Private Shanghai Foodie Adventures with Rooftop Bar Hopping
Overview
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3 hours 30 minutes
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Spend a lovely Shanghai night to experience the top handpicked local food and drinks by taking this private culinary tour. Discover the hole-in-the-wall local flavor along the off beaten path in French Concession area. Other than typical dim sum like soup dumplings (xiaolongbao), pan-fired dumplings, shumai and other seasonal dishes, you will also try out the best braised pork in town. This delightful eating adventure can be fully customizable based on your preference. For spicy food lovers, Sichuan or Hunan cuisines are available. Your tour ends with a magnificent view from the rooftop of a local microbrewery or speakeasy cocktail bar.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 18 years
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
What To Expect
Old Town (Nanshi)
Meet up with your friendly local private guide at your downtown hotel in Shanghai, and depart by car to Shanghai Old Town where you will find the most classic local dim sum, such as soup dumplings and etc..
Xintiandi
Move on to Xintiandi area, chill yourself out by having some local craft beer and mingle with the locals.
Options
Private Tour
Please meet up at your centrally located hotel in Shanghai city. Pickup included
What‘s Included
Local food tasting, enough for dinner
Shanghai city hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation on the tour
3 glass of craft beer and Tea or Coffee
private guide
Additional food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
A great introduction to Shanghai’s food scene.
James F,Apr 8, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It’s a great tour for solo travellers, small groups, those with limited spare time and people new to Shanghai. Jade did an incredible job explaining the cuisine in Shanghai, the highlight's and must try’s while in Shanghai. Jade was also knowledgeable in explaining the landmarks and getting around this massive city. Highly recommend!!!
Jade was a lovely young...
Theresa R,Feb 22, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Jade was a very lovely and well-educated who took us to very different places. First stop was a well-known Sichuan style restaurant only some metres from Nanjing East Road, after that we headed to former French Concession and started our Cocktail Journey through Shanghai. The highlight of the tour was sure the Rooftop Bar at the Bund with the "Hidden Treasure" Cocktail. We had some nice hours and very nice chatting with Jade, who was never shy to answer our questions and even picked up some German slang ;)
Great Experience, highly recommend
Sunny Z,Jan 31, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00I booked this tour for a work event. Despite a larger size of the group, everyone absolutely enjoyed themselves. Jim and his colleague are knowledgeable, organized, good with communication, and most importantly, took great care of us. They packed the night with delicious food, bubbly drinks, and stunning views of Shanghai. I cannot recommend this tour more!
Amazing Foodie and Rooftop Bar Hopping tour!
W2374VPmaribelm,Oct 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The Foodie with Rooftop Bar Hopping tour was fantastic! Our guide, Jim, is born and raised in Shanghai and knows the best establishments for food and drink! We will recommend this tour to our friends and family!
10/10 tour
155leightonb,Sep 6, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Awesome tour, Jim our guide is very knowledgeable and fun to be around Amazing food and drinks Highly recommend Leighton from New Zealand
Mouthwatering medley of Chinese local culinary delight, brilliantly brought live by Jim
481rahulj,Oct 19, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We were on a business trip to Shanghai and had a evening to ourselves to explore the local cuisine of China. It was a great luck to find this tour and also our fluent English speaking guide - Jim ! Jim arrived well ahead of time, with a very comfortable private Buick Van for us. He first took us to French concession area and subsequently to different bylanes of Shanghai City, to help us experience a medley of amazing and mouthwatering local/traditional street food/ local spirit. Before dropping us back to hotel, he took us to a rooftop bar in Julu area to finish our trip with a relaxing drink and some terrific conversation. Btw, Jim is a master conversationist and knows a lot about all the provinces of China. Our conversation ranged from economy to local market, panda, spice-level in different province, technical advancement, global political scenario and automobile industry in China etc. I gained a lot of useful insights from him. The food trail covered so much in three and a half hours. It is difficult to have this experience on your own if you don't know the Chinese language and don't get radio taxi so easily without a local sim card. Moreover, some of these eateries don't have a signage or shop name, they are just popular in their neighbourhood : 1. Traditional noodles with spicy pork, soft tofu, shitake mushroom and peanut sauce 2. Tea icecreams with tapioca balls and Oreo 3. Dumplings (3 types - chives, mushroom & pork, only pork), along with small skewers of lamb, chicken, squid, glutinous rice, garlic scapes, potato, shitake mushroom, enokitake mushrooms tied with dry tofu. 4. Pancake-wrap called as Jianping (top dish of all) 5. Local spirit (made of different qualities of rice) called as Baijiu (white spirit, with 45-55% alcohol) and Fenjiu (wine like spirit, like Spanish Sherry). It is matured in traditional clay pots. 6. Local fruits like Pamello grapefruit, Jujubi and pomegranate juice. 7. Desserts - Yang Zhi Gan lu (mango, Pamello, tapioca in coconut milk) and Mang guo Lao Zhu (3 flavours of jelly balls over mango sorbet). Overall, a 5 star rating to the trip, and most importantly to Jim !
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