SmartShanghai | Listings: Hot Pot Restaurants

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      Address
      2/F, 1416 Huaihai Lu, near Fuxing Lu

       
      淮海路1416号楼, 近复兴路

      Phone
      6473 6380


      Hot Pot King is a clean, efficient chain. It's a couple of steps up from the streetside hot pot places, with an English menu, quality ingredients, and relatively cheap prices. Popular with the locals, but just as good for tourists. Late, late closing hours are a plus.
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    Address
    2/F, 1416 Huaihai Lu, near Fuxing Lu

     
    淮海路1416号楼, 近复兴路

    Phone
    6473 6380


    Hot Pot King is a clean, efficient chain. It's a couple of steps up from the streetside hot pot places, with an English menu, quality ingredients, and relatively cheap prices. Popular with the locals, but just as good for tourists. Late, late closing hours are a plus.
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      Address
      468 Changshou Lu, near Changde Lu

       
      长寿路468号, 近常德路

      Phone
      6277 0701


      Hai Di Lao is a ridiculously popular recent transplant from Sichuan. They've made a killing by offering nice, sleek dining rooms that look much more expensive than they are, an extensive bar of ingredients from which to make your dipping sauce, and over-the-top service -- you can have your shoes shined, glasses or cell phone cleaned, nails done, neck massaged, etc., while you wait for a table....
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    Address
    468 Changshou Lu, near Changde Lu

     
    长寿路468号, 近常德路

    Phone
    6277 0701


    Hai Di Lao is a ridiculously popular recent transplant from Sichuan. They've made a killing by offering nice, sleek dining rooms that look much more expensive than they are, an extensive bar of ingredients from which to make your dipping sauce, and over-the-top service...
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      Address
      777 Jiangning Lu, near Haifang Lu

       
      江宁路777号, 近海防路

      Phone
      5289 1717


      Xiao Fei Yang, the "Little Fat Sheep", is a hot pot chain ubiquitous across across China. Cheap, cheerful, and bustling hot pot restaurants with cheap, clean ingredients, a generally good service staff, and the "hot and loud" atmosphere Chinese people love. Take a cue from the name; lamb is the thing to order here. Open late, late, late.
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    Address
    777 Jiangning Lu, near Haifang Lu

     
    江宁路777号, 近海防路

    Phone
    5289 1717


    Xiao Fei Yang, the "Little Fat Sheep", is a hot pot chain ubiquitous across across China. Cheap, cheerful, and bustling hot pot restaurants with cheap, clean ingredients, a generally good service staff, and the "hot and loud" atmosphere Chinese people love. Take a cue...
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      Address
      6/F, Golden Eagle Square, 278 Shanxi Bei Lu, near Nan..

       
      金鹰国际购物广场6楼, 陕西北路278号 近南京西路

      Phone
      6288 3737


      Dolar Shop is a sort-of fancy Macau chain. Their schtick is serving individual pots of broth, as opposed to a central cauldron in which everyone dips, and a DIY sauce bar with a monstrous choice of ingredients. Decor is a lot slicker than your average hot pot joint, too, and accordingly, prices are a bit higher.
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    Address
    6/F, Golden Eagle Square, 278 Shanxi Bei Lu, near...

     
    金鹰国际购物广场6楼, 陕西北路278号 近南京西路

    Phone
    6288 3737


    Dolar Shop is a sort-of fancy Macau chain. Their schtick is serving individual pots of broth, as opposed to a central cauldron in which everyone dips, and a DIY sauce bar with a monstrous choice of ingredients. Decor is a lot slicker than your average hot pot joint,...
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      Address
      301 Huashan Lu, near Yan'an Zhong Lu

       
      华山路301号, 近延安中路

      Phone
      6249 8877


      Kuo Bee Pen Da is a real popular Taiwanese hot pot joint. Decor and ingredients are a cut above most all other hot pot places. Their sauce bar -- a cart of endless ingredients from which to concoct a dipping sauce -- and fusion broths like curry and tom yam are also notable.
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    Address
    301 Huashan Lu, near Yan'an Zhong Lu

     
    华山路301号, 近延安中路

    Phone
    6249 8877


    Kuo Bee Pen Da is a real popular Taiwanese hot pot joint. Decor and ingredients are a cut above most all other hot pot places. Their sauce bar -- a cart of endless ingredients from which to concoct a dipping sauce -- and fusion broths like curry and tom yam are also...
    • $$$$$

      Address
      215 Shimen Er Lu, near Xinzha Lu

       
      石门二路215号, 近新闸路

      Phone
      5228 7877


      Dong Lai Shun is a Beijing hot pot institution. Been around for 100-something years, doing hot pot the northern way -- shua yangrou, or quickly passing thinly sliced lamb through a very mild broth. Despite being quite a big name in Beijing, all of their Shanghai locations, except this one, are out in the sticks.
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    Address
    215 Shimen Er Lu, near Xinzha Lu

     
    石门二路215号, 近新闸路

    Phone
    5228 7877


    Dong Lai Shun is a Beijing hot pot institution. Been around for 100-something years, doing hot pot the northern way -- shua yangrou, or quickly passing thinly sliced lamb through a very mild broth. Despite being quite a big name in Beijing, all of their Shanghai...
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      Address
      687 Jiaozhou Lu, near Changping Lu

       
      胶州路687号, 近昌平路

      Phone
      6217 9897


      Chongqing is considered by most people to be the ancestral home of the fiery, chili-studded style of hot pot, and it's from Chongqing that the Little Swan originates. They seem to be popular with tour groups, for whom they tone down the spice. This location has the added bonus of a nostalgic, throwback style of large-hall restaurants, complete with a battered stage and nightly performances....
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    Address
    687 Jiaozhou Lu, near Changping Lu

     
    胶州路687号, 近昌平路

    Phone
    6217 9897


    Chongqing is considered by most people to be the ancestral home of the fiery, chili-studded style of hot pot, and it's from Chongqing that the Little Swan originates. They seem to be popular with tour groups, for whom they tone down the spice. This location has the...
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      Address
      1720 Huaihai Lu, near Wuxing Lu

       
      淮海中路1720号, 近吴兴路

      Phone
      6471 7657


      Gokohai is a shabu shabu spot, the Japanese hot pot. It's mostly popular for its all-you-can-eat deal, but ordering dish by dish to dip into the simmering broth is also an option. Cheap draft Asahi, too.
    $$$$$

    Address
    1720 Huaihai Lu, near Wuxing Lu

     
    淮海中路1720号, 近吴兴路

    Phone
    6471 7657


    Gokohai is a shabu shabu spot, the Japanese hot pot. It's mostly popular for its all-you-can-eat deal, but ordering dish by dish to dip into the simmering broth is also an option. Cheap draft Asahi, too.
    • $$$$$

      Address
      407 Shanxi Bei Lu, near Beijing Xi Lu

       
      陕西北路407号, 近北京西路

      Phone
      6258 8777


      Organic hot pot with ingredients that go from "farm to table", as their motto goes. Qimin's upscale all the way around, in its Deco villa, sedate atmosphere, high-end ingredients, and vaguely Japanese atmosphere. It's quite modern, and certainly unique in Shanghai. As you might expect, prices are on the high side.
    $$$$$

    Address
    407 Shanxi Bei Lu, near Beijing Xi Lu

     
    陕西北路407号, 近北京西路

    Phone
    6258 8777


    Organic hot pot with ingredients that go from "farm to table", as their motto goes. Qimin's upscale all the way around, in its Deco villa, sedate atmosphere, high-end ingredients, and vaguely Japanese atmosphere. It's quite modern, and certainly unique in Shanghai. As...


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