American
The Naked Cow :
Situated inside a park just a stone’s throw from hectic Huaihai Lu, the Naked Cow is a carnivore’s paradise with gentrified style. The Cow’s dining room fills nightly with a mixed crowd...
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Chinese
South Beauty 881 :
When you’ve opened two dozen upscale Sichuan restaurants across China, you need a flagship – something that stands out in its conspicuous ambition – and South Beauty 881 is just that....
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French
Sens & Bund :
Bund 18 is a magnificent ode to Shanghai’s present heyday, full of high fashion and fancy food, capped off with one of the city’s most conspicuous drinking dens - Bar Rouge. And sens &...
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Fusion
T8 :
This restaurant served Shanghai's first avant, fine dining fare; and while T8 has gone through of succession of chefs, each with their own personality, the spirit of the place remains...
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Indian
Masala Art :
Masala Art seems like a quiet, unassuming place as you enter its confines – the kind of restaurant most people stumble upon when walking past the quirky collection of shops and eateries...
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Indonesian
Bali Laguna :
This restaurant, much like the island that inspired it, exudes a certain romantic charm. Bali Laguna’s appeal, however, doesn’t lie in palm fronds and crystal clear seas, but rather an...
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Italian
Va Bene :
The spot for serious oenophiles, with a list that covers the entire boot from the beautiful Barolos of Piedmont to Nero d’Avolas from Sicily, Va Bene, located down a cobbled lane in...
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Japanese
Yakitori Aska :
Yakitori, like most things Japanese, finds beauty in simplicity. It is a word used to describe a single dish – a grilled skewer of chicken – but has come to incorporate several things...
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Korean
Zong Jia :
Shanghai has no shortage of Korean restaurants, few of which are recommendable. If you’ve got a car, or happen to live out past the Hongqiao Airport, Ziteng Lu offers many reasonable and...
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Mediterranean
Finestre :
Finestre might share space with the heaving Bund nightclub Attica – but it is very much its own, separate entity. Finestre doesn’t share the late night pedigree of its neighbour, nor the...
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