Guidebook for Shanghai
Food Scene
Good Shanghai-American fusion: both burgers and scallion noodles. Open for lunch, dinner and drinks. Great music too- the owner also owns the city's most established underground club.
The Grumpy Pig
65 Mao Ming Bei LuGood Shanghai-American fusion: both burgers and scallion noodles. Open for lunch, dinner and drinks. Great music too- the owner also owns the city's most established underground club.
Reasonably priced, tasty Italian by a Neapolitan chef- the bricks for the pizza oven are imported and DOCG. Recommended: pizzas, bruschetta, vitello tonnato, pesto genovese. Not so much: bolognese.
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Bella Napoli
73号 Nan Hui LuReasonably priced, tasty Italian by a Neapolitan chef- the bricks for the pizza oven are imported and DOCG. Recommended: pizzas, bruschetta, vitello tonnato, pesto genovese. Not so much: bolognese.
The real deal, and the best wontons in Shanghai. You need to be able to speak Chinese to eat here, but if you can, oh man. They have moved around a bit but ask for current address.
弄堂小馄饨
714号 威海路The real deal, and the best wontons in Shanghai. You need to be able to speak Chinese to eat here, but if you can, oh man. They have moved around a bit but ask for current address.
Pho Sizzling
200 Wu Jiang LuDecent pho, bun and other Vietnamese food. Nothing mindblowing but quite good.
A Shanghai-based chain by Australian owners that has spread through China. Good standard cafe fare: sandwiches, pasta and wraps. Get there before 10AM for half off Western breakfast options.
Wagas
1168 Nan Jing Xi LuA Shanghai-based chain by Australian owners that has spread through China. Good standard cafe fare: sandwiches, pasta and wraps. Get there before 10AM for half off Western breakfast options.
Liubai Wanmianfan Expert
148 Mao Ming Bei LuCheap, hearty noodles, wontons and rice meals. Chinese is necessary.
A seventy-odd year-old shop specializing in Shanghainese snacks. Chinese is necessary, but for a taste of how the Shanghainese eat, go here.
美新点心店
105 Shan Xi Bei LuA seventy-odd year-old shop specializing in Shanghainese snacks. Chinese is necessary, but for a taste of how the Shanghainese eat, go here.
The best Hong Kong-style restaurant in the area. Chinese recommended. Try the soy sauce chicken, the scrambled eggs and shrimp, or whatever else you fancy. It's pretty much all good.
Fuji Gangshi Chazhoumian
The best Hong Kong-style restaurant in the area. Chinese recommended. Try the soy sauce chicken, the scrambled eggs and shrimp, or whatever else you fancy. It's pretty much all good.
Banh mi with a twist. The sister location of Pho Real across the street, this Vietnamese sandwich shop serves several different regional varieties of the sandwich, with home-perfected sauces to match.
B Real
185 Fu Min LuBanh mi with a twist. The sister location of Pho Real across the street, this Vietnamese sandwich shop serves several different regional varieties of the sandwich, with home-perfected sauces to match.
A Hunan restaurant, very visitor-friendly, with an expansive menu of spicy delicacies. Quite popular.
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Di Shui Dong
56 Mao Ming Nan LuA Hunan restaurant, very visitor-friendly, with an expansive menu of spicy delicacies. Quite popular.
阿毛面菜馆老店
98 富民路Very good Shanghainese restaurant. Chinese recommended.
Essentials
Go downstairs for imported groceries, with lots of Japanese selections as well as Western fare. Also good for quick ramen, sushi, tonkatsu, and other things.
ISETAN
1038 南京西路Go downstairs for imported groceries, with lots of Japanese selections as well as Western fare. Also good for quick ramen, sushi, tonkatsu, and other things.
Sightseeing
A pleasant, surprisingly expansive park ten minutes' walk away. Lots of whimsical statues, as well as a well-designed section dedicated to the Chinese plum tree- a must-see in February and March.
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징안조각공원
500 Bei Jing Xi LuA pleasant, surprisingly expansive park ten minutes' walk away. Lots of whimsical statues, as well as a well-designed section dedicated to the Chinese plum tree- a must-see in February and March.
The temple that gives our district its name; as a site of worship it goes back 2000 years, but the huge, gold-roofed present complex has been rebuilt in the past twenty.
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Jing An Temple Station
The temple that gives our district its name; as a site of worship it goes back 2000 years, but the huge, gold-roofed present complex has been rebuilt in the past twenty.
A beautiful park in the middle of the Jing'an business district. Go there to see Shanghai public culture at its best- badminton, dancing and singing. The little Chinese garden is worth the RMB3 fee.
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Jing'an Park
189 Hua Shan LuA beautiful park in the middle of the Jing'an business district. Go there to see Shanghai public culture at its best- badminton, dancing and singing. The little Chinese garden is worth the RMB3 fee.
A beautiful remnant of Old Shanghai, boasting the neo-Gothic Cathay Mansions and Art Deco Grosvenor House. The Shanghai Communiqué was signed here to establish relations between the USA and PRC.
Jinjiang Hotel
59 Mao Ming Nan LuA beautiful remnant of Old Shanghai, boasting the neo-Gothic Cathay Mansions and Art Deco Grosvenor House. The Shanghai Communiqué was signed here to establish relations between the USA and PRC.
Everything Else
Chic hotel overlooking Jing'an Park, designed in a modern Asian style. The lobby bar is very nice, and includes a library. A nice place to spend a quiet afternoon.
The PuLi Hotel and Spa
1 Chang De LuChic hotel overlooking Jing'an Park, designed in a modern Asian style. The lobby bar is very nice, and includes a library. A nice place to spend a quiet afternoon.
Our home base. We've got Shanghai grannys and artists alike, and history to boot. If you can, speak to the residents for stories. Mr. Li in the third lane (right side) would love to talk to you.
Jing'an Villa （North Gate）
1-198号 南京西路1025弄Our home base. We've got Shanghai grannys and artists alike, and history to boot. If you can, speak to the residents for stories. Mr. Li in the third lane (right side) would love to talk to you.
A nearby lane with really interesting architecture. Enter from either Weihai Lu, or else follow Taixing Lu across the Wujiang Lu food street into the main entrance, with 张园 across the top of the gate.
Zhangyuan
Tai Xing LuA nearby lane with really interesting architecture. Enter from either Weihai Lu, or else follow Taixing Lu across the Wujiang Lu food street into the main entrance, with 张园 across the top of the gate.
Drinks & Nightlife
A tiny hidden Japanese-style cocktail bar. Good drinks in a chill, pleasant atmosphere. Voluminous smoking is allowed inside, so perhaps not a great bet if you're sensitive.
Closless
169 Jin Xian LuA tiny hidden Japanese-style cocktail bar. Good drinks in a chill, pleasant atmosphere. Voluminous smoking is allowed inside, so perhaps not a great bet if you're sensitive.
A blingy Japanese-style cocktail bar, with hand-carved ice and Japanese waiters in vest and tie. The liquor you are getting is real here, which is more than you can say about many bars in Shanghai.
Papaya
185号 富民路A blingy Japanese-style cocktail bar, with hand-carved ice and Japanese waiters in vest and tie. The liquor you are getting is real here, which is more than you can say about many bars in Shanghai.
An American-style beer hall with several varieties on tap and stripped-down, industrial/warehouse feel.
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Dr. Beer
83 Fu Min LuAn American-style beer hall with several varieties on tap and stripped-down, industrial/warehouse feel.
A rooftop wine bar with a great view. Very nice in good weather- spring or fall, and summer if you don't mind sweating.
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KARTEL
15 Xiang Yang Bei LuA rooftop wine bar with a great view. Very nice in good weather- spring or fall, and summer if you don't mind sweating.
A nice terrace bar overlooking the old Russian Church. The impressive building it's in was once the headquarters of Shanghai's most notorious gangsters. The interior decoration has suffered since.
Mansion Veranda
82 新乐路A nice terrace bar overlooking the old Russian Church. The impressive building it's in was once the headquarters of Shanghai's most notorious gangsters. The interior decoration has suffered since.
A semi-secret bar, very hip as of 2013. Not sure how it is now, but the drinks were pricy and the crowd pretty then.
Craft
A semi-secret bar, very hip as of 2013. Not sure how it is now, but the drinks were pricy and the crowd pretty then.