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  1. Rank 80. Polux

    Bistro

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  5. Rank 80. Tan

    Sichuan

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  7. Rank 80. The Taste of Huzhou

    Zhejiang Noodle Shop

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  15. The top-floor Char Bar has views of the Pudong skyline that make the room feel like a screensaver, except you're holding a drink. This design-forward boutique hotel on the Bund pairs high-end rooms with interiors that swing hard between ancient Chinese motifs and bold contemporary color, which could easily go wrong and mostly doesn't. Many rooms look out over the Huangpu River, and the riverside café downstairs gives you the same view at breakfast.

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  16. Terra cotta bricks by Swiss-Italian architect Mario Botta give this business hotel in the old French Concession a geometric facade that feels deliberate rather than decorative. Inside, an elliptical courtyard offers an unlikely patch of green, and rooms go Art Deco with a Chinese inflection, big windows, and bathrooms that lean generous. Restaurants cover both international and Cantonese ground, and the spa has a solid reputation around town.

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  18. The name sets expectations that the address quietly overturns: this InterContinental is not a tower above the skyline but a century-old estate, gardens and all, that once served as the State Guest House. European-style buildings sit amid parkland that most Shanghai hotels would trade their infinity pools for. The rooms and spa are as polished as any in the chain; guests just happen to fall asleep somewhere that feels nothing like a hotel.

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  19. Kempinski The One Suites skips hotel rooms entirely, offering only suites, some with kitchenettes, others with full kitchens for something closer to a residential stay. The Deco-influenced décor and generous bathrooms lean polished without tipping into cold, and the building sits above Jing'an within easy range of decent retail and nightlife. A Noevir spa, pool, gym, and a terrace cocktail bar fill out the hours between checkout and the inevitable rescheduling of checkout.

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  20. The lobby's floating crystal centerpiece is built around Shanghai's official flower, the magnolia, and that single decision tells you everything about how this luxury hotel thinks. Rooms face either the historic Bund embankment or the Pudong skyline, and the dining options run from a glass-bloomed Chinese restaurant to an all-day room styled, apparently without irony, after The Wizard of Oz.

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  21. Full-length windows in every room frame the Pudong skyline from inside the Lujiazui business district, which is either the view or the commute, depending on why you're here. This is a luxury hotel pitched squarely at business travelers, with Art Deco rooms that manage to feel considered rather than corporate. The spa sits on the top floor, the indoor pool shares that same skyline, and the restaurant options run from Italian to teppanyaki to an extravagant Cantonese spread across five private dining rooms.

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  24. A giant thumb sculpture anchors the lobby lounge, which is either a provocation or a perfect metaphor for Pudong, depending on your mood. This full-service hotel sits in one of Shanghai's most architecturally restless neighborhoods, and the building commits: bold common spaces give way to cloud-white guest rooms that feel like a deliberate exhale. Four restaurants, a pool, tennis, and meeting facilities round out a property that runs on energy rather than hush.

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  25. The public spaces lean into chiaroscuro drama, all shadow and contrast, while the rooms pull back toward something calmer and more textured, with metal and stone and fabric sharing the same walls. A rooftop infinity pool floats above Pudong in case you need reminding you're not in Paris, though Le Chloé downstairs does its level best to keep that particular illusion going. A Michelin Selected Hotel, and one of the more theatrically designed boutique options in Shanghai.

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  26. Rank 124. T12 : Lab

    Coffee


  27. Rooms here are laid out more like apartments than hotel suites, with kitchenettes, separate living and sleeping zones, and floor-to-ceiling windows over the Shanghai skyline. Tucked into the MixC complex near Ziteng Road Metro, it sits close to the airport, rail, and convention center, which explains the clientele. The 24-hour gym sits next to the laundry room, a pairing that tells you everything about who stays here and for how long.

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    80 Yong Kang Lu, Xu Hui Qu, China, 200031 · Shanghai
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    Open now, until 8 PM

    Wednesday 8 AM–8 PM

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  29. A neon-lit cube perched atop the Himalayas Center, this Pudong hotel looks like a Blade Runner set that got a little too into itself. The Burj Al Arab people built it, so the public spaces lean hard into spectacle, but the rooms pull back into calm, contemporary Chinese classicism. A 14-story interior atrium handles the drama from inside. Shopping, an art museum, and a maglev link are all on the doorstep.

