El Bodegón (Xingfu Lu)

01What to order

• Striploin, 200 g / 7 ozThe entry steak: Nomfluence put steaks at ¥150 and up in March 2025, for a 200 g / 7 oz striploin. Its listing says portions start at 200 g / 7 oz.
• Entraña (skirt steak) and cuadril (rump steak)Two of the four cuts Nomfluence names for the house, along with ribeye and strip. The sources give no weight for these two.
• Ribeye, 200 g / 7 oz, and sirloin, 300 g / 11 ozA Ctrip listing names both among the house dishes, with lamb chops and beef skewers.
• Ceviche, sea bass with fried squidThe Peruvian appetizer. Time Out names ceviche among the Peruvian appetizers; Ctrip lists the sea bass version.
• Empanadas and baked cheeseThe sides Nomfluence mentions next to the ceviche.
• Arroz con mariscosSeafood rice, which Ctrip lists here and the Shanghai government's guide singles out at the Changshu Road branch, with calamari and clams.

02The beef

No source consulted states where the beef comes from, its breed, its grade or whether it is aged. What the sources do give are the cuts: Nomfluence names entraña (skirt), cuadril (rump), ribeye and strip, and says the portions start at 200 g / 7 oz. The Ctrip listing adds a 300 g / 11 oz sirloin, lamb chops and crisp beef tenderloin. The one price on record is the starting point of ¥150 for a 200 g / 7 oz striploin in March 2025; Ctrip's users put the average spend at ¥185 per person.

03The fire

Time Out calls them grilled steaks. No source names the fuel, the grill or the technique, so Steakpedia does not say.

04The story

Time Out Shanghai (December 2018) presented the Panyu Road branch, at 326 Panyu Road near Fahuazhen Road, as the second location of the family-run El Bodegón, in soft opening, with lunch and brunch to start after the new year. Nomfluence (March 2025) says the restaurant has been in Shanghai for more than a decade, and lists two houses: Changshu Road and Xingfu Road. A Ctrip page titled for the Panyu Road branch carries the Xingfu Road address and the same phone number Time Out gave for Panyu Road in 2018, but no source says whether that branch moved. No opening year was found.

05The practical

Unit 102, 110 Xingfu Road (幸福路110号102室), Changning. Nomfluence gives Monday to Friday 11:30 to 22:30 and Saturday and Sunday 12:00 to 22:30, and notes that dogs are welcome. Phone: +86 151 2116 1929; Ctrip also lists +86 21 6226 0780. The Changshu Road house is at 4/F, 83 Changshu Road, phone 021 5465 1275, open Monday to Friday 17:00 to 23:00 and weekends 12:00 to 22:30. Checking the hours by phone before going is the safe course, since the sources are not official.

Address

Unit 102, 1F, 110 Xingfu Road, Changning, Shanghai

Directions

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