Come on, you got to be kidding. If you are coming to China and you still light to try the American Chinese food, that is why you come to 1221. There are too many nice authentic Chinese restaurants in town, not another American Chinese food place. More

Westerners will love this place. Everytime I go during lunch, there are more foreigners dining at the restaurant than there are Chinese. And this is etxremely rare since there are Chinese people everywhere in Shanghai. The food is good but it's been westernized. Not what locals call "authentic". So to say this is the "Best Chinese Restaurant in Shanghai" is... More

The food was the best of what we had in Shanghai, nice arrangement, warm service and the waiter speaks very good English, I would go there again with my friends! More

This restaurant as been around for a long while and I have not been back for at least 5years! So on a recent visit back with some friends, I was pleasantly surprised to find the food still delicious, authentic and prices very affordable. This is one restaurant that I know I can rely on to send foreign guests on their... More

Its truely at the ned og a dark lane, the inerior is quite plain, but the ood is fantastic, fesk, sonsistent, well prced comapired t many restaurants in Shanghai. Ive been heremore than 20 times and always had an exellent experience More

After 7 days of Ma-Ma Who-Who chinese food on an escorted tour which started Beijing, Xian and then Shanghai...I took a local tour and this was the restaurant of choice. Let me say it was an entirely different experience. The food was superb! Fresh and it was very clear that salt was not the main spice ingredient . We had... More

My mom, her friend, and I went to 1221 on a tour for lunch. It was the 2nd day my mom and her friend were in China, and they both loved the food. It is served on a round table with a lazy susan, chinese style. The food was delicious and not too scary for those new to Chinese or... More

I'd visited 1221 the first night I arrived to SH, it is ok if you stay in SH a couple of days, english speaking, good service and tasty food, but if you are looking for something more authentical, look somewhere else More

This is a reputed restaurant for Shanghai cuisine - love the food. Am not a connoisseur of best in Chinese cuisine but this is the real dea. More