Yeah Shang Hai Deluxe Corp

Ate here today, ordered the mapo tofu and soup dumplings. The tofu was just salty and spicy with no other actual flavors and one of the soup dumpling had a mouse dropping on the skin. Disgusting! I did not finish my meal because I lost my appetite but the owner had the nerve to charge me for the mouse poop dumpling. Quite sad because I used to be quite fond of this place.

I was impressed. A/​C worked well and was cleaner than your average chinatown joint. While the soup dumplings didn’t quite get up to the gold standard Joe’s Shanghai, the environment and service are superior. The Tan-​Po pork was delicious.

We came here the other night as recommended by a website that showed kid friendly restaurants in NYC. At least I think we came here (it was the same address) but I believe it was called something else. And there is a restaurant on the corner of Mott and Bayard that is also owned by the same people. Anyway…
When you look from the outside, it almost looks like a take out only place. Once inside, you walk to the back across a little bridge to a decent sized dining area. We had a group of 7 people which included 3 children. It wasn’t busy at all on a Sunday evening at 6pm. We were seated in the back area at a nice round table. The staff was friendly enough and accommodating considering the size of our group, the three children and our inability to decide what to order.
I was a little nervous because they are used to Americanized Chinese food. The menu was packed with Sichuan specialities and the standard Americanized Chinese dishes. There was so much to choose from that we had trouble deciding.
I shared pork soup dumplings with my fiancé. They were fantastic! An order of 8 was $ 4.50 (not bad). We were glad to share and pleased to find out that a couple of people at the table loved them too!
We also ordered egg drop soup and wonton soup to share. They were both big bowls (definitely can be shared by more than 2 people). The egg drop was really yummy. I was told the wonton was pretty good too.
My fiancé and I both ordered pan fried noodles. I had the house specialty (chicken, pork and shrimp) which was delicious and the portion was huge. More veggies than I would like but I’m not really into veggies much anyway.
Someone else had the pepper steak which was phenomenal. They loved it! Kung pao shrimp and chicken and chicken and broccoli were also ordered and loved. The portions are huge and great for sharing.
I had read that we had to ask for rice so we did and got a big bowl. I’m not sure if we were charged for it. The bill for 7 people came out to $ 105 and we ordered A LOT of food and had lots of leftovers to take.
I would definitely recommend for those who love more authentic Sichuan dishes as well as for those who have more Americanized Chinese taste!
BIG PS: This place is CASH ONLY. We were lucky we had enough between us.

I had some hesitations about eating at New Yeah Shang Hai Deluxe because of a few prejudices of mine, one being that I usually take it as a bad sign if a Chinese restaurant has tons of non-​Asian customers (like Wo Hop, ugh). Plus, the interior actually looked really nice and felt clean! I’m not used to that at all, and was worried the place would be too pricey.
But all my fears were unwarranted: D
The wait staff has nice uniforms and sat my family and I at a large table. The place was only half full at lunch time, whereas Joe’s Shanghai (which we passed on the walk over here) had people spilling out on to the streets waiting for a table. The prices on the menus actually were not *too* bad; still more than I’m used to, but still cheaper than places outside of Chinatown. Dishes were on average $ 8~12.
Two of my cousins were in from LA and Arizona, and I was crossing my fingers in hope this restaurant would live up to their expectations. LA has some pretty damn good Chinese food: x I’ve tried a few Shanghainese restaurants with my uncle’s wife, who’s from Shanghai, but we’ve usually been disappointed.
We ordered:
Xiao Long Bao (pork soup dumpling) — Of course we had to try this! It came with 10, which was perfect for my family of five. The skin is thicker than I’ve had at most other Shanghainese restaurants, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think I like it thicker, actually, so that there’s less chance one of us would squeeze too hard while trying to transfer one to a plate and popping it prematurely. The soup inside tasted good with the vinegar sauce, the pork tasted great, I was really happy with this, and so was the rest of my family.
Lion’s Head Cassarole — this is pork balls, vegetables, and some cellophane noodles in a soup. This one I really wasn’t sure if my family would like it, but it turned out to be their favorite! The broth was really good, very flavorful. Highly recommended!
Yellow Fish with Chives — My cousin ordered this. In other Shanghainese restaurants that I’ve tried in Manhattan and Flushing, ordering yellow fish dishes was hit or miss since I don’t think they ever actually use yellow fish… it’s indigenous to China, so they understandably have to make substitutions here in NYC. This actually tasted very good, was nice and light, and became one of my favorites of our lunch.
Shredded Beef and Tofu — this looks like it was sauteed in dark sauce, so I thought it would be more flavorful (especially since the Chinese name for it has the word «fragrant» in it). Personally, I thought it tasted fairly bland, nothing too special, and I opted to eat more of the fish instead. My family didn’t complain about it, but between five people, they didn’t finish more than half the plate either.
There was a vegetable dish we ordered, a soupy thing with mushroom caps in it, but I forgot the name of it. It wasn’t too remarkable to me, but everyone else liked it well enough to finish it. I wanted to try some of the Shanghai rice cakes, but we had too much food already. Maybe next time, since there’s definitely going to be a next time :)
Overall, the service is great, the interior feels great, price is slightly higher than average in the neighborhood but it’s well worth it for the quality of food.

