Originally Posted by
ainternational
There are plenty of restaurants in the financial plaza I enjoy as well. Nothing seriously fancy or amazing, I mean, put it this way, my expectations for food are generally not high - at all - in China. I've been to several of the purported "best" in Shanghai (and Beijing) and been consistently feeling like I was robbed given the combination of extreme prices and low quality. I'm comparing to places like SFO, TYO and PAR.
The Japanese food court downstairs at the SWFC is pretty good, I especially like the Yakitori/Izakaya joint open late night and owned by a gentleman from Hokkaido. Good and imaginative variety of grilled stuff and some soups for nourishment.
Other than that, I still think the best restaurant complex in Shanghai to be at the Daning shopping mall in Zhabei. Very local, with enough choices and also good Japanese options.