New Shanghai Chinese Takeaway in Aberdeenshire

One of the tastiest sweet n sours we have had to go along with one of the toughest BBQ spare ribs we have ever had that would have been maybe 2 stars if they tasted ok but the did not. Chicken satay was rather tough n chewy, I think it had been defrosted and heated too long in the microwave. I feel sorry for the people of Ballater if they are stuck with this Chinese. Gave them a year hoping they would improve but no they are still one of the poorest Chinese takeaways I have had the mistake of trying more than once.

One of the tastiest sweet n sours we have had to go along with one of the toughest BBQ spare ribs we have ever had that would have been maybe 2 stars if they tasted ok but the did not. Chicken satay was rather tough n chewy, I think it had been defrosted and heated too long in the microwave. I feel sorry for the people of Ballater if they are stuck with this Chinese.

Fried rice was disgusting 🤢. obviously had been frozen then heated up, wasn't free like rice should be.

Absolutely revolting. Probably the worst Chinese I've ever tasted. Ordered the beef in oyster sauce and it literally tasted of a sweated out carrot. Bland. Save your money and get an Indian or cook yourself.

Avoid the fried rice! Just not good. The duck was great however, and I enjoyed the corn soup as well. Fast from counter service to pick up. Easy to grab quick groceries at the coop next door during your ten min wait. Can eat in the park across the street on a nice day.

Only take cash why? The man seems frustrated when you ask questions Tourist customs so here one day gone the next

We're visitors to Ballater, and.we really enjoyed our meal. The chow mein in particular was lovely!

Take away/Take out only place. Attendant seen annoyed we ask questions. We order Fried rice, steak and pepper, chicken curry and chicken chop suey. The curry was ok chicken was spongy. The chic6chop suey was horrible and rice was almost inedible. Tasted like has been reheated several times. The best one was the steak and peppers. Al gave this place a try because of the reviews. I you are use to USA stile Chinese Take out stay away from this place.

Drove from Braemar as we were desperate for a takeaway. First time trying this place. Ordered the mixed starters, chicken in oyster sauce and chicken foo yung. Was a good 15-20 drive back to Braemar but food was still piping hot. Got to say this was one of the tastiest Chinese takeaways we have ever had. All food super fresh, plenty of tender chicken and oozing flavour! Every takeaway has a bad day, please, give it a try….we’ll definitely be back!

Everyone is Kung -Fu dining, the service is fast as lightning! Would highly recommend!

We were en route to Inverness and decided to stop if for tea at 6pm. Ordered Shredded chilie beef , pancake rolls, fries , and a special chow mein dish . I certainly didn't order Shredded deep fried batter strips in a tasteless watery red soup. Or did I order a tub of flavourless empty dough rolls . Nor did I order hollow tasteless crispy things .... that was the fries but could have been the rolls . And finally the Chow Mein . Well that did have flavour but only just . I've eaten sudo Chinese food all over the world but this was beyond belief . People in Ballater are easily pleased

Great Chinese, very tasty and friendly staff

Great service always phone prior to collection and food is ready, good sized portions as well. Definitely recommend

Food seemed nice enough, however woke up this morning to discover my vegetable spring rolls actually contained chicken. Considering the whole meal was supposed to be vegetarian this is incredibly off putting. I’ve spent this morning being sick thanks to this. If you have dietary requirements or food allergies make sure to avoid this place.

We visited the New Shanghai Chinese takeaway while in Ballater. The special curry was the best we have ever had. The meat was plentiful and tender and at least 4 king prawns in each curry. The sauce was perfect, medium/hot and plenty of it. At £6.30 each price was very reasonable for a tourist town. Would recommend

I had just finished climbing Ben Macdui and all of the restaurants were closed. We decided to try this takeaway. My wife and I both had the vegetarian chow mein and I had a portion of chips as well. After 12 hours walking I was really hungry and this hit the spot. The portion size was really good, I was full after the chow mein. It was piping hot, crispy and crunchy and cooked to perfection. The chips were also crispy and cooked to perfection. I was more than satisfied after eating this meal.

We were staying in a nearby village on a short break. Went to the village to get some shopping and decided to treat ourselves to a takeaway. Food was good quality, tasty and cooked fresh to order. We were happy.

Very tasty food, excellent quality, freshly prepared, big portion, fantastic prices.

Greasy, poor quality and very unpleasant staff when explained the issue. A layer of greasy fat in the bottom of the tray/box. Never again. Go somewhere nicer.

Prices have shot up here but unfortunately the quality of food has gone down! Black bean sauce ridiculously spicy with red chilli!not way it should be made, special curry just tasteless rubberised chicken in it! Not a patch on what it was years ago. won't be going back!

Pre- Ordered, food ready as time stipulated. Reasonably priced, very tasty with some spicy dishes, just what we like. Highly recommended!

Whal that was amazing. I'm leaving a review straight away as it did not look special but tasted amazing. One of the best Chinese I've had. Were from Glasgow and tried many many so know this is good lol.

Food is always very good if a little pricey. Service is always quick and staff are always friendly. Cash only which is inconvenient at times.

Easily the best Chinese takeaway in Ballater. I ate the food and it didn't do me any harm.

Food was good and tasty, no problems there at all. Disappointed it was cash only; although there is a cash machine almost next door this was not particularly Covid friendly.

Lovely fresh tasting Chinese food. Best ever chow mien, tasty spring rolls lovely duck. Very generous portions we have half left over. Phoned in the order, otherwise you will waiting a long time. Cash only.

Singapore fried rice was very good, loads of meat and quite spicy, Young chow fried rice had more meat in it than any other Chinese take away I've tried and I've had a lot. Price was good and the wait of about 10 min was acceptable.

Fantastic food and quick service. Will order again. Highly recommended!!

Good food but very popular so phone order recommended.

Great food and fast service at reasonable prices.

Great food and helpful and quick service

The food was really good. The chips we had were possibly the best chips I’ve ever eaten! Only negative was I’d have liked a bit more variety of veg in my chow mein but it was lovely all the same. Would go again.

Fast and friendly service. Roast duck was perfectly crispy and plum sauce was very nice. Great salt and chili chips as well - not too soggy or salty like a lot of other chineses

This Chinese takeaway is slightly unprepossessing and has a standard menu with the expected items. We ordered a range of main course dishes plus a couple of vegetarian side dishes and both noodles and rice. We were extremely impressed by the quality of the food that arrived. As mentioned, these were bog-standard chinese takeaway items but really well done. We massively over-ordered but the four of us managed to eat our way through ten trays of food. All the family wished that they had tried this takeaway on our first day in Ballater rather than our last as we could easily have found an excuse to order from them again. Shame that we live 500 miles away!

Bland, tasteless food. Good portion sizes but not to my liking I'm afraid.

We had an excellent meal at a very reasonable price. The duck dish was outstanding with a good quantity of very nice meat. Can I highly recommend this take away and will use again

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Underwhelmed food. 41min wait time, mostly waiting outside in the freezing cold and their new covid system doesn’t work for ordering in advance over the phone as no body can remember there order number, or orders get mixed up like ours. I suggest this needs...

Whilst visiting in our motorhome we fancied a Chinese meal after not having one from anywhere in over 12 months. We ordered Szechwan Prawns, Mixed veg curry and chips. Ready in 10 min. Plenty of Veg, full cartons. hot and tasty. Please be aware the szechwan in hot... Chips were fresh and quite chunky which is good for us. Excellent and covid safe.... Cash only....

Wasn't sure about ordering after reading some reviews. There are not a lot of recent ones so decided to give it a go. Well it was amazing. Had spring rolls prawn and chicken chow mien and chips with free prawn crackers. I 'm so so...

We had a takeaway tonight and honestly it was the best meal we’ve had in a long time. Portion size was very generous, quality of chicken was superb and cooked to perfection and taste was delicious. Great value for money and was ready for collection...

We've returned to Craigendarroch, this time in a suite so without a full kitchen to make our own meals. We opted for Chinese takeaway this evening, which if I'm honest I tend to find not that inspiring wherever I go. However I'm so glad we...

Great selection, very tasty Cash only

Don't forget to order sauce :) decent otherwise

During our stay in Ballater we decided to try out the local Chinese Takeaway as many places are still reduced due to the current pandemic. we ordered starters and main-courses for 5 adults so quite a spread and I have to say this is probably one of the best Chinese Takeaways we have had for a very long time. All food was very hot when delivered and so tasty. The Squid was cooked to perfection which is always a good test to any restaurant. When we are back in Ballater next for sure we will come back and already looking forward to a fab meal. Staff was very friendly.

During our stay in Ballater we decided to try out the local Chines Takeaway as many places are still reduced due to the current pandemic. we ordered starters and main-courses for 5 adults so quite a spread and I have to say this is probably...

We found the food of v. good quality and reasonably priced. Handy if you are self catering and do not feel like cooking

Plenty of it but all a bit stodgy or gloopy depending on the dish. It will be a while before I order another Chinese takeaway!

I travel loads with work and I have a Chinese everywhere I stay.... This place was amazing, special fried rice, chips, bbq ribs, prawn crackers (thin ones) and tub curry sauce.... Everything was delicious

Been here a few times now and had different dishes Always nice No complaints Friendly staff Quick service

If you want a great meal, quick and a great price this is the place. We picked up food twice in the two weeks we were in town. Open after 4.

