M on the BundChinese: 米氏西餐厅;
pinyin: Mǐshì Xī Cāntīng is a
restaurant located on the 7th floor of the Nissin Shipping Building at No. 5
The Bund, Shanghai, China and is known as the first restaurant to open on The Bund overlooking the
Huangpu River and
Pudong. Established in 1999 by Australian restaurateur
Michelle Garnaut,[1][2] the restaurant specializes in dishes with a mixture of Middle Eastern and European flavor.[3]
History
M on the Bund opened in 1999 by Michelle Garnaut. Garnaut had moved to Hong Kong in 1984 and previously established M on the Fringe in late 1989. Wanting to push herself, she saw the potential for a fine-dining restaurant in Shanghai after opening a 10-day pop-up restaurant at the
Peace Hotel in 1996.[4][5] Finding space on the seventh floor of the
Nissin Building on the Bund, Garnaut signed the lease for premises during the spring of 1998.[6] M on the Bund officially opened in January 1999.[4] In the summer of that year, the owner of the group that had given the restaurant the lease was arrested on corruption charges, prompting Garnaut to quickly sign a new lease in September.[4][7]
In December 2021, Garnaut announced over social media that M on the Bund would be closing after its last service on February 15, 2022.[6][8]
Menu
The restaurant uses local ingredients including
black truffles,
foie gras, and local fruits to make its dishes. Some of its signature dishes include crispy suckling pig, salt encased leg of lamb, and
pavlova dessert.[9]
Awards
Best Global Cuisine 2010,
City Weekend Reader's Choice Awards [10]
Restaurant of the Year 2009 – Editor’s Pick, City Weekend Shanghai Restaurant Awards [11]
Best Outdoor Space 2009, City Weekend Shanghai Restaurant Awards [12]
M on the Bund has hosted the
Shanghai International Literary Festival since 2003. The annual event runs through multiple weekends in March featuring wine and poetry readings, literary lunches, workshops, and panels with some of the most acclaimed authors in the world.[20]
Additionally, M on the Bund partnered with the Atelier of Chamber Music [21] at the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music and has been regularly hosting chamber music events in the restaurant's Crystal Room since then.[22]