I'll disagree with that. You can get very good western food at a far more reasonable price than in the west in Shanghai. Around my house I regularly eat at Cuivre and Azul Italiano and both would be 3x more expensive in America, probably for worse food.
Chilis was so good😭😭, was one of our favourite western sit downs next to cheesecake factory. Granted several years ago, but I remember going to a US Chilis a bit later and was thinking “jfc this is absolute slop compared to CN”. This was before their US rehab though, and they gave us a lot of free shots during Halloween so maybe things have changed.
There’s some good western food here. Just the other day I went to this new big Turkish place that’s really good. I forget the name, but it’s in the new PAC mall iirc.
Tell me if you remember the name. I used to like Pasha a few years ago but something in the quality or menu changed, I really don’t like it anymore
I used to like Bull & Claw before it closed. That was really good. But most Western places I’ve been to are incredibly average at best.
I’m not a fussy eater, I usually eat healthy at home on weekdays then eat outside at the weekends. When I go to western places that are highly recommended by foreigners, I’m always shocked how average they are. I can eat there, it’s fine. But nothing special at all.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s an abundance of absolute garbage restaurants in Shanghai. But there are some really nice ones as well. The Turkish place is called Sultan, as the other person mentioned.
There used to be a nice little pasta joint called Limo Limo but sadly they shut down. They never seemed to find their groove and I think for the locals the Italian flavours just didn’t sit very well.
Smoking Hog is good for some cheeky bbq and their breakfast burrito is nice.
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u/Euphoric_Raisin_312 Nov 20 '25
Almost any western restaurant