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Top 10 Restaurants in Shanghai

A list of the 7 best restaurants in Shanghai, including Fu He Hui (Changning, Shanghai). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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Updated Aug 26, 2026Checked Aug 26, 2026

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    Fu He Hui

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    Changning, Shanghai

    Two stars in the 2026 Michelin Guide Shanghai: a vegetarian tasting room reworking Buddhist cuisine with seasonal Chinese produce and meticulous plating.

    Checked againsttheworlds50best.comrachelgouk.com

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  2. 2

    Huangpu, Shanghai

    No-frills counter near People's Square making xiaolongbao to order since 1986; still a queue-out-the-door local institution.

    Checked againstrachelgouk.commyshanghaiguide.com

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  3. 3

    Huangpu, Shanghai

    Century-old shop inside the Yu Garden bazaar credited as the birthplace of Shanghai xiaolongbao, still packing crowds for crab-roe dumplings.

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  1. 4

    Huangpu, Shanghai

    Yunnan and Ancient Tea Horse Road cooking near the Bund, from smoked ham to Dai-style pineapple rice, in a minority-textile-lined dining room.

    Checked againstsmartshanghai.comlostheaven.com.cn

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  2. 5

    Lao Zheng Xing

    restaurant

    Huangpu, Shanghai

    Shanghai's oldest Benbang dining room, open since 1862, still serving stir-fried eel and oil-burst river shrimp on three floors near Fuzhou Road.

    Checked againstelle.com.hkgastroroam.com

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  3. 6

    Dong Tai Xiang

    restaurant

    Huangpu, Shanghai

    24-hour Shanghainese snack canteen near People's Square; the scallion-oil noodles and shengjianbao are the reason for the line at 2am.

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  4. 7

    Ren He Guan

    restaurant

    Xuhui, Shanghai

    One star in the 2026 Michelin Guide Shanghai; Shanghainese cooking at neighbourhood prices, with crab-meat rice and braised pork drawing a Zhaojiabang Road queue.

    Checked againstelle.com.hkseeingtheworldinsteps.com

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