Miss Shirley's
14 people recommend, 1 warns against itvia r/NewOrleans, r/AskNOLA17 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Miss Shirley's is a Chinese restaurant on Magazine Street that many diners recommend, with the crab udon noodles, salt and pepper wings, hot and sour soup and paper shrimp singled out as favorites. One diner rates the hot and sour soup above any other, and another says everything was delicious. A few caveats: one person finds the menu a bit boring, another calls the food good but pricey, and one diner feels it is charming yet heavily Americanized with little heat.
Address
Miss Shirley's, 3009 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
At a glance
- Price
- Premium
- Signature dishes
- Crab udon noodles, Salt and pepper wings, Hot and sour soup
The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Recommendsu/QuirkyOwl4756 in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025
Lists Miss Shirley's as a recommendation.
- Recommendsu/Perfectly--Splendid in r/NewOrleans · May 2024taste
Loves the crab udon noodles and salt and pepper wings, could go weekly.
- Recommendsu/itsSRSblack in r/NewOrleans · Nov 2023
Names Miss Shirley's when asked about highest-rated Chinese restaurants.
- Recommendsu/Qikly in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025taste
Echoes Miss Shirley's, calling it a step above standard fare.
- Recommendsu/kittenthenurse in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025
Names Miss Shirley's as a recommendation.
- Recommendsu/kgcatlin in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025
Calls Miss Shirley's the best.
- Recommendsu/absolutezombie in r/NewOrleans · May 2024taste
Particularly recommends the hot-and-sour soup.
- Recommendsu/whatsupnathan in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025
Names Miss Shirley's as a recommendation.
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- Recommendsu/NOLA2Cincy in r/NewOrleans · Nov 2023taste
Enthusiastically praises the cooking.
- Recommendsu/_wats_in_a_name in r/NewOrleans · May 2024taste
Everything delicious; favorites were paper shrimp, crab udon noodles, and hot and sour soup.
- Recommendsu/Sirhctopher024 in r/NewOrleans · Nov 2023variety
Calls it fantastic with a uniquely nuanced menu.
- Mixedu/amedeland in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025price
Considers the restaurant good but on the expensive side.
- Recommendsu/BurnK-doeBurn in r/NewOrleans · Jul 2025
Gives an honorable mention to Miss Shirley's.
- Recommendsu/Traditional_Hotel388 in r/AskNOLA · Aug 2024
Adds a recommendation to try it
- Recommendsu/cyberlem0n in r/NewOrleans · May 2024taste
Agrees, sometimes goes just for the hot and sour soup.
- Caveatu/MyriVerse2 in r/NewOrleans · Nov 2023variety
Finds the menu kind of boring.
- Mixedu/porkchopssandwiches in r/NewOrleans · Dec 2023taste
Calls it charming but very Americanized with almost no spice.
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