Shanghai Taste
Chinese · Addison
About Shanghai Taste
Shanghai Taste in Addison offers an authentic Shanghainese culinary experience. Patrons rave about the flavorful dishes, particularly the delicate and rich xiao long bao. The menu features comfort food and small plates, including hand-pulled noodles and other local specialties. The restaurant is kno...
Shanghai Taste in Addison offers an authentic Shanghainese culinary experience. Patrons rave about the flavorful dishes, particularly the delicate and rich xiao long bao. The menu features comfort food and small plates, including hand-pulled noodles and other local specialties. The restaurant is known for its simple, yet satisfying menu, with dishes prepared fresh and cooked to perfection. The atmosphere is unpretentious, focusing on the quality of the food and providing fast, attentive service. Shanghai Taste is wheelchair accessible and offers both dine-in and takeout options.
What Customers Say About Shanghai Taste
Shanghai Taste is highly praised for its authentic and flavorful Shanghainese cuisine, especially the dumplings (crab roe juicy dumplings, chocolate xiao long baos). Customers rave about the fresh ingredients, delicious dishes, and friendly service.
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Tip: Be careful of the pan fried pork buns, they are hot and juicy! The restaurant opens early (10 AM on weekdays, 9 AM on weekends).
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Shanghai Taste Addison Reviews
We drove 30+ minutes for this meal and we will be coming back!! Quick service, friendly staff, and authentic flavors! The staff customized the vegetable fried rice with no mushrooms for me. The scallion oil noodles were cozy and not too oily. The chocolate and pork dumplings remind us of Din Tai Fung (and are a little better). I’d come back just for the crispy scallion pancakes. 10/10 recommend!!! We will be back!
You seriously can’t go wrong at Shanghai Taste! The pan-fried pork buns are absolute perfection — crispy on the bottom, juicy and flavorful on the inside. Every dish tastes incredibly fresh, and the food comes out fast without sacrificing quality. On top of that, the service is so friendly and attentive, which makes the whole experience even better. This place is a gem in Plano and definitely one we’ll keep coming back to!
First time customer, I did get take away but very much look forward to coming in person and trying a lot more thing on the menu. Hands down top 5 Chinese cuisine in DFW. I have nothing bad to say, everything was fresh, flavorful and well portioned. I got the Shanghai Fried Rice with chicken, Sheng Jian (Pan fried soup dumplings), Scallion Pancake and chocolate steamed dumplings filled with banana and Nutella. I was told to try the duck so I will be back for that and much more. If you’re on the fence just do it, it’ll be worth it.
Tried short ribs, fried rice, hot & sour soup, the spicy wontons and egg rolls. Let just say that it was the best tasting food I’ve had in a while. The service was terrific and very attentive. I finished my experience with their fried mini balls with condensed milk and it was 😘 🤌 I can’t wait to be back!
Absolutely loved this place! The pan-fried soup dumplings (shengjian bao) were amazing — super juicy and full of flavor. The sweet and sour pork ribs were also really good. They even gave us complimentary sweet rice balls in fermented rice soup, which was such a nice touch 👍🏻 The Shanghai-style vegetable rice was delicious too — very authentic and truly tastes like Shanghai. Will definitely come back!
The dumplings here are very good. Especially the chocolate ones. The wonton soup is amazing , the broth taste rich. I would highly recommend this place to friends and family.
This is a must try place for some great tasting Shanghai food. I was blown away by the flavors and quality of the food. The soy duck, fried rice, noodles and pork dumplings were all delicious.
We came here just shy of closing time around 8:30 pm but the host kindly seated us. Even though they were in a rush for the last call, we ordered quite a few dishes and they came out in record time. We got the veg and shrimp steamed dumplings. Both expertly made although my only comment would be that the filling was slightly under seasoned. The stir fried green beans were perfection. Lightly crunchy, savoury and slightly sweet. Similarly we had the silky scallion oil noodles that was smooth, nutty and perfectly savoury. Finally, we got the deep fried bao with condensed milk. Like a perfectly fluffy yeasty doughnut - it was quite heavy as a dessert but would have been a great take home snack! Excellent service and cute atmosphere!
