Baoluo Restaurant — Restaurant in Shanghai

Long flight here. Find our apartment. Dump our stuff. Look for something to eat. This is around the corner. TBH, I was wanting a more mom and pop little hole in the wall place and this is definitely not one of those but we were hungry.

Large and spacious. Food of excellent quality. Service prompt and professional. Price is decent but not cheap eats. Interesting side note: before flying to China I had been told that everyone uses WeChat to pay for everything. So I get it all set up and this is the first place that I go to try to use it... and this restaurant doesn't accept WeChat pay. Hmmm???

Otherwise, a great first restaurant of many for this foodie in Shanghai....

The service is incredibly slow and rude. No greetings from anyone. Our first waiter didn't offer water or tea. We waited 30 mins after ordering and only a side dish was given. A senior member of the staff checked on us and the surrounding tables, and realized that our orders weren't even given to the chefs. Most of the staff were in a rush to leave so they ignored us. Our food arrived after 45 mins. The braised pork was good but it's hard to have an appetite when being treated badly...

I've never had jellyfish before and can honstly say I will never have it again. This was the second worst portion after the stinky tofu - I actually was nearly sick.

On the plus side that is all part of experiencing new cultures and experiences.

The other food was amazing and the sweet and sour fish was my favourite.

I would go back (and have...