Tock’s Montreal Deli's second location, in Fengsheng Li serves the same Canadian deli menu as the original; Reubens, smoked beef, smoked chicken, and smoked duck sandwiches and platters, poutine, and matzoh ball soup, plus a couple new menu items, including a burger.... Read more
The second/third (the original closed) outlet of hip, casual Yunnan street food restaurant, they remain dedicated to evangelizing for Yunnan street food dishes, fruit wine made with sour papaya, and 58-68rmb lunch sets. Read more
The Chinoise Story is a fine dining restaurant that specializes in contemporary interpretations of Shanghainese cuisine. Unlike traditional Chinese restaurants, food is served on individual, rather than communal, plates. Much of the menu is suffused with Western... Read more
This traditional two-floor house was Mao's residence when he was working in Shanghai in 1924 as CPC's Central Committee’s Organization Department Minister. Built in 1915, It’s a beautifully restored shikumen building just off Maoming Bei Lu. Mao stayed here for just... Read more
From the people behind Light & Salt, this fancy-looking French restaurant's located inside the InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin. The menu's deft, white-tablecloth and photogenic. Read more
Ensconced among an eclectic selection of restaurants in the 56 Gourmet Zone, Monsoon bills itself as serving Yunnan and Thai cuisine. Truth be told, the menu consists mostly of the latter and it is mediocre at best. The decor riffs off of traditional Thai aesthetics,... Read more
Hunan restaurant bringing raw materials from Dongting Lake in Hunan, with the taste tweaked for foreign tastes. Try the fish head (yu tou) or the or munaiyu, a kind of fish that only comes from Dongting Lake, with a uniquely tense texture to the meat. Decked out like... Read more
Popular hot pot chain known for its velvety yellow chicken broth instead of the usual fire pot. Read more
Eleganza Uomo bespoke tailor might be one of the best tailors in the city, it has several locations in both Puxi and Pudong, you can contact them to find out the nearest shop. Read more
This is a decent tailor in the mid price range. Pop in for a professional fitting and they'll run you up a suit for around 3000rmb and up. Range of materials, qualities and styles available. Read more
This guy has been making suits in Shanghai for more than a decade but before arriving in the city he was a tailor in Japan, and his designs reflect this. We hear this is where Shanghai celebrity comedian and ubiquitous advertising presence Zhou Li Bo gets his clothes... Read more
Known as a very reliable and inexpensive tailor, this is good place to go for a high-end personal service that's not going to leave you penniless. Read more
There are a bunch of W.W. Chan & Sons outlets in town and they pride themselves in being some of the best old-school gents' tailors in China. They have been making suits since 1952, and still retain the skills and traditions of bespoke men's tailoring. There are... Read more
Rui Fu Yuan has been a standby for home-style Shanghai cuisine for nearly two decades. Once upon a time, it held court on Jinxian Lu with other local legends like Chun, Lan Xin, and Hai Jin Zi. It has since moved on to bigger digs a few blocks away on Maoming Nan Lu.... Read more
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