Excellent choice on menu all reasonable priced. Food was magnificent and quickly prepared. Wheelchair accesible

We have ordered beef curry , singapore noodles, chicken chow mein and sweet and sour chicken. I must say the food was excellent and very fresh. Gorgeous spring rolls too! Would definately reccomend.

Chicken fried rice really tasty - big portions.

Decided to go here as din't want to eat out 2 of us got chicken curry and 1 got pork curry and 1 of us got satay chicken all seemed as tho it was the same sauce in each of the meals wasn't nice was...

Ive never eaten such rubbish!!! Satay chicken cxxp pork curry cxxp chips dry. Overpriced and expensive. Im sure it was all the same sauce they used. An for the speed ping ping microwave. A freshly prepared meal would usually take 15 minute not 30 seconds....

Best Chinese in the UK. Get the roast duck (sauce on the side)

Great selection, very tasty. Cash only

Good food only take always and only accept cash!

Always excellent food and polite friendly service.

Visited here a few times at first good Scran but tailed off to being cold and crap.Curry sauce was so thick it was like gloop u could wallpaper walls with it. Very expensiveSam chinky children playing in commercial kitchen is not good either No return

I ate a curry from here sat on a park bench in the rain enjoying the view of Ballater. I had chicken curry and rice and it had a bit of heat in it which was fine but I’ve just two things that stopped me marking it a five. Firstly there was far too much onion for my taste so had to fish most of it out and secondly the chicken which was fine was in the main a little too large so needed cutting which wasn’t possible sat on a park bench with a plastic fork but I did enjoy it.

We arrived late on a Sunday tired and with few options. The service was fast and the restaurant had enough variety to please the whole family. Would takeaway again.

Food OK, but a bit short on vegetables and everything seemed uniformly slightly sweet. OK but not a gastronomic experience.

The food was good, the service was quick. Nothing outstanding, just very good. We ordered two different shrimp dishes. The sweet/sour had little in the way of vegetables.

As a family we have been fortunate enough to eat Asian food from Hong Kong to Helensburgh and Singapore to Dundee. We love the grub - as authentic as possible. So.... Last Friday we decided to give the New Shanghai, Ballater a go. As a centre for Highland tourism we hoped for a quality treat of Chinese cuisine.

It was so tasty last time - came back for more, with extra family. So we got to try more dishes. The dishes taste like the description, not always the case from takeaways. The Duck in black bean sauce was exceptional!

We had a couple of meals from here and the bottom line is that it is a perfectly good Chinese takeaway, without being exceptional.

Front of house for a Chinese takeaway was fun, colours, chairs, etc. Steady flow of customers - always a good sign. Food stayed hot for the 20 min drive to cottage. Food was good, tasty - just what we wanted. Thanks

Loved the Chinese take away being open in the afternoon we got our takeaway and headed back to cottage for a good Chinese meal

It our regular take away good food good service nice people +++

Sadly poor interpretation of Chinese food. When we opened the boxes we were unable to tell what each dish was. Some of it quite unpleasant. Maybe caught it on a bad day but won't be going back I'm afraid.

Delicious. Family meal with lots of dishes couldn't fault one. No oily slick on top, just very tasty food and at a good price.

It was okay. The dish had lots of bell pepper which overtook the flavour. But for an easy meal it was fine.

Genial, la comida china a precios razonables y encantador, servicio rápido - mi orden dentro y fuimos a sentarse en un banco en el parque al otro lado de la calle. En vez de esperar para mí volver andando, el dueño me mi comida. Increíble!

La comida no tenía sabor y todo estaba igual. Apenas cualquier pollo en los platos, en su mayoría de salsa, que de nuevo no tenía valor. Realmente decepcionado.

Ayer nos dieron una comida para llevar. Pedimos unos pato crujiente con especias y conseguimos... crujientes piel aceitosa pato!! Fuera de la media ración de pato que habíamos pedido había probablemente un par de cuchara llena de pato real, el resto era LA PIEL!! El arroz frito y los fideos eran normales.

Pedimos llevar desde aquí después de un largo día de turismo y para contribuir a romper lejos de platos tradicionales locales. El menú era bastante variado con muchas opciones. Pedí el pato Pekín con arroz, un lado de pollo satay, mi esposa tenía rollitos de primavera, y mi esposa y yo pedimos sopa caliente y amarga.

I had hot and sour soup with real Chinese fungus, not mushrooms like you get in the US. It was great! I also had the veg. spring rolls which were also very good. My only complaint is that they don't take credit cards and we had difficulty with the cash machine near the restaurant.

