Originally Posted by moondog

Based on the part of your post I've bolded, I suppose I can throw out https://rachelgouk.com/ Rachel's tastes are quite different than my own, but she's honestly the only in-depth Shanghai food blogger I know who writes in English (very different situation than we had 10-15 years ago when Time Out, City Weekend, That's, etc. were still around and staffed with dozens of ground troops). I reach out to her from time to time when I have friends in town who have specific requests that aren't in my wheelhouse, and she always responds with suggestions that simultaneously please the visitors and me.

If you want to evaluate venues based solely on popularity, 点评 is a useful tool, but like TA, the reviews themselves are mostly just white noise.

I can't comment on FB groups at all because I don't use FB, and I'm hard pressed to think of anyone who does that participates in Shanghai scene type groups.