Residents flock to restaurants, cafes as dine-in services resume in Shanghai

• Published date: 29 June 2022
• Publication title: Shanghai Daily

People flocked to restaurants -- as well as bars and cafes -- for morning tea, birthday celebration, reunion of sorts and -- for some -- fine-dining Japanese food yesterday, when dine-in services were finally restored in Shanghai after a long hiatus.

Following a two-month COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and then takeaway-only service, guests were excited and happy to socialize with each other and take a familiar or fresh bite at restaurants.

The pandemic-affected catering industry welcomed the long-awaited reopening and was fully prepared for it with strict pandemic control requirements.

Morning tea

t Sunya Restaurant, a famous Cantonese restaurant located on downtown Nanjing Road E., old customers came to take a familiar bite in the morning.

"Sunya is one of my favorite restaurants," said a local woman, who came to enjoