Shanghai Family Chinese Restaurant Holborn in Camden

Braised pork belly was amazing, bao is very good too. Could not recommend it more.

The authentic Shanghai cuisine was absolutely amazing! The dumplings, filled with fresh, flavorful meat, were a highlight that we all loved. The new dishes, such as the spicy beef and lotus root, were equally delightful and full of flavor. We can’t wait to visit again and will definitely recommend this place to our friends!

ShanghaiFamily Chinese Restaurant has truly set the bar high for authentic Chinese cuisine in the city. From the moment you walk in, you’re greeted with warm smiles and an inviting atmosphere that instantly feels like home. The food is nothing short of spectacular—every dish bursts with flavor and is a perfect blend of tradition and creativity. The Xiao Long Bao are an absolute must-try, with their delicate skin and rich, flavorful broth. The service deserves a special mention. The staff are attentive, knowledgeable, and always eager to recommend the best dishes or customize orders to suit your preferences. They truly go the extra mile to make you feel valued and welcome. ⭐ Overall: Exceptional food, outstanding service, and a wonderful atmosphere. Highly recommended for anyone in London looking for authentic Chinese flavors! Thank you, ShanghaiFamily, for an unforgettable meal. I can't wait to return and try more from your menu!

Very good experience, nice atmosphere.

As always, the super authentic Shanghainese dishes, especially the xiaolongbao and pan-fried buns, take you back to Shanghai in a second. The store is very enthusiastic and has recently launched Sichuan and Hunan spicy dishes. I recommend the dry pot series, like the small yellow croaker in dry pot, which is great😍😍😍😍

I found the taste of Shanghai at Dahu Renjia. I really like the squirrel seabass, xiaolongbao, and glutinous rice lotus root.

Great place to dine with a convenient location near Tottenham court road underground station. Authentic cuisine from Shanghai and the neighbouring areas. I highly recommend xiaolongbao and the squirrel-shaped fried fish. There are also loads of vegetarian options. The restaurant is spacious with a good atmosphere and the bill is reasonable with £20-£30 per person.

Excellent food and service, highly recommended. The Shanghai specialties are very good and the service is attentive. It is worth recommending.

One of the best soup dumpling I have ever had. The skin is soft and thin and the soup is amazing !!! We got the Shanghai noodle , scallion pork noodles , two soups and soup dumpling .

Great meal and wonderful service! Staff was exceptionally friendly, and the kung pao chicken and mao pao tofu were very tasty. Looking forward to returning soon!

Delicious food. The braised pork was outstanding. Lovely dumplings, good value. A really enjoyable meal.

My daughter had her 16th birthday there in a private area and they provided us with everything we needed, food was really nice. Lovely customer service and I will 100% be returning.

Had some really nice fried buns in there, it might be from the secret menu. The pork was juicy, no funny smells or taste. Absolutely mouth watering.

The main Sichuan food we eat this time is the stir-fried pork. Dongpo pork is also very delicious, not burnt or greasy.

The double cooked pork belly is def my favorite!

Very authentic and high-end Shanghai cuisine, the fried steamed dumplings are very good. Like stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with mustard greens

I had an incredible dining experience at shanghai family. The Shanghai cuisine was absolutely authentic and delicious. Every dish, from the tender xiao long bao to the flavorful stir-fried noodles, was a masterpiece. The ambiance was warm and inviting, and the service was impeccable. The staff were friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable about the menu. they also have a dining area that has projector shows the moving images on the wall, make the experience even better!

I had a fantastic time dining at [Restaurant Name] with 7 friends. The food was incredibly authentic Shanghai cuisine, especially the xiao long bao! The staff were incredibly polite and helpful. I absolutely loved it!

Very authentic Shanghainese food! ! Xiaolongbao, pan-fried buns and siomai are freshly made and delicious😋

We have agreed great experience here.

The most authentic Shanghai food in London ! Dumpling baozi is very delicious. Food takes very fresh. Reminds me of my time in Shanghai 🏙️🌆

Very authentic Shanghai cuisine, the taste of hometown.

