The original branch of the city's most famous benbang restaurant (since 2004), in a cramped lane house where Shanghainese is the language of the room. Order the red-braised pork, the scallion-roasted fish head and the crab meat and roe sizzling pot rice.
- Address
- 41 Tianping Road, Xuhui District
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 11:00-14:30, 17:00-21:30 (Nomfluence listing; weekend hours not verified)
- Best time to go
- Evening · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Price not verified
- Price level
- ¥¥
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Even with a booking (021 6282 9260) expect to wait outside; be on time or the table may go
- Tianping Road is the original and, per Nomfluence, the best of several branches
- Brisk, no-frills service is part of the experience