Tucked away in a delicate garden, it may seem gentle and elegant on the surface, but its elegant cuisine and excellent band performances make it stand out from the crowd of music restaurants in Shanghai.
In February this year, Yilu's foreign executive chef led his chefs to participate in CCTV's "Chef Battle" program, showcasing the restaurant's culinary prowess. Okra organic smoked fish is a well-known dish in the store, marinated smoked fish is seasoned with fried okra pieces, and is served on a Western-style plate, which is silky and sweet and greasy. As a classic dish of Huaiyang, the lion's head has a unique performance in Yilu, the lion's head stuffed with fine meat is oiled and fried, accompanied by broth and cabbage sum, and the Western-style soup bowl is delicately plated, with a crispy and tender taste, but many diners have a lot of complaints about this dish, thinking that the taste is similar to meatballs, and there is no sense of surprise. In terms of Western dishes, it is said that the A5 grade "best Wagyu beef" is selected as the ingredient, and it is served with multi-colored green peppers, which is tender and juicy and rich in fat and fragrant, and it is worth trying. The menu is divided into single, two, four and six menus, and the store will also offer a variety of special set menus for holidays, but all dishes in the menu can be ordered a la carte, so diners don't have to worry about bundling consumption.
A good live performance requires excellent sound equipment. Out of his love for music, the sound equipment in the store is entrusted to Haoyun, a well-known stage engineering team in Shanghai, and the equipment of international first-line brands such as NEXO from France, Lab.gruppen from Switzerland and Yamaha from Japan is used to control the quality of the sound stage of the performance. The store's resident band, Free Expression, is an outstanding local music group with a history of 15 years, and its members are all elites from various music groups in Shanghai, and have a high level of interpretation of pop, rock and folk style repertoire.
The exquisite tableware arrangement, elegant black leather chairs, make the store look and feel similar to that of a star restaurant, the environment is elegant and restrained, and the large stage is set on the opposite side of the table, which often focuses on the eyes of the whole audience during night performances, so that diners can easily integrate into the cheerful music atmosphere. Savoury diners who want to continue their drinks can continue the second half of the meal by stepping into the bar area on the second floor of the store. In order to meet the needs of group dining, the restaurant has a long independent box, but since there is only one room, it is recommended that diners in need call in advance to make a reservation, and the private room is as low as 3,000 yuan. In terms of service, the staff are well-trained, well-behaved, and timely in dividing dishes and adding water, and will also remind diners to avoid ordering similar dishes when ordering, showing their intentions. The fly in the ointment is that the open-air dining outside the store is not well maintained, and the barbecue bar, tables and chairs set up in the vicinity are old and have a poor appearance.
The location of Yat Lu is not easy to find, the store lacks directions, and the door is separated by a community wall, diners should pay attention to the road signs at the entrance and exit of the vehicle, and walk inward along the bush path, while diners who come to the restaurant by car can park their vehicles directly into the community. The residency starts around 8 o'clock, but the venue will occasionally be relocated to the bar area on the second floor, so please be careful.
