The Best Places to Eat in China
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 302 places with the exact same Score, so they share #504. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #504 Yut Fei 68.544
- #504 Yuxiu 68.544
- #504 Zayton Courtyard (Licheng) (this place) 68.544
- #504 Zen Tea 68.544
- #504 Zhan Bi Lou 68.544
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Rank 504. Zen Tea
Vegetarian Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 302 places with the exact same Score, so they share #504. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #504 Yuxiu 68.544
- #504 Zayton Courtyard (Licheng) 68.544
- #504 Zen Tea (this place) 68.544
- #504 Zhan Bi Lou 68.544
- #504 Zhuo Yan · Zhuo Mian 68.544
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Rank 504. Zhan Bi Lou
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 302 places with the exact same Score, so they share #504. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #504 Zayton Courtyard (Licheng) 68.544
- #504 Zen Tea 68.544
- #504 Zhan Bi Lou (this place) 68.544
- #504 Zhuo Yan · Zhuo Mian 68.544
- #504 Zi Wei Hall 68.544
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Rank 504. Zhuo Yan · Zhuo Mian
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 302 places with the exact same Score, so they share #504. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #504 Zayton Courtyard (Licheng) 68.544
- #504 Zen Tea 68.544
- #504 Zhan Bi Lou 68.544
- #504 Zhuo Yan · Zhuo Mian (this place) 68.544
- #504 Zi Wei Hall 68.544
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Rank 504. Zi Wei Hall
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
There are 302 places with the exact same Score, so they share #504. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #504 Zayton Courtyard (Licheng) 68.544
- #504 Zen Tea 68.544
- #504 Zhan Bi Lou 68.544
- #504 Zhuo Yan · Zhuo Mian 68.544
- #504 Zi Wei Hall (this place) 68.544
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Rank 806. RAC Coffee & Bar
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best coffee shops for work in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Essential Coffee Shops in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Best coffee shops for work in Shanghai
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #806. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #806 RAC Coffee & Bar (this place) 67.810
- #806 SUMERIAN 67.810
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Rank 806. SUMERIAN
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Shanghai Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best cafes for reading in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Shanghai Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Best cafes for reading in Shanghai
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #806. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #806 RAC Coffee & Bar 67.810
- #806 SUMERIAN (this place) 67.810
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Rank 808. Blue Bottle
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Shanghai Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Your Guide to Coffee in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Shanghai Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map Your Guide to Coffee in Shanghai
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Rank 809. M Stand
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best coffee shops for work in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best cafes for reading in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Best coffee shops for work in Shanghai
- World Coffee Map Best cafes for reading in Shanghai
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The menu arrives formatted as an airplane boarding pass, which tells you most of what you need to know about Avant. Jerry Tian, formerly of Alinea in Chicago, runs this contemporary fine dining room in Nanshan with a borderless, hyper-seasonal kitchen that hopscotches cuisines without apology. Next door he operates a dessert shop with its own nine-course chef's table, because apparently one room wasn't enough.
The awards
- South China Morning Post South China Morning Post: 2026 · 100 Top Tables
- South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #810. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #810 Avant (this place) 60.992
- #810 Ensue 60.992
- #810 Gem Garden 60.992
- #810 The Bay by Chef Fei 60.992
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Rank 810. Ensue
Contemporary Cantonese
A preserved radish puff shaped like a carrot, pulled from edible "soil" at the table, is a reasonable introduction to what this 40th-floor fine dining room is doing with Cantonese cooking. The team leans into obscure Guangdong ingredients and labor-intensive technique without the usual white-tablecloth severity, which takes some doing at this altitude. Rare regional fare, playful forms, and a Buddha's hand chocolate that somehow makes sense.
The awards
- South China Morning Post South China Morning Post: 2026 · 100 Top Tables
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #810. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #810 Avant 60.992
- #810 Ensue (this place) 60.992
- #810 Gem Garden 60.992
- #810 The Bay by Chef Fei 60.992
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Rank 810. Gem Garden
Teochew
Silk chandeliers and vintage collectibles set the mood in this dimly lit, courtyard-style Chiu Chow restaurant in Futian, where the kitchen follows the 24 solar terms as a guide to what's on the plate. The team, mostly Chaoshan natives, leans into heritage recipes and lu shui marinated dishes with a seasonal, back-to-basics discipline. A South China Morning Post 100 Top Tables pick, it draws the kind of crowd that arrives knowing exactly what to order.
The awards
- South China Morning Post South China Morning Post: 2026 · 100 Top Tables
- South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #810. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #810 Avant 60.992
- #810 Ensue 60.992
- #810 Gem Garden (this place) 60.992
- #810 The Bay by Chef Fei 60.992
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Rank 810. The Bay by Chef Fei
Cantonese
A Cantonese dining room inside the Mandarin Oriental Shenzhen, where the menu spans Lingnan and Chaoshan traditions as though the two had never been separated. Chef Fei has spent decades in this cuisine, and the kitchen handles both an elaborate dim sum lunch and evening plates like crispy eel with osmanthus honey without breaking a sweat. The kind of room where the steamed BBQ pork buns alone could anchor the afternoon.
The awards
- South China Morning Post South China Morning Post: 2026 · 100 Top Tables
- South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #810. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #810 Avant 60.992
- #810 Ensue 60.992
- #810 Gem Garden 60.992
- #810 The Bay by Chef Fei (this place) 60.992