Gaoli Restaurant — Restaurant in Shanghai

special experience in Shanghai There are not a lot of places where you can be close to North Korean people. This restaurant is one of the places where it is (a little) possible. Located in a hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, you can enjoy North Korean beer and food. There are performances with sing and dance twice a night, so make sure you are there on time to see it. There is also a Pyongyang bar but when I was there it was not busy. The food is very good, a bit spicy but I liked it. Special experience. WeChat pay accepted. Note it is inside a hotel, the Tong Mao hotel. If you like this restaurant, there are plenty more in DanDong, China, near the border with North Korea, but that is far away...

Google Maps identified this simply as a Korean restaurant. Once I arrived though, I found out it is a North Korean restaurant. It is owned and operated entirely by North Koreans, which was a bit of a shock to a Westerner like me. But the staff were very friendly and the food was good. But some of your South Korean favorites might be missing from the menu. That being said, the menu was in English and had lots of pictures. They also do a show and dance on the weekends, but no photos are allowed. Overall it was definitely an experience, they usually require reservations up to a week in advance but if you get there early they're pretty accommodating about...

On December 23, 2018, my conference hosts held a welcome dinner for me in this North Korean Restaurant. It was not just the name, according to the North Korea University Graduate waitresses, backend staff and even the food, were from North Korea. It was exiting and delightful that I could have my close encounter with North Koreans...