New Shanghai Bars and Restaurants: June 2017

Here are all the new restaurant and bar openings we featured in our June 2017 issue.

Restaurants

Although Southern comfort food seems to be a gamble in China, the budding Palmetto is here to sway us with its “feel good” food. Thank the Lord, they've assumed the mantle of making proper fried chicken, something surprisingly few Shanghai restaurants aside from Korean chain Kyochon are prepared to undertake.

Price: RMB100-250 per person
Who’s going: mainly expats
Good for: comfort food, casual dining, groups, Southern American food

Palmetto, Bldg A3-1, 800 Changde Lu, by Changping Lu 常德路800号秦公馆1楼A3-1号, 近昌平路

Sel Bistro

Smartly kitted out with handsome marble accents, dove grey leather seating and a quaint entrance façade, Sel Bistro (French for ‘salt’) is molto Montmartre. Retractable floor-to-ceiling walls open up to give the place a chic semi-al fresco setting that takes in Found 158’s courtyard party atmosphere, though in many ways this upscale bistro still feels at odds with its nightlife oriented neighbors.

Price: RMB300-500 per person

Who’s going: locals and expats

Good for: RMB68 glasses of Prosecco

Sel Bistro, Found 158, 158 Julu Lu, by Ruijin Yi Lu 巨鹿路158号，近瑞金一路

Heat

If we know one thing, it's that there's more than one way to roast a chicken, and apparently, more than one way to sell them. Opened just after Dodu, a similar French rotisserie restaurant that avid readers of That's reviews (Hi Mom!) will remember receiving a generous four-star review, Heat also serves plump Label Rouge chickens that are a cut above your average feathered friend. 

Price: RMB65-180 per person
Who’s going: mixed crowds of expats and young locals
Good for: French food without the sass

Heat, 199 Maoming Bei Lu, by Weihai Lu 茂名北路199号，近威海路

Pâte

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you probably know that the sudden departure of a prominent patisserie chain has left something of a gap in the market for newcomers. Newcomers like Pâte, a patisserie shop and café serving up some seriously minimalist Melbourne café vibes from a corner of Fuxing Soho, just a croissant’s throw from Xintiandi. In theme with keeping it simple, Pâte serves a menu of gorgeous cakes, viennoisserie and patisserie.

Price: From RMB28
Who’s going: the sweet-toothed, minimalists
Good for: coffee, patisserie, hangouts, working

Pâte, Room E107, SOHO Fuxing Plaza, 462 Hefei Lu, by Madang Lu 合肥路462号复兴SOHO1楼E107室，近马当路

Bars

Wonderland

A bar that’s enjoyed nuggets of favorable media attention since opening in April, Wonderland is one of the most interesting new concepts this season, but after visiting in the flesh we’ve concluded that it’s more for its head-scratching weirdness. 

Price: Drinks from RMB65
Who’s going: locals and expats
Good for: whimsical cocktails

Wonderland, 1311 Xinzha Lu, by Shaanxi Bei Lu 新闸路1311号，近陕西北路

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