Loushang: Late Night Cantonese-Style Hotpot in Shanghai
On January 10, 2022
Loushang Hotpot (楼上火锅) is an upmarket Cantonese-style hotpot restaurant in Shanghai that specializes in fresh seafood. Oh, and it’s open until 4am.
There are multiple locations of Loushang. The one on Maoming Nan Lu, right below Shake is the OG location. It’s from the same restaurant group as Le Patio La Famille, a Michelin one-star restaurant since the Guide’s launch in 2017.
Cantonese-Style Hotpot in Shanghai
Loushang specializes in Cantonese-style hotpot and seafood. It can get quite pricey for hotpot, that is, if you order a lot of fresh seafood—geoduck, conch, king crab, lobster, fish—which are live and on display in tanks by the kitchen. You could have an average check of ¥300, but it can also go up to ¥1,000 if you go for the premium stuff.
Here’s what you should order:
For the hotpot, there’s all the usual suspects of thinly sliced beef, seafood, meatballs, tofu, and vegetables.
A small note: I have to say that even if you are able to read Chinese, the menu extremely difficult to navigate. At least that’s what I feel. Some dishes have poetic or pun-related names. I can’t even tell what they are.
The ingredients are of excellent quality, and the service is stupendous. And the kicker: it’s open until 4am. (It’s kinda known for being a late night spot.) Best time to go is early dinner or after 8pm.
Loushang Hotpot 楼上火锅 Maoming Lu: 2/F, 46 Maoming Nan Lu, near Jinxian Lu 茂名南路46号2楼, 近进贤路 Tel: 62470007, 62470017 Hours: 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-4am Nanhui Lu: 73 Nanhui Lu, near Beijing Xi Lu 南汇路73号, 近北京西路 Tel: 62477778, 62477779 Hours: 11:30-2:30pm, 5:30pm-4am
Rachel Gouk has been writing about food and drink in Shanghai since 2011. She is a food critic, writer, photographer, and F&B consultant based in Shanghai. Nomfluence was founded in May 2018 as a means to express her love for the Shanghai F&B scene. Follow her blog www.nomfluence.com or on Instagram @nomfluence.