The Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Shanghai

100 Century Avenue Steakhouse

Shanghai, China

1929 by Guillaume Galliot

Shanghai, China

Shanghai’s French contemporary tier is increasingly defined by provenance rather than spectacle, and 1929 by Guillaume Galliot belongs in that conversation. Recognition from the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 and Opinionated About Dining’s 2026 Asia recommendations gives the restaurant a measurable place in a crowded city where French technique now has to argue its case against strong regional Chinese dining.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Opinionated About Dining

8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Shanghai)

Shanghai, China

2 Michelin stars

Two Michelin stars and a Black Pearl 2 Diamond ranking place 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana among Shanghai's most credentialed Italian tables. Set in the historic Yuanmingyuan Road corridor of the Bund district, the restaurant holds a position within the city's premium European dining tier that few Italian addresses on the mainland match. Ranked #146 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2025, it draws a clientele that treats pasta as seriously as it treats wine.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Gambero Rosso, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Anteroom

Shanghai, China

On Changle Road in Jing'An, Anteroom operates as a small bar oriented around independent producers, organic and natural wine, and terroir-driven selection. It draws a crowd that treats wine as a conversation rather than a status signal, pairing pours with snacks in an unhurried format that sits outside Shanghai's high-decibel nightlife circuit. For anyone tracking the city's natural wine scene, it is a reference point worth knowing.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Bao Li Xuan

Shanghai, China

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Bao Li Xuan holds two Michelin stars and a Black Pearl Diamond at the Bvlgari Hotel's Chinese restaurant on Beijing Road East, Huangpu. Chef Bill Fu leads a Cantonese kitchen where hand-crafted dim sum and precision roasting define the format. La Liste places it among the upper tier of mainland Chinese restaurants in 2025, with a 350-label wine list weighted toward Piedmont, Tuscany, and Champagne.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Bao Li Xuan

Shanghai, China

2 Michelin stars

Bao Li Xuan sits in Jing’an’s heritage-commercial core, where Shanghai’s appetite for Cantonese dining meets the city’s taste for polished rooms and business-grade hospitality. The draw is less novelty than cultural fluency: Cantonese technique, private-dining expectations, and the formality that Shanghai applies to serious Chinese restaurants.

Also recognized by World Culinary Awards

Café Gray Deluxe

Shanghai, China

Positioned on the third floor of The Upper House Shanghai in Jing'An, Café Gray Deluxe occupies a tier of its own among Shanghai's all-day European dining rooms: a serious wine list, an alfresco terrace, and a lounge format that draws both hotel guests and a loyal local crowd. It is one of the city's most consistently cited wine destinations, where the European kitchen runs from breakfast through late evening.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Cellar to Table

Shanghai, China

Cellar to Table brings Italian cooking to Xuhui's quieter restaurant corridor on Donghu Road, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. At the ¥¥¥ price tier, it sits in Shanghai's mid-to-upper Italian bracket — a category where the gap between occasion dining and everyday value is often wide. This is a room that earns its recognition without the theatrics of the city's headline Italian addresses.

Also recognized by Gambero Rosso

Da Vittorio Shanghai

Shanghai, China

2 Michelin stars

Da Vittorio Shanghai carries two Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste ranking to the Bund Financial Center, where Italian technique meets the expectations of one of China's most demanding dining scenes. Under Chef Romuald Fassenet, the kitchen threads European classical precision through a menu that reads Chinese inflection without losing its Bergamo lineage. For milestone occasions on the Huangpu waterfront, few tables in the city carry comparable weight.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Gambero Rosso, La Liste

Hakkasan

Shanghai, China

Hakkasan on the Bund brings the brand's Chinese contemporary format to one of Shanghai's most recognizable addresses, earning a Michelin Plate in 2025 at the ¥¥¥ price tier. The room positions itself between casual Cantonese dining and the city's full-star fine-dining bracket. For visitors to the Huangpu waterfront, it represents a considered middle ground in a district dominated by spectacle.

Il Ristorante - Niko Romito

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Situated on the 47th floor of the Bulgari Hotel Shanghai, Il Ristorante - Niko Romito brings a Michelin-trained Italian sensibility to Jing'An's luxury dining tier. The room trades on Murano glass, marble, and panoramic views; the kitchen on disciplined classical technique with measured contemporary inflection. A 2025 Black Pearl Diamond recognition places it firmly in Shanghai's upper bracket for European fine dining.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Gambero Rosso

Il Ristorants

Shanghai, China

Il Ristorants occupies the 47th floor of the Bulgari Hotel Shanghai on He'nan Road North in Jing'An, positioning it squarely within the city's tier of hotel-anchored Italian dining. The elevation and address place it alongside Shanghai's most formally ambitious European tables, where the room itself carries as much editorial weight as the kitchen.

