Hai Di Lao Hot Pot (Hongkou)
ADDRESS:
2/F, 269 Haining Lu,
near Wusong Lu
海宁路269号2楼,
近吴淞路
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Prices are per person, for an average meal, excluding alcohol:
$ - Under 50 rmb
$$ - 50-149 rmb
$$$ - 150-299 rmb
$$$$- 300-499 rmb
$$$$$ - 500 rmb and up
Editor's Description
Last updated: April 06, 2011
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. (And at busy times, you'll have to wait.) Ingredients themselves are as good as anywhere, but it's the whole production, including a track-suited young kid twirling noodles like streamers and dropping them in your pot -- the gongfu mian -- that makes it one of Shanghai's best choices for hot pot.