Shin Shin Chinese Restaurant

I have never dined-​in at shin shin, so I can only speak to their take-​out/​delivery. That being said, the food is very tasty. The crispy beef is a must, and is by far the best beef dish I have had in any Chinese restaurant. Very crispy with a unique blend of spices. The «shin shin special fried rice» has great rice flavour and a generous portion of shrimp and chicken. The delivery is prompt and the service is on point.
The first Chinese restaurant I call in Windsor. I suggest you do the same.

I come here several times a year and last night I went with a group of 8.
We got great service and Raymond and Calvin were wonderful.
The food is fresh and fast.
Tell Calvin your name and he will remember it next time you come!

Been going to Shin Shin for at least 25 yrs and the food has always been excellent. Their MooShu, Crispy Beef, green beans, ShinShin fried rice, chicken & cashew… all the best in the city.

Was recommended by someone that lives in Windsor. I’m always up to try new restaurants!
The parking here is a little hard, as there are a couple spots in the front on the street, and some in the back.
The service here was very welcoming, knowing it was our first time there, they recommended some dishes to us. They have some dinner set combos, but it’s quite americanized with hot and sour soup, spring rolls… etc.
We ordered off the menu, tried their mooshu pork which was recommended, string beans, hot and sour soup, eggplant and ginger beef.
We asked for little salt, no msg, little oil. My parents enjoyed the fact that it was what they asked for, they found the dishes not salty, not oily and healthier.
The hot and sour soup had a lot of toppings in it, the taste was okay.
The string beans were pretty good, had a nice crunch and fair portion.
The mooshu pork was really good, came with 6 wraps and some oyster sauce. the wraps are not enough, but eating the remainder with rice was still very good.
The eggplant was nice and soft, had a good taste, and saucy.
The ginger and onion beef had a lot of ginger and onion. It was very flavourful, but seems to have more ginger and onion than beef.
Overall a good experience, but coming from Toronto, I’m spoiled with Chinese food.
Bonus: They take vicinity points. $ 1.00 for 1 point. 100 points = Lunch combo. Very fair and achievable reward.

Quiet family run restaurant with the best won ton soup in town. The servers are always smiling and somehow make you feel like you are visiting your own family. My go-​to standard here is the beef with dried hot pepper sauce, and it has never been anything short of awesome. Previously my favourite was their duck, but for reasons I cannot disparage, you now have to order it 24 hours in advance. I cant say if it is authentic or not, but I have never been disappointed.

I Was in Windsor for a few days and this restaurant was recommended to me. I ordered one of their dinner special for take out, Chicken with dry hot pepper sauce. The service was very friendly and fast, food was fresh, hot and tasted really good. Price is reasonable, portions ok. I will go back for sure.

Having not been to windsor in 13 yrs, we decided to go to our favorite restaurant we always go to when in windsor. This time with 3 kids in tow. Wow time has change! Neighborhood has become kind of seedy deserted and overall cleanliness we are use to is gone. As we pulled in about lunch time the lot was empty. This should have given us a clue to leave! We were hungry and just decided to just check it out. There was a time that the lot was always full and we usually park a little distance. Of course as we entered we were the only ones there. I remember this place always full every time we came to visit. Again this should have given us a clue to leave! Well anyway the person there seemed surprised that we were even there! We told the lady that greeted us that we haven’t been here in 13 yrs and if there was a change of ownership. She said that the cook actually took over and bought the place. Oh good I thought the quality of the food should probably be the same. Boy was I wrong! We ordered 3 items which was our favorite fish, pan fried noodles and Chinese cabbage. Not one of of them we recognized as the shin shin dish we once new. The amount of the dishes on the plate was so small our 7 yr old could fininish and still be hungry! We were so disappointed. We were looking so forward to the food. The owners we met were very nice. It’s just to bad the food is not worth coming back for. Don’t think will visit windsor again. Even our favorite bakery is gone also! Definitely 2 thumbs down! Food was bland and over priced. Trip was not a memorable one. Not worth crossing the border for.

Went on the recommendation of a friend as I was missing the Chinese food I am used to eating in Toronto. Windsor typically has great food and I was hoping I’d hit the hot spot for Chinese with Shin Shin.
Never. Again.
The meat was flavourless and a very strange colour, everything seemed really bland and overcooked and the décor made me a little sad; think Grandma’s dank basement before she remodelled. Normally holes in the walls provide the best ethnic food on earth but Shin Shin is the exception.
Do yourself a favour; cut off your tongue instead.

