This concept by the Jing'an Shangri-la de Mediterranean cuisine with a sharp focus on Italy and Spain. A densely packed menu features handmade pasta dishes, risottos, authentic Neapolitan pizzas, and primo cuts of Wagyu beef from Australia. The building itself is of... Read more
Sukhothai Shanghai's Italian serving creative Italian cuisine. It was recognized as a Michelin Plate in the 2020 Shanghai Michelin Guide, dontcha know. Read more
Cosy home-style Italian restaurant and pizzeria tucked around a corner with a nice street-side veranda. Good atmosphere with warm and friendly service. They have a page dedicated to handmade chicceti, something like Italian tapas; little fried calzones, little... Read more
Located in the Shangkang Li development, Alimentari Grill is the latest installment to the Popolo brand, and the fourth Alimentari in Shanghai. Think grocery store meets Italian kitchen, this time with a charcoal grill and a new vermouth bar ("La Vermuteria"). You... Read more
As the name suggests, this is a larger version of Poppolo Group's little "Alimentari" shops, named after the mom-and-pop food stores peppered throughout Italy, selling fresh foods and imported pantry goods. In 2020, this one replaced Italian restaurant Gemma, and now... 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
Relaxed atmosphere and plenty of seating inside and outside, but with enough room left to stand if it gets crowded. The food menu is quite extensive. Cold cuts and cheese platters are 120rmb, and lasagna, salads, wraps, panini, focaccia, and even some vegetarian... Read more
Bella Napoli is an institution, already several years past its first decade in Shanghai. It is busy almost every night of the week, in every type of weather, from cold and rainy Tuesday evenings to hot summer weekend nights. The crowds are here for simple and... Read more
Bakery, cafe and quasi-restaurant using quality ingredients. The sour dough olive bread comes highly recommended. It gets absolutely packed during lunch time, and they don't take reservations. Try towards the evening instead. Read more
Celebrity chef Jean Georges Vongerichten charts new territory for his dining empire with his first ever Italian concept. Simple pleasures like woodfire oven pizzas, burrata cheese with sea salt or homemade rigatoni with meatballs dominate the menu. But he throws in... 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 simple Italian restaurant driven by a wood-fired oven hiding out in the kitchen. The short menu is mostly antipasti, pizza and pasta, with a couple salads on flat bread, and is not fancy but decent stuff. The real highlight is the environment: a bombed-out... Read more
Relocated from the original way back on Donghu Hotel, Casa Mia is still the same husband and wife team from Wenzhou by way of Italy, and there’s still no menu: the wife will tell you what’s on the menu that day but mostly it’s pastas (the crab tagliatelle is 98rmb... Read more
The sequel to the Dongping Lu location, D.O.C. is Camel Group's take on the eternal Italian bistro. Read more
Long-time Italian restaurant from an even longer-time resident. A street-side Italian bistro on a leafy stretch of Huashan Lu, Seve delivers the higher end of traditional Italian cuisine; Calamaretti alla Griglia, Melanzana Panata, Ravioli alla Zucca e Tartufo,... Read more
Replacing Funka Del Sur with the more reliable Funkadeli formula, this Yanping Lu Funka outpost has similar relaxed vibes to the one on Fumin Lu with standard casual Jing'an prices for food and drink - most cocktails are around the 60rmb mark. Indoor and outdoor... Read more
Bvlgari Hotel's headliner is simple, unpretentious, contemporary Italian done exquisitely with a stunning view over Pudong. Michelin-starred Niko Romito, the namesake, is known for a "ain't broke/don't fix" attitude towards contemporary Italian cuisine. Simple... Read more
Bustling, buzzing neighborhood Italian restaurant and bar from the same people behind Gemma. It's designed to evoke the main eatery in every Italian train station (hence the name). It's affordable, directly... Read more
Da Marco is a perennial expat favorite for Italian. Its simple formula -- inexpensive, decent Italian -- has kept this, its original location, going for years. The menu is mostly pizza and pasta, with a few more ambitious mains, but generally, the simpler, the... Read more
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