" Amazing Foie Gras "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

The 188RMB all-you-can-eat-meal here doesn't come with unlimited drinks (you do get a choice of an aperitif, house beer or soda) or dessert but the quality of the food is much better than you'll get at other all-you-can-eat places around town (including Shoka under the same management next door, where you can tell the food was pre-made and has been kept in the freezer). My favorites of the night were easily the ridiculously rich, creamy foie gras, and the roast beef tartine. There were definitely some misses when it came to the more Mediterranean inspired bits like the "moussaka." All in all though, Cantine was a great dinner choice and I'd be fully willing to hit it up again.

" More Please! "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

The all-u –can-eat option at Cantine is a great deal as there is a long list of different tapas size dishes to choose from. This was our second visit and we left thoroughly satisfied!

Of note, the best dishes were the scallop and beef carpaccios, croquettes, tuscan salad and grilled aubergine. Unfortunately, we were unable to try every single dish on the menu but in general, of the many we did try, the food was consistently good.

Cantine is a great place with friends especially as this allows you be able to try many dishes. Service is prompt, friendly and relaxed. In terms of overall experience, I rank this place very high on my list and I look forward to another visit.

" Enjoyable "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

We wanted something different and based on a combination of good reviews and a curiosity of what French tapas was, we opted for the all you can eat option. In the end, we managed to get through countless numbers of tapas and 2 bread baskets, leaving thoroughly satisfied with the place.
The highlights were the scallop & beef carpaccio, potato gratin, seared snapper filet, salmon pie and the tuscan salad. Most of the dishes totally exceeded our expectation. The less impressive were the beef rib eye skewers, duck confit and shrimp balls. We just felt they were not as tasty as the other dishes not that the quality wasn't as good.
The food came promptly and service was very friendly albeit we were there very early in the evening and thus, the only customers. There is a very casual yet cosy feel to the place.
Overall, the all you can eat deal is good value and I would happily go again to try out the remaining tapas. It'll be interesting to see what the atmosphere and food is like when the place is more busy.

" All You Can Eat French Cuisine "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Thats was a shame that I never went there before despite my house is in front of the restaurant !
Anyway, i was with 3 friends, we all chose the "All you can eat french tapas" and we were not disappointed at all !
All the dishes were very good, cooked in a traditionnal way, some camembert, duck "magret", seafood, carpaccio ...
We ordered a lot of stuff because we were really hungry so we can say that for 188RMB per person , you can really eat a lot !!! This set comes with one drink.
I will definitely go back there. I recommend it to everyone.
Service was good, the waiter can speak perfect english and a little french.
Atmosphere and decoration is pretty nice too !
Nothing else to say ! Just try it , that will change a bit all your Teppanyaki experiences !!!

" Nice French Tapas "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Their menu has been chosen insightfully. It has modern, experimental dishes as well as traditional dishes. From the taste and the menu the place seemed genuine, not the willy-nilly mixture of sensational ideas that you find at many mid-priced European restaurants in Shanghai.
I heard from cityweekend that they have a "melt-in-your-month" tiramisu, wow yes it is!

" A Better Music Studio "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

I do like the musics were played around in this cute restaurant, the waiter runs more than 6 times to find me the name of my favorites, appreciate! it was also very interesting that had been shared by the manager a little story for where the word "bistro" comes from. food was fantastic except a bit more salt on the salad and they provide a french-gastronomie leveled service .

" Best Wine Service In Shanghai "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Don't remember which date but it was definately a weekend with full of people there. after 15 minutes drinking at bar, we've been guided to a window seat which is the only one here:). all you can eat tapas seems to be a unique and inspired concept in Shanghai with a reasonable price but finally ordered the tasting menu from a common opinion of everybody.70% are French and my friends were enjoying the food for its both quality and quantity. I'm especially impressed by a french?Chinese?boy who is the manager of the restaurant (looks 22 age...so young), he plays skillfully with a decanter when I ordered the Gigondas, it's a kind of performance you can see only in Paris and New York, after the short dialgue with him, I got known that he is a Chinese but who speaks perfect english with full of french accent! and used to work in south of france for a long time. being satisfied by a bottle which costs you at 300, I'm sure it is the only place you can find around the world. we will come back one day.

" So So "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Cantine wants to be a French Bistrot, however if you expect to dive into some French Bistrot athmosphere, this is not the place to go.
Food is OK, some kind French, dishes have a French touch to it however i wouldn't really say that it is French cuisine.
Finally, i remember ordering a bottle of wine then when it was opened and served, it was not the same as listed on the wine list.
Year was not the same as indicated and the wine which was supposed to be a Bordeaux Pomerol or something like that, cant really remember was some other cheap Bordeaux. When i complained to the staff, they had nothing better to say that they couldnt do anything about it and that was it, we had to take it.
Not a very good experience...

" Best Value For Money For Western Food "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Wow I love their new concept !!!
Went there last night with a few friends an we had a really great diner.
The food was fantastic (don't miss the foie gras, and the calamaris stuffed with lamb), and at 158 RMB all you can eat tapas it is clearly the best value for money for western food in Shanghai at the moment !
The wine selection and sangria are very affordable too which make for an even more enjoyable night...
I would recommend booking in advance if you want to be sure to have a table though, as the place was completely packed yesterday.
Going back there very soon as unfortunately our apetite was not big enough for us to sample all of the 40 tapas :)