Songyuelou - Shanghai

7-10 clock: 4 dishes only to the breakfast, including three noodle dishes and a miraculous plate (today) simply order point and choose 12rmb but simple noodle dish (not gf)

They open all the time. It is not expensive and the taste is sooo good. It is located inside the yuyuan or yu garden

Cockroaches visible all over kitchen climbing over foods ... walked and ran outta there

Food is average at best. Fast food type. Some stuff helpful, some not.

Okay, so. China is an interesting place to visit. I love it. I want to go back. But what i DON'T want is the kind of [censored] service which follows the cantina-style restaurants such as this one. But let's take it from the top. The restaurant is said to be one of the oldest and best in the city, and the location close to the Yuyuan Garden is a proof, that they indeed do have many customers, as the address must be very expensive. But upon entering the rather boring shop and having the entire staff look at me and my girlfriend like we where idiots, i knew something was up. At no point did anyone try to show how to order. I went and asked the cashier girl, but she just laughed at me and looked away. Then I went to the other end of the room, where food was being prepared. Here an old and nice lady actually tried to tell me something, and in the end i understood, that you just point at what you want. Okay, easy. So after pointing, I got a receipt and I went to the mad lady with the money, payed some money (it was cheap, I'll give them that), and sat down again. But no, this was wrong, because people shouted at me now, and pointed at the kitchen. Okay, fair enough, i thought. Let's go there then. So after a while and more strange looks, i got some food which was kinda what i ordered, kinda something else, but i was kinda hungry and kinda tired with this place, so i brought back the food to our table. There was no chopsticks or anything else to eat with at the table, so i went back to the kitchen. After some confusion, another old and nice lady appeared and finally made me feel like i wasn't an [censored] by showing me where the chopsticks where. She even smiled. We ate the food , dumplings, rice and veggies and springrolls, while everyone stared at us like we where bearers of the plague and I hate this place and strongly advice you to go somewhere else. There's so many other good options in Shanghai so please don't let these guys ruin your experience.