Restaurants

Here is a selection of good restaurants in downtown Shanghai for European tastes and local shanghainese meals...

European restaurants in Shanghai

The best bet for European food is the Xindiandi Area, where a great number of restaurants are located, most of them with comfortable EU-style terraces. Expect high prices on the main street.
Add: No 76 Xinye lu - (86-21) 5383.2171

Here is a list of other European restaurants around the City :

• French:
  • Café Montmartre / 66-68 Wulumuqi Middle Road (near ChangLe Road) / 51 58 93 77 // 3911 Hong Mei Road (near Yan’an Xi Road) / 62 61 80 89
  • La Cantine / Loft 98, 98 Yanping Road (near Xinzha Road) / 5175 9818
  • Le Bistrot Saleya / 570 Changle Road, lane n1 (near XiangYang bei Road) / 5403 6957
  • La Crêperie / 1 Taojiang Road (near Dongping Road) / 5465 9055
  • Le Bouchon / 1455 Wuding Road (near Jiangsu Road) / 6225 7088
  • Nova / 418 Dagu Road (near Yan'An Xi Road) / 6340 1889
  • Mr & Mrs Bund / 6F, Bund 18, 18 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road (near Nanjing Dong Road) / 6323 9898
  • Lingo Bistrot / 1F, Ciro's Plaza, 388 Nanjing Xi Road (near Huangpi Bei Road) / 6334 5066
• Spanish:
  • Las Tapas / 207-4 Maoming Nan Road / 6415 9567 // House 33, Lane 3338 Hongmei Road / 6465 8345 // 259 Hongfeng Road (near Biyun Road), Pudong / 3382 1686
  • Azul Viva / 18 Dongping Road (near Wulumuqi Road) / 6433 1172
  • Bonito / 1/F, The Loft, 283 Jianguo Xi Road (near Jiashan Road) / 5465 1871
  • El Willy / 20 Donghu Road / 5404 5757
• Italian:
  • Bella Napoli / 140 Xikang Road (near Beijing Road) / 6253 8358
  • Casanova / 913 Julu Road (near Changshu Road) / 5403 4528
  • Da Marco / 1F, 103 Dongzhu'anbang Road, Golden Bridge Garden / 6210 4495 // 1F Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqioa Road / 6447 7577
  • Pane e Vino / 207-7 Maoming Nan Road (near Yongjia Road, outside Ruijin Hotel) / 5465 2177
• Irish:
  • O’Malley’s / 42 Taojiang Raod (near Hengshan Road) / 6474 4533
  • The Blarney’s stone
• German:
  • Paulaner Brahaus / 150 Fenyang Road / 6474 5700 // Xintiandi North Block, Lane 181 Taicang Road (near Madang Road) / 6320 3935 // 2967 Lujiazui Road / 6888 3935
• English:
  • Bulldog Shanghai
• Portuguese:
  • Macau Portuguese restaurant / 6-7F, Nanjing Dong Road (near Zhejiang Zhong Road) / 6351 7717 // 466 Xikang Road (near Kanding Road) / 6255 0092
• Greek:
  • Acropolis / 33 Wuxing Road / 6466 5608

Shanghainese restaurants

• DiShuiDong / 1221 - 1221 Yanan Xi Lu (near Panyu Lu) - 6213 6585
• Fu 1088 / 375 Zhenning Lu, Zhongshan Park, near Yuyuan Lu - 5239-7878
• Jade Garden / 1121 Yan'an Zhong Lu, Jing An, near Huashan Lu - 6248-5155
• Lynn / 99-1 Xikang Lu, Nanjing Xi Lu - 6247-0101
• Mei Long Zhen / No.22, Lane 1081, Nanjing Xi Lu, near Jiangning Lu - 6253-5353
• Yuan Yuan / 108 Xiangyang Bei Lu, Huaihai Zhong Lu - 5108-3377
• Shanghai Tang Café / 333 Huangpi Nan lu, near Taicang lu - 6377 3333

You will find all information on these following free magazines: That’s Shanghai / City Week-end / SH.
And you should definitely browse on Smart Shanghai, one of the most useful website about Shanghai:www.smartshanghai.com