Songhelou — Restaurant in Shanghai

We had dinner at Riviera Songhelou restaurant on the Bund in Shanghai. It is very overpriced for the quality of food. It has good location on the Bund, great views of the lighted buildings at night, nice atmosphere and beautiful menu. But food is expensive and not very good. My crab soup with King crab looked so good on the menu, waiter recommended it and I decided to order it. It did not taste like crab at all. It was a small cup of vegetable soup with 1/3 of the crab leg that was boiled, overcooked in some other soup and did not taste like a crab leg. Cup of vegetable soup should not cost $14.5 (RMB 88). 4 Tiny pieces of yellow tail sashimi RMB 68. Several pieces of undercooked eggplant salad RMB 48. My husband had the same experience with his food. This is the worst value and satisfaction after spending RMB 500 on dinner on our trip to China. We had much better food for the fraction...

One of the best place to dine and over looking to the buns of Shanghai especially having the dinner at night. We booked a big corner room with small balcony and you can walk out and mingled while enjoying the great view. The food is fantastic serving the Shanghainese cuisine. It is a crab season and they even peel the shell for you. The food is creative and tasted really good ! Highly recommend but not so cheap place to eat. Prepare 500 Yuen per pax with...

We were trying to decide a restaurant along the Bund and stumbled upon Songhelou, which serves contemporary Japanese and Chinese cuisine. I enjoyed my meal very much with the high quality dishes! I loved the mushroom with prawn paste, tongfu rolls, soya noodles. The red bean shuotao is too small and has too little red bean filling. Service can be a little slow though. Overall,...