The dining room by day: light wooden tables, grey chairs, red armchairs and the red logo on the window.
Light wooden tables, red armchairs, our logo on the window.

New Shanghai Lugano, opposite Parco Ciani since 2017

A Chinese restaurant in Lugano, at Viale Carlo Cattaneo 25. On the menu: lamb hot pot, dishes from Sichuan and Shanghai, Peking duck.

Who we are

Wenyi Fan has run the restaurant since 2017 and looks after the dining room; Jun Li, a partner from day one, is the chef.

Nine years at number 25

  1. 2017

    Opens at number 25 Viale Cattaneo, opposite Parco Ciani.

  2. 2022

    In November, lamb hot pot arrives on the menu.

    Lamb hot pot: chopsticks lift a glossy piece of meat out of the steaming pot.
  3. 2024

    The first evenings of the Chinese calendar: the Lantern Festival and a Mid-Autumn buffet.

  4. 2025

    A Chinese New Year buffet.

  5. 2026

    Chinese New Year with workshops before the buffet. In February, the new menu: the classics first, then the lesser-known dishes, a chilli by the spicy ones.

Page 37 of Cooperazione, 12 February 2026, ‘Addresses for food lovers’: Wenyi Fan and chef Jun Li with the red menu, and the article.
Wenyi Fan and chef Jun Li. Photo: Cooperazione, 12.2.2026

Our page in Cooperazione

In February 2026 Cooperazione wrote about us in its ‘Addresses for food lovers’ column.

‘An unusual-looking Chinese restaurant that goes for dishes with more refined flavours. Worth trying: the spicy chicken with Sichuan pepper.’

Cooperazione, 12.2.2026

‘the lamb hot pot, a dish hard to find elsewhere in Ticino’

Cooperazione, 12.2.2026

BookThe menu, with prices