Munchies, But Not After 22:00

One of the greatest luxuries and conveniences of Shanghai is that you can get practically anything delivered to your door. Along with furniture, plane tickets, and water, this includes food. When you get cravings for something salty and bad for you, what better place to call than Munchies?

Munchies puts more emphasis on its food delivery service than its in-house service, as this Shanghai expat and several others have come to know. Usually, deliveries are made within 30 minutes of ordering, unless it happens to be raining. The entire menu is posted on its homepage featuring American classics like burgers, hot dogs, chili, and sandwiches along with south-of-the-border favorites of quesadillas, burritos, enchiladas and tacos. They also deliver beer, milkshakes, and smoothies. The best thing is - compared to the rest of the American food in Shanghai - everything is cheaply priced (for Western food in Shanghai at least). Amazing!


The hamburgers are constructed well with the beef patty proportional to the size and thickness of its bun. Even after the delivery ride, the bun was not the least bit soggy. The Munchies Cheeseburger is 34RMB and comes with a side (crinkle-cut fries are most requested).


The quesadilla looks as good as it tastes, although it definitely could use more cheese to hold the entire thing together. The vegetables kept falling out during consumption. I swear they used to put more cheese in the quesadillas before. It comes with a little fresh salsa and sour cream. The other "south of the border" menu items are generous in size including the burrito and the even larger Pedro's Feast of three bursting enchiladas. All that is missing is that salsa verde.

The smoothies are pretty tasty as well. They are thick and not weighed down with filler ice or liquid, bringing even more value to the order.

Not for the dieting or health conscious, Munchies can manage to satisfy your salty cravings. They offers free delivery within 1km (or pay 5RMB). During prime hours like weekday lunch, the wait could be longer than 30 minutes, but it is 30 minutes well worth it. If only Munchies was available for order 24/7, especially on weekend nights, when the real late-night munchies kick in full force.

Munchies. 974 Wuding Lu (by Changde Lu), Jing'An District, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. http://www.munchies.cn/