Raffles City Shanghai

Raffles City in Shanghai is honestly one of the most amazing malls I’ve visited. The place feels modern, clean, and very well designed, but what really stands out is the energy inside. It’s lively without feeling chaotic, and there’s a great mix of shopping and food that makes you want to stay for hours. The food selection is excellent. There are so many choices — from casual bites to proper sit-down restaurants — and everything feels high quality. Whether you’re craving local Shanghai dishes or something international, you’ll find it here. It’s the kind of mall where you can come just to eat and still not try everything in one visit. But the most outstanding feature, in my opinion, is the City Mart on the ground floor. It’s not just a supermarket — it’s like walking into a small recreation of old Shanghai. The design is incredibly authentic, with old-style shopfronts, vintage signage, and even wax figures that look so real you almost expect them to move. The atmosphere makes you feel like you’ve stepped back in time. It’s detailed, immersive, and surprisingly emotional if you appreciate history and culture. Overall, Raffles City isn’t just a shopping mall — it’s an experience. Between the fantastic food, the clean modern layout, and the nostalgic charm of City Mart, it’s a place I would definitely recommend visiting when in Shanghai.

Walking distance from our hotel Holiday Inn. The mall has many floors and at the higher floors we found a Chinese restaurant Xiang Xiang which is now available in Singapore. It was so GOOD and Super Delicious that we had to come again for dinner for two nights. At the basement there are many other eateries and bakery and coffee corner.

One of the better shopping centres in Shanghai. I think it had 7 floors with a variety of clothes shops, restaurants, coffee shops and electronic/computer shops. The basement has even more food shops with a variety of bakeries. Inside the mall is also a very unique cat cafe where you can pay to enter this room with about 25 adorable cats that you can pet and play with for as long as you like. The mall is very close to the historical shopping center with the old buildings.

It's very nice mall & it's clean, it has some pretty nice cafe, restaurant. We went down to level -1 for coffee & purchased some electronic.

醉舍·新淮扬菜（zui she •xin huai yang cai) Which is shanghai cuisine. The restaurant is located in the mall 2F, easy access. The vibe of the restaurant is elegant and comfort with warm and dark light. We ordered some typical menu and the hong shao rou is really soft and delicious(highly recommend!), and the vegi salad also fresh and clear. The service is super good, staff kindly help us check the menu, serving eel food and welcome drink, explain food and tell us be care of the hot food. Like a 360 degree care. It’s a really good dinner experience at here.

Love this mall! It is very accessible via the metro. There are a lot of food choices in B1 and the fashion choices are extensive as well. This mall is not to be missed. I have been here twice and will definitely come back again on my next trip to Shanghai

I can’t find all shops listed - like some of them are closed already or hidden lol. Also I had lunch in a restaurant that is not on the directory list - RTF PIZZA . Not bad. Pizza is being made in oven. They have brunch options, pasta and pizza.

Great place to shop. Great service staff specially Nike and the nuts shop staff