Bird Hut is a fast-growing restaurant in Shanghai that does quality Cantonese-style roasts and barbecue over rice. Inexpensive and solid quality.

Bird Hut is a fast-growing restaurant in Shanghai that does quality Cantonese-style roasts and barbecue over rice. Inexpensive and solid quality.

Bird Hut is a fast-growing restaurant in Shanghai that does quality Cantonese-style roasts and barbecue over rice. Inexpensive and solid quality.

Bresca Bomboloni is a dessert shop specializing in bombolini, filled Italian donuts, priced from ¥22 to ¥26. Fluffy and not too dense.

Jellooo Bistro in Shanghai’s Xintiandi serves an all-day dining menu with elevated bistro dishes, truffle pasta, steaks and desserts.

Uni Shushi is an intimate 12-seater Japanese omakase restaurant brought to you by Sun-San of Ochiyo fame. High quality sushi at ¥498 or ¥698.

Bar OJ, short for “orange juice,” is a cozy, living-room-style cocktail bar slingin' a pretty interesting menu — drinks made to profile pizza, tiramisu, and sushi, among others.

An excellent French bakery and pastry shop at the Capella Shanghai.

Coquille is a high-end western restaurant that specializes in seafood. It is also famous citywide for their Beef Wellington.

Fenrir, a Shanghai metal bar destined to "swallow the world." A dark, energetic den celebrating the guttural, raw awesomeness of metal. Live metal performances, cheap Asahi and mayhem await.

VIVANT by Johnny Pham is a fine dining restaurant that fuses French and Asian flavors. Think dishes like bouillabaisse with fish maw, pigeon with huangjiu, and a pho-inspired course.

Nebula is a Spanish molecular fine dining restaurant led by chef Jonatan Rubio. Think foods transformed: liquid nitrogen, foam, gels, and deconstructed dishes that barely resemble their original form.