Jennifer S. demanded I come here to try their soup dumplings, and I’m so glad we did. They are hearty and delicious. I’d have to admit, though, that I was more blown away by the wontons in spicy [peanut] sauce. It’s not too-​too spicy. The taste is unique and addictive. Service was pretty average for Chinatown, and I’ve been told the old Yeah had more character. But this place certainly satiated our soup dumpling desires!

Tasty. Not quite sure what I ate bc someone else ordered. Fish with mushrooms (gooey and good). Dumplings with spicy sauce (my favorite). Rapini was good.
I like the red velvet rose in a white vase with a teddy bear on the side. So Chinese flavor.

FYI– This place changed location. it’s now relocated at the corner of Mott street and bayard st where «Mr. Tang» used to be. But I really liked this place because their soup dumplings were always really good. The waiters were nice and usually didn’t take too long to get seated. Their signature entrée was the ‘Cauliflower’ fish which is sweet and sour. Too bad they changed management and now the food is different at the new location. but I would save those comments at a another review.

This is my secret spot in Chinatown!
I just love this restaurant! I have been coming here for also 2 or 3 years and the fried rice gets better and better!
The staff is fun and funny and also the restaurant looks very simple and comfortable.
The best Scallion pancakes and pork buns are here!
Also the Shanghai style noodles are amazing!
This food is tasty and economic! Is nice to have a restaurant that doesn’t show an aquarium of dead fishes next to your dinner table!
Love it! I will always come!

This place isn’t that big. But, thankfully they fill every little inch with deliciousness. Bayard street might well be the nexus of great Chinese food in New York and New Yeah is right at the top. The food is prepared blindingly fast and arrives full of flavor and freshness.
I love nian gao and this place serves some of the best in the City. Not to mention, it is ridiculously inexpensive. I also love their velvety smooth bean curd ribbon with baby bok choy. Sooo good!
This list of authentic Chinese dishes that New Yeah offers is dizzying. Thankfully you can rest easy knowing that whatever you order will likely be made with great care and speed.

Owie Kazowie for this place. I should’ve known when I saw the menu, it tried to give off a pretentious ambience. Why does Shanghai Café have to close early? Xiao Long Bao here are definitely not up to par, but everything here was a little off.
Xiao Long Bao skin looks really weird. The beef on the inside has a strange taste and only a teaspoon of broth. Scallion Pancake tasted more like a potato latke. Hot and Sour was lukewarm and lacking taste. Shanghai Rice was decent, but not as good as Shanghai Café. The one good thing I can say is that nothing here was over-​the-​top greasy, so I didnt leave feeling like I had ingested a brick.
Why go here when you have so many more options in Chinatown? Given you come early of course.