Shin Shin is as good as Chinese food gets folks! My parents live in Grosse Pointe and have been coming to this establishment since 1982. There is no other Chinese restaurant in Michigan that can even compare! For true Chinese food, you must venture over to Windsor, Canada for this absolute gem of a place.
The ownership at Shin-​Shin has changed, however, the food and kind people have not! I’m so happy!
In the past, Julia, the owner, used to run everything. She even took our order. I can never remember a day where she did not have a smile on her face. She treated my family and I as if we were in her family.
The food at Shin Shin is off the hook! I would recommend the garlic chicken, ginger duck, shrimp in dried hot pepper sauce, steamed bun, vegetable low-​mein noodles (thick noodles), and hunan beef. Take if from a person that has been coming to this restaurant since he was a young chap… this is the food that you want!
The chicken is thinly cut and prepared with aromatic garlic, the duck just melts in your mouth with the combination of celery to accentuate the ginger infused duck, the shrimps are very large and they give a generous portion prepared in a delectable black hot chile sauce that has just the right amount of heat for you to enjoy. Finally, don’t forget the vegetable low-​mein noodles and sticky bun to compliment your meal and send your taste buds to heaven!
I highly recommend Shin Shin if you have not tried it. Believe me, you will not be disappointed!
One thing to remember is that the service is not the best as there are usually two people that take the orders and run everything on the front end. However, if you are patient, you are in for an incredible meal! Enjoy!

This restaurant makes up in food for what it lacks in atmosphere. The food was great, service friendly but the décor is very basic and diner-​esque. However I would go back because the food was tasty.

This is the best Szechuan Chinese food in metro Detroit. My family has been coming to Canada solely for this restaurant for decades. Recently, they’ve been adding sugar to recipes, but are happy to cut it out if you request. This place remains my standard for Szechuan food. Still haven’t found better… regionally or anywhere, really. (But I haven’t dug into the scene in Cali.)
The owner, Julia, is the sweetest lady and her staff is very attentive.

This place is a great low budget place. New management is afoot in 2013. Some old faces are retired and new ones taking over. I don’t know if its the same family or what but they are computerized now. So far so good and I hope they don’t change the friendly ways. My favorite waiter in Windsor works here still. Makes you feel like you are in a fine restaurant with his attentive perfectly timed service. Tall, thin Chinese guy with longish hair. Anyway its not 5 star but the prices have always been very affordable while still serving decent food. Some items are better than others. Tried the black bean chicken once and it was all skin and fat. Usually though its pretty good. Best Won ton in Windsor.

I’ve only had take-​out from Shin Shin, but it’s always been good. It’s a bit more pricey than Jade but absolutely everything I’ve had was very tasty and my Chinese friends largely consider this their favourite place.
I wish I could say more — I will have to make an effort to visit the actual restaurant.

The spicy beef noodles were good as was the shin shin chown fein mein. The spicy green beans were a bit sweet but that may have been because we asked for less spice in the dish. Lastly the deep fried pork with spicy salt was okay as were the pan fried dumplings.

I took my wife on our first date to this palace in 1986. I have eaten there well over a hundred time and no I not kidding. You have not had true chinese if you haven’t eaten here. I believe Shin Shin means Happy Happy and you will once you have dinner here. The beans WOW, Chicken la orange, the hot and sour cabbage and the list just goes on and on. I will not go to Canadian if I can’t go there. As a matter of fact if that place ever close’s you might as well close the borders:)

I’ve been going here for years, and this is one of my favorite restaurants. We go to Canada for Chinese food and we live in Detroit. It is family owned and they have been an established business for a long time and I hope they never close down! They are under new ownership with the same chef. This is not your average Chinese cuisine. They serve a lot of unique things. I recommend the green beans with hot sauce and the noodle dishes, especially the one with the thick noodles both of these dishes can be made vegetarian. My favorite thing is the fried string bun and the scallion crepes which are not really like a French crêpe but the Chinese version of crepes that is more like a tortilla. Ask for a side of their homemade chili sauce! Heaven!

