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Good Taste Shanghai Cuisine
Category: Restaurants Chinese Chinese [Edit]
505 Hwy 7 EUnit 98-99
Markham, ON L3T 7T1
(905) 370-6868
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
6 reviews for Good Taste Shanghai Cuisine
6 reviews in English
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Review from Rafi N.
Toronto, ON
7/17/2011 3 photos
Good Taste Shanghai Cuisine is a nice restaurant with trendy decor. The food is okay. The service is good and the lunch special price is very good. I came here with a coworker for lunch.
*** FOOD ***
I had the Beef with Broccoli Rice with the usual complimentary green tea.
* Beef with Broccoli Rice | $4.99 *
Slices of beef stir fried with broccoli in a slightly salty sauce, served with steamed white rice. The sauce tastes like it is based on soy sauce. They put a lot of sauce compared to the amount of meat and broccoli. However, the portion size is adequate. The rice is just plain rice, no flavoring, but it's a necessary part of the meal. There isn't much to the meal, I thought it could have used more spiciness. There is some hot sauce on the table as well as some other condiments. The green tea was bland.
*** ATMOSPHERE ***
As soon as you enter, there is a strange smell - kind of sour. I attributed this to what looks like renovations that were done recently. The look of the place is modern and trendy. The restaurant is clean. There are decorative Asian light fixtures and a TV on the wall. The TV programming is Chinese news and soap operas.
*** SERVICE ***
Service is typical for an Asian restaurant. Upon entering, we were immediately greeted and seated. The servers are friendly, but are not interactive. They simply do their job, no more, no less. Food came quickly after ordering. When our food came, it already had a fork in it, so they already assumed the worst about my chopstick abilities.
*** PRICE ***
There are different lunch special options and the price starts at $4.99. Good pricing.
* Beef with Broccoli Rice | $4.99 *
*** VERDICT ***
Good Taste Shanghai Cuisine has good food at a great price. If you need a quick, cheap lunch and you like Asian food, but not spicy, then this place is for you.Listed in: I got Yellow Fever
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Review from Kat K.
7/13/2011 1 Check-in Here
Good Taste is located in the Commerce Gate Plaze @ Highway and Commerce Valley Drive, on the Markham side. The location ok, but parking can be a bit of a nightmare, since there are so many decent restaurants in this particular plaza that is fairly budget friendly.There is underground parking, but beware the stairs leading up to the street level, it does smell quite back of garbage, which is very off-putting.
The food here is ok, but I like their pan-fried buns (sang gien bao) and their savory Soy bean soup (ham dou jeung) is pretty good. Their savory soy bean soup is about as good or slight better as the one produced by Asian Legend, located in the same plaza. Their Xiao Lueng Bao is ok, but I prefer the one that is done by Asian legend. Their Choi fan is ok, but I did find that my mouth had a bit of that really dry mouth affect, so maybe a bit too much MSG in the food.
I've come here before, mostly for dinner and Shanghai-style dim-sum. They have small to medium sided tables mostly at the front, and then two large tables at the back for dinner, so if you are going to be partying it up for dinner, and you're around 10 people, best call ahead to make reservations. Usually their savory soy-bean soup is a must order for me, because it is a great balance of salty, sweet, and spicy and almost always hits the spot. Their Pan-fried buns are, also, worth checking out.
Service is pretty much what you expect at a fairly popular chinese restaurant, the pacing of the food is pretty fast, to the point where we ran out of room on the lazy susan, and ended up putting the food wherever we could find space.
But overall a fun night out with friends, and shanghainese dim sum here is decent as well. -
Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Updated - 8/12/2011 9 photos
Closed for Business replaced by Senwell Vegetarian Cuisine http://www.yelp.ca/biz...
Listed in: Lunch Specials in Richmond…, Northern Chinese Cuisine…, Dumplings Anyone?
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1/29/2010 First to Review
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Review from Kenny L.
9/10/2010
If the name of the restaurant has the word "Shanghai" in the name, try dumplings.
Was a little bit disappointed with some of their Cantonese offerings, but this isn't a Cantonese place. It's like going to a "California Cuisine" restaurant and was mad that their collard greens weren't good.
Xiao Long Bao was very good, but the skin could have been a little bit thinner. But the Pot Stickers were a cut above the rest, crispy skin on the bottom, moist on the inside and even a little bit of soup like the Xiao Long Bao. -
Review from Bijan V.
8/18/2010 1 Check-in Here
This place used to be a lot better but they recently increased their prices, changed their menu and offered a lot less meat in their dishes (and a sh$t load more noodles!)
If you're looking to have a nice carb overload this might be a good place to come to. It actually looks pretty nice and the staff are friendly and attentive and try to cater to the business crowd (with their business lunch special for 2). Luckily for us interns, the lunch specials are also pretty cheap ($4.99-6.99 although now I think it's 5.99-7.99).
Also, if you're thinking of coming here for Xiao ling bao's don't bother. Asian legend is in the same plaza and Ding Tai Fung is only a 5-10 min drive away! -
Review from Eric C.
Scarborough, ON
10/6/2010
Last week I visited this restaurant the 1st time.
The food is not excellent but very good to me.
I met the boss, and I can tell he is from Shanghai by his accent. and I believe their food is genuine Shanghai food.
I'd re-visit again.
