My Shanghai Bar & Oriental Buffet in North Tyneside

Food was dry had been replaced in ages staff rushed us out of there and they tried taking food away as we grabbed it

1st time I have been here and when I walked in I was very surprised at how dated it is. The man told us be careful as the floor is very slippy because of condensation. There was water dripping from the ceilings and also mould literally everywhere. There was even mould on the back of the salad bar. The buffet tray things were also very dated. Everything just looked so old. The food was edible but not the best and because of the state the place is in it kind of puts you off. I would not return and am very suspicious of the 5 food hygiene rating. The kitchen door was open and the fryers were absolutely caked in grease. The serving spoons were red hot to touch too.

We had my granddaughters 21st birthday tea here. The food was so good Plenty of variety,deserts were good too, and the staff were very good . I would highly recommend this place, going back very soon

Fabulous choice of food available in a all you can eat buffet for Chinese food. Staff were friendly and helpful. We got seated straight away which is lovely and didn't wait long for our drinks order either. Plenty of food to choose from and desserts and the price is amazing too.

The promising rating of this buffet does not reflect on the food. Not a great selection, and quite bland. Tried the Sunday roast out of curiosity and everything tasted like it was from the supermarket. For the price we paid, it's cheaper to go to Tesco and cook it yourself.

Came on a Sunday, the roast was bland. Rice was bland, the chicken was ok. Most of the food tasted like low quality frozen food.

food was running out but staff were more than happy to get extra from the kitchen for each person

Absolutely amazing food one of the best Chinese restaurants around

Lovely staff. Went for dinner time. Scran was nice. Sweet & sour chicken Hong Kong style was delicious. They don't have any crumble on at dinner time. That's my only criticism. Big fan of the crumble but it doesn't come on until after tea time. Plenty free onsite & off site street parking. Also they should include drinks with the all you can eat.

Lovely selection, even had Sunday lunch buffet.

Great food, huge range, always go when visiting North Shields

Went on Saturday night, great service, plenty of choice, everything hot!

Was looking forward to some good food but didn’t get close to mediocre, Plates were dirty and wet, which would put off anyone but for my girlfriend she couldn’t even have a glass of water without greasy marks and things floating around in the water. Food was dry and tasteless. Cups looked like they hadn’t been cleaned. Parking is not good. Staff looked miserable. Wont be going back.

Always a good place to go when hungry. If you don't already know how to use the all-you-can-eat buffet there are plenty of signs to make it easy. We will return.

For the price point this place is good value. If comparing to other buffet restaurants 9/10 if comparing to oriental food as a whole 5/10. Food can be hit and miss, Sunday dinner options are really poor. Service fantastic and value for what you get spot on.

HEALTH HAZARD place is full of black mould all over the celling walls around the windows and near the food. The manager said the landlord knows about it, I’m sorry you shouldn’t be allowed black mould near food

Nice food with plenty of dishes to choose from. The service staff cleared plates away quickly and were really friendly and polite.

Great Chinese 'All you can eat' buffet. The location is not ideal; a bit remote from public transport links. However, the place itself is great. A very large restaurant, a pub in a previous life, with many tables. The staff were welcoming and the service was very good. Food was piping hot and the choice / variety was more than enough, even for the fussiest of eaters. Drinks were reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

Visited yesterday and now my 5 & 14 year old have food poisoning. Over £100 for 4 adults & 2 kids. I wish we had went to mcdonalds.

Lovely place lovely food good staff.

The food was average at best with not alot of choice and where I was sat the decor was poor and in need of painting. (Table 1).

Good selection on tha King buffet, just try not to look up.......flat roofs leak its a fact

The food here is absolutely delicious 😋 warm, clean place with very friend staff. Absolutely brilliant value for money.

Food quality has taken a hit, and the prices have gone up! I have been going since it first opened. Will give it one more try and if no change for better, Unfortunately it will be time to move on.

Best around 20 mile trip but worth it

Place needs a lick of paint and some seats need attention but the food, service and staff were spot on. Well prepared food very tasty and hot. I would say as far as buffets go its one of the best ive had. I would definitely recommend and definitely return

Great food and parking close by

Food wasn't as good as it normally is.

Lovely food prompt service but full of screaming kids

Fresh food , sunday beef dinner , chinese help yourself. Staff on top of clearing plates , food constantly filled . Plenty of choices.

Nice place to eat and you can eat as much as you like great range of different types of food

Food was plenty. Good atmosphere. Will visit again.

Nice friendly place plenty of food to choose from and you can eat as much as you like good service

Went on Saturday 5th October. My and my son both now have food poisoning from this place. I called up to rectify it and all they could do is deny it was them, not even apologise. Anyways ill be taking this further and make sure the place is inspected. Definitely wouldnt recommend

Lunchtime is usually busy. Food is good quality and varied although a little expensive. Good luck with exiting the car park onto the Coast Road...