If I could give half-​stars, this review is really a 3.5.
Yes, the food is good. Nothing memorable, though, and you have to be around the area to go. I wouldn’t go here for the sake of going here.
I liked the rotating platter– that definitely helped with the flow of food and the social ambiance with my friends («This thing moves!»)
While they gave an abundant amount of tea, which was great, what I wanted was some water. This is normally free fare at other restaurants… except it took 20 minutes to get one at this place. *ba-​da boom*
The check was nice, as it was under $ 25 for a group of 8. When we left, it was great heading next door to the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory for dessert.
Other than that, nothing terrible (just strange), but nothing spectacular about this place. Would I go here again? Yes, just not anytime soon. Patience is kind.

This place had me at their Broccolli in Garlic Sauce.
A great place for groups, with a great menu, i’ve always left feeling happy, and full.
Since I usually go with my good friend Elissa S., i don’t always know what I end up getting, since i usually just ask her what she thinks i’ll like, but before i know it, there’s all these awesome plates of awesome food. Soup Dumplings? Awesome. Pork Chow Fun? Awesome. Broccolli in Garlic Sauce? Super Awesome.
last time i went there, we left for the price tag of $ 11/​person — unbelievable when you consider the amount of food we had and that we treated one of our friends to her birthday dinner.
Yeah, Shanghai! You go!
Did I mention the BROCCOLI IN GARLIC SAUCE? MMMMMMM.

Hey the service is slow, they forget your water, and no it’s not Joes! But you won’t be on the stealth cameras that monitor the entire street near Joes Shanghai, and you won’t have to stand outside for 45 minutes and wait.
Delicious long bao, PERFECT pea shoots, good chow fun, SKIP the kung pao (so slick it’s hard to grab with your plastic chop sticks) Really can’t go wrong here. With the ice cream shop next door, it’s a great neighborhood to take a walk and have a relatively inexpensive date.
Date Rating: 6
Pick up Scale: 2
Strong Suggestion: Don’t worry about a reservation and don’t skip the snow pea shoots!

This is one my favorite spots in Chinatown. It’s very «hole in the wall,» hidden between a souvenir/​toy shop and the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. My parents brought me here after one of my aunts introduced them to it and I’ve been coming back for years.
My favorites are the steamed crab meat dumplings and Shanghai noodles. I love bringing my friends here, especially the non-​Chinese ones, and watching their expressions as they bite into a steamed dumpling, sauce running down their chins. I’ve mastered the science of eating these dumplings: pick up from the tray very lightly with chopsticks, dip in soy sauce (or any sauce of your choice), place in spoon, and bite in halfway.
In addition to the yummy food, something else that will bring a smile to your face is the bill. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how cheap this place is.

I will preface that I have been to this restaurant many times, but this review is prompted by the fact that their Pork Steamed Buns have deteriorated in quality each and every time. (Yeah Shanghai’s menu incorrectly lists them as steamed buns, but they should be named soup dumplings or xiao lung bao). The dumpling skin has become increasingly thick, and there was a prevailing dough taste.
I also ordered the Shanghai Wonton Soup and other bean curd (tofu) vegetable dishes. They have all become increasingly bland. This is so even with the vegetable dishes that are prepared with meat, in which the only sensation to the tongue would be the spiciness from the hot oil.
On the flip side, the one dish of consistent quality on that menu is the Fish Head Casserole. It comes in a large simmering pot of fish broth with basil, large fish chunks in addition to the head, silken tofu cubes, Virginia ham, and clear he fen (wide rice noodles). It is a big order that will fill two stomachs. The fish is fresh and tofu cubes are always smooth. This dish will be the only reason I will continue coming here.
Memorable: Smoked Fish, Fish Head Casserole
Forgettable: Pork Steamed Buns (dumplings) with and w/​o crab meat, Shanghai Wonton Soup (very bland)

