Tourists who love fresh and tasty seafood will find a grand feast in Shanghai. A large number of seafood restaurants in the city serve seafood dishes, soup, porridge, and hot pot. The main food materials include fish, prawns, crabs, abalones, and shark fins.

Cantonese cuisine restaurants scattering here and there in the city are usually good choices to taste seafood; however the prices are a little high. Want inexpensive seafood? You can go to the restaurants at Tongchuan Road in Putuo District of Shanghai. There is a big seafood market at this road, where you can buy fresh seafood at lower prices, and then bring them to the restaurants. Most of the restaurants there can cook them for you with only a cooking fee of about CNY 10.

Facing the lure of delicious seafood, you'd better not be too gluttonous. Watch your health to keep from an allergy. The following are some seafood restaurants recommended:

Minghao Seafood Restaurant
Chinese name: 名豪鱼翅海鲜 (míng háo yú chì hǎi xiān)
Specialties: This is a high-class seafood restaurant in Shanghai. The dining environment and the services are all excellent. Shark fin and abalone are the signature dishes, and the prices are a little high.
Average cost per person: CNY 500 - 1000

Pudong Branch: Accessory Building, Puxiang Business Plaza, No. 1600, Century Avenue, Pudong New Area (near Pudian Road)
Operating Hours: 10:00 - 21:00

Jing'an Branch: Wise Logic, No. 66, North Shaanxi Road, Jing'an District
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 23:00

Chnagning Branch: No. 3883, North Hongmei Road, Minhang District (near West Yan'an Road)
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:30

Han Tong
Chinese name: 汉通 (hàn tōng)
Specialties: This restaurant features the authentic flavor of Ningbo in east China's Zhejiang Province. The seafood dishes here are extremely fresh and tasty.
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 21:00
Average cost per person: CNY 100 - 200

Huashan Branch: B1F, Hilton Hotel, No. 250, Huashan Road, Jing'an District
West Huaihai Road Branch: No. 215, West Huaihai Road, Changning District (near Panyu Road)
Jiangwan Branch: No. 428, Yixian Road, Hongkou District (near Wan'an Road)
Shangnan Branch: No. 3025-3027, Shangnan Road, Pudong New Area (near Yangsi Road)

Fook Lam Moon
Chinese name: 福临门鱼翅海鲜酒家 (fú lín mén yú chì hǎi xiān jiǔ jiā)
Specialties: Fook Lam Moon is a renowned chain restaurant from Hong Kong. It boasts the best shark fin and Hong Kong dim sums in Shanghai. Facing the Huangpu River, the restaurant serves an advantaged place to view the scenery. The service is good; however 15% service fee is charged.
Address: 2F, Shangri-La Hotel, No. 33, Fucheng Road, Pudong New Area
Operating Hours: 11:30 - 14:30, 17:30 - 21:30
Average cost per person: CNY 500 - 1200

Zhen De Hao Seafood Restaurant
Chinese name: 真的好海鲜 (zhēn de hǎo hǎi xiān)
Specialties: It is a Taiwanese seafood restaurant serving delicate dishes. The abalone, shark fin, steamed fish and French braised prawn are recommended.
Average cost per person: CNY 300 - 600

Xin Tian Di Branch: House 1, South Block, Xin Tian Di, Lane 123, Xingye Road, Luwan District
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 23:00

Guoding Road Branch: 3F, No. 365, Guoding Road, Yangpu District (near Handan Road)
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 21:30

Harbour Plaza
Chinese name: 海逸海鲜酒家 (hǎi yì hǎi xiān jiǔ jiā)
Specialties: This exquisitely decorated restaurant serves excellent seafood, including fish and shark fin. The Chinese tea and various snacks are also worth trying.
Address: No. 2635, West Yan'an Road, Changning District (near South Shuicheng Road)
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 21:30
Average cost per person: CNY 100 - 300

Tainan Tan Tzu Mien Seafood Restaurant
Chinese name: 台南担仔面海鲜酒楼 (tái nán dàn zǎi miàn hǎi xiān jiǔ lóu)
Specialties: The restaurant is decorated like a magnificent palace. The silver table wares are imported from Italy, France, and Britain. Seafood such as lobster, abalone and shark fin is the mainstream. The last dish in a set menu is the special Tan Tzu Mien Noodles of south Taiwan.
Address: 1-4F, Shanghai Exhibition Center, No. 1333, West Nanjing Road, Jing'an District
Operating Hours: 11:30 - 22:30
Average cost per person: CNY 350 - 500

Shu You
Chinese name: 舒友 (shū yǒu)
Specialties: This is a chain restaurant from Xiamen of Fujian Province. Fresh seafood makes the main dishes. The dining environment and services here are excellent. Chinese Kungfu Tea is offered free of charge.
Operating Hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:30
Average cost per person: CNY 100 - 200

Jing'an Branch: 4F, Shanghai China Merchants Plaza, No, 333, North Chengdu Road, Jing'an District (near Weihai Road)
Changning Branch: No. 2399, Hongqiao Road, Changning District (near Hongjing Road)
Putuo Branch: No. 1286, Jiangning Road, Putuo District (near Aomen Road)
Zhabei Branch: No. 437, East Luochuan Road, Zhabei District (near Gonghe Xin Road)

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