Very good food and fresh at all times.

Had a lovely lunch for a birthday treat. I recommend that if you like Chinese go for lunch or dinner fantastic

Food is great but their soap dispenser never works in the bathroom and I’ve seen people drop tongs and put it back in the food.

Good range of tasty dishes 😋 all you can eat

Fantastic beautiful food loverly restaurant clean fast service staff are fab as much as u like till u burst however can get pricey this isn't a weekly place try and go 12/ 1 dinnertime week day early evening is more weekends is more so stick to Mon-Friday soft drinks normally a pint of coke can become quite expensive so watch the money but other than that worth it I think 4 times a year

Always hot fresh delicious food and lovely friendly staff. Beats any other buffet in the Newcastle area.

Two of us had our lunch on Saturday 11th Aug. Basic lunch menu and two diet cokes. Food was ok, been plenty times before. Paid by card and left a couple quid cash tip. Just seen my bank 5 days later and have been charged £37. Feel rather ripped off to say the least. Lesson learnt, if you go here CHECK YOUR RECEIPT BEFORE YOU LEAVE. Definitely won’t be going back.

Absolutely awful experience, first time visiting and I can honestly say I will not be returning. Food was barely warm and no taste to anything at all. The meat, sapavilly the chicken was increfibly dry. The staff were miserable and not welcoming at all. Awful!

Enjoyable afternoon lunch with great food and alway piping hot not like some buffets that barley warm.

Food was ok.. SHOCKED that they charged a 1 year old £21 for eating a prawn cracker.. not good at all will not be back. And will be telling ppl who have kids

Its okay, certain items are quite tasteless.

What's not to like, all you can eat.

Went for the lunch session. A large selection of hot and cold on offer (although there wasn't any aromatic duck with pancakes as it says on the website/menu, very disappointed)... It's probably good value if you can eat yourself into oblivion. However, if you don't have a big appetite, then it's not the best value. The food was tasty, you can help yourself as many times you like and the staff were all very pleasant and helpful.

Best Chinese buffet I've ever been too! And there's quite a number of them!

I'll be honest the food has been fantastic cannot knock it. Shocked at the prices for children (including toddlers) bit steep..... Good they have highchairs but prices seem always going up everywhere so best to ring ahead before going to double check. Also it doesn't open until bang on 12 so no point thinking about going earlier and sitting with a soft drink :) .

Very nice fresh food tasty delicious plenty verify 😎

Food was lovely, reasonably priced sadly some scruffy family thought they could swear loads and hadn't had a wash 😢

It was all amazing and up to our needs! Really recommended.

Typical buffet. Plenty of choice for anyone with more items available in the evening...but costing substantially more.

My absolute favourite Chinese buffet, My Shanghai food is restaurant quality at an excellent price. Both the lunch and dinner menus are extensive with something for everyone. With all meats being lean and excellently cooked. The char sui pork is a thing of beauty, rice perfectly cooked and all sauces are top class. I can honestly say that I really look forward to treating myself here (if I lived closer I'd be there daily). Highly recommend.

There could've been a better selection of foods. We still had a good evening.

Great variety of choices, lovely food, great service, would recommend and will visit again.

Great selection of dishes to choose from. Delicious

Went here health. I ate. Then... I left with a great present that would last the whole following week. Food poising.... happily I will never be coming back. Cook your food right for next time so the next people don't get ill.

Good oriental buffet with plenty of options. The staff are friendly and helpful and the service was great. The kids enjoyed helping themselves. My only con would be the range of desserts was very limited on the day we visited.

Lovely food would defo recommend lads. If you want a lovely meal come cos their foods class 👏👏

Great service amazing food lovely atmosphere helpful staff what more can you ask for on a night out well worth a visit

I found a hair in my food, I told the waitress and all she did was taking the plate away.. not even a fake sorry about that 🤢🤮

Food is as good as a buffet could be at the price you pay

Good food plenty of selection. Eat as much as u want.

Amazing place. Best all you can eat I’ve ever been to. The staff are really friendly and very helpful. The food was delicious and the panga fish was out of this world tasty. Will definitely be back.

Sadly could not rate this place a zero, been going here for years but will never return, never seen or tasted food so bad. Very little to chose from presumably because Sunday lunch was on, the worst Sunday dinner I've ever seen. Watery mash and turnip, the meat looked like it had been there for hours extremely over cooked and dry, gravy was lumpy..... Could of put a hole in the wall with the chicken wings most of it was inedible, some of the soup bowls were dirty, restaurant itself felt grubby and dated, we got up and left. Manager didn't care a less either, will end up shut down this place.

Delicious food, amazing service, I highly recommend this restaurant

It’s a well priced all you can eat Chinese buffet, evening buffet was great

Ok, nothing to write home about.

Enjoy our meal good quality food. But I thought it was slightly expensive.

