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Top 10 Most Expensive Restaurant
#10 Whampoa Club

The best thing about the #9 Most Expensive Restaurant, Whampoa Club of Shanghai, is its breathtaking location. Located in the fifth floor of the stylized ‘Three on the Bund’ complex beside the glittering river running across the city, Whampoa Club is fantastically decorated with panes of tinted, pastel glass, heavy crystal chandeliers and Art Nouveau wall panels. Dining in its lovely private rooms will cost you $63 per person.

Whampoa Club can accommodate around 200 guests apart from the 80-person capability of its exclusive private rooms. So you can think of throwing a party here anytime if you had a prior booking. Its modern art deco interiors are as eye catching as the fantastic views of the river outside. The tearooms are decorated in the colors of festivity and you get to taste the spirit of the occasion in the teas. 

The food of Whampoa Club is as good as its top-notch urban environs. The maker of these lip-smacking dishes is the reputed Hong Kong chef Jereme Leung, who has carved a niche for himself in The American Academy of Hospitality Science ‘Best Chef Records’.

What distinguishes Whampoa Club?

If you expect this restaurant to be a hub of modern upscale food and entertainment, you are only partly right. The city sophistication that Whampoa Club upholds belongs to both the past and present times. Sitting in its ‘tearoom’ and enjoying the cuisine dishes from the kitchen of Jereme Leung is an outstanding experience in itself. If you have an idea of Shanghai dishes, you will notice a significant variation in the food served here – thanks to the experimental streak in Leung!

He has done an elaborate research into the old dishes of Shanghai and fused them with modern ideas and ingredients. You could opt for the crispy beef strips with sun-dried orange peel, drunken chicken, double-boiled clear chicken consommé, xiao long bao, kou shan si and fruit desserts. Most noticeable about the Whampoa Club drinks is its 50 specially selected exclusive blends of Chinese tea and the wines.