First off, this isn't a Shanghainese restaurant like they advertise. Came here with my parents looking for good Shanghainese food that would remind us of home but was pretty disappointed. Food wasn't horrible, just wasn't Shanghainese. Guess we should have seen that coming as a large portion of the patrons eating there weren't even Asian and no one working the floor seemed to speak Shanghainese.
The xiao long bao was the closest to Shangai food and were pretty good. Make sure to eat the ginger that comes with the xiao long baos though. They make sure not to over cook the meat to keep it nice and tender but that means it may not always be fully cooked. I didn't eat the ginger and ended up getting diarrhea for two days, my parents did and they were both fine Q.q
The pig ears were pretty yummy - well seasoned and crunchy. The sesame tang yuan in the fermented rice soup was also good.
We also got the wonton soup and the shen jian bao which were so so. The wontons had super thick skins and very little meat inside. The shen jian bao were more like baos with a thinner fried bottom, not like anything you'd find in Shanghai. Not bad but very different than what we expected.
If I could re-order I'd just get the xiao long bao and maybe try some of their soup noodles and normal baos. All the tables around us seemed to be enjoying some type of soup noodle.
TBH though, there are plenty other better restaurants I'd go to before returning here. We came in a little after 8pm on a weekday and had to wait 10 minutes before getting seated at a dirty table (I had to use the tea to wipe off all the sticky stuff left on the table). Still, not quite sure why this place is so popular with the locals.