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  30. Seven rooms, a garden yoga class, and a lobby that feels borrowed from someone's very tasteful apartment: this boutique hotel in Minhang runs more like a neighborhood guesthouse than a Shanghai address. Pale wood, white walls, and potted greenery keep things calm, while the restaurant handles both Chinese and British dishes without committing to either identity. Free shuttle to Hongqiao Airport, which the couples who fill this place seem to find very convenient.

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  32. Rank 132. 1929 by Guillaume Galliot

    Contemporary French

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  33. Rank 132. Arva

    Modern Italian

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  34. Rank 132. Aster by Joshua Paris

    Contemporary European

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  35. Rank 132. Bai Rong

    Shandong Seafood

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  40. Rank 132. Coquille

    French

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  41. Rank 132. Cuivre

    Contemporary French

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  42. Rank 132. De Xing Guan (Guangdong Road)

    Shanghainese Noodle Shop

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  44. Rank 132. Dining Room

    Zhejiang

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  46. Rank 132. Fucheng

    Minnan

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  47. Rank 132. Gongxi Gongxi (Pudong)

    Zhejiang Seafood

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  49. Rank 132. Hakkasan

    Modern Cantonese

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  50. Rank 132. Hang Yuen Hin

    Cantonese

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  54. Rank 132. Hui Ji

    Anhui

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  56. Rank 132. Kanpai Classic (Huangpu)

    Australian Wagyu Barbecue

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  60. Rank 132. Les Nuages

    Contemporary Shanghainese

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  62. Rank 132. Lin Jiang Yan

    Creative Huaiyang

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  63. Rank 132. Mercado 505

    Seafood Spanish

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  64. Rank 132. Mercato

    Italian

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  65. Rank 132. Mi Shang

    Sicilian

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  67. Rank 132. Mr & Mrs Bund

    Contemporary French

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  68. Rank 132. Nabi

    Contemporary Korean

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  70. Rank 132. Nuits

    Contemporary French

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  71. Rank 132. Numata Sou

    Tempura Japanese

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  72. Rank 132. Pop

    Classic European

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  74. Rank 132. Scarpetta

    Italian

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  75. Rank 132. Scilla

    Mediterranean

    A Tuscan-born chef running a Mediterranean restaurant inside an art deco brick mansion on Panyu Road is either a very good idea or a very Shanghai one, and here it turns out to be both. The room leans into the Riviera fantasy with white tablecloths and big sunny windows, while the kitchen keeps things grounded with local Chinese produce on the plate. Relaxed enough to feel easy, polished enough to feel considered.


  76. Rank 132. Shanghai

    Shanghainese

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  77. Rank 132. Shanghai Club

    Shanghainese

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  78. Rank 132. Shanghai Tavern

    Contemporary American

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    1F, Shanghai Edition, 199 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Chinese Mainland · Shanghai
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    Open now, until 4:30 PM

    Wednesday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–4:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  79. Rank 132. Shaughnessy

    Steakhouse

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  81. Rank 132. Stonesal

    Steakhouse

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  82. Rank 132. Sui Tang Li

    Contemporary Chinese

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  83. Rank 132. Summer Palace

    Cantonese

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  84. Rank 132. The Meat

    Steakhouse

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  85. Rank 132. The Pine

    European

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  88. Rank 132. Torikaze

    Yakitori Japanese

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  89. Rank 132. Trine

    Sichuan

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  90. Rank 132. Undef Ne

    Coffee


  91. Velvet tufted chairs, vintage blue bricks, and art collected from assorted corners of the world set the mood at this Hui cuisine restaurant inside the Jin Jiang Cypress Hotel. The kitchen sources most of its ingredients directly from Anhui, including mouldy tofu, a regional staple that sounds alarming and tastes like a revelation. The braised pork trotter simmers in a marinade that's been going for decades, which is either dedication or stubbornness, possibly both.

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  93. Rank 132. Wenzhou Said

    Zhejiang

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  94. Rank 132. Xin Yuan Lou

    Cantonese

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  96. Rank 132. Yè Shanghai

    Shanghainese

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