" Affordable Quality "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Without any intent to try something different that night (August '09), my & my wife went to Dagu lu to a restaurant we usually went to. But for some reason we decided to try something different, and went to Haya's Mediterranean Cuisine - such a good decision!

Menu was really rich, lot of dishes I've never heard of, so we decided to go with something more familiar: bunch of lamb chops (as recommended by the manager), combo of 4 salads + Greek salad, 1 bottle (0.75) of Italian wine. Man! The best lamb chops we've ever tried, juicy, soft, full taste, and salads & bread were simply delicious! Wine must say was so-so, though OK for 150rmb a bottle.

All food & wine was in total was 350rmb, which is really good deal for the quality of food they offer.

" Bad Place "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

This place is the worst Shanghai restaurant I have been to. Their staff does not understand English and I was served Beef Kebabs when I am had ordered vegetable kebabs and I am a strict vegetarian. In the first bite when I felt fishy I asked the staff and she said it is vegetable. After having one kebab I called the Manager to check and he confirmed that this was not what I had asked. The Managemnt was least apologetic of what they had done. I will not recommend this place to anyone.

" Quite Disappointing "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Food was mediocre at best and with quite disappointing. It's tough to do things well in Shanghai as I have lived here for almost a decade, it doesn't mean you can't try. The latkes were lukewarm and really dark, meaning they were overfried and the oil is very old. When we ate it, they added no salt or any seasoning. These small details are really annoying because this is supposed to be better quality food and service, but it wasn't like that. The french fries, like the latkes came lukewarm and we were the only customers at the place. How hard is it to get the food right? The main courses, chicken steak and vegetables mufka also came lukewarm and not very tasty at all. And finally after lunch, my friend had diarrhea after eating the chicken steak, no joke. You can easily tell, they don't use good ingredients or quality vegetables with their food. The simple details of seasoning the fries, latkes, or the food coming out hot just wasn't there. Their breads are ok, but the food was not good. I would much rather eat at Chinese places or street food, at least you are getting the right deal and price for the food. The stuff you order is piping hot, they make no pretensions that their food is gourmet, and it's much better than restaurants like Haya.

" Decent Food In Needof Decent Service "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

With only three tables (counting our table) it took over 10 minutes for us to get a wait staff! I can't imagine what they'll do when the restaurant's packed! Food and price are reasonable but service definitely needs an upgrade.