Shanghai Terrace - side

For a restaurant that is in a hotel like the Peninsula and that comes with a reputation of having the best Chinese food in Chicago this was disappointing. The place itself is very nice, the staff were kind and attentive but the food was very underwhelming. The pork dumplings were decent without blowing me away, my hot and sour soup was neither hot nor sour and my beef main course really lacked in flavour and was very greasy. For this type of money you should be getting top quality food — unfortu … – show

Terrace crispy lobster (mesclun mix greens, spicy mustard mayonnaise)

Nice location in the peninsula hotel. Has nice relaxed ambience. Food was very light and elegant. Service and staff pleasant and excellent

We’re no strangers to fine dining, and no strangers to great street corner Chinatown restaurants. This was neither. Two stars only because the atmosphere was outstanding. Server was sweet, and attentive. But this is a restaurant priced as if it had a Michelin star and yet far-from delivers on that promise. Let’s put it this way…the Chilean Seabass was deep-fried and slathered (no exaggeration) in sauce. It’s not advertised as fried. After you drilled through the 1/2-inch crust it was tasty; what … – show

I was so pleased by the dim sum and the ambiance. However, they showed completely booked out on open table for two weeks. They did let us walk in and seated us right away. I was disappointed to see that the restaurant was barely half full… for a placed booked out on open table, that shouldn’t be the case. Regardless, I ordered the beef entry $54) for 6 blocks of beef. Hard to bite into, not spicy as listed and when my server asked me why I didn’t finish it, his response was to order something e … – show