Came today with 4 other people for a birthday the food was horrible either overcooked and left for hours or undercooked and mushy we all had 1 plate and left was so disappointing would never come back £85 down the drain

Its been a good few years since i have been here and food was amazing then and again now so keep up the good work amd service was great when asked, atmosphere although it was busy as we were there early evening a d some of the clients were a little louder than needed to be otherwise will make an effort to call again since food was that good will not leave it too long for a return visit

So much choice and good value for money.

Taste for Germans who need to get used to it

We have been using this oriental buffet for the past 20+ years and have seen it gradually got down hill. Yesterday 6th of March 2024 was the last straw. Although we don't frequent the restaurant ie weekly we have been there often enough and spent enough to own shares in the place. The food was mediocre but it was edible, and hasn't change in the 20+ years we have been going there. However the price has tripled we paid £27.20, my husband and my self are now in our 70's and get the pensioners discount which to be honest isn't worth having. So sorry to say we won't be back

Not clean at all Hair in my food

I have always been a fan of this place and have been a regular customer for years, but unfortunately not anymore. Today, my family and I visited for my mother’s birthday and the food was absolutely disgusting. The fried rice was hard and crunchy as if it had been sitting there for days on end. The Chow Mein noodles were tasteless, burnt and stuck to the edges of the dish. The Egg Fo Yung was literally green and way over cooked. The battered food such as chicken nuggets and onion rings were so burnt they were literally inedible. Overall, the whole buffet was almost inedible and tasteless and as for the “desserts” it’s food that would be served at a toddlers birthday party, it’s literally just jelly, stale cubes of cake, cut up fruit, and tasteless ice cream. At the end of our meal, we went to pay and I told the man who was sorting our bill out that the food literally wasn’t fresh and was awful and he looked at us like we were stupid and lying. He had the cheek to say “why didn’t you tell the staff”?!?! Maybe because none of the staff come over to ask us how the food was, they were all talking almost each other and paying no attention to their job and customers. In the end, the man who was sorting our bill out only knocked a couple of pounds (literally) off our meals and had such a hostile attitude about it and also had the audacity to say “well this isn’t my restaurant” which really doesn’t matter, it’s the fact that there is customers complaining and it needs resolved! Avoid this place.

It was ok not a lot to choose from

Was basic with not much selection. But good for the price.

Food was over cooked was horrible no tasrmte at all for the bit food we had never go bk

Great quality of food . Slightly salty but still delicious Drinks reasonable price Desserts Ok but could be better choice .

Food was amazing but Felt like I was getting stared at. Tables were to small

Food wasn't great most dishes were too salty.

Lovely night good hot food family night out for 21st Birthday

very disgusting place to eat, would not recommend. all 4 of us got food poisoning, the environment isn’t sanitary aswell as the plates and cutlery. we got sat next to mold on the window aswell as they did not wipe the table down. the staff are all low with no energy and seem like they don’t want to be here. plus they decided the child’s prices were based on height when there was 4 children here from ages 6-15 and still had to pay adult prices for 3 of them. not worth the money!!

Quality of service is excellent but Quality of food is dropping as price is rising

decent but not the best chinese buffet I've had

We were here for My Grandsons 8th Birthday, He loves it here, We all had an amazing night, food was amazing service was amazing, lovely atmosphere, everything was perfect

Good food, good service, price is almost double what it use to be. Expect £20 a head before 6, £25-30 after 6. It's not really that affordable any more for a small family on a budget which is a shame.

Price has dramatically increased, and i have to say food was not as good as used to be, chow mein was chewey and nearly cold, chicken wings way over cooked, will not be going back for £12.90 lunch not worth it

Always great quality meats and dishes and hot.

Loads of choice and very delicious

We had a great time.. food great and staff were very friendly and helpful 👍

The staff were nice, but the food was very disappointing. The beef was very tough and dry, the majority of dishes look and taste quite bland.. but when they're supposed to have a little kick to them, they are too much when it comes to being hot/ spicy. My sister always has a beef in black bean sauce, but couldn't have more than a couple of mouthfuls before needing to stop and have something else. Realistically, for the price per person on an evening buffet.. it is definitely not worth it unfortunately. They have the basics of battered food and curry sauce covered but most other options of dinner plates are very underwhelming for what they're charging.

Plenty of choice for starters, appetisers and dessert. Though, there wasn't much choice for main dishes, just the standard sweet and sour, black bean etc. I'd consider the price as steep (avg. £20pp for meal and drink) with this in mind... Otherwise, I would go again.

Lovely food, quick service, nice staff. Plenty to choose from on the oriental buffet. Loved it all!

First time we have been yesterday, all the food was cold and very little variety was left. My partner has ended up ill with food poisoning and has been up all night vomiting has a fever and chills! Would not recommend this place and will definitely not be going back.

It's a Buffet here and the food is amazing. A bombastic 5 stars for this restaurant.

Lovely friendly staff. You can eat as much as you want from a selection of both Chinese and European qusiens