Everything was lacking the other night, making me unsure about New Yeah’s grand ranking on my scale of Shanghainese, *but* I wanted to second an earlier opinion of some other Unilocaler:
— sole with crispy fried seaweed.
OMG! sooo incredible! so salty, and seaweed-​y, and soy-​y. yes yes yes! we battled for the last ones… I recommend this dish wholeheartedly. See the photo for some photog lovin’.
(this visit’s soup dumplings: good but not great; scallion pancake: yawn; mapo dofu: shockingly boring; mixed vegetable dish: fine — best veggie dish I’ve had here. lots of baby bok choy. salt & pepper shrimp: pretty decent)

I’m just going to go ahead and put it out there that I’m not a huge fan of Chinese food, however every time I get dragged out for dim sum I end up enjoying the ride. This time was no different.
A coworker suggested we check out this place for the siu long bao (i’ve never heard them referred to as «juicy pork buns» until now). I love that I forget that they squirt when you bite ‘em every time, so my first bite literally splashed down the side of my mouth and onto my shirt! We ended up with a completely dumpling-​filled lunch (steamed, fried, soup you name it) that was quite enjoyable. Surprisingly enough those little pockets of joy were still good as leftovers.

After shopping in Chinatown my friends and I asked a random man on the street where we should go for lunch and he directed us to the right spot! Always trust the locals.
We ordered a few lunch dishes and everything turned out well. Even my friend who’s never had a great experience eating Chinese food enjoyed it.

I never knew there was a Shanghainese restaurant on the left side of Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. I always thought it was Moonhouse to the right and that was it. Little did I know that this little door to what seems like it would be a small dumpling restaurant turns out to have this huge enclave in the back and even a small private room for a party if you so desire!
I was really surprised by how big the place was, but I was even more surprised when the food we ordered came out delicious and completely inexpensive.
Dinner for 7 came out to about 56 bucks. We ordered:
1) Vegetarian Duck
2) Vegetarian Chicken
3) Vegetable Dumplings
4) Pork Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)
5) Shanghainese thick noodles with chicken, beef, and shrimp
6) Fried Rice cakes with seafood
7) Seafood salad platter
8) A Pan fried crispy noodles with veggies
All for 56 bucks! I still can’t really believe it.
The best part though is that the food came out really quickly and the dishes had a nice solid Shanghainese flavor.
I really enjoyed it.
Bonus points — small private room — I immediately thought to put this place down as good for a dinner party. Fancy it’s not, but you got your meat, vegetarian, and frugal friends all covered.
I’ll be back. Especially since you are next to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.

Sure its a funny sounding name, but Yeah Shanghai Deluxe has garnered the respect and reputation as one of the best restaurants to offer Shanghainese cuisine. I used to frequent this place constantly because the prices were cheap, the food was decent, the décor was interesting (very Hangzhou/​Suzhou landscape interior) and the staff was friendly. And the main attraction, their version of the soup dumplings had just a perfect layer of dough skin and the right amount of soup broth.
Fast forward a year later and the restaurant has been incredibly crowded during lunch and dinner hours with a wait that can occasionally rival Joe’s Shanghai a block away. The service has taken a turn for the worst as the waiters are neither as polite as they used to be nor do they clean the tables well. The food has taken a step down from its usual grade A quality with the soup dumplings and Shanghai noodles tasting less and less stellar each time. It seems the largely Chinese patron base has dwindled to more and more tourists and non-​Chinese. This is not a bad thing necessarily, but if you grade a restaurant’s authenticity /​approval based on the patrons, then know that many Chinese folks have felt jaded due to their soaring popularity and their sour service.
The last time I was here will hopefully be my last visit. I had to bring my business somewhere else after the owner yelled at me for asking how long the wait would be for my group of 9. It was a startling and very embarrassing display as he belittled me in front of his customers and my group for having to answer what he felt was an irrelevant question. After telling me the wait would’ve been 5 – 10 minutes he had a shouting reaction after I inquired again 15 minutes later. He must’ve been having a real bad day and was wound up a little too tight.
Its now «No Shanghai Deluxe» for me.