Looking for the best restaurants/grocers to get rotisserie chicken in Shanghai? This list has you covered.
Whole roasted chicken is a versatile option when you want to feed a family or to have delicious reheatable leftovers for a couple days.
If I can’t finish a whole bird, I usually save the chicken breast for sandwiches and I never miss the opportunity to make chicken stock with the carcass.
Where To Get Rotisserie Chicken in Shanghai
ALDI
(Multiple Locations)
Jing’an: 1/F, 428 Jiangning Lu, near Wuding Lu 江宁路428号1楼, 近武定路
Xuhui: 1/F, 381 Wanping Lu, near Xietu Lu 宛平路381号1楼, 近斜土路
Hours: 7am-9pm
Delivery via WeChat: ALDI奥乐齐商城
Retail giant ALDI has a German-style roasted chicken marinated with lemon, garlic, and rosemary for only ¥39.90! Costco might have run out of chickens, but ALDI’s doing just fine. Get these birds via delivery (scan QR below for the WeChat mini program and search “chicken”) or pick-up in-store.
Vesta Bistro
Address: 1/F, 1551 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Changde Lu 南京西路1551号1楼, 近常德路
Tel: 62898098
Adjusted Hours: 11am-8pm
Delivery: Meituan or Shansong
Vesta is a bistro at the Jing’an Kerry Centre serving an amalgam of tapas, pastas, salads, and bites. They take a sanhuangji (three yellow chicken, named for their yellow feathers, feet, and beak) and marinate it in Red Amber Lager and soya sauce. The birds are then given a rub of butter, mustard, rosemary, lemon juice, brown sugar, salt, and pepper, and roasted “vertically”. Roasted chicken is ¥68/half, ¥128/whole.
Mr Willis
Address: 3/F, 195 Anfu Lu, near Wulumuqi Lu 安福路195号3楼, 近乌鲁木齐路
Tel: 54040200
Hours: Open from 11am
Delivery: Bang, La Strada, Henkes
Mr Willis has been churning out their roast chicken since 2009. The chicken (¥135/half, ¥248/whole) is marinated with salt, lemon, curry leaves, and cinnamon. Any order of chicken comes with pumpkin gratin—diced pumpkin tossed with garlic, parsley, flour, and extra virgin oil. Mr Willis isn’t offering delivery, but you can get it delivered from Bang, La Strada, and Henkes.
Brut Eatery
Multiple Locations
Zhaojiabang Lu: 238 Zhaojiaobang Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu 肇嘉浜路238号, 近陕西南路
Tel: 64086783
Jiangning Lu: 445 Jiangning Lu, near Wuding Lu 江宁路 445号, 近武定路
Tel: 52920592
Reduced hours: 8am-10pm
For dine-in only, available at all locations. Cutesy cafe Brut Eatery has a Thai-style Roast Chicken (¥98) marinated in coconut milk that comes with a side of roasted carrots.
