Shining Rainbow - City of Albany

I had planned on ordering but upon my entry noticed that they were several dead fish in the case which I found disgusting and therefore I walked out

This is the second time we ordered from this acclaimed restaurant; last time it was awful, but we thought to try it again, especially because the food critic in a local paper raves about it; this time, it is inedible. Disgusting. Bean curd with NO bean curd none ; grizzled, bolied spare ribs in black bean sauce: full of bones fat and a couple of black beans. Everything smells of amonia very bad Chinese spices. It is very expensive (with 15% delivery tip, it came to $95.00 for take out! Stay clear of this rip off! One star is too much, but it is my only choice.

I didn't realize that rice was not included in the already more expensive price. So, not ordering from here again

I came here with my wife on a dark, rainy night. It is a shotgun style restaurant which made it hard to see the whole thing when we walked in. The colors were dark with lots of Asian accents and gold trim, and it felt a bit mysterious and exciting. My only wish was that they had Asian music on in the background. Anyway, I looked at their extensive menu. The pictures were worthless as most had no captions but I could sort of figure out what was what. I had the house specialty Spicy Fried Chicken (boneless) which consisted of lots and lots of crispy, thinly battered fried chicken covered in a mess of hot peppers and garlic. There were at least four types of peppers (dried red, sliced fresh green of several varieties, and red chili pepper flakes) and yet it wasn 't mind-numbingly hot. It was pleasantly hot. My wife had the Singapore Fried Mei Fun which is the thing, spaghetti like yellow dish you sometimes see on buffets. But this was much better. It had lots of pork and shrimp and strong flavors of curry and spices. We also ordered a side dish of broccoli in oyster sauce (but it had small mushrooms and carrots too) just to bump up our intake of healthy vegetables. A side dish of white rice was $1.25 and well worth it to provide some relief from the rest of the food. Even their tea was nice. One thing I questioned was whether the servings were supposed to be for 2 or more people. Sure, you can only eat half and make it last two meals but as I was eating my dish I kept thinking no sane person would eat this much grease and hot peppers . Indeed, at most other restaurants you can polish off a full entree and feel like you will explode but here I don 't think I would try that. I think it would be better to order one entree for two people and have them share it. In that light, I thought that their prices were very reasonable. We took a lot home and it sits in our fridge. There were many things I had never heard of before on their menu. I won 't try them alone, as if I don 't like them I would be stuck with them. But I think it would be fun to come here with a group and share lots of things family-style. Perhaps in the future.

This is a hard one to rate four is too good, three might be a little underwhelming. We stopped here during the Gay Pride Block Party on 06/13/21. The place is beautiful inside, and the air conditioner was on full blast so I would have eaten anything at that point. There were five of us in our party, so we were brought to a large booth/table in the back. We reviewed the extensive menu, and began to pour tea. Well, for some of us, one of the tea cups on the table was still dirty (noted a few previous comments on this come on guys if it 's an issue, address it). When our server came over, we pointed out the issue and they took the cup but never replaced it (grabbed one from the other table). We expressed there was to be three separate checks, and that wasn 't a problem. Jughead and myself ordered the Orange Chicken and the Squid salt pepper. One of our friends ordered the hot and sour soup, and the other couple ordered the soup dumplings, and a few other items. the food came out pretty quickly, and we decided to share everything with each other. I really enjoyed the orange chicken, and the squid salt and pepper was good, but there are other places in the area that serve a better version (A la Shanghai). The soup dumplings were a little bland for my taste and too are better at other places. I didn 't try the other dumplings that were ordered, but I did try the other pork dish my friends ordered. It was a little greasy for my liking. The staff was pretty friendly, and it seemed like we had multiple who were helping us. I think that was because we were in the back, where they were standing around watching the television and having their lunch or meal. Since we had come from pride, many of us were dressed a little out of the norm but there was no judgement. We were only questioned when we were leaving what was the occasion? We advised them about the Gay Pride Block party down the street and before you knew it we were passed walking back there by two of their female employees who were seen having fun later in the enclosed area. I think the staff was really great, the food could be better but the place looked beautiful both inside and out.