Did you know SmartShanghai has a roving team of more than a dozen paid reviewers who are out there in the city, picking over what restaurants have to offer and writing a combined 50+ reviews per month? They're our SmartReviewers, and since they started in fall last year, they've racked up a combined 402 pieces tearing our city's dining scene apart and then putting it back together again. This month alone they visited everywhere from the brand new "dont call it Nordic" BOR Eatery to Japanese souffle pancake house Gen Shang, which our crack squad called "a mountain of diabetes", to old stalwart Sichuan Citizen, which got succintly summed up in a one-star review as "thank you, next!". What else have they been saying!

Ten Places They Liked

Pierogi Ladies 2.0, which Ting called a hipster haven and gave four stars to. Read the full review here. The Bunker, a speakeasy inside Green & Safe in Xintiandi, which eatingglace found confusing, impressive and cool, except for the part where you can't get a soda with your chili burger. Read the full review here. The new RAC. Light, bright and industrial chic with perhaps the best avocado toast in the city, said Sally Hsiao. Read the full review here. Currify, which Wisefish99 gave five stars, the maximum. "I think what makes Currify so good is that they only have a few curry dishes on the menu, so they can focus on doing them all well." Read the full review here. BOR Eatery. GlobalTraveller, who seems to have been to all the new restaurants this month, went back twice because he liked the restaurant so much the first time, and gave it a second thumbs up (and five stars). Read the full review here. Ginger, which anitaeatshanghai dubs "The Perfect South East Asian Escape" (four stars). Read the full review here. Fat Boy Macau for its crazy good pork stew. Read the full review here. Arch not just for the drinks but for the five-star pastas. Read the full review here. Jin Xiao Guan for that sudden, special time of year when you have a craving for spicy bullfrog. Five! More! Stars! Read the full review here.

A Few They Didn't Like

Mexican restaurant The Cactus: suspicious liquor and tacos to yawn at. Two stars. Read the full review here. Sichuan Citizen. Anitaeatshanghai took issue with the sugar content and plastic-wrapped cutlery. It is, quite rightly, 2019! One-star, thankyounext! Read the full review here. Bloom. A long way to go before it blossoms. Three stars, which seems generous. Read the full review here. That's just a taste. Want more SmartReviews? Read them all right here.