The food is great value, and there's an English menu. No credit cards. Small restaurant serving excellent Shanghainese cooking at reasonable prices. It's noisy, smoky and popular with the local artsy crowd. Favourite dishes include braised pork rump in dark sugar wine and ginger, steamed or sweet and sour carp, stir-fried eel and garlic and freshwater shrimps peeled and dipped in soya and ginger.
English menus are available.
Situated in the heart of Shanghai's tourist district, Lubolang lives off a reputation forged when foreign visitors were a rarity in Shanghai. Distinguished diners who have passed this way include Queen Elizabeth II and President Clinton, on his recent visit in June 1998. But all the hype in the world can't conceal the mediocrity of the cooking. Standard Shanghainese fare for the gullible and the starstruck. Located at the back of the Hilton, it serves up tasty dim sum, plump, moist dumplings and fine bowls of wonton noodles, guaranteed to revive weary night-owls.