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Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Shanghai 2026

Photo: editorial placeholder. Hero: the dining room at Yi Long Court, The Peninsula, the Bund, Shanghai.

Sunday is the easy night in Shanghai, not the hard one. The Bund's hotel dining rooms and the city's Cantonese houses run seven days a week, so a diner landing on a Sunday has more stars open here than in almost any European capital. Monday is the night to plan around. Still, a few independents go dark on Sunday, and a concierge will sometimes send you to the wrong room, so here are six confirmed Sunday tables led by a three-Michelin-star kitchen, with prices in yuan.

Why Sunday is the easy night in Shanghai

Shanghai's fine dining splits into two camps, and both favour the Sunday diner. The Bund and Lujiazui hotel rooms — Da Vittorio at the Bund Finance Centre, Yi Long Court at The Peninsula, Jean-Georges at Three on the Bund — keep seven-day kitchens because the hotels demand it. The Cantonese institutions, Canton 8 and the dim-sum houses, open daily because Sunday lunch is the busiest service of their week, the family table. The result is that the city's Michelin map is wider open on Sunday than its reputation suggests.

What closes is harder to predict: some chef-driven independents take Sunday or Monday off, and hours move with the seasons. We cross-checked each room's published schedule and dropped anything we could not confirm serves on Sunday rather than guess. The order below leads with the three-star and works down through the price tiers to a value pick that is one of the best-value Michelin meals in Asia. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Shanghai dining guide.

The Sunday list

1

Da Vittorio Shanghai

Italian seafood · The Bund / BFC, Huangpu · ¥1,200 and up

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch 12:00–13:30 and dinner 18:00–21:30

The Cerea family's three-Michelin-star room sits high in the Bund Finance Centre, with chef Leonardo Zambrino running the seafood-led Bergamo kitchen over the river. The paccheri pasta in three-tomato sauce is the dish that carried the original Da Vittorio to three stars in Italy, and it crosses to Shanghai intact. It serves a full Sunday lunch and dinner, which makes the city's top star one of its more bookable Sunday seats if you call a week ahead.

2

8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana

Italian · near the Bund, Huangpu · ¥1,000–2,500

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch 11:00–14:30 and dinner 18:00–23:00

Umberto Bombana brought his two-Michelin-star Italian, the sister to the Hong Kong original, to a quiet building near the Bund. Bombana made his name on white truffle, and the autumn menu still turns on it; the hand-cut tagliolini is the year-round test dish. It runs a Sunday brunch alongside the regular lunch and a long dinner to eleven, so it suits both a slow Sunday afternoon and a late table after a day on the river.

3

Yi Long Court

Cantonese · The Peninsula, The Bund · ¥600 and up

Sunday hours: Sunday, lunch 11:30–14:30 and dinner 18:00–22:30

The Michelin-starred Cantonese room on the second floor of The Peninsula trades on 1930s Shanghai glamour and serious barbecue work: the roast goose and the honey-glazed char siu are the order. Sunday lunch is dim sum at its best here, and the room takes weekend bookings a day or two ahead rather than the weeks the independents demand. For a client lunch on a Sunday, this is the safest grand room on the Bund.

4

Canton 8

Cantonese · Bridge 8, Huangpu · ¥300–700

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:00

Chef Pan Jie Ming holds two Michelin stars at a small Cantonese room near Bridge 8, and it is one of the best-value starred meals anywhere in Asia. The double-boiled soups and the roast suckling pig are why regulars book; the bill, for the level, is a standing surprise. It opens for Sunday lunch and dinner, and the early evening seating is the easiest table on this list to land at short notice.

5

Fu He Hui

Vegetarian tasting · Changning · ¥999 tasting

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–13:00 and 17:30–21:00

Chef Tony Lu's one-Michelin-star vegetarian house in Changning serves an eight-course seasonal tasting in a calm, temple-quiet room with no meat anywhere on the menu. The smoked-pomelo course and the matsutake work prove that a meat-free tasting can carry a Shanghai evening. It serves Sunday lunch and dinner, and a Sunday booking is usually open inside a few days, which is rare for a room of this rank.

6

Mr & Mrs Bund

Modern French · Bund 18, Huangpu · ¥600–1,000

Sunday hours: Sunday, 17:30–22:30

Paul Pairet's looser, more affordable room — the chef behind the three-star Ultraviolet — sits at Bund 18 with a wall of windows over the river. The 72-hour lemon-and-lemon tart is the dessert people come back for, and the cocotte dishes are built to share. It serves Sunday evening, closes its very late kitchen for the weekend, and is the most fun room here for a Sunday dinner with a view.

How to book a Sunday table in Shanghai

Sunday booking in Shanghai is easier than the city's reputation implies. The Bund hotel rooms — Da Vittorio, Yi Long Court — take weekend tables a day or two ahead through their hotels, and a Sunday seat clears faster than a Saturday. Canton 8 and Fu He Hui, the independents, are the ones to call earlier, though even they keep Sunday more open than Friday. For a single seat, Canton 8's early dinner is the simplest table to place, which makes a Sunday lunch there a good solo dining in Shanghai option. Entertaining a client on a Sunday is straightforward in this city; Yi Long Court at The Peninsula is the room to impress a client in Shanghai when you want the Bund and the dim sum in one booking.

Frequently asked questions

Which Michelin restaurants are open on Sunday in Shanghai?

Plenty of them. Three-star Da Vittorio, two-star Otto e Mezzo Bombana, two-star Canton 8, one-star Fu He Hui and the Michelin-starred Yi Long Court all serve on Sunday, which is unusually generous for a major dining city. The Bund's hotel rooms keep seven-day kitchens, and the Cantonese houses treat Sunday lunch as their busiest service. Monday is the harder night here, not Sunday, so plan a closing-day risk around Monday instead.

Is Da Vittorio Shanghai open on Sunday?

Yes. Da Vittorio at the Bund Finance Centre serves Sunday lunch from 12:00 to 13:30 and dinner from 18:00 to 21:30, so the city's only three-Michelin-star room is part of the Sunday field. Sunday is one of its more bookable services; call roughly a week ahead through the restaurant for a window table over the river. The paccheri pasta and the seafood courses are the dishes to plan the meal around.

Where can I get the best-value Michelin meal on a Sunday in Shanghai?

Canton 8 near Bridge 8 in Huangpu. Chef Pan Jie Ming's two-Michelin-star Cantonese room serves Sunday lunch and dinner with most tables landing between ¥300 and ¥700 a head, which is among the lowest prices for two stars anywhere in Asia. Order the double-boiled soup and the roast suckling pig, take the early 17:00 dinner seating, and you have the easiest high-end Sunday table in the city to book at short notice.

Are restaurants in Shanghai closed on Sundays?

Most upscale Shanghai restaurants stay open on Sunday. Unlike many European capitals, the city's fine-dining week is built around a busy Sunday lunch, especially in the Cantonese houses and the Bund hotels. The closing day to watch is Monday, when several chef-driven independents go dark. The six rooms above confirm Sunday service in their published hours, led by three-star Da Vittorio and anchored by the value pick Canton 8. Confirm directly before travelling.

What is the best restaurant on the Bund open Sunday night?

For a Sunday dinner with the river in view, Mr & Mrs Bund at Bund 18 and Yi Long Court at The Peninsula are the two to weigh. Paul Pairet's Mr & Mrs Bund is the looser, more affordable option, open Sunday evening with shareable cocotte dishes and the 72-hour lemon tart. Yi Long Court is the grander Cantonese room for a formal table. Both sit on the Bund and both take Sunday bookings a day or two ahead.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Shanghai dining guide, or by occasion: impress a client in Shanghai, a Shanghai team dinner, and solo dining at the counter. By cuisine, see the best Chinese restaurants worldwide, the best dim sum worldwide and the best Italian restaurants worldwide. Travelling on through Asia? Compare with Singapore restaurants open Sunday and Bangkok restaurants open Sunday. For the wider view on closing nights, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.