Shanghai Garden Restaurant

The information about this restaurant is no longer valid! The restaurant is now called "Chilli and Chinese". When you get there you keep looking around because all you can see is what seems to be an abandoned Chinese restaurant. There's a sign saying that there open but there's no one inside. It really looks creepy! We didn't dare to go in.

We used to order from here a lot as it was local, fast and good food. The last time we ordered from there (which was last year) our order was quoted at 15 mins. I went to pick up after 20 and had to wait an additional 35 mins for 2 combo plates and some of the food was old/cold. We decided after some time to give them another chance and ordered 2 combo plates last night. The food was ready timely but the quality was absolutely horrible. The containers were pouring with sauce all over the bag, the chow mein was cold and soggy and was more 'sauce' than anything else, with jelly chunks swimming in it. The rice was burnt as if it had been reheated over and over. I could go on but you get the idea. Never again and it's too bad because it used to be really good.

Two stars for the fast service. We got all our food within 10 mins. But the quality of the food was very poor. The chilli chicken was extremely salty and the chicken fried rice was very dry with just rice, soy sauce and a few pieces of chicken. The dishes are slightly more expensive compared to other places but the portions are small. We didn't get napkins until we asked for them and the waiters never came back after brining the food to check if everything was ok. Now I know I can't expect the quality of the food to be the same as in Toronto but at least get the salt right.

I saw so many good reviews on this restaurant and so we went. It turned out the tastes of the dishes are not bad. However, we had to wait 40 minutes before we could get our first dish while there were only three table occupied including ours. It was not only us who waited that long. The other table who came before us also told the same story. We missed the sunset photos. Had we known we had to wait that long, it would never be an option to consider.

Very unassuming indeed. But the flavours were fantastic. The chicken and broccoli (an NYC favourite) was very tasty. I was looking for a place that wasn't a buffet so this place rocked. This was the place. 2 adults and 2 kids are for about $30. Oddly, a family came in and asked if they had pizza. The waiter answered "not in a Chinese restaurant." Even the answers are classic.