Jean Georges

Shanghai, China

On the fourth floor of Three on the Bund, Jean Georges brings Jean-Georges Vongerichten's signature French cooking to Shanghai's most storied waterfront address. The kitchen pairs classical French technique with local ingredients, operating at the ¥¥¥¥ tier with Michelin Plate, Black Pearl Diamond, and AAA 5 Diamond recognition. Jacket required; reservations are strongly advised.

Also recognized by AAA, Black Pearl, Forbes, Opinionated About Dining

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Shanghai)

Shanghai, China

L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon on Shanghai's Bund is the city's French fine-dining reference in the Robuchon global network, placing #141 on the 2023 Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings. The counter-style format and French service choreography set it apart from the region's more conventional dining room model. Situated at 18 Zhongshan East Road in Huangpu, it anchors the high-end French tier alongside peers like Le Comptoir and Jean Georges.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining

Les Nuages

Shanghai, China

Les Nuages sits on Yan'an Road in Huangpu, where the Bund's architectural weight gives way to a quieter creative register. Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, the innovative kitchen under Chef Sam Hayward operates at the upper end of Shanghai's price spectrum. It rewards visitors who want something outside the city's dominant Cantonese and French fine-dining tracks.

Les Nuages

Shanghai, China

Les Nuages belongs to Shanghai’s vertical dining culture: a high-floor room in Hongkou where the Bund skyline becomes part of the meal’s architecture. The draw is less a named chef narrative than the way contemporary Chinese luxury dining now reads provenance, seasonality, and room discipline against the city’s appetite for spectacle.

Ling Long

Shanghai, China

On a quiet stretch of Shanxi South Road in the former French Concession, Ling Long occupies the kind of address that rewards those who plan ahead. The restaurant sits in Shanghai's premium dining tier, where advance booking is the standard rather than the exception, and where the surrounding neighbourhood sets a high baseline for culinary ambition.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards

Ling Long Shanghai

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star

Ling Long Shanghai brings neo-Chinese cooking to Xujiahui's Raffles City, where Chef Jason Liu frames a season-driven menu in acts, each course merging classical Chinese technique with European finesse. A Michelin star (2024), Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), and La Liste recognition underline its position among Shanghai's contemporary Chinese tier. The format rewards patient, attentive dining rather than quick meals.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, The Best Chef

M on the Bund

Shanghai, China

Few addresses in Shanghai carry the layered significance of M on the Bund, a rooftop dining room on Guangdong Road that helped define international fine dining on the waterfront before most of its current competitors existed. Positioned against a Huangpu River backdrop that hasn't changed since the 1920s, it occupies a different register from the newer hotel restaurants that now crowd the Bund corridor — older, more storied, and less easy to categorise.

M1NT

Shanghai, China

M1NT occupies a charged position on Fuzhou Road in Huangpu, where Shanghai's late-night premium circuit has long concentrated. The venue sits at the intersection of club culture and refined social dining, drawing a crowd for whom the night's architecture matters as much as what arrives at the table. For visitors building a serious Shanghai evening, it belongs in the same conversation as the city's more structured after-dark options.

Maison Lameloise

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star

The first Asian outpost of the storied Burgundy institution, Maison Lameloise occupies the 68th floor of a Pudong tower with 180-degree views of The Bund. Holding a Michelin star and Black Pearl 2 Diamond recognition, the kitchen pairs classical Burgundy technique with Chinese regional produce — Yunnan mushrooms, green Sichuan pepper — against one of Shanghai's most arresting dining backdrops.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Malt Fun

Shanghai, China

Located on Hu'nan Road in Xuhui District, Malt Fun sits within one of Shanghai's most considered dining neighbourhoods, where lane-house settings and locally rooted concepts have carved out a distinct alternative to the city's high-gloss fine-dining corridor. The venue's name signals a focus on malt-driven drinking culture, placing it in a growing cohort of Shanghai addresses where beverage programming and kitchen output are developed as equals rather than in hierarchy.

Restaurant LING LONG

Shanghai, China

Restaurant LING LONG occupies the ground floor of the Waldorf Astoria on the Bund, bringing chef Jason Liu's acclaimed Beijing concept to Shanghai's most competitive fine-dining corridor. The Shanghai branch has drawn greater critical attention than its Beijing predecessor since opening in 2023. Booking well in advance is strongly advised, particularly for weekend and holiday sittings.

Also recognized by Star Wine List, Tatler

Sheng Yong Xing (Huangpu)

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star

A Beijing institution's first Shanghai outpost, Sheng Yong Xing brings its Michelin-starred Peking duck program to a Bund-adjacent address where jujube-wood-roasted birds arrive with QR-code provenance tracing. The ¥¥¥ pricing sits in line with Shanghai's mid-to-upper Chinese dining tier, and a wine cellar entrance signals a drinks program built to match the signature roast. Awarded one Michelin star in 2024.

Sheng Yong Xing (Huangpu)

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star

Sheng Yong Xing 晟永兴 brings Beijing's most recognised Peking duck tradition to Shanghai, occupying the fifth floor of the historic Bund No. 5 building on Guangdong Road. The setting alone — a heritage address overlooking the Huangpu waterfront — frames the meal before a single dish arrives. For visitors tracking serious northern Chinese cooking across the city, this is the address that anchors the conversation.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Star Wine List

Sir Elly's

Shanghai, China

Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Positioned on the 13th floor of The Peninsula Shanghai, Sir Elly's frames Bund views through a 1920s art deco interior while delivering modern French-Asian cooking under Chef Charles-Benoit Lacour. The wine list runs to 420 selections and over 4,000 bottles, weighted toward France, Champagne, and Bordeaux. Michelin Plate recognition since 2024 and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings place it firmly in Shanghai's serious fine-dining tier.

Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

The House of Roosevelt

Shanghai, China

On the Bund at 27 Zhongshan East Road, The House of Roosevelt occupies one of Shanghai's most architecturally freighted addresses, a restored 1920s building facing the Huangpu River. The property operates across multiple floors and formats, placing it among the Bund's multi-concept venues where heritage setting and contemporary dining intersect at a premium tier.

The Merchants 大酉

Shanghai, China

Opened in 2022 by two internationally experienced operators, The Merchants 大酉 occupies a former French Concession address on Tianping Road in Xuhui District, one of Shanghai's most architecturally and culturally layered neighbourhoods. The restaurant sits at the intersection of imported technique and Chinese culinary tradition, in a dining tier that rewards advance planning and an appetite for considered cooking.

Also recognized by Star Wine List

Three on the Bund - Jean Georges Shanghai

Shanghai, China

At the historic Three on the Bund complex, Jean Georges Shanghai brings a French-Cantonese framework to one of the Bund's most architecturally significant addresses. La Liste has scored it 76–77 points across consecutive years, placing it firmly within the upper tier of Shanghai's Western-influenced fine dining. The result is a room where the Huangpu River view competes with what arrives on the plate.

Also recognized by La Liste

Villa Le Bec - Bistro 321

Shanghai, China

On a leafy stretch of Xinhua Road in Changning, Villa Le Bec – Bistro 321 brings French bistro cooking to one of Shanghai's quieter residential corridors. Holding a Michelin Plate and Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025, and ranked #266 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list, it represents the more accessible end of chef Nicolas Le Bec's presence in the city, priced at ¥¥¥ and oriented around seasonal French technique rather than ceremony.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Opinionated About Dining

Vivant by Johnny Pham

Shanghai, China

Vivant by Johnny Pham occupies a considered position in Shanghai's Huangpu dining scene, where chef-driven restaurants have increasingly defined the city's premium tier. With Johnny Pham at the helm, Vivant represents a strand of Shanghai dining that places culinary authorship at the centre of the experience, situated on Zizhong Road in a neighbourhood that rewards those who seek it out.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, The Best Chef

Yong Yi Ting

Shanghai, China

1 Michelin star

Ranked #228 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2024) and holding a Michelin star, Yong Yi Ting sits 21 feet underground in Lujiazui's Mandarin Oriental Pudong, where floor-to-ceiling glass opens onto a sunken patio and the kitchen delivers refined Jiangnan cooking rooted in Shanghainese and Jiangzhe tradition. It is one of Shanghai's clearest cases for what contemporary reinterpretation of a regional cuisine can achieve at fine-dining scale.

Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining

ZIFUHUI

Shanghai, China

ZIFUHUI holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) and operates from Changning District's Hongqiao corridor, positioning it within Shanghai's mid-to-upper tier of recognised Chinese dining. The address at 1665 Hongqiao Road places it in a part of the city where serious, locally focused restaurants have found a consistent clientele away from the Bund's tourist gravity.

Also recognized by Black Pearl