Shining Rainbow Menu

Name: Shining Rainbow
Address: 209 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206, Albany, NY, US
Telephone: (518) 396-3881
Price range: $

Contact & Location

Chinese restaurant · $

209 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206

(518) 396-3881 · tap to call

shiningrainbowonline.com

How far is Shining Rainbow?

209 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206

Distance from central Albany0.5 mi

Straight-line distance from the midpoint of our Albany listings.

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Hours of Operation

Monday11 AM–10:30 PM

Tuesday11 AM–10:30 PM

WednesdayClosed

Thursday11 AM–10:30 PM

Friday11 AM–11:30 PM

Saturday11 AM–11:30 PM

Sunday11 AM–10:30 PM

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Happy Hour

Updated October 2026

Shining Rainbow does not currently offer a confirmed happy hour. The restaurant features a food menu across 6 verified items, available in full detail below.

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Customer Reviews

Review 1

This is my favorite Chinese restaurant in Albany. Loved the curry seafood fried rice, honey walnut chicken, lamb skewers, and the lavender bubble tea. Nicely decorated, upscale environment, waiters are attentive. Large selection and huge portions

Review 2

Great complimentary tea. Great dim sum for reasonable price. I recommend the beef tripe, fried shrimp dumplings, and taro puff!

Review 3

These days I generally do not enjoy Chinese food from most restaurants. The food from the shining rainbow, however, was absolutely delicious! Fresh, nice flavors that left us all coming back for more. The sweet-and-sour soup was delicious and we also enjoyed general TSO’s chicken and the shrimp lo mein. Honestly, everything was the best we’ve had anywhere in the region. If you’re looking for a restaurant to dine in, this place was really cool! Tons of decordefinitely worth visiting

Review 4

We ordered the egg drop and minced meat soup and it was excellent

Review 5

The lobster was lovely. We also enjoyed the sweet sour pork and the beef with snow peas. The tofu was very good too

Review 6

Excellent service by our waiter