Taotaoju — Restaurant in Shanghai

A dim sum restaurant located in the Xintiandi area of Shanghai. We arrived a little after 10:00 am, so there were plenty of seats available, and we were shown to a table right away. The interior of the restaurant was clean and pleasant.

Perhaps because it was too early in the morning, they couldn’t serve dishes other than dim sum, like stir-fried vegetables, so we only ordered dim sum. As expected from a restaurant in Shenzhen with a Michelin star, the food was delicious, though not particularly surprising. The item our son, who has tried dim sum in some countries, liked best was the steamed shrimp dumplings. I thought they were delicious as well. We also enjoyed the adorable buns!

The restroom was clean when I visited, but since there was only one, we had to...

Taotaoju is a well-known restaurant that’s often highly recommended especially among Thai travelers. It definitely has a strong reputation, and I was curious to try it out for myself.

To be honest, while the food wasn’t bad at all, it didn’t particularly wow me either.

It was decent, but a bit too average for the hype. I didn’t feel like I missed out on anything special.

That said, I do give them credit for using high-quality ingredients and delivering excellent service.

The staff were attentive and professional, and the atmosphere felt quite upscale.

However, the prices are on the higher side, and for me, it just didn’t feel...

On our last night in Shanghai, my family and I decided to have dimsum and tried Taotaoju.

The restaurant is in a nice mall. Although the staff didn't speak English much, we didn't jave any problems ordering from the menu.

When the food came, we were very impressed with the quality and taste of each dish. We ordered about 6 dishes and every one of them is amazing. We go to dimsum restaurants a lot in London but never had quality like this.

I would highly recommend you try this place when you have the chance. Unfortunately it was our last night, otherwise, we would definitely have gone back a...