We stayed in the area for 4 days and one night opted to get a takeaway. You'll notice more recent reviews paint a much more positive picture for this takeaway. Service was quick and the food all good quality. Reasonable prices. Would certainly re-visit if in the area.

great food, big portions, friendly service, sweet & sour chicken balls in batter are hugh! Cannot fault this takeaway

It was a good night out with family. The food was high quality and the staff worked in the front had been helpful. It did not take long for the process to make food in the busy night. Will come back soon and recommend to my friends

Used to be a regular user of this takeaway. Now on the last few occasions , the food had what I can only describe as been reheated.On the final occasion we returned the takeaway where the young member of staff was extremely rude.We Will not be returning .

We had a nice takeaway from here while staying in Ballater. Portions sizes meant we had enough to eat for lunch the next day as well! Not cheap but not too expensive, it was prepared very quickly on a busy evening.

We phoned our order in and within 20 mins it was ready to be collected, food was still piping hot when we arrived back at our lodge and it was all delicious, definitely recommend.

Lovely food, reasonable prices.

We hardly ever eat takeaways due to calorie content! However, on caravan holiday and not overly keen to cook, I asked around locally if the New Shanghai was recommended and on the strength of positive feedback decided to give it a go.We chose Kung Po duck, along with Chicken Egg Fuyung and some egg fried rice between two adults. We could have fed three people or kept some over but it was so good we sadly ate the lot!Can honestly say service was quick and friendly, food delicious and competitively priced. The Kung Po Duck was probably the best I ever tasted.Go for it!

We were pleasantly surprised with this takeaway which we found to be above average and very tasty. The crispy duck was very well cooked and prepared. The Szechuan chicken was particularly good and the beef meals were also very tasty. We would rate this takeaway as excellent - please don't be put off by other reviews which presumably reflect individual preferences in Chinese food. We weren't left with glutimate/sugar hangovers the next morning, either.

Thought i would play it safe and ordered 2 chicken marylands,,chicken was overcooked and greasy,also 2 rubber hot dogs,,curry sauce was cold,the chips were ok,not recommened to anyone

Contrary to other reviews, I ordered Singapore Fried Rice and Szechuan Pork. Both were very good, but I was most impressed with the pork. Contrasting to the small diced pieces of meat we're used to in the States, these were thickly cut and perfectly prepared slices. And I was impressed with the sheer volume of meat vs veggies.

the worst i have ever had,totally tasteless and i will never return,not much more i can say and would not recommend this to anyone

We ordered expecting an ok meal. Starting with the basics, the fried rice was awful, can make better myself. The prawn crackers were horrendous, the starters were so unnecessarily greasy they were tasteless. Mains of Chicken, green pepper and black bean, chicken Chinese mushrooms and chicken Szechuan were OK but that was it. Sweet and sour chicken, disgusting. Would not recommend at all and a complete waste of £60! Avoid..

Ordered chicken fried rice and spare ribs.Both well cooked at a decent price.The chicken fried rice is the best I have had in 40 years. They don't hold back with the chicken.Just wish I lived in Ballater cos the chinese was so so good.

Ordered in advance and agreed would pay upon collection. Sent another family member to collect and they were charged more than specifically told. Food at best ok. Not impressed. We wouldn't return.

Polite service with a smile and easily the most popular takeaway for Chinese food in Ballater, in fact it's the only one! The food is very good, the ribs are enough for two and the chicken battered balls I can personally confirm are the biggest I have seen and full of chicken breast - they certainly are filling! All four of us enjoyed the food and the price charged was extremely acceptable.We waited the required ten minutes in the Glenaden Arms across the road and returned to find the food waiting for us. Don't be frightened to give it a try

We used this place a few years ago & thought it was ok. This time however the food was dreadful! My curry was just a thick strong paste, as if it had hardy been stirred. My wife's chow mein was a heap of tasteless mixed veg & noodles with the meats slapped on top. We wasted our money. Hopefully, it was just a bad night at the takeaway!

The spring rolls, lemon chicken and mixed vegetables were really good and in adequete portions. The salt and chilli ribs were disappointing and only a few were eaten - the remainder thrown out. We would get take out from here again.

We ordered a takeaway last week and was disappointed that they didn't deliver but we were glad we went ahead. The food was delicious and reasonably priced. Would recommend to everyone.

Ballater is blessed with some good restaurants to enjoy sit-in dining, but this is surely it's best takeaway!The food is always good quality, the portions are huge, and the service has always been friendly.There is a wide choice available on the menu, but I can heartily recommend the Szechuan beef - a main course, a portion of rice and a portion of chips would serve two people quite easily (unless you've worked up an appetite on the hills!)

Late down from a 12 hour trip on the hill, we pitched up far too late and the New Shanghai rescued us with friendly service and great food. It was just right, and if we are around, we will be back.