Tang Palace (Tang Gong) Dongzhu'anbang Road

唐宫 维景店

celebrated for its exquisite Cantonese- and Huaiyang-style seafood and dim sum, especially its famed crisp-roasted young pigeon (金奖乳鸽)

Dian Dou De (Qibao)

点都德(七宝)

A Cantonese culinary jewel where century-old dim sum traditions meet Art Deco grandeur

Da Hu Chun (DaHuChun, Middle Sichuan Road)

大壶春 (四川中路店)

Da Hu Chun 大壶春 is a renowned restaurant chain that has gained locals' recognition with stably delivered local flavors and friendly prices.

Canton Table

黄浦会

Where the Bund's ghostly financiers would swap treaties for xiaolongbao

Xin Rong Ji (Nanyang Road)

新荣记

A Michelin-starred temple of Zhejiang cuisine where 20-year-old Huangyan tangerine peels meet abalone braised in ancestral sauces

Lost Heaven (The Bund)

花马天堂(外滩店)

A culinary silk road where Yunnan tribal flavors waltz with Art Deco glamour, serving psychedelic sour-spicy soups

Sinan Mansions

思南公馆

A time capsule of 1920s European villas where jazz-age diplomats once clinked martini glasses, now repurposed as champagne bars and literary salons

Laowaijie (Laowai Street, Lao Wai Jie)

老外街101

A boozy United Nations of expat nostalgia in Shanghai, where German beer halls, Turkish kebab stands, and British pubs