Cometa is a hip and trendy Italian bistro and bar along the Suzhou Creek. Elevated bar bites, approachable drinks, and a fun crowd.

RAC is popular an all-day cafe, restaurant, and bar. It's famous for their brunchy menu of crepes, galettes, and breakfast sandwiches.

From uber popular brunch-vibes cafe RAC comes Allee, a much larger space in Jing'an. Breakfast sandwiches, brunch plates, crepes, and French-Asian bistro food.

Han Kim Nam is a casual Korean restaurant located within 1000 Trees mall. Expect comforting dishes of Army Pot Stews and Korean fried chicken.

Crave is a café and wine bar on Xinle Lu. It's a cafe by day with pastries, sandwiches, and coffee and bistro by night with a French-inclined menu.

Cantina Agave is a long-standing Mexican restaurant & bar dishing out tacos, burritos, fajitas & churros. Legendary margaritas happy hour and free-flow brunch.

Sloppy Gin is a bakery that specializes in donuts. Traditional and experimental flavors, served frosted, topped, and filled. Other baked goods available.

ZUP Pizza Bar does Chicago tavern-style thin-crust pizzas, upside-down Sicilian thick-crust pizzas, smash burgers, and sandwiches.

Atelier Izakaya is a Japanese restaurant serving up creative izakaya bites, yakitori, dishes with Asian-inspired flavors, and cocktails.

Morena by Azul is a youthful Latin American and Mediterranean restaurant by Eduardo Vargas. Small plates, big brunch, good value.

Basdban is a cafe/bakery on Yuyuan Lu. The pastries are buttery and delicious, and their croissants are mighty popular. 

Xibo Restaurant & Bar is a long-standing Xinjiang restaurant in Shanghai. A favorite for ethnic Xinjiang cuisine of lamb, pilaf, big plate chicken, and more.