and scallion oil. The deep fried pork steak exceeded what I expected -- the bread was thin while the pork chop remained juicy and tender. It had a crispier finish as the meat was thinly sliced. ”

“ New update: I changed my review to 5 stars I tried this restaurant a few times after the first attempt. Food is awesome! Very authentic shanghai food! Especially pan fired bun生煎包, soy sauced duck酱鸭, Braised Spareribs in Shanghai Local Flavour红烧大排, and Dried Shelled Shrimp With Spring Onion Sauce Stirred Noodle葱油拌面. A little bit pricey, but now all restaurants are pricey. I would prefer the ones with good taste. Service is still a bit slow. rating 1 star from 3 years ago: Super chaotic management. Waiter and waitress have no idea what to do, some don’t know how to take orders, super slow services. Food is very ordinary! From a tradition “Shang Hai” background speaking. Not that attractive to make me come back again. 葱油面 onion noodle is horrible. Noodles that they use is flat Hong Kong style noodle? Not authentic Shang Hai style. They do not have onions on the onion noodle cuz it is out of stock. Onion oil flavour is not rich enough, very tasteless. We haven’t try pan fried bun 生煎包 yet because it was out of stock. Wonton is not that amazing. Other restaurants have similar taste and some have better taste. Food portion is extremely small. Price is expensive for its snack size portion. For 2 people we had 50 for 2 dishes and 2 side dishes, but we were not even full. Owner does not know how to run a restaurant. Our next table waited for 45mins for their last dish to come, but for 45mins nobody told them it was sold out. We went at around 1pm. We ordered a lot of food, but after 30mins we have to ask them several times, if they still have things that we ordered available. And their answer is nothing is available now. So basically we only ordered two dishes and waited for 1hr and 30mins. Everything thing was sold out, except noodles. We waited for about 1 hour for food to come. At that time, there were only a few customers in the restaurant. There is a lack of communication between the kitchen and waitress. Waiter and waitress have no idea what’s available what is not. I heard one of the waitress ( she is not the front receptionist) complained and said “it was not my job to take orders, why customers always asked me to take their orders.” That is really an attitude problem. If it is not your duty, then you can tell customers you can find another people who takes orders. Overall, staff is not trained properly. Kitchen is not well prepared. Owner should estimate the amount of customers you will have per day and prepare food accordingly. By the time of 1pm everything is sold out and restaurant opens till 9pm. Although they said they will have more things ready at around 5pm but there is no guarantee. Might come back later to try pan fried bun. But won’t come back recently due to its service. ”

“ The best place for pan fried buns! Juicy inside and some crunchy crust on the soft bun. Also tried the dry noodle it’s delicious with just simple ingredients. Good service and comfortable, safe inside for dine in. ”

“ Nice Shanghainese dim sum for lunch, kind of different from Hong Kong style dim sum. We had their specialty of pan fried dumplings, excellent dish, though very pricey, about 2.15 each. We also had a wonton soup and some veggies, all good quality. With about 10 tables occupied, there was only one server looking after everyone, kind of slow. We also had to wait for about 30 minutes for the pan fried dumplings to be served (I believe they are freshly made). Anyway we like the foods. ”

“ Definitely authentic Shanghai local specialty. What was a pleasant surprise for me was that they even have the authentic Shanghai rice vinegar to go with the shengjian bao. Best dishes are shengjian bao, fresh meat wonton soup, Shanghai veggie and meat wonton, vegetarian chicken. ”

“ Authentic Shanghainese food and so reminds me of my hometown Shanghai. The deep fried Shanghainese dumpling is juicy and the meat inside tastes very fresh. The sauced pork rib is just simply fantastic. Service is okay, not as bad as other reviews. Definitely will be back very often! ”

“ The 生煎包 sheng jian bao taste is on point with the taste at their restaurant in Shanghai. Everything else seems meh. The original pork version of the sheng jian bao taste better than the shrimp one. ”