📍Guide: 14 Halal and Regional Restaurants in Shanghai 2025

Explore Lanzhou, Xinjiang, and Northwest Chinese Cuisine Across the City In Shanghai

🧭 Overview

Shanghai is home to a diverse culinary scene that includes a rich selection of halal-friendly and regional noodle restaurants, especially from China’s northwest — including Lanzhou, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. These restaurants serve everything from hand-pulled beef noodles and lamb kebabs to cumin-seasoned stews and regional breads.

This guide provides a list of 17 selected restaurants across Shanghai offering dishes from Muslim-majority regions in China. Most of the restaurants are halal-certified or clearly labeled 清真 (qīngzhēn), and many focus on noodle dishes or Xinjiang-style mains.

🍜 Categories Covered:

• Lanzhou Beef Noodles (兰州牛肉面)

• Xinjiang Cuisine (新疆菜)

• Halal BBQ (清真烧烤)

• Northwest Dishes (西北菜)

• Hotpot with halal lamb and beef options

📌 Restaurant List by Type

🍜Lanzhou and Northwestern Noodles

1. 张有德老字号牛肉面

   Zhang you de beef noodles – 📍No315,yuyuan road,jing’an. （Branch Store)

2. 清真德元兰州纯汤牛肉面
   Deyuan Lanzhou Clear Broth Beef Noodles – 📍1F,No 1080,changshou road.（Branch Store)

3. 陈香贵兰州牛肉面
   chen xiang gui Lanzhou Clear Broth Beef Noodles – 📍No.88 West guang yuan road.（Branch Store)

4. 品回味清真新疆菜（华鼎广场店）
   Pin Hui Wei Halal Xinjiang Cuisine – 📍Huading Plaza （Branch Store)

🍢Xinjiang Cuisine (Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui influences)

1. 锡伯
   Xibo - Xinjiang Cuisine - 📍3F,No.83 Changshu road （Branch Store)

2. 那时新疆
   Nashi Xinjiang –📍Branch Store

3. 新疆伊宁远征餐厅
   Yining Expedition Restaurant - 📍No.191,North Urumuqi Road.

4. 塔哈尔
   Tahaer Xinjiang Restaurant – 📍Branch Store

5. 麦迪娜餐厅
   Madina Halal Restaurant – 📍No.205,Zhejiang Middle Road

6. 耶里夏丽
   Yeli Xiali – 📍Branch Store. （Has local performance everynight 7pm & 8pm)

7. 宁夏印象盐池滩羊
   Ningxia Impression Yanchi Lamb – 📍Branch Store

🍲Halal BBQ and Specialty Hotpot

1. 杨记齐齐哈尔烤肉
   Yang Ji Qiqihar BBQ – 📍Branch Store

2. 南门涮肉
   Nanmen Hotpot – 📍Branch Store

3. 贵贵吉清真餐厅
   Guiguiji Halal Restaurant – 📍No.70 Middle Zhejiang Road

❗🥢 Notes for Visitors

• 清真 (Qīngzhēn) = Halal. Most restaurants here are marked with this label.

• Language Tip: If you're ordering in Mandarin, key phrases include:

  1. 你有英文菜单吗？
     Nǐ yǒu Yīngwén càidān ma?
     → Do you have an English menu?

  2. 我不吃牛肉和羊肉，你有鸡肉吗？
     Wǒ bù chī niúròu hé yángròu, nǐ yǒu jīròu ma?
     → I don't eat beef or lamb. Do you have chicken?

  3. 你有素菜吗？
     Nǐ yǒu sùcài ma?
     → Do you have vegetarian dishes?

  4. 你有素面吗？
     Nǐ yǒu sùmiàn ma?
     → Do you have vegetarian noodles?

  5. 你有不甜的酸奶吗？
     Nǐ yǒu bù tián de suānnǎi ma?
     → Do you have unsweetened yogurt?

  6. 我要微辣。
     Wǒ yào wēilà.
     → I'd like it mildly spicy.

  7. 这个菜辣吗？
     Zhège cài là ma?
     → Is this dish spicy?

  8. 可以做不辣吗？
     Kěyǐ zuò bù là ma?
     → Can you make it not spicy?

  9. 可以现金吗？
     Kěyǐ xiànjīn ma?
     → Can I pay with cash?

  10. 我的支付宝不工作。
      Wǒ de Zhīfùbǎo bù gōngzuò.
      → My Alipay isn’t working.

• Most locations accept mobile payment (WeChat Pay or Alipay), but carry cash just in case.

Stay Tuned!!