RFK Rankings · Shanghai
Best Rooftop Restaurants in Shanghai 2026
High-floor & Bund-view rooms · Shanghai · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 7, 2026 · Updated June 7, 2026
Thirty-six floors. Thirteen. Six. Shanghai sells altitude better than any city in Asia, and most towers waste it on a thin kitchen and a good window. The six rooms below earn the height. Each one cooks well enough to hold its rank at street level, then adds the Bund, the Huangpu, or the Pudong skyline on top. We ranked the plate first and the panorama second. None of these is a sky bar with a snack menu. Every one is a full dinner with a view. Book the window or the terrace. The seats away from the glass miss the reason you climbed.
1.Sir Elly's
Eugenio Cannoni's one-star Italian on the Peninsula roof, a wraparound Bund terrace and Chongming squab three ways. Book it for a milestone.
Sir Elly's sits on the 13th floor of The Peninsula Shanghai at 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road, the north end of the Bund. The dining room opens onto a wraparound rooftop terrace: the colonial waterfront on one side, the Pudong towers across the Huangpu on the other. Chef de cuisine Eugenio Cannoni cooks reimagined Northern Italian, the Chongming squab cooked three ways his signature, handmade pasta the backbone. A five-course degustation runs about 898 yuan, with a full evening landing near 1,300 yuan a head. It holds one Michelin star. This is the most cinematic special-occasion table in the city, and the terrace seats are limited.
Reserve well ahead through the Peninsula site; ask for a terrace table by name.
2.Jade on 36
Olivier Pistre's French room on the 36th floor, the widest Bund panorama in Shanghai through floor-to-ceiling glass. Book it to propose.
Jade on 36 is on Level 36 of the Grand Tower at the Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fu Cheng Road. Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps the room: the lit Bund facades to the west, the Oriental Pearl and Shanghai Tower filling the north and south. Chef Olivier Pistre changes the French menu every three months and keeps the classical spine intact, the lobster bisque and the foie gras terrine with Sichuan-pickled radish among the set pieces. The room is recommended in the Michelin Guide and the Black Pearl guide. The centre tables are good. The window tables are the whole point, so name one when you book.
Book on the Shangri-La site; request a window table on the Bund side.
3.8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA
Umberto Bombana's three-star Italian over the Rockbund, the best plate on this list and a Bund view as the bonus. Splurge once.
8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA occupies the 6th and 7th floors of the Associazione building at 169 Yuanmingyuan Road, in the Rockbund. It is the highest-rated kitchen on this list: three Michelin stars, the only Italian restaurant outside Italy to hold them. The cooking is Umberto Bombana's white-truffle-led Italian, the hand-cut pasta and the seasonal Alba truffle service its reasons to come. The Bund view here is a quieter one than the towers across the river, framed through the upper floors rather than thrown at you. You book Otto e Mezzo for the food, and the height is the dividend.
Book direct weeks out; come in white-truffle season, October to December.
4.Mr & Mrs Bund
Paul Pairet's playful modern French on the 6th floor, a 72-hour lemon tart and a lit river view. Book a window for a first date.
Mr & Mrs Bund sits on the 6th floor at Bund 18, the room Paul Pairet has run since long before his three-star Ultraviolet. The window tables fill with the Huangpu and the lit Pudong skyline. The menu is shareable modern French, the lemon-and-lemon tart his most-ordered dish, the black cod in the bag and the jumbo shrimp in a citrus jar close behind. It runs late, so dinner can drift without anyone rushing the table. It is listed in the Michelin Guide Shanghai. Order several PP-marked plates family-style, take a window seat, and let the river carry the evening.
Reserve on the Mr & Mrs Bund site; ask for a window table by the glass.
5.Hakkasan
Alan Yau's Cantonese on the fifth floor of Bund 18, lattice screens and river views, crispy chocolate-and-lychee to close. Book it for a birthday.
Hakkasan occupies the 5th floor of Bund 18, Alan Yau's Cantonese concept translated from the 2001 London original. Huangpu River views break the hand-carved teak lattice screens; the lighting is low, the room glamorous without being cold. The kitchen is modern Cantonese and dim sum, the crispy chocolate and lychee cake the celebration dessert the room will build around. Booths seat six to ten without a private room, and the shared-plate format keeps a group feeling like an event. It is listed in the Michelin Guide. Book a booth by the windows and let the table order family-style.
Book a window booth on the Hakkasan site; pre-order the celebration dessert.
6.Jean-Georges Shanghai
Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Bund room on the fourth floor, black truffle pizza and egg caviar over the river. Book it to impress a client.
Jean-Georges Shanghai is on the 4th floor of Three on the Bund, the New York chef's long-running Shanghai room. The windows give onto the Huangpu and Pudong across the water. The signatures are the ones that built Vongerichten's name, the black truffle and fontina pizza and the egg caviar among them, set against a lighter French-Asian carte. It is listed in the Michelin Guide Shanghai and remains one of the steadiest fine-dining rooms on the Bund. Lower than the towers above it, it trades altitude for a closer read of the waterfront. Book a window table and a long lunch or an early dinner.
Reserve through Three on the Bund; ask for a river-facing window.
Avoid for the view
All panorama, no kitchen
The Bund sky bars sell the same skyline with a cocktail list and a DJ, not a dinner. Go up for a drink at sunset, then come down and eat somewhere on this list where the kitchen matches the window.
Yi Long Court at the Peninsula is a fine one-Michelin-star Cantonese room, but it sits on the 2nd floor with no real view. Book it for the food, covered in our Shanghai dining guide, and book Sir Elly's upstairs when the panorama is the point.
How to book a Shanghai high-floor table
Name the seat or the climb is wasted. Sir Elly's holds a handful of terrace tables, Jade on 36 keeps its window line, and Mr & Mrs Bund, Hakkasan and Jean-Georges all keep their best tables against the Huangpu glass. None of those seats is assigned to a guest who did not ask for it at the time of booking, so ask.
Time it for dusk and reserve early. The Bund lights come up around sunset, and the window slots on Friday and Saturday go first, often a week or two out. Sir Elly's, Jade on 36 and Otto e Mezzo run single evening sittings and fill fast; Hakkasan and Jean-Georges are easier midweek. Compare the towers worldwide on our best restaurants with a view ranking before you commit.
Frequently asked
What is the best rooftop restaurant in Shanghai?
Sir Elly's on the 13th floor of The Peninsula Shanghai is our top high-floor room for the balance of food and view. It holds one Michelin star under chef Eugenio Cannoni, the Chongming squab three ways its signature, and a wraparound rooftop terrace frames the Bund on one side and the Pudong skyline on the other. For the widest window panorama, Jade on 36 on the 36th floor of the Pudong Shangri-La is the alternative. Sir Elly's wins on the terrace; Jade on 36 wins on the drop.
Which Shanghai restaurant has the best Bund view?
Jade on 36 on the 36th floor of the Pudong Shangri-La gives the widest Bund panorama, with floor-to-ceiling glass facing the colonial waterfront and the Pudong towers. From the Puxi side, Sir Elly's terrace at The Peninsula looks straight down the Bund, and Mr & Mrs Bund frames the lit skyline across the river from the 6th floor. For a window seat at any of them, say so when you book, because the glass-side tables are held only for guests who name them.
How much does a high-floor dinner cost in Shanghai?
Expect a wide range. Sir Elly's runs a five-course degustation around 898 yuan and a full evening near 1,300 yuan a head before drinks. Hakkasan and Jean-Georges land in the same fine-dining band ordered as shared plates. 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA, the three-star Italian, is the most expensive table here, especially in white-truffle season. The view rooms cost more than their street-level equivalents, which is the premium for the glass.
Do these Shanghai restaurants have Michelin stars?
Two hold stars. Sir Elly's at The Peninsula has one Michelin star, and 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA in the Rockbund has three. Jade on 36 is recommended in the Michelin Guide and the Black Pearl guide, while Mr & Mrs Bund, Hakkasan and Jean-Georges Shanghai are listed in the Michelin Guide without a star. For a starred kitchen with a genuine view, Sir Elly's is the one to book first.
When should I book a window table in Shanghai?
Reserve a week or two ahead for weekends and target a seating about half an hour before sunset, when the Bund lights come up. Sir Elly's, Jade on 36 and Otto e Mezzo run single nightly sittings with limited glass-side and terrace tables, so the dusk slots sell first. Hakkasan and Jean-Georges are more forgiving midweek. State that you want a window or terrace seat at the time of booking, not on arrival.
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