Bull & Claw is back in that expansive, three-story mansion on Fenyang Lu used to be El Patio. It's a real nice location. Top-of-line terrace. It's cozy but not cramped, and whoever redid the interior... Read more
This historic theater up in Hongkou was once a temple, then it was Chinatown, now it's a bubbling club/lounge/bar regularly hosting cabaret theater shows. It's a really beautiful old space with a gallery and theater boxes, with a real feeling of history in the wood,... Read more
Super popular bar / restaurant / lounge by nightclub brand Muse Group and Grey Goose vodka, right by the Rockbund Art Museum. Good design, good drinks, great food. They specialize in vodka-based cocktails (60-80rmb) and high-end bar food like oysters and steaks.... Read more
A "Modern French Eatery" by Shanghai-famous chef Paul Pairet. Mr and Mrs Bund endeavors to be Shanghai's first late night dining restaurant. It's on the Bund so expect it to be classy yet relaxed, without sacrificing an ounce of chic. Serving global French favorites... Read more
Fine Italian dining on the Bund. An expansive menu spans many regions of the boot, with the kind of down-to-earth, casual fare Italians might eat any day of the week. Standouts include the Tuscan chicken liver terrine and the pici alla Toscana. Pizzas are somewhere... Read more
A renovated French-style villa with spacious enclosed garden houses one of Shanghai's most popular Thai eateries. Like its sister restaurant Lost Heaven the dim, candle... Read more
Hakkasan is a fancy and fashionable Michelin-starred Chinese chain that comes to Shanghai via London. Part of an international chain which also boasts branches in New York, Miami, Vegas, San Francisco, the UAE and even Mumbai, the soul of the menu is Cantonese and... Read more
Superstar chef Pierre Gagnaire's first concept on Mainland China, delivering his particular flavor of fine dining to the poor, starving masses of Shanghai. Gagnaire may have gone full-white up top but his cooking is not old. He is contemporary and his dishes are... Read more
Superstar chef Pierre Gagnaire's first concept on Mainland China, delivering his particular flavor of fine dining to the poor, starving masses of Shanghai. Gagnaire may have gone full-white up top but his cooking is not old. He is contemporary and his dishes are... Read more
Superstar chef Pierre Gagnaire's first concept on Mainland China, delivering his particular flavor of fine dining to the poor, starving masses of Shanghai. Gagnaire may have gone full-white up top but his cooking is not old. He is contemporary and his dishes are... Read more
Within the diplomatic district of Shanghai, the Yongfoo Elite clubhouse has served as a consulate for the UK, Russia and Vietnam over the years. The graceful manor is now a private leisure club that offers gourmet cuisine and live music in a gentle ambiance. Antique... Read more
The US's largest chain of luxury steakhouses has heard the siren call of double-digit growth and set up shop in the Mainland. Ruth's Chris's menu is fairly simple and straightforward—six different cuts Aussie Wagyu beef ranging from a petit filet up to a porterhouse... Read more
Restaurant with an 80's interior design tucked into a secluded spot near IAPM. Western dishes with a touch of Asian. Pet friendly garden, too. Read more
This 30-seat sushi bar is the next stage in evolution for an up-market chain best known in Shanghai for its cuts of toro, or marbled tuna. Service omakase-style, which means there is no printed menu. You eat what the chef happens to be preparing that night for... Read more
This Secret Garden -- a restaurant, not a florist -- is a Chinese villa done up with sort-of kitschy antiques, heavy woods, and carpets, in a style just this side of Shanghai ski lodge. Food is modern Chinese fusion, doing a lot of Cantonese dishes with overwrought... Read more
The House of Roosevelt is the most recent incarnation of the Bund 27 building. In the past, it's been the HQ of British trading firm/opium sellers Jardine Matheson, the offices of the Japanese Navy intelligence, and the Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission. Now,... Read more
The dining room of the super exclusive Aux Jardins Massenet Hotel. Features classic French cuisine served in a restored colonial-era mansion. Read more
Like Shanghai itself, Fu 1088 is modern, experimental and forward thinking but hasn't lost touch with its roots. Contemporary Chinese cuisine with Western influences is served in a stately, classic, tucked away villa on the edge of Jing'an District. Read more
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