New Shanghai Bars and Restaurants: August 2017

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

Restaurants

Crafted is a casual mid-range restaurant brought to us by the very same folks responsible for Bistro Burger, which enjoys a rightful reputation for having some of the heftiest hanbaos and milkshakes in town. Keen to step out of the burger box, Crafted offers three specialties: seafood, ribs and burgers. Ok, they’re not that keen on stepping out of the box. 

Verdict: 2.5/5

Price: RMB200-250 per person

Good for: casual dining, al fresco, family friendly
Who’s going: mainly locals

199 Hengshan Lu, Room 101, by Gao'an Lu 衡山路199号101室, 近高安路

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Mito

Mito is an Italian restaurant for the Millennial generation. It’s a concept realized by the same people who brought Shanghai Xixi Bistro, a Chinese-Italian fusion eatery characterized by its distinctive design, and it shows. While the menu at Xixi Bistro takes bold steps into the unchartered (and occasionally treacherous) realm of fusion cuisine, by contrast Mito’s is simple and at times traditional.

Verdict: 3.5/5

Price: RMB68-250 per person
Good for: good value Italian, cocktails and apéritivo, brunch
Who’s going: expats and young locals

B/1, Found 158, 158 Julu Lu, by Ruijin Er Lu 巨鹿路158号，近瑞金一路

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Sense 8 Cantonese Cuisine 

Cantonese restaurant Sense 8 (Yu Baxian, ‘The Honorary Eight Immortals’) is unequivocally one of the highest profile Chinese restaurants opened this year, simply by virtue of its museum-like interiors. The restaurant is a project of food guru Song Yuxin, who also owns celebrated Cantonese restaurant Loon Fung House and Sichuan restaurant Maurya.

Verdict: 3.5/5

Price: RMB300 per person (less if only order dim sum)
Good for: special occasions, Cantonese, big lunch/dinners
Who’s going: Locals and expats, businesspeople

Lane 181, No. 8 Taicang Lu, by Huangpi Nan Lu 新天地太仓路181弄8号，近黄陂南路

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Sushi Taro Ten is a smart omakase sushi counter restaurant on Jianguo Lu, serving two menus. Taro Ten has a Michelin Star holding alma mater in Fukuoka, Japan, from which it draws similar style and character. Bolstering this pedigree is head chef Nakanishi Hirohisa, a Tokyo native who we are told previously trained at restaurants in Ginza and the original Sushi Taro with eponymous chef-proprietor Taro Fujii.

Verdict: 4/5

Price: RMB680-980 per person for lunch; RMB1380-1980 per person for dinner
Good for: special occasions
Who’s going: mainly locals, Japanese expats

466 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Yueyang Lu 建国西路466号, 近岳阳路

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Bars

Healer

Healer, a bar from ex-Nest and Kee Club mixologist Phoebe Han, is cut from a different cloth. The specialty here is a menu of libations. Healer does a commendable job of pioneering a path towards interesting and balanced drinks using artisanal Chinese spirits. With a bit of polish, we think this could represent one of the better places for minded drinkers to take a sip of local booze culture.

Price: drinks from RMB70    
Good for: dates, small groups
Who’s going: young locals, expats

30 Tianping Lu, by Huaihai Zhong Lu 天平路30号，近淮海中路

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