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A shortlist of restaurant and bar closures in Shanghai this year. Venues citing COVID-19, others closed prior to the outbreak, while some have rebranded.

The Big List of Restaurant Closures in Shanghai 2025

A bookkeeping of the city’s ever-changing restaurant scene. More than 90 notable restaurant closures in Shanghai in 2025.
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Hikiniku To Come opens in Shanghai

The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink News (November 2025)

Hikiniku To Come via Tokyo, The Dome on the Bund, Nono’s Italian-Chinese, Harrods to close Shanghai private club and tea room.
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Shanghai — Villa 321 Le Bec is opening on The Bund

News: Villa 321 Le Bec to Open at The Bund, Shanghai

Beloved French restaurant Bistro 321 Le Bec is set to open a new location, Le Bec Bund in March 2026. 
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Shanghai Scoop: food and drink news in Shanghai, restaurant openings and new cocktail bars

The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink News (September 2025)

New openings in Shanghai! Spago by Wolfgang Puck, Rambu from the team behind Sage, Bar Leone (Asia’s 50 Best Bar #1), Irish bistro Yeats, Capri by Bottega, and more.
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China Restaurant Week online booking - Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou - the best dining deals.

China Restaurant Week | Autumn Edition: Dining Deals in Shanghai

China Restaurant Week is back! Hundreds of restaurant deals in Shanghai from August 27 to September 28. Pre-booking opens August 21.
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New restaurants and bars opening in Shanghai in 2025 -- Benny's rotisserie chicken from Canada, 67 Pall Mall club

The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink News (July 2025)

New restaurants opening in Shanghai: Benny’s rotisserie from Canada, 67 Pall Mall, super lounge Upperwood, Bar Rock, and more.
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The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink News (May 2025)

New restaurants opening in Shanghai! Bottega Group expands with Atica and La Diosa, Ocean’s Table opens in the old The Commune Social, Beijing’s Avocado Tree comes to town.
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It’s Back! Shanghai Burger Month 2025 — This May

Shanghai Burger Month is BACK from May 1 to May 31! Eat some epic burgers and enter a lucky draw to win some great prizes! More than ¥10,000 worth to giveaway!
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Shanghai food and drink news - new restaurants opening and closures - Ultraviolet closes, Oyama returns to Shanghai

The Shanghai Scoop: Food & Drink News (April 2025)

Takeo Oyama of Sushi Oyama returns to Shanghai, Nono’s Pasta, Bar Bud by The Merchants & Bar Cham, Ultraviolet closes.
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Shanghai fine dining restaurant Canopia under fire for serving guests elephant shit

Breaking: Canopia Under Fire For Serving Elephant Shit

Shanghai fine dining restaurant Canopia is under fire for serving diners “elephant feces.” Market regulators sealed ingredients, operations halted.
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Celebrated master of Jiangnan cuisine Chef Yu Bin Celebrated master of Jiangnan cuisine Chef Yu Bin opens his first overseas restaurant, Purple Laurel, located at Gaysorn Amarin mall in Bangkok. Yu Bin’s helmed multiple Michelin and Black Pearl awarded restaurants in China, including the prestigious one-star Jie Xiang Lou in Hangzhou.

In a quick interview, he talks about the differences between Chinese food from China versus overseas Chinese food, global and local trends, and what the future of modern Chinese food looks like. 

@purplelaurel.bkk 

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🔘 Purple Laurel (Bangkok)
📍 Raynue zone, 4/F, Gaysorn Amarin, 502 Phloen Chit Rd
📞 +66 96 668 1616
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#chinesefood #chinafood #bangkokrestaurant #bangkokfood #chinesecuisine
Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s fam Rambu has been THE opening of the season. It’s familiar, nostalgic, and playful, done with care and confidence. And honestly, as a Malaysian, it makes me feel so proud to see the flavors of home done like this. 

Kudos to chef @junnishiyama and team!

The veritable signature is the Rendang Donut, a labor of love. Slow-cooked oxtail with deep spices (and chocolate) is compacted into an utterly rich bite.

The Ayam Penyetttt!!! lives up to its exclamation points. The Indonesian-inspired “smashed chicken” is shattering crisp, paired with turmeric aioli and pineapple sambal. Do not miss this.

Next, Nasi Ulam, a rice salad combines fresh herbs, sambal, crunchy shallots and chicken skin. A flavor-bomb that’s pulls at nostalgia.

Rambu even features far-flung ingredients like buah keluak, an earthy-bitter complex flavored nut native to Malaysia. That’s paired with spiced butter and fat creamy mussels on flatbread.

Channeling street food energy is the grilled mutton skewers, wrapped in betel leaf. Meanwhile grilled ox tongue is soaked in an addictive sourdough dashi broth, dusted with toasted rice powder.

Finally, an elevated kaya toast! Homemade kaya, ice cold butter, but with salted egg yolk and a mad genius egg-and-soy cream. Don’t miss the Thai creme caramel. Full Thai tea flavors with this one, paired beautifully with pecans and grilled watermelon & calamansi reduction.

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🔘 @rambu.sh 
📍 966 Wuding Road 武定路966号
📞 19921361351
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#shanghaieats #shanghaifood #onthetable #shanghairestaurant #malaysianfood
A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengta A throwback to my early days in Shanghai. Bifengtang — the HK-style Cantonese restaurant that’s been slingin’ crispy garlic madness since 1998. 

Revisiting after nearly a decade, somethings have changed (mostly the interiors) but others (like the classics) remain the same: garlicky, tasty, and affordable.

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🔘 Bifengtang
📍 1 Dapu Road 打浦路1号
📞 33682997
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaitrip #shanghairestaurant
I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but he I never thought I’d see caviar on a buffet, but here it is, tins of them, completely unattended! That’s YICAFE’s Friday night seafood buffet for you. Absolute, glorious madness.

Beyond the caviar free-for-all, there’s lobster, king crab, fresh-carved tuna sashimi, crayfish, hairy crab…you get the idea. But also steak, short rib, and food from 10 other live cooking stations. 

It’s normally ¥598, but I’ve arranged a lil something: 20% off, so ¥478.40. (until Jan 30) Woop woop!

Details are on rachelgouk.com

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🔘 YICAFE (Pudong Shangri-La, Shanghai)
📍 2/F, 33 Fucheng Lu 富城路33号2楼 
📞 28286888
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#shanghaieats #zaishanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaifoodie #shanghaicity
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