Our first visit was great. From the fried and steamed rice to the Xiao Long Bao and even onto the Fried Chicken - everything had so much flavor. And, the chocolate dumplings were the icing on the cake. Not too sweet, and great flavor. The Xiao Long Bao were juicy with plenty of savory broth, the fried chicken came out perfectly crispy and tender, and the rice dishes were well-seasoned and satisfying. Service was friendly and efficient, and the place has a nice, welcoming vibe. Those chocolate dumplings were a delicious surprise—rich but balanced, and a fun way to end the meal. We'll definitely be back to try more.
Everything we got here was SOLID (check out the pics). Our favorite would probably be the noodles combo’d with the duck. Both had so much flavor and went so well together. The XLB and spicy wontons were good as well! Will definitely be back to try the other things on the menu. So glad to have something like this close by! I would say almost a nearby simple DTF dupe haha
This was our first time at Shanghai Taste and we were so impressed! Everything we ordered was delicious, and our waitress was super friendly and attentive the entire time. The flavors were amazing and the food came out fresh. The chocolate wontons were the perfect ending to our dinner, so good! Definitely make sure you leave room for them. We’ll absolutely be back!
Very nice elegant Shanghai style restaurant with quick and great service. Menu is excellent and food is so delicious. One of the best Xiao long bao in Dallas. Both traditional and crab yolk juicy dumplings are delicious. Another great thing is they open since 10 in the morning on weekdays and 9 on weekends. Highly recommended.
You know when you walk into a restaurant with limited seating and full of the same ethnic group eating the food, that you have good quality. I was very pleased with the simple menu which enhanced the experience to be more traditional. I have never had dumplings before ,infact this was my first mom and pop non-takeout Chinese restaurant. It was absolutely delightful , the flavor of the shrimp dumpling 🥟 was something that will not leave my palate.
Shanghai Taste truly impressed me. The xiao long bao (soup dumplings) were perfection — thin, delicate skin that didn’t break, and packed with rich, flavorful broth. You can tell they’re made fresh with care. The pan-fried buns (sheng jian bao) were equally amazing — perfectly golden and crispy on the bottom, soft and juicy inside, with that hint of sesame and scallion on top that made every bite satisfying. The service was friendly and efficient, and everything came out piping hot. The restaurant itself is clean, bright, and comfortable — exactly the kind of place that makes you want to come back again and again. If you love authentic Shanghai-style dumplings, this place is a must-visit!
Looks can be deceiving - it’s a narrow, galley-style restaurant with no frills but the food was insanely delicious. We had the fried soup dumplings, hand pulled Shanghai-style noodles with chicken, sweet and sour pork ribs, and wonton soup. It was SO good, and my girls loved watching the employees hand-make dumplings in the open window. We will be back!
Loved the sweet pork ribs!! They were so good 10/10. We got the steamed pork and shrimp dumplings, we loved them! 10/10. Also, the Shanghai pork wonton soup was really good, it had a good flavor! The fried chicken was good as well! Loved the service! Shanghui who attended us was really nice and attentive. Really recommend this place!
Shanghai Taste is absolutely amazing! The food is packed with flavor, fresh, and cooked to perfection. The service was fast, and the staff made the experience even better with their excellent customer service. I’ll definitely be coming back and recommending this place to everyone I know. Out of all the delicious dishes, the fried rice is my absolute favorite—it’s a must-try!
So gooood! I loved it so much that I came back two days in a row. The pork soup dumplings and scallion pancake were outstanding, and the chocolate dumpling with banana filling was also nice. Both times I visited, it wasn’t crowded, so I was seated right away. Service was quick and friendly, and I think this will be my new go-to spot for soup dumplings.
The food was so good- can tell it’s real Shanghainese food. On the pricier side but kinda worth it since there’s no many places that have good Shanghainese food around dfw. Got the scallion noodles, pan fried dumplings, soup dumplings, green onion pancakes, and fried rice cakes. The only disappointing one was the green onion pancake. Lacked flavor and could’ve definitely used more green onion but the crispiness was on point.
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109 Legacy Dr suite 120, Plano, TX 75023
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