Famous Themed Restaurants in Shanghai

Those famous themed restaurants in Shanghai are not only distinctive in their environment, but also creative in cooking. If you are interested, follow the suggestions below. The recommended restaurants will be sure to give you refreshing and unforgettable experiences.
 Awarded three starred Michelin Restaurant in 2018, Ultraviolet restaurant, is mysterious since no one knows where the address exactly is. Customers are picked up at a meeting point and sent to the restaurant by a minivan. With the theme on sound and light, Ultraviolet restaurant creates many different scenes. Visitors can have different feelings when dinning.
Recommended dishes: truffle lamb, lobster, goose liver
Average cost per person: CNY 4,000 to CNY 6,000
Ultraviolet Shanghai Address: 6F, No. 18, the Bund, East Zhongshan 1st Road (meeting point)
 As its name suggests, Herbal Legend, one of the famous themed restaurants in Shanghai, serves dishes associated with traditional Chinese herbal medicine. The special dishes are served in pottery with high nutrition and good taste. Additionally, there is a traditional Chinese music performance at night.
Recommended dishes: the golden Chinese yam, beef stir-fried with gastrodia tuber, grilled mutton chop with angelica, aweto and duck soup, pine nut and prawn balls, and vegetarian crab
Average cost per person: CNY 100 to CNY 150
Location: 1F, Shanghai Legend, No. 635, Bibo Road, Pudong New Area (near Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Metro Station)
 Chinese name: 飞机主题餐厅 (fēi jī zhǔ tí cān tīng)
As one of the famous themed restaurants in Shanghai, A390 restaurant is themed on the planes. The waitresses and waiters here dress like flight attendants.
Recommended dishes: baked mixed seafood rice, oily Thai-style shrimp pancakes
Average cost per person: CNY 70
Location: 4F, Super Brand Mall, West Lujiazui Rd, Pudong New Area
 Canil Shanghai is a café where you can play with tens of cute dogs. It’s the first restaurant in Shanghai that themed on animals. It’s really enjoyable to have puppies around when having a cup of café.
Recommended dishes: spaghetti, potted tea milk
Average cost per person: CNY 80
Location: 1933 Old Millfun, No. 611, Liyang Rd, Hongkou District
 Located in the famous Nanjing Rd, this themed café is quite popular among girls. Hello Kitty is everywhere inside, like the paintings, tableware, tissues, music, videos, and dolls.
Recommended dishes: smoked salmon, ham roll, potato & cherry flowers soup
Average cost per person: CNY 180
Location: 7F, Yuehui Plaza, No. 353, East Nanjing Rd, Huangpu District
 As the only car-themed restaurant in China, 1886 is a German restaurant in Shanghai. It’s decorated with many world-famous cars like BWM, and Benz.
Recommended dishes: Schweinshaxe, snow crab salad, salmon
Average cost per person: CNY135
Location: B11, Sunken Plaza, No. 531, East Zhongshan 2nd Rd, Huangpu District
 Chinese name: 醉匠烧 (zuì jiàng shāo)
Among these famous themed restaurants in Shanghai, Yakitor is one themed on Marvel. It’s a Japanese izakaya full of super heroes’ models and posters.
Recommended dishes: beef burger, the dark knight roast beef, salmon
Average cost per person: CNY 130
Location: No. 899, Julu Rd, Jing’ansi St., Jing’an District
 Chinese name:风波庄(fēng bō zhuāng)
Fengbozhuang is quite special among those famous themed restaurants in Shanghai due to its Chinese Kungfu style, which is based on many Kungfu novels. Upon entering the restaurant, you seems like in an ancient world, and all the dishes provided here are popular.
Recommended dishes: beggar's chicken, bucket mutton, meat ball
Average cost per person: CNY 50
Location: No. 670, Middle Sichuan Rd, Huangpu District
 Chinese name: 泰迪之家(Taì dí zhī jiā)
This Thai restaurant in Shanghai is a paradise for teddy bear lovers! Here you can not only enjoy the delicious food but also DIY your own teddy bears.
Recommended dishes: tom yum soup, som tum, fried eggplant with Thai sauce
Average cost per person: CNY 100
Location: No. 23, Lane 248, Taikang Rd, Huangpu District
 Chinese name: 火车栈 (huǒ chē zhàn)
In China, Green train is a precious memory for many people, and here is a restaurant made of several coaches of a green train. As a famous themed restaurant in Shanghai, The Train Inn provides all kinds of Shanghai cuisine.
Recommended dishes: chicken soup, Pho, river shrimp
Average cost per person: CNY 110
Location: No. 1500, Jiangyue Rd, Minhang District
 Chinese name: 老工厂重庆火锅 (lǎo gōng chǎng chòng qìng huǒ guō)
With train-like dining room, several big buckets, old fashioned cups and waiters in blue overalls, the restaurant creates a typical scene of an old factory in last century.
Recommended dishes: cattle tripe, duck intestines
Average cost per person: CNY 110
Location: 3F, Tianheyuan Building, No. 108, South Dandong Rd, Xuhui District
 Chinese name: 萤七人间 (yíng qī rén jiān)
As one of the most mysterious restaurants in Shanghai, it is decorated with many twinkling lights like glowworm. Ying Qi Ren Jian Restaurant is very interesting that consumers cannot enter it without the password. If input the wrong number, you will see a mirror instead of the entrance.
Recommended dishes: ribs with plum, beef granules, bread soup
Average cost per person: CNY 180
Location: No. 805, Julu Rd, Jing’an District