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A taste of Shanghai

Fu 1088

福1088

The best known of the Fu family of Shanghainese restaurants, set in a 1920s townhouse on Zhenning Road with the original tiled entrance, wood panelling and period light fittings intact. There is no dining room as such: sixteen private rooms, each booked whole, with a minimum spend and a dedicated server. It is benbang cooking at its most refined and the clearest window a visitor gets onto old Shanghai.

¥600–1000 per person≈ US$89Michelin 1 star 2026Jingan, 375 Zhenning Road
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

Michelin one star 2026 (Shanghai) for Shanghainese cuisine.

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Made-to-order sauteed river shrimp (清炒河虾仁)
  • Smoked mackerel belly in a sweet glaze (熏鲳鱼)
  • Red-braised pork belly (红烧肉)
  • Cashew praline puff pastry (腰果酥)

What it actually tastes like

Refined but still recognisably sweet Shanghai cooking. Expect river fish served on the bone, cold appetisers that include jellied and cured items, and seasonal hairy crab in autumn at a steep supplement. The praline pastry contains cashew, so flag tree-nut allergies when you book.

Allergens in this kitchen

shellfishfishsoygluten/wheattree nutseggdairy

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Red-braised pork belly 红烧肉Sweet-salty, glossy, very rich; the Shanghai version is noticeably sweeter than elsewhere in China