40 tables and bars, 21 hotels, and 3 active seasonal pop-ups and exhibitions across Shanghai.
Shanghai’s sole three-Michelin-star dining room: an intimate U-shaped counter around an open kitchen where Stefan Stiller’s eight-to-ten-course seasonal menus privilege warmth over theatrics.
A twenty-yuan masterclass in beef broth and hand-sliced shank. Proof that in Shanghai, a plastic stool can compete with white linen.
Flaky,炉-baked scallion and sesame flatbreads pulled blistering hot from the barrel oven—best eaten standing on the sidewalk with a bowl of savory soy milk.
The reigning benchmark for crab-roe soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) in central Shanghai: tissue-thin skins sagging with golden crab oil, paired with a Shanghai-style pork chop and Worcestershire sauce.
A Michelin-starred Shanghainese dining room dressed in 1930s nostalgia where caramelized red-braised pork and tableside crab-roe rice deliver maximum comfort at a remarkably fair price.
A warm, wood-paneled vinyl listening bar on leafy Nanchang Road where custom high-fidelity speakers play soul, jazz, and funk at a volume that flatters both the record and your conversation.
Two-Michelin-star Cantonese banquet craftsmanship inside Bund 18.
Grand Shanghainese dining inside a 1930s Yuyuan Road garden mansion.
The pinnacle of Ningbo East China Sea seafood overlooking the Bund.
Two-Michelin-star Italian mastery from the Cerea family on the South Bund.
Paul Pairet’s enduring French brasserie at Bund 18 with iconic terrace views.
Wood-fired coastal Italian at Three on the Bund; order the black truffle pizza.
The gold standard of Taizhou seafood; famous for hairtail fish and sea anemone.
Thirty-year Shanghainese legend steps from Wukang Mansion; book days ahead.
Tiny Jinxian Road lane kitchen serving homestyle Shanghainese braised duck and river shrimp.
Rich, dark-soy Shanghainese comfort classics right next door on Jinxian Road.
Five-table Jinxian Road institution beloved for braised bamboo shoots and soup.
Bib Gourmand favorite where scallion pork chops and crab-egg scramble cost under ¥90.
Old-school Maoming Road dining hall famous for yellow croaker soup with pork wontons.
Michelin-starred Jiangzhe cuisine in a secluded Xinhua Road garden villa.
Pleated to order on historic Huanghe Road; go before 11 A.M. for crab soup dumplings.
Beloved Yuyuan Road staple serving plump xiaolongbao, pork chops, and late-night wontons.
Since 1932: fluffy, fully leavened pan-fried buns (shengjian) steps from the Bund.
Thin-skinned, soup-bursting shengjianbao; bite a tiny vent first or you will splash your shirt.
Shanghai’s cult favorite for wok-tossed pork liver and clam noodles.
Expat and local institution on Maoming Road; the cumin-crusted pork ribs are legendary.
Stylish Wukang Road Sichuan dining room famous for its Basil Drop cocktail and tea-smoked duck.
Paul Pairet’s sunlit French café in Xintiandi; the caramelized French toast is a citywide obsession.
Lyonnaise bistro classics by Nicolas Le Bec inside a storied 1920s Xinhua Road garden villa.
Julu Road natural-wine bistro capturing the effortless energy of young Shanghai.
Automated tabletop charcoal skewers of Inner Mongolian lamb—a late-night cult hit with Korean travelers.
Push open the sliding bookshelf on Fuxing Road to enter Shanghai’s original multi-story speakeasy.
Three floors by Fuxing Park—Café, Kitchen, and Society—culminating in the hidden Tipsy room.
Agave and mezcal sanctuary in a three-story Jiaozhou Road townhouse.
Yao Lu’s exuberantly welcoming Fenyang Road bar; great drinks and legendary tots.
Fifty-eight floors above Lujiazui: face-to-face with the Oriental Pearl sphere and the entire Bund sweep.
Ten square meters on Taiyuan Road that redefined specialty coffee drinks in China.
Folding windows open straight onto Nanchang Road; order the pistachio dirty.
Garden courtyard coffee famous for its watermelon-popsicle cold brew.
Overflowing tables of olive-oil focaccia, maritozzi, and ciabatta at the Wukang-Anfu crossroads.
The Bund’s undisputed modern grand dame: Art Deco dressing rooms, Sir Elly’s rooftop terrace, and a Forbes Five-Star spa.
Victor Sassoon’s 1929 Art Deco masterpiece; stay for the octagonal rotunda and the nightly Old Jazz Band (average age 82).
Occupying the 1910 Shanghai Club heritage building; order oysters and a gimlet at the 34-meter Long Bar.
Ian Schrager’s seductive Bund outpost inside the former Power Building, crowned by the ivy-draped Roof terrace.
The only vantage point in Shanghai that frames both the historic Puxi Bund and Lujiazui’s towers in a single window.
Shanghai’s only all-villa Shikumen resort: fifty-five restored 1930s lane townhouses in the heart of Xuhui.
The original urban resort overlooking Jing’an Park; famous for its 32-meter Long Bar and TCM-integrated Valmont spa.
Piero Lissoni’s masterwork of Milanese restraint and Shanghainese craft, steps from Zhang Yuan.
The twin pillars of West Nanjing Road executive travel, with 24-hour butler pressing and quiet lobby lounges.
Warm terrazzo, diatomaceous earth walls, and brass accents by Neri&Hu right off Weihai Road.
Set in the historic Fuxing Middle Road music precinct next to the 1924 Blackstone Apartments and Symphony Hall.
Sleep inside a restored 1930s Spanish-style garden villa on Wukang Road underneath century-old plane trees.
A 1933 Art Deco apartment house on Hengshan Road with its original wrought-iron cage elevator intact.
Paris-meets-Shanghai chic beside Taikoo Li Qiantan, featuring a rooftop heated infinity pool and nightly Social Hour.
Soaring above the West Bund Museum Mile; step outside directly onto the 5km riverside running track.
Riverfront tranquility in Lujiazui with Michelin-starred Yong Yi Ting and a private sunset river yacht.
Atop the IFC Mall in Lujiazui; soak in a tub facing the Pearl Tower and ride up to 58th-floor Flair at dusk.
Occupying floors 84 to 120 of the 632-meter Shanghai Tower—literally sleeping above the clouds.
The stress-free family move for Disneyland: includes 1-hour Early Park Entry and private ferry across Wishing Star Lake.
Fifty Ming and Qing villas and a camphor forest moved intact to Minhang, with tea served in the Nan Library.
A vertical hotel built into an abandoned quarry: the waterfall and the skylight only appear once you have descended.
Century-old Shikumen brickwork meets botanical Eastern perfumery and Shanghai’s sharpest fashion houses. Eligible for ¥200+ instant tax refund.
From the Long Museum and Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum down to the converted industrial docks of Gate M.
Open until 9:00 P.M. on Fridays and Saturdays. Physical passport required at the gate; book special exhibitions on Trip.com.