Shanghai Lily

My family has been eating here for years, always good food and service. We know they don’t deliver but tonight after we ordered carry out we realized that my father accidentally took both sets of keys to our second car with him when he went to a business dinner. We called to apologize and cancel the order. To our surprise they offered to deliver the food as a one time courtesy. Great experience!

We had take out. We had sesame shrimp, beef lo mein, teriyaki chicken and vegetable fried rice. We also had two side orders of fried rice. The fried rice was not really fried at all. More like white rice barely boiled with a little egg and veggies. The sesame shrimp was average as it was a little soggy and the brown sauce didn’t have much taste. The other entrees were ok.

Awesome food and quick service. I was looking for a good Chinese place in the area and tried a few places. This is the only one that I have liked.
I can say that I have never been less than happy with anything that I have gotten from here and I highly recommend it to anyone in the area!

My fiancé ordered takeout for us around 8pm. Here’s what we ordered:
Royal Pacific Shrimp with white rice: Was ok as far as flavor, but the portion was really small.
Hot & Sour Soup: Tasted mostly like soy sauce, and other than that, had little to no flavor. Definitely had better!
Sesame Chicken with white rice: Not that good. The sauce tasted mostly like soy sauce, and other than that, had little to no flavor.
Had high hopes for this place and unfortunately, we probably won’t go back.

Do you like water chestnuts? I mean, do you REALLY like water chestnuts? Then you will love Shanghai Lily’s Kung Pao Scallops and Cashew Chicken. In each dish, the ingredients were lots and lots of water chestnuts (as in, 2 – 3 cups of them), nuts/​peanuts, and a little bit of scallops or chicken. That’s it. Not a vegetable in sight. They really should change the names of these dishes to Kung Pao Water Chestnuts and Cashew Water Chestnuts. It was edible, and the chicken and scallops were both fresh, but I just have no desire to eat 2 – 3 cups of water chestnuts for dinner. The hostess was nice, though.

This is a local lunch stop for me. It works on a couple of levels. First, the lunch menu is limited and inexpensive. That means the kitchen delivers quickly to the customer and the meals are steaming hot and tasty. Portion control means you’re getting what you pay for… no food coma afterwards as the meals are plated in edible allotments and don’t killl you as in most «American-​ized» restaurants.
My meals are eaten in the small café/​bar area and here’s my dig. The owners and wait staff (one in the same I think) are prepping for the evening’s meals so on more than one occassion I’ve had to watch as green beans or other veggies are removed from the counter where they’re being cut. Not exactly professional. And the lunch wait staff is a bit gruff… maybe the bar isn’t best for lunch service… yet it’s fast and hot.
Menu? Basic. Chicken, beef, pork, fried rice, veggies. It works. I like hot & sour soup and its tasty.
The place is bigger inside than what it looks when you park and the dining room is nice. I would say try it and see. The basics work for me.

This is a really good place to get really good pan asian food I would highly recommend it! All of the staff is really nice too!!! They have a pretty good looking interior. I am a local and I eat here more than twice a week. I would highly recommend trying it, it wont disappoint!!!

Nicer inside than you’d think. Nice staff, great food, a real treat hidden away in a strip mall.

In Shanghai, they just call it Lily.