Best Shanghai Restaurants: 33 Places to Eat by Cuisine
Shanghai closes restaurants faster than lists get updated. These are the best restaurants in Shanghai checked against the 2026 Michelin guide and the city's closure lists, grouped by cuisine, with addresses.
Selina Chen 陈丽明 EN ⇄ 中文 · Restaurants Most lists of the best Shanghai restaurants were written before the pandemic and never revisited, and Shanghai loses around a hundred notable restaurants a year. This one has been checked against the 2026 Michelin guide and the city’s closure lists. What is left is 33 places, grouped by cuisine, Michelin-starred rooms first, each with the address you need to find it.
What a meal in Shanghai costs
Shanghai is a first-tier city and prices run roughly 20 to 35 percent above Xi’an or Chengdu. A casual local meal is ¥25 to ¥40 a head, about $4 to $6. A proper sit-down dinner is ¥60 to ¥120 ($9 to $17). The hotel dining rooms and starred restaurants that make up much of this page sit in the ¥200 to ¥800 bracket per person, and climb from there once wine is involved.
The best Shanghai restaurants for Chinese food
The 2026 Michelin guide, the first to fold Shanghai in with Jiangsu and Zhejiang, gave the city 51 starred restaurants: Taian Table at three stars, 12 at two and 38 at one. Four of the starred rooms are below, followed by the hotel dining rooms and independents worth an evening.
#1: Imperial Treasure Fine Chinese Cuisine
Two Michelin stars in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 guides. Cantonese cooking at the level the rating implies, a short walk from the north end of the Bund. Address: L402-403, Yi Feng Galleria, 99 Beijing East Road, Huangpu District.
#2: Jin Xuan (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong)
One Michelin star, Cantonese, and a skyline view from the 53rd floor that most starred rooms cannot offer. Address: 53/F, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong, 8 Century Avenue, Lujiazui, Pudong.
#3: Yong Yi Ting (Mandarin Oriental Pudong)
One Michelin star for Jiangsu and Zhejiang cooking, the delicate, slightly sweet repertoire of the region around Shanghai. Address: Mandarin Oriental Pudong, 111 Pudong South Road, Pudong.
#4: Chenglonghang
One Michelin star. The Chinese name, Xie Wang Fu, means crab king’s mansion, and crab is the point: come in hairy-crab season in autumn. Address: 216 Jiujiang Road, Huangpu District.
#5: Summer Palace (Jing An Shangri-La)
The hotel’s Cantonese restaurant, listed in the 2026 Michelin guide. Address: 3/F, Jing An Shangri-La, 1218 Middle Yan’an Road, Jing’an District.
#6: Ye Shanghai
Shanghainese cooking in Xintiandi, listed in the 2026 Michelin guide. A sensible first dinner if you want the city’s own food without hunting for it. Address: 338 Huangpi South Road, Xintiandi, Huangpu District.
#7: Wei Jing Ge (Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund)
Huaiyang and Shanghainese cooking on the fifth floor of the hotel’s heritage building, with a tasting menu and a serious wine cellar. Address: 5/F, Waldorf Astoria, 2 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu District.
#8: Dragon Phoenix (Fairmont Peace Hotel)
Eighth floor of the Peace Hotel, under the dragon-and-phoenix ceiling that gives it its name, with views of the Bund and Lujiazui. Address: 8/F, Fairmont Peace Hotel, 20 Nanjing Road East, Huangpu District.
#9: Lost Heaven on the Bund
Yunnan cooking with Burmese and Thai edges, in one of the best-known dining rooms on the Bund. Start with the tea leaf salad. There is a rooftop bar upstairs. Address: 17 Yan’an East Road, Huangpu District.
#10: Sichuan Citizen
Sichuan food in a modern room, with an approachable menu that has made it a long-running favorite with expats and visitors. Address: 2/F, 378 Wukang Road, Xuhui District.
#11: Xibo
Xinjiang food from a founder who built the restaurant around her Xibe heritage: lamb skewers, big plate chicken, pilaf and fresh naan. Address: 3/F, 85 Changshu Road.
#12: Din Tai Fung
The Taiwanese xiaolongbao chain. You pay more than at a local dumpling shop, and you get the most consistent soup dumpling in the city. The Shanghai estate has shrunk (the Grand Gateway branch closed in August 2026), but the brand is still opening here. Address: IFC mall, 8 Century Avenue, Lujiazui, Pudong. Other branches at Xintiandi Style, Taikoo Hui, Qiantan Taikoo Li and Xujiahui Center.