Great Chinese food with Great Service.
I was a little skeptical of Shin Shin at first because of the high «Canadian» to Asian customers ratio… but I really enjoyed the food that they offered. Shin Shin is one of the rare Chinese places here in Windsor that didn’t have a separate Chinese menu from their normal one. The place is a small intimate kind of setting and the service here is stellar (so much so that I bumped it up to 4 stars). I enjoyed the overall experience.
The food here was good and the portions were good for the price. We ordered the Duck Family Style and the Deep Fried Pork Chop Ribs with Spicy Salt. The Duck Family Style is a plate of shredded duck with celery and green onions in a lightly tomatoey sauce. (Not sure if that’s a word, but it’s what it taste like). The duck was shredded very nicely and the meat was very tender. The plate is a bit spicy, but nothing overly powerful. The celery provides a nice crunch with the duck.
The Deep Fried Pork chop Ribs with Spicy Salt was incredible. I’m a huge fan. The pork is boneless and is deep fried with a thin battered layer (probably a quick coating of potato starch). The spicy salt encrusted the meat very nicely. The meat was thin and tender. It is a little hard to separate so it might be helpful to have a knife around. The pork was very tasty and there were plenty of pieces for us, along with the duck, to share and really enjoy the meal.
Overall, the food was good and the service was great. Our waitress was very helpful and extremely friendly. She gave us a lot of attention without being bothersome at all. Judging off the other patrons in the restaurant, there must be a lot of regulars because they were greeted by name and were asked about family and such. Nice environment overall and will definitely come back again.
P. S. We were kind of craving chicken wings for some reason and this has to be one of the only Chinese places that don’t offer chicken wings… weird.

You have to get a fried bun here. Yummy. Moist, sweet, love the different textures to enjoy, just fabu. I want another one now. I also dove into some hot and sour cabbage salad for me alone, happy sichuan pickle memories. I have not had this dish in years. I almost cried from happiness.
The corn egg drop soup here is very good. Sweet, salty, rich. Evil. My husband finally found an egg drop he will eat.
The crispy beef was all that Liz R promised and more, we both liked it a lot. Ditto on the spicy green beans, which James could not stop eating. We went out on our own again with some shrimps in the shell with spicy salt, pretty happy stuff.
I think you have to know what to order here though, other things I saw did not look as happy as ours. We over-​ordered but liked everything we got so we were pleased. Thanks to Liz R I loved this place. Someone needs to get a passport already, hint hint.

Went back for Peking Duck, which must be ordetred 3 days in advance.
Very good and the staff was very excited that someone had ordered it but I wish someone there would have told me what to expect.
I ordered corn soup and a spring roll to start.
Then served the crispy skin as the first course, soooooo good. Served with pancakes and a thick soy type sauce.
Then the entrée, second course, of duck, they ask how you want it made. I asked for stir fry medium low hot. Their medium low is our medium high but it was very tasty.
Then the third course was duck wonton soup, oops to full had to have it put in to go containers.

Oh Shin Shin, we miss you. (we haven’t gotten passports yet)
Up until our passport laziness, we would visit SS every other month, coinciding our meal with a trip to the Windsor casino (since it is non-​smoking and they had nice penny slots to occupy my time).
We’ve culled our food choices down to the ones that we KNOW work.
I love their corn egg drop soup — perfect combination of sweet creamed corn and salty egg drop soup. Love. To compliment the soup, we order a fried bun. The outside of this large bread is crispy from frying, but the inside is sweet and yeasty, and pulls apart in strings. We’ve never seen anything like this. Does not reheat well.
Main dishes for us are the Crispy Beef, ordered hot and extra, extra crispy so it’s almost the consistency of cornstarch battered bacon. Sweet, spicy sauce is over the top good. (Ken made the mistake of ordering their General’s chicken our first time there, because that’s one if his fav dishes, but when he saw my dish he said ‘What is that??’ then gazed longingly at it after I let him try it) Other winners are their Shrimp Egg Foo Yung, with thin egg patties and the shrimp in the gravy on the side (yum!) and the Spicy Green Beans. The sauce on the beans is similar to the Crispy Beef but contains ground meat and green onions, and the beans are still crispy and fresh.
(I just drooled)
OK, that’s it, I’m heading to Walgreens to get my passport pic taken!