The fact is that Fada is authentic 👍

Had the best hot and sour soup in town! The food was very flavourful highly recommended!!

Had a great dinner for 7 of us. Service was excellent. Food great.

I actually found a Shanghai restaurant in London. The environment is the same as that of famous small restaurants in Shanghai. The dishes are all local Shanghai cuisine. There are also Shanghai snacks. The surprise is that when you dine here, you can enjoy a 10% discount at Heytea opposite.

Food doesn't come as it's shown on photos in the menu, thick noodles with pak choi, braised beef comes instead as thin noodles, stewed beef and corriander. There is a service charge automatically added to your bill and a request for a tip on top seems excessive. There are better and more reasonable restaurants within walking distance.

Get a double tip here. A tip has already been added to the bill, but if you pay by card at checkout, you will be asked to select the tip amount again.

Very authentic food, highly recommended!

Very good dining experience! The seven of us had a great time eating, authentic Shanghai cuisine, the color and taste of the food are very attractive, love comes from Shanghai❤️

Very authentic Shanghainese food

A must eat when in London! You can’t go wrong at all! Especially the big elbow, it’s so delicious! ! !

Food is great and staff are super lovely!

Around £160 for 3 persons, including service charge and no drinks ordered (just tap water). That seems now to be the average level of price per person for having dinner at a proper restaurant at London? Good food.

Very delicious, very Chinese flavor

The buns are delicious, domestic taste!

The taste is very good, the sweet and sour short ribs, Sixi puffs and pan-fried buns are all highly recommended.

Highly recommend their pig trotter. Really Good.

Traditional Shanghai foods, signature xiao long bao, the fish is delicious, highly recommended.

Shanghai Family is a very authentic Shanghainese restaurant. We ordered xiaolongbao, fried rice and Shanghainese braised pork. All were super delicious - reminds me of home :)

Very authentic Shanghainese food, full of color, flavor and flavor. Highly recommended.

Fantastic golden fish, succulent with fresh bamboo with a lemony zingy taste. Shanghainese moon cake savoury is also great.

Absolutely delicious and authentic. Definitely a 5-star experience

Tasty food and bubble tea! Really nice atmosphere and friendly staff ❤️ was glad to visit to discover this new concept of bubble tea + snack together!!!

Crab tastes great. They even explained how to eat it when I told them I hadn't a clue

As a Shanghainese myself I think the food can be considered authentic👍

The Shanghai Family restaurant is amazing! The food is good, the staff is hospitable - we had Heidi speak with us and she was lovely to interact with. We tried a few couple dumplings from their new menu - we loved the Shanghai dumplings - quite unlike some other Asian restaurants there are along the same street. Great place to grab some quick asian food after a long day of Central London shopping!

Delicious food and lovely service! This is the second time we visit and we will definitely return. We also had the half crispy aromatic duck that was fantastic.

Very authentic and delicious dish! It’s in the top three places I’ve ever eaten! The chef is amazing!

Food is not bad but everything is way overpriced. Avoid.

Food and romance coexist I took my girlfriend to this restaurant this week with high expectations, but the experience far exceeded our expectations. From the moment we stepped into the restaurant, we were attracted by the warm and Chinese-style atmosphere. And the boss was very considerate and took the initiative to recommend several signature dishes to us. The pan-fried buns and squirrel mandarin fish are must-haves. One bite will make you feel like you are back in China. During the entire meal, we not only enjoyed the delicious food, but also felt the restaurant's grasp of details and care for customers. My girlfriend is very satisfied with this choice. This is not only a meal, but also a beautiful memory. We will definitely come back to experience more food, it is worth a visit to explore Shanghai style food.

I highly recommend Dahurenjia, which is near the British Museum and Big Ben. It is very authentic Shanghainese food, the price is cheap, the service is very friendly, the store is well decorated, and it is very delicious! Recommended to eat at home

Very unpalatable! The pan-fried buns were cold. After just turning them in the microwave, the bottoms of the buns were soft and moist! The braised pork is simply inedible. . When the lethal amount of dark soy sauce was served, we were all shocked. We settled on a taste. The fat meat was greasy and the lean meat was hot. We thought it was extremely delicious when paired with rice. The two popular dishes we ordered were so disappointing. Fried pan buns were cold at first and when we asked to heat, it was returned as being microwaved. The bottom was soggy and tastes like from yesterday! The braised pork….. I’m speechless and hope you all can see from my picture…

I am a regular customer who has eaten in the store and ordered takeout many times. Today I ordered a so-called new product. I called and said that the system error prevented me from placing the order. I said OK, then I will change it to something else. I ordered a total of 34 pounds of something and changed it to The 22 pound one is not good, and I can’t cancel the order. I really know how to do business. NB asked me to go to Panda customer service by myself and hang up the phone after I said it. What kind of attitude is it? I made the customer pay for my mistake and wasted other people’s time. The garbage will not happen again. Click 👎

Food was amazing authentic Shanghainese cuisine. Not too salty or too greasy, was so comforting to eat. Service was so friendly and nice as well

They charged a 12.5% service fee despite providing almost no service. I had to wave my hand for several minutes before anyone came to take my order. I paid £60 for just two dishes, which were of very poor quality. To make matters worse, they refused to let us decline the service charge. I'm confident that any random restaurant in Chinatown would be a better choice. AVOID AT ALL COST

The place is incredible. Staff incredibly nice. The menu gives you a large variety of food to chose from. It takes like real Chinese food. I would give it more then 5 stars if possible.

The food is ok… but the hygiene standards are worrying. The utensils we were initially provided were dirty, and we immediately asked for new ones. But the second set of utensils were also unclean.

The two of us ordered scallion noodles, shepherd's purse wontons, steamed seabass with vermicelli and three shredded wild rice noodles. The shop is not big and is kept relatively clean. There is a smell of second-hand smoke from time to time. I suspect it comes from the kitchen. The wonton filling had no elasticity and should have been frozen. The scallion oil aroma of the scallion oil noodles is relatively weak, but the basic taste is right, which is considered passable. The pork shreds in the wild rice noodles have a refrigerator smell. Soak them in green onion and ginger water before frying to remove them. It's too lazy. The sea bass used was sea bass, which was over 30 pounds and not worth the price. And it's not fresh, it should be chilled. The fish head has a distinct fishy smell and must have been chilled for more than three days. Overall, not recommended.

Shanghai Family in London offers an outstanding dining experience. The service is top-notch, making you feel right at home. What really sets this restaurant apart is their selection of rare vegetables, like the loofah, which they import directly from China. The lobster and braised fish are exquisite and truly some of the best I have ever tasted. Highly recommend for anyone craving authentic Shanghai cuisine!

I was shocked because the food was so salty. I like Chinese food, but this place is so bad.

Food quality, portion size and taste are very average. The price is too high for this quality, it would take about half the adjustment to make it a good deal. Tea mustard £2.5 per person VAT 12.5%

Rude service. Ignored us then walked away.

The food is well prepared and the service is prompt and friendly, but these prices are a tad difficult to swallow.

I am from Shanghai and I can safely say that their dishes are indeed very authentic! Thumbs up to their home made shanghai dumplings and Pork Belly. Oh and their handmade wontons are beautiful too! Exactly like the ones from home! Really kind and helpful staff, too.

The xiaolongbao is delicious! The pork ribs rice cake is very Shanghainese! Very tasty!

A very delicious restaurant and the owner is very friendly.

The most famous local Shanghainese dish in London: Dahu Renjia. It is considered an authentic Shanghainese dish. Compared with similar restaurants, the quality and price-performance ratio are acceptable. The taste is more in line with expectations and very authentic. The two of us ordered a handmade xiaolongbao🥘, steamed lion head, Shanghai white-cut chicken🐔, Shanghai smoked fish🐟, stir-fried seasonal vegetable hot and sour soup🍲...

A very traditional and authentic Shanghai food! Very good location and good value for price!

This restaurant located near British museum. Very good taste and not expensive. Good for family meal after visiting the city centre

The food wasn't completely unfrozen when served. The portion was small. The service was great, but the food quality really needs to become better. Some of the photos from a few months ago look much better than what I got in reality.

so nice， I really like this restaurant, and I go fr many times!

The traditional Chinese food is good to try.

Really authentic huaiyang and shanghaiese food. Love the dumplings. Area is really central and nice.

As a Chinese who has been in London for a while, this is probably one of the worst restaurants when it comes to value for food; £100 for two people for just three dishes and two bowls of rice. What’s most disappointing is that I couldn’t find any dish that were recommended on the Chinese social media on the menu, so food we ordered is mediocre at best. Then when I finished and paid for the bill, I stood up and saw all the dishes named on the wall (Chinese ONLY) that I originally came to try.

The food was another level, really authentic Chinese food I've had in London. Definitely will visit again.

Very authentic Shanghai local cuisine! The xiaolongbao is delicious!

I really recommend their big elbow, very authentic Shanghai food, we and local friends love it!

The Xiao Long was better than yesterday's Din Tai Fung. The shrimp sauce and chicken feet were very tasty. The grilled braised braised rice noodles were actually hot, but the taste was authentic. Small yellow croaker is also good. The fried noodles are average, and the noodles mixed with scallion oil are on the sweet side. Overall, it's a good store, keep it up. By the way, the staff always checks to see if the plate is empty and can be taken away. It is recommended that this action be done casually, otherwise it will feel a bit strange.

The location is easy to find, the portions of the dishes are large, and the price/performance ratio is very good compared to similar restaurants! My favorite crab meat dumplings, so juicy😍😍

I really like this Shanghai-style restaurant. And ordered a few dishes: Shanghai Xiaolongbao: These are thin-skinned dumplings with juicy filling. They're a popular snack in Shanghai.Jicai Wonton: These handmade wontons are bigger than ones you find in supermarkets. They're filled with tender jicai (vegetable) and meat, giving each bite a lot of flavour.Braised Hairtail: This is a common dish in Shanghai. The fish is sweet and tender because it's braised in a flavourful sauce.Ham and Bamboo Shoot Slices: This dish combines salty ham with tender bamboo shoots. It has a rich texture and flavour. Braised Pork: This is one of my favourite dishes at the restaurant. The meat is sweet and tender with a rich sauce.I think ordering small portions for two people would be enough. The restaurant's food is tasty and matches my expectations of Shanghai cuisine as someone from Sichuan. I recommend it to both locals and visitors from other places.

Super authentic Shanghai cuisine. Unforgettable Dongpo Pork and Xiao Long Bao. The best Chinese food.

Authentic Shanghai Delights with Exceptional Service Whether you're indulging in their savory Xiao Long Bao, tantalizing Shanghai-style noodles, every bite is a testament to their commitment to quality and authenticity. The ambience of the restaurant exudes elegance and charm, making it the perfect setting for a cozy family dinner or a celebratory gathering with friends. Shanghai Family Restaurant is a culinary gem that delivers an unparalleled dining experience. With its delectable Shanghai cuisine, impeccable service, and inviting ambiance, it's no wonder this establishment has earned its reputation as a must-visit destination for food enthusiasts.

Delicious food and kind service

Amazing food! Great service, and very passionate about their food. Very authentic and they love what they do.

The food was good. Chinese food overseas is of a high standard. Raw materials may not be easy to come by.

delicious! My favorite food is xiaolongbao, braised pork, boiled fish and rice dumplings made with wine. The braised pork with rich red sauce is not greasy at all! Recommended!

Highly recommend! Delicious food, warm service, and a cozy atmosphere. Always a new delight with each visi

If you want real Chinese Shanghainese food, don't hesitate to choose this restaurant. I love their braised pork so much! I was also impressed with the small plates that were hanging on the wall but not in the menu. They were all very tasty. I will recommend this restaurant to more friends!

First time found realllllly tasty Shanghai Cuisine in London!!! Its indeed perfect keep all flavor from China, I love 爆魚, cold dish you must should order! And 紅燒肉, its perfect, The fatty part of the meat wasn't greasy at all and it was soft and flavourful.

Very authentic Shanghainese food🦀My favorite is the crab noodle xiaolongbao. The crab noodle has no fishy smell. Each xiaolongbao is full of soup. Be careful not to get burned. When paired with crab vinegar, the taste makes you feel like you are back in Shanghai in one second🔥( Although I am not from Shanghai but I often go there) it feels very authentic👍 / 🦐Shanghai-style fried rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes and cabbage🥬The shredded pork is fried together in a sticky way. It has a very Shanghai home-cooked taste. The rice cakes are full of soup and are soft and glutinous. / 🥒 Stir-fried winter bamboo shoots with shepherd's purse, I never thought that I could eat winter bamboo shoots in the UK. A big plate full of fried winter bamboo shoots satisfied the homesickness of all Shanghai friends [色色R] The seasoning is moderately salty and satisfying😌 / 🍜Braised beef noodles, the noodles feel a little overcooked but still taste good! Full of big chunks of beef, delicious 😋 / They also have all kinds of seafood stir-fries🦞🦐The prices are very affordable, I recommend it to those staying in London to check in👍

I saw a review of this resturant on Instagram and I had to go there...just for the pork knuckle! The food was delicious 😋 and fresh, the service was excellent. Don't be deceived, the portion size is massive!

Visited the place during Lunar New Year's Eve. They were filled to the brim which meant a few things took some time but ultimately to be expected. Even though it was busy the staff were kind, courteous and polite. The food itself was great. With many choices on the menu there's likely something for everyone. Our party might have ordered a little more than we could manage but even with such quantity they didn't skimp on the quality of the meal. Delivered an experience that was equal to my hopes for the night.

The back room is something from the fifties.

Food is fine, service not bad, close to British Museum.

This restaurant is great, delicious, refreshing and fat but not greasy. There is no MSG in the soup. It is delicious and healthy. If I live near here, I must come in every day to eat delicious meals! Come and try it, friends! You are guaranteed to return home satisfied This restaurant is great, delicious, refreshing fat but not greasy, no MSG in the soup, delicious and healthy. If I live near here, I must come in every day to eat delicious food! Friends, come and taste it! You'll be satisfied.

Wonderful food and very kind staff, a little bit expensive but the food is authentic Shanghai cuisine.

First time visiting this restaurant as my husband was craving Shanghainese food. Some of the dishes we ordered were good, eg beans and xiao long bao. Other dishes were off, especially the egg plant dish we ordered, it had a very strong pork flavour. The prices are definitely on the higher end. What annoyed me was the cheeky waitress asked us to tip her (minimum amount on the machine was 15%) on top of the 12.5% service charge…. Luckily I checked the bill and asked her why we needed to tip if the 12.5% service charge has been added? She then backed off…

A great place to go for real Chinese food. Wonderful food, looks just like the menu photo, tastes even better. The roast duck was so fresh and delicious. We had a banquet for Chinese New Year. Definitely going back.

I’m not keen on giving restaurants a negative review but the food we had here on a lunchtime visit was poor. We had the mixed dim sum platter which was average to say the least. Then green beans with minced pork. This wasn’t bad but it wasn’t minced pork. Then salt and pepper spare ribs. There was no taste of salt or pepper and they seemed like they had been cooked some time ago. Tasteless and fatty. The waitress recommended a chicken with peppers dish because I said I liked spicy food. It was bland and totally lacking in any spice taste. When we came to pay by card, the reader asked if we would like to add a tip ranging from 10% upwards to 25%. A naughty practice as 12.5% had already been added to the bill. It cost us just short of £90 for a meal that didn’t rate alongside any bodies local takeaway. Poor food. Poor value. Never again