Yu Shang — Restaurant in San Rafael

04.26.24 Driving thru on our way to Willits to view property, we were so hungry we figured we weren't going to make it to downtown San Rafael, googled for Asian restaurants near me while still at the gas station and this is the 1st to pop up (closest to me/near Hwy 101N), had 4.5+ reviews and went with it.

We all got the lunch specials, probably the best priced food ANYWHERE, HUGE portions, I think due to serving all of the construction/service crew who frequent this establishment. The Hot & Sour Soup that came with the meal was piping hot, fresh, delicious and very authentic (daughter added 1 sugar packet to her soup and declared it perfect).

*Their Mongolian Beef was delicious, fresh ingredients, hot, slightly sweet, crunchy vegetables!

*String Bean Beef (in Black Bean Sauce) was too salty & oily (extra oil maybe due to us requesting it be made Spicy(?)) but still tasty.

*We wouldn't order the Szhechuan Beef again though as the beef is dusted in cornstarch, deep fried, then sauteed w.vegetables in red sauce. Tasted slightly bitter, no hint of sweetness (which daughter prefers), and was quite heavy.

Service by the young lady in glasses was very good!

We would revisit this restaurant again, though next time will request...

Love this place. Moved to the area a year ago and this is still one of my favs to visit! Vinny knows how to make you feel like family, and the rest of staff is very attentive. I've only eaten at the sushi bar so I'm not sure what it's like to get a table here but it seems pretty open for walk ins! Very clean and they have some AMAZING rolls.

Sad to see a couple of negative reviews but it sounds like people who just dont know how restaurants like this work. This isnt a place to course your meals, most asian restaurants dont work like that. So if that's your goal, you should inform your server. And the staff is very accommodating. I've tried a couple dishes that werent my cup of tea (all things I havent tried before) and theyve had no issue with remaking it or doing something to resolve the situation. Posting a bad review on yelp when you couldve just let your server know so they can at least TRY to fix it sounds a bit ridiculous to me, but maybe people would rather not deal...

I went here with a group so I didn't have much choice in the matter. My food alarms were going off since they broke the cardinal rule of doing way to much on their menu. They cover the full asian gamut: sushi, chinese, vietnamese (is Thai coming?). Surprising, it wasn't bad. Sushi was good but not great. A little pricey but not bad that way. The spider rolls were a little more than normal but they were ridiculously fat. Chinese was ok. Had some basics: mu shu pork, hot and sour, etc. Everything was by the book good but nothing amazing. Vietnamese was ok too. I may be a little jaded since I'm used to little vietnam in San Francisco. This wasn't at that level but it was pretty good. Final verdict: great if you want it all at one meal. If you want a particular type of food, better off going to a good place that focuses on that - you'll save a little too. I'm in...