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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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Rachel Gouk | Writing about food & drink since 2011

Aventure. A remarkable modern Chinese restaurant m Aventure. A remarkable modern Chinese restaurant making waves in the southern coastal city of Xiamen.

Executive Chef Esther Hou and Tea Master Rita have poured their heritage and hearts into every aspect of Aventure. The cuisine is built on a foundation of Fujian ingredients and traditions, enhanced by the Esther’s Sichuan roots and fine dining training. 

Rita, who hails from Xiamen’s Gulangyu Island, brings her expertise in tea to the fray, sourcing leaves from across China, and innovating with temperature, infusions, and even the starchy water from boiling rice.

The result is a creative dialogue between tradition and expression, delivered through a visually striking tasting menu.

Highlights:

Iconic Xiamen staples like shacha noodles, oyster omelets, and blood cockles appear on the menu, but with a 180-degree twist from their original street food forms. 

Esther’s roots show in a pig’s brain course, transforming the usually gritty texture into something smooth, much like foie gras, before being molded back into its brain form. A daring approach for a daring dish. She also spoke fondly of the five-spice pork roll, a complete reinvention of the fried street snack, making it with tuna toro, five spice, and buffalo mozzarella gelée. 

Another comforting standout was the fish congee, a dish that was simple and profound — a rich broth of yellowfin tuna, clams, fish maw, and Dalian rice, topped with delicate yellow croaker.

On teas, it was one of the last that really stuck with me. A Sichuan-Tibet dark tea that had been combined with boiled rice water (like the top watery layer of congee). Is it a tea or a soup, now? Either way, the roasted tea aroma + velvety texture was great. Definitely the coolest tea pairing I’ve experienced.

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🔘 Aventure. @aventure_amoy 
📍 13-106 Xiahe Road 厦禾路13-106号 | Xiamen 厦门
📞 18144134025
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#modernchinese #finedininglovers #chinafood #chefsofinstagram #finedining
Hulu Sushi — one of the few omakase restaurant in Hulu Sushi — one of the few omakase restaurant in Shanghai I keep coming back to. 

Another excellent omakase meal! Thank you Liu-San!

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🔘 Hulu Sushi @hulu_sushi_ 
📍 110 Xingfu Road (inside Pirata) 幸福路110号101单元
📞 13501689458
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#omakase #shanghaifoodie #shanghaieats #sushibar #shanghairestaurant
Following the release of the latest Bangkok Michel Following the release of the latest Bangkok Michelin Guide, @restaurant_suhring was awarded three Michelin stars — making it one of only two restaurants in the city to receive the highest honor. 

I sat down with @thomas_suhring and @mathias_suhring talk about what that moment really means.

Childhood memories and family traditions, playfulness on the plate and an ode to the German hunting season, their food tells a story that carries a deep sense of home.

The Highlights: 

- Brathering - Pickled then pan-seared herring fish with kombu seaweed gel, chervil and horseradish cream. 

- Wildpastete, a dish that represents the hunting season in Germany. A work of art made with game meat of wild boar, dear, and pheasant, plus duck liver, lardo de Colonnata, black truffle, and Pistacchio. 

- Spatzle with Bavarian mountain cheese sauce, crispy onions, freshly shaved winter white truffles. 

- Butter poached turbot served with zucchini and summer squash, caviar, and clam, finished with seaweed-infused cream and vin jaune.

- Brittany blue lobster in vanilla butter with lobster bisque, hazelnut oil, rutabaga ravioli & persimmon. 

Sühring is also No. 11 on the Asia’s 50 Best.

#michelinguide #asias50best #bangkokfood #finedininglovers #chefsoninstagram
Sunday Funday! 🥩 😂 When you have access to some Sunday Funday! 🥩 😂 

When you have access to some really good ingredients and have all the kitchen equipment you can dream of right at home. 

Sukiyaki! With M7-9 Australian Wagyu and home-made warashita by @timbecq 

🤔 Having a restaurant grade slicer at home… Worth it? yes or no? 

#cookingathome #sukiyaki #foodreels #lifehacks #japanesefood
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