Shanghai You Garden
“Also the scallion pancakes are fried to crisp perfection, not over-fried like they do at Nan Xiang.”
“The one free order of pork soup dumpling promotion is awesome too (: The broth is very flavorful and the dumplings are big.”
“Finally, the crab and pork soup dumplings were the juiciest and most flavorful soup dumplings I've had outside of Din Din in Tapei.”
Shanghai You Garden
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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SUPER YUMMY!!!!
my bf and i came here on a friday afternoon.
we ordered crab soup dumplings, preserved veggies and noodles, rice cake, shanghainese mini buns and tofu with salted egg and shrimp then cold dishes from up front.
crab soup dumplings- YUMMY!!! lots of crab that you can visually see and SO juicy and they're large.
and they give a free order or their regular soup dumplings so its like 2 for 1.
preserved veggies/pork with noodles- soup itself was AMAZING. NOT too salty. LARGE portion
rice cake – amazing wok flavor. my bf loved it. they dont skimp on the veggies and meat
shanghainese mini buns- very juicy and large. there were 6 in an order.
tofu w/ salted egg and shrimp- OMG SO GOOD. WOULD DEF AGAIN. they used the japanese egg tofu, the saucefor the dish was basically a salted egg sauce (but not too salty) and there were peas with a good number of decently large shrimp.
cold dishes: beef tendons were eh, wouldnt get it again
wine chicken- bf liked it a lot , it did have good flavor
tofu with mushrooms- FAV DISH HERE. great marinated flavor
jelly fish- not that great. iddnt have much flavor to it.
overall, i will be back.
Nan Xiang Dumpling House has always been my go-to place in Flushing but I am no longer going there after discovering this place. Below is the comparison:
Service: Winner – You Garden
Efficiency of line: Winner – You Garden
Physical environment: Winner – You Garden
Crispy Noodle: Winner – You Garden
Crab Soup Dumpling: Winner – Nan Xiang
Regular Soup Dumpling: Winner – You Garden
Pork and Vegetable Wonton: Winner – you Garden
Soy Milk: Tied
Overall Experience: Clear Winner – You Garden
I really appreciated the fact they seated us without the whole party present as most places require everyone be there before they are willing to seat you. Additionally, they give you a free regular soup dumpling (6 pieces) if you spend $10 plus a free traditional Shanghainese dessert (fermented wine rice ball). Can't wait to go back again!!
I first heard about Shanghai You Garden earlier this year when it was the trending new restaurant in Flushing, Queens. My best friend and I had off from work on Friday and decided to catch up and to have lunch here. We arrived at around 12:30pm and there was a line surprisingly. I thought that there would be less people here since it's the long holiday weekend and people would escape NYC early Friday morning/afternoon. 😛
Among the both of us, we shared the following:
1) Fried Bean Gluten [$5.75] – Good. It's gluten with mushrooms, bamboo, and Chinese lily flowers.
2) Pan Fried Pork Buns [6 pieces, $6.50] – Very good. I loved the texture of the soft doughy bun. There's a tiny bit of soup inside the pork buns too.
3) Pan Fried Pork & Vegetable Wontons [$5.50] – It was a bit oily. Tastes good, but I wouldn't ordered it again tho.
4) Steam Pork Buns [6 pieces, this was FREE since we ordered more than $10 worth of food. You have to ask for it.] – Very good. But, some of the soup dumplings were slightly stuck to the bamboo steam tray even though there's parchment paper on the bottom. So, the dumpling skin kinda ripped when we were taking the dumplings out of the tray. Overall, delicious soup dumplings and I like it better than Joe Shanghai's. Also just as good as Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao.
Service was OK. There were times that the waiters were about to give us food that we didn't ordered. Very weird – in my opinion.
At the end, I was really stuffed!!! Good and tasty food here. I'm definitely coming back to try other dishes here in the future. The food is pretty cheap too and we ended up sharing $11 each for the meal.
Waiting line for a table was annoyingly long even on a regular Wednesday afternoon so I put in two orders of crab/pork soup dumplings to-go. Wait was at least fifteen minutes and although the staff were friendly enough, I had to keep my feet off the floor cause I, along with a senior couple and even one of the cooks behind the bar saw a big roach crawl by. That was pretty gross but the soup dumplings were on point.
My friend told me about this place and we had dinner there the other day. Very nice place. Service was surprisingly friendly which is rare in Flushing. They have a check-in offer for the soup dumplings, but at the restaurant they tell you about it so you don't have to check in. It's $10 minimum order to get the free dumplings which is easy peasy. We ordered the cucumber app, fried pork & chives bun, crispy noodle with seafood & meat, plus the free dumplings. It was a lot of food for two people and we had leftovers. Everything was very good. Soup dumplings were pretty awesome. There was even free dessert (tong shui aka Chinese sweet soup) at the end. Definitely recommend this place, and will come again with family.
I have found it; my new favorite cheap Chinese restaurant. SO cheap that it's crazy. If you order $10 worth of food you get one FREE 6 steamed pork buns (whutt). My friend and I got pan fried pork buns and crispy noodles with shredded pork (and of course the free steamed pork buns), so 3 dishes in total. Let me start off with the steamed pork buns. They're pretty good; it tastes just as good as Nan Xiang! The crispy noodles were really good; the noodles were really crispy, crunchy, and the sauce was tasty too. Okay now let me rave about the pan fried pork buns…A-MAZIN. The bottom of the buns were soooooo crispy that it was crazy. The inside was hot and steaming, very juicy pork inside just oozing with delectable meat juice. Every bite was a party in my mouth. We spent $18 (plus tip and tax) in total…How freakin cheap is that?! Love this place!
This places is tucked in flushing, small venue dont be discouraged by the surroundings. I dont have to tell you that there is no parking nearby. There is hint of a stench of garbage out on the sidewalk but leav I ng that alone. Let me focus on the food experience. I walked in about 6:30pm on a friday night. We had party of 5ppl, so they gave us the funky room at the entrance of the restaurant which separates you from the main room. Kind of like a VIP room that they have. We starded with 2 appetizers, the spicy tripe with thinly sliced beef and the cucumber with garlic & sesame oil. Both were very good. I was most amazed that the tripe was really clean and very tasty. Upon checking in with the yelp app, we got a 1 free order of soup buns but we are pigs so we order another order. The soup dumplings were delicious. My brother in law was mode familiar with the menu so he order the braised pork shoulder with veggie(super yummy succulent pork, that falls off the bone) this is a platter that requires lots of rice so that uou can soak up the rich brown sauce. We wanted to play safe, so we asked for general tso chicken which was tasty and it came with some broccoli. There was an order of sautéed crystal baby shrimp, really tasty shrimp. The highlight of our dinner was the fish head soup with crystal noodles. Wow it had an amazing richness of pork and fish and the noodles are clear, flat just like a lasagna noodle but with texture to soak up the soup. The food was delicious, lots of variety, good size servings. Now when it comes to the service, i had 2 of my family members that are fluent chinese (cantonese and mandarin) speakers. Given that they ordered the food for the entire table, i noticed that several times my brother in law had to get up to either go speak to the waiter or to go get check on missing items for the table. The service could have been better, right fown to the point when they bring the soup. We all looked at the waitress, ah hello we need a soup laddle to serve the soul. My brother in law said something to the lady and it took a while to get soup bowls and a laddle
All throughout dinner they would always forget something for the table. I can tell you they have a A from the department of health, which is a good sign. I cannot wait to go back and try the lunch specials. I end up parking at the sky mall for $3 with no hassle. I highly recommend this restaurant and their food. Be patient with the servers and tell them everythjng 2x..lol.
We only had the soup dumplings and the crab and pork ones were amazing. They had very nice and attentive staff which is relatively unusual for flushing and the fact that you get an order of soup dumplings for free is also pretty sweet. Their soup dumplings are just a touch bigger than the ones from Nan Xian.