Private Shanghai Foodie Tour: Experience Local Cuisine and Rooftop Bar Hopping
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4 Ratings
Shanghai
Embark on a private Shanghai foodie tour and indulge in the city's top local cuisine. Explore hidden gems in the French Concession area, savoring dim sum, braised pork, and more. Customize your culinary adventure and end the night with a breathtaking view from a rooftop bar.
Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Old Town (Nanshi) - Meet up with your friendly local private guide at your downtown hotel in Shanghai, and depart by car to Shanghai Old Town where you will find the most classic local dim sum, such as soup dumplings and etc..
  • Xintiandi - Move on to Xintiandi area, chill yourself out by having some local craft beer and mingle with the locals.
  • Former French Concession - Then, continue your food adventure to next two authentic restaurants in the French Concession area, and you will have the stir fry seasonal dishes, tasty braised pork, noodles and more. Your guide will share with you Shanghai food culture and give you an overview about this fascinating city.
  • The Bund (Wai Tan) - Your final stop is a trendy rooftop bar, and you will enjoy your craft beer or cocktail while overlooking the fast-changing skyline of Jing’an district or in the bund area. After your tour is finished, you will be transferred back to your city hotel.
What's Included
  • Shanghai city hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation throughout the tour
  • Private, knowledgeable guide
  • Local food tasting included (substantial enough for dinner)
  • Three glasses of craft beer plus tea or coffee
What's Not Included
  • Additional food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in an enchanting Shanghai evening as you venture on this private foodie tour, sampling the best local gastronomy hand-selected for you. Explore hidden local delights along the less-traveled routes in the French Concession region. Beyond familiar dim sum such as soup dumplings (xiaolongbao), pan-seared dumplings, shumai, and other seasonal fare, you’ll also indulge in the city’s finest braised pork. This gastronomic journey is fully customizable to suit your tastes. For those with a penchant for spice, Sichuan or Hunan dishes are on offer. Your expedition concludes with a breathtaking panorama from the top of a local microbrewery or secret cocktail bar.

  • Minimum age is 18 years
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Location
Old Town (Nanshi)
Huangpu District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sunny_z
Jan 31, 2024
Great Experience, highly recommend - I booked this tour for a work event. Despite a larger size of the group, everyone absolutely enjoyed themselves. Jim and his colleague are knowledgeable, organized, good with communication, and most importantly, took great care of us. They packed the night with delicious food, bubbly drinks, and stunning views of Shanghai. I cannot recommend this tour more!
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W2374vpmaribelm
Oct 5, 2023
Amazing Foodie and Rooftop Bar Hopping tour! - The Foodie with Rooftop Bar Hopping tour was fantastic! Our guide, Jim, is born and raised in Shanghai and knows the best establishments for food and drink! We will recommend this tour to our friends and family!
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155leightonb
Sep 6, 2023
10/10 tour - Awesome tour, Jim our guide is very knowledgeable and fun to be around Amazing food and drinks Highly recommend Leighton from New Zealand
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481rahulj
Oct 19, 2019
Mouthwatering medley of Chinese local culinary delight, brilliantly brought live by Jim - We were on a business trip to Shanghai and had a evening to ourselves to explore the local cuisine of China. It was a great luck to find this tour and also our fluent English speaking guide - Jim ! Jim arrived well ahead of time, with a very comfortable private Buick Van for us. He first took us to French concession area and subsequently to different bylanes of Shanghai City, to help us experience a medley of amazing and mouthwatering local/traditional street food/ local spirit. Before dropping us back to hotel, he took us to a rooftop bar in Julu area to finish our trip with a relaxing drink and some terrific conversation. Btw, Jim is a master conversationist and knows a lot about all the provinces of China. Our conversation ranged from economy to local market, panda, spice-level in different province, technical advancement, global political scenario and automobile industry in China etc. I gained a lot of useful insights from him. The food trail covered so much in three and a half hours. It is difficult to have this experience on your own if you don't know the Chinese language and don't get radio taxi so easily without a local sim card. Moreover, some of these eateries don't have a signage or shop name, they are just popular in their neighbourhood : 1. Traditional noodles with spicy pork, soft tofu, shitake mushroom and peanut sauce 2. Tea icecreams with tapioca balls and Oreo 3. Dumplings (3 types - chives, mushroom & pork, only pork), along with small skewers of lamb, chicken, squid, glutinous rice, garlic scapes, potato, shitake mushroom, enokitake mushrooms tied with dry tofu. 4. Pancake-wrap called as Jianping (top dish of all) 5. Local spirit (made of different qualities of rice) called as Baijiu (white spirit, with 45-55% alcohol) and Fenjiu (wine like spirit, like Spanish Sherry). It is matured in traditional clay pots. 6. Local fruits like Pamello grapefruit, Jujubi and pomegranate juice. 7. Desserts - Yang Zhi Gan lu (mango, Pamello, tapioca in coconut milk) and Mang guo Lao Zhu (3 flavours of jelly balls over mango sorbet). Overall, a 5 star rating to the trip, and most importantly to Jim !
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