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We wanted dimsum and this place popped up on google as top rated so we booked a table. The place wasnt really nice but that didnt bother us as long as food is good. The steamed dim sum was ok but not up to london standard. The deep-fried squid was greasy chewy with batter coming off not crispy and tender like what we normally get! The egg tarts were over baked. The cheung funs wasnt great. Roast pork cheung fun was quite stiff (batter too thick) and the roast pork was very garlicky and hard and fatty, also they had herbs in which we werent use to. The dough in the crispy dough cheung fun wasnt crispy. The plain cheung fun was too big, we prefer the mini ones. The crispy savoury meat croquettes was served cut in half which i have never seen and didnt like. The taste wasnt great, very strong overpowering 5 spice flavour. The worst dish was beef hofun. We noticed it was a little pale when it arrived but it also tasted pale and bland! I think the chef forgot to season it and the beef was under seasoned and tough. We told the waitress that it was bland and if we could have some soy sauce she didnt apologise or asked questions and just gave us the sauce. Even after loads of soy it still tasted bland just salty! (The pic i uploaded was after soy sauce)
The best part was their roast meats. The pork was very nice, crispy and good flavour. Duck was good too. the portion was a bit...
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May I just say Shanghai Moon does the best authentic Chinese food in Leicester, and many cities i have been to.
I went twice a month before covid, and didn’t go for almost 2 and a half years, I went back today, food was still amazing, we had lots of delicious dim sums & a noodle dish, Chinese tea, everything was super yummy.
Great choices of food, dim sums (dumplings & small bites dishes), noodle & rice dishes, roasted chicken / ducks / BBQ pork, sets meals, soups and other special Chinese dishes, also some seasonal “Today’s” dishes. Menus are in both Chinese and English, some with pictures.
Staff is really friendly and polite. They still wore masks, which was very appropriated and reassuring when they handled food and communicated with customers. Hand sanitizer was provided once getting in the restaurant.
There is another floor (upstairs) with extra seats & tablets (busy time) toilets are located upstairs and I don’t believe there is a toilet downstairs which could be inconvenient for disabled, young children or elderly customers if they need to use bathroom.
As it’s in city centre, there is no free parking for the restaurant, there are many car parks nearby, The Shires and Haymarket only...
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Edited: up from 3 to 5 stars!
After the first visit, we’ve been back several times (and there will be more in the future for sure) and every single time, we are impressed, satisfied and happy with the food. We diversify the dishes: noodles, BBQ meat, rice dishes. Everything is huge and tasty. —————————
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We had dim sum as dinner there. The quality differs immensely from dish to dish.
The turnip cake was fantastic, seriously! And it arrived first so we expected that the following dishes would be the same, but sadly they weren’t.
I think the steamed dishes were ok, but the deep fried dumplings were too small.
The worst was the rib. It took so long to arrive that we had to ask if they forgot it. When it arrived, we knew immediately that it was frozen and thawed. It smelled bad too. Don’t...
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