Shanghai's international dining scene is becoming more widespread, extending beyond traditional downtown hotspots.
The 2025 Shanghai Global Gourmet Index, based on a survey of 9,415 restaurants in the city, offers a snapshot of how the landscape is evolving.
Among the six major cuisine categories in the index, restaurants serving cuisines from the Americas posted the fastest growth, rising from 1,199 in 2023 to 1,616 in 2025. Much of that increase was driven by branded chain fast-food outlets.
Restaurants serving general Western cuisine — a category covering venues that blend multiple Western styles rather than focusing on a single national cuisine — rose from 1,775 to 2,106.
