Rijsttafel, meaning "rice table", is propped on busy Hongmei Entertainment Street, a mecca for all things dining and expat related. On a sunny afternoon, the cool interior of the restaurant offered welcome respite from the oppressive humidity outside, the white ...[ read full review ]
The apple never falls far from the tree at Origin. Rooted in reaping the rewards of the freshest local ingredients, this new eatery plants a seed in the minds of diners to take time to relax, replenish and revitalize without ...[ read full review ]
Prime-time culinarists Café Bellagio have shunned the spotlight and opened a new brand of their infamous industry. The new starlet of these Taiwanese food philanthropists comes in the form of Fontainebleau, a funky fashion house foray frequenting the innermost edge ...[ read full review ]
The owner of Beijing's much talked about fish and chip restaurant ‘Fish Nation' has brought his entrepreneurial ideas to Shanghai with a new restaurant, Southern Barbarian. Specializing in Yunnan cuisine and currently on the lips of hip, cool and ...[ read full review ]
Located at dining hotspot Xin Tian Di, Koyama runs the risk of being just another eatery to add to the long list. Added to this challenge is the wealth of venues in Shanghai that specialize in Japanese cuisine. Somehow, Koyama ...[ read full review ]
1950's New York has hit Shanghai in the form of debonair dining space. Parkside Bistro, with a physique classic of the 1950's, would be at home on a stylish New York or Parisian boulevard but as it happens, fits in ...[ read full review ]
Tian Jia at Xintiandi is a real refuge from the ruckus of Shanghai on a bustling weekday afternoon. A shrinking violet amongst the brash boutiques, it sits unassumingly back from the road along a boardwalk canopied with green leaves and ...[ read full review ]
Upon entering this newly opened Xin Tian Di restaurant, it is immediately evident that a traditional dining experience is in store. The female servers seem to be in the same uniforms sported back when the first in the chain was ...[ read full review ]
Bringing an air of French sophistication to your first restaurant when you're a Taiwanese native is no mean feat. But Le Equilles sets such a fine example of exemplary execution that its Taiwanese credentials subterfuge into a French restaurant with ...[ read full review ]
East meets West; A cliché in Shanghai that reverberates around the dining scene to the point of becoming hum-drum. It is fact that in this city fusion cuisine attracts foodies like flypaper. Shanghainese fusion, for a time, was no exception ...[ read full review ]
Take an intimate dining space with low hanging tented drapes, a room like a painters palette bursting with vibrant reds greens blues and pinks, add low hanging lanterns for a warm and spicy lighting effect then sheikh with Arabian music ...[ read full review ]
The North Bund is changing its image.As it undergoes a revival which aims to hold on to 'the best of the past,' it is tipped to become the newest trendy 'hang out' in the Shanghai social scene. Hyatt on ...[ read full review ]
One glance at the menu of Porta Nova, the only Italian eatery on the Hong Mei Lu Entertainment street, dispels any notions that this is just another run of the mill Italian restaurant. The décor is fairly basic and ...[ read full review ]
Bienvenido Bonito! Bonito offers tapas to top all others, and is keeping them as they should be - pre-dinner accompaniment to a good glass of red wine. The price reflects this, with scallops for as little as 28RMB no less. ...[ read full review ]
Shanghai favorite Mesa-Manifesto has undergone a mini metamorphosis. The brooding crimson walls of Manifesto have been replaced with a sunset orange and this has crept into the dining space downstairs, creating a warmer and homelier atmosphere throughout the day. At ...[ read full review ]
Good Times Dining - Cafe
Stepping into Good Times is a baffling experience. The patchwork tablecloths, garden tool ornaments and 'painting by numbers' pastiches on pinstripe egg-yellow walls create a dizzying dining space. Accompanied by a mega-mix of ...[ read full review ]
There have been plenty of rumours about what was going on at Diage, and at the start of this year our fervent imaginations were fed. This fusion favourite re-opened with a new flavour in the form of El Willy, a ...[ read full review ]
In the vicinity of Fuxing Park, beside the exclusive 'members only' club Volar, a new restaurant with an equally exclusive feel, recently opened its doors. An appreciation of Japanese food paired with love of martinis, is a must, in the ...[ read full review ]
Naam Thai exhibits class from the inside out. Subtle texturing, dashes of fresh green, and pine paneling have mingled to create a homely ambience in an otherwise minimalist dining space. A stone Buddha takes pride of place, sitting inside ...[ read full review ]
The ever growing number of Thai restaurants springing up in Shanghai often means that one has to do something fancy with its décor or name to en'thai'ce the crowds. Supreme Thai in this sense is completely unremarkable. With a notably ...[ read full review ]
Many a resident of Luijiazui heaved a sigh of relief when this new restaurant opened its doors in January. No longer would they have to stomach the chain restaurants and cafes of Super Brand Mall, and Riverside Avenue. Here was ...[ read full review ]
Jade on 36 strives for perfection in its design, location and atmosphere but it is the cuisine which is par excellence. Frenchman Paul Pairet is the resident chef and his innovative ideas, attention to detail and unconventional twists present an ...[ read full review ]
You may hear some buzz this month and find yourself asking, ''Where IS Room 28, and how can I remember that name?'' You'll find it just after your eye sets its focus past the bustle of its British Concession street, ...[ read full review ]
Hengshan- one of the five great mountains of China is situated in the Hunan province. You would be forgiven therefore in thinking that a visit to one of the Hengshan restaurants in Shanghai would entail an evening filled with the ...[ read full review ]
Milano is located next to the Himalaya Center construction zone, patiently waiting for its neighborhood to get as cool as it is. This restaurant, gelato and coffee counter, and imported foods store has an air of earnest sincerity to it. ...[ read full review ]
It may not be about to start selling franchises any time soon, but the name 'Paulaner' is beginning to take on a certain comfort quality in Shanghai's dining/drinking merry-go-round. The Binjiang One is the group's eighth venture in the city. ...[ read full review ]
This small storefront along Hongfeng Lu's new development is noticeably lacking in flowery, candy stripe cuteness. Instead, the clean lines and brown and white interior give its cake center stage and professional young men greet you at the door. The ...[ read full review ]
CBD Seafood is digging a niche for itself in the Xintiandi strip like a clam at low tide. Instead of being buried in the back lanes, you'll find it front and center on the south block and inviting passerby's to ...[ read full review ]
Kakadu is a name intertwined with the outback and alive with Australian cultural, natural and national heritage. The name gives diners an instant idea of what to expect but its exoticism also leaves Kakadu with much to live up ...[ read full review ]
Like several of the seafood items on its menu, Sun with Aqua is something of a rarity. Witness: a Bund-based establishment where, one, prices are reasonable and, two, it doesn't matter if you're not sat next to the window. Oh, ...[ read full review ]