#13: Haidilao
The Sichuan hot pot chain famous for its service, and the safest bet in the city when a group cannot agree on dinner. Address: branches across the city; search 海底捞 in your map app for the nearest.
Japanese restaurants in Shanghai
#14: Tsuru (Jing An Shangri-La)
The hotel’s Japanese restaurant, in the same building as Summer Palace and 1515 West. Address: Jing An Shangri-La, 1218 Middle Yan’an Road, Jing’an District.
#15: Yamazato (Okura Garden Hotel)
The Okura’s Japanese restaurant, in the former French Concession. Address: 2/F, Okura Garden Hotel, 58 Maoming South Road, Huangpu District.
French, Latin American and hotel dining in Shanghai
#16: Coquille
French seafood bistro, listed in the 2026 Michelin guide. Address: 29-31 Mengzi Road, Huangpu District.
#17: Colca
Peruvian and Latin American: ceviche, seafood mains and grilled beef, with a terrace and a weekend brunch. Address: 2/F, 199 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District.
#18: Flair (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong)
The Ritz-Carlton’s rooftop on the 58th floor. People come for the view across the river to the Bund; the Asian-fusion menu is the excuse. Address: 58/F, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong, 8 Century Avenue, Lujiazui, Pudong.
#19: The COOK (Kerry Hotel Pudong)
The hotel’s international buffet, the easy answer for a family that cannot agree on a cuisine. Address: Kerry Hotel Pudong, 1388 Huamu Road, Pudong.
Italian restaurants in Shanghai
Two Italian restaurants hold two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide: 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, below, and Da Vittorio.
#20: 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana
Two Michelin stars in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 guides. Umberto Bombana’s Shanghai restaurant, one street back from the Bund. Address: 6/F, Mission Building, 169 Yuanmingyuan Road, Huangpu District.
#21: Mercato
Jean-Georges’ Italian restaurant in Three on the Bund, listed in the 2026 Michelin guide and one of the most popular rooms on the waterfront. Address: 6/F, Three on the Bund, 3 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu District.
#22: Scena di Angelo (The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong)
The Ritz-Carlton’s Italian room, now run by chef Angelo Agliano, with the Bund across the river. Address: The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai Pudong, 8 Century Avenue, Lujiazui, Pudong.
#23: Goodfellas
One of the longest-standing restaurants on the Bund, serving traditional, rustic Italian cooking. Address: 7 Yan’an East Road, Huangpu District.
#24: The Fellas
Upstairs from Goodfellas: Italian food and a terrace, with DJs and a party crowd on weekends. Go early if you want to hear yourself talk. Address: 7/F, 7 Yan’an East Road, Huangpu District.
Steakhouses and grills in Shanghai
#25: The MEAT (Kerry Hotel Pudong)
The Kerry Hotel’s steakhouse, listed in the 2026 Michelin guide. Address: Kerry Hotel Pudong, 1388 Huamu Road, Pudong.
#26: 100 Century Avenue Steakhouse (Park Hyatt Shanghai)
The Park Hyatt’s grill, near the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center: prime beef and seafood behind floor-to-ceiling glass. Book a window table and go before sunset. Address: Park Hyatt Shanghai, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Century Avenue, Pudong.
#27: The 1515 West Chophouse and Bar (Jing An Shangri-La)
Steaks, sliders and a long bar in the Jing An Shangri-La. Address: Jing An Shangri-La, 1218 Middle Yan’an Road, Jing’an District.
#28: RAW Eatery and Wood Grill
A Shanghai institution for Josper-fired steaks and seafood. Address: 2/F, 98 Yanping Road, Jing’an District.
#29: Morton’s The Steakhouse
The American chain’s Lujiazui branch, inside the IFC mall. A second branch operates at Raffles City Changning. Address: Shops 15 and 16, Level 4, IFC mall, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong.
#30: Ruth’s Chris Steak House
The American chain’s Bund branch, with steaks served sizzling in butter, as at every Ruth’s Chris. Address: 4/F, 20 Guangdong Road, Huangpu District.
#31: Fifty 8° Grill (Mandarin Oriental Pudong)
The Mandarin Oriental’s French grill, for the nights you want steak rather than Yong Yi Ting’s Jiangnan menu. Address: Mandarin Oriental Pudong, 111 Pudong South Road, Pudong.
#32: El Bodegon
An affordable Argentine steakhouse with a casual room and a second branch on Xingfu Road. Address: 4/F, 83 Changshu Road, Jing’an District.
#33: Must Grill
Steaks, French bistro classics and burgers in Jing’an. Address: 1/F, Building 2, 881 Wuding Road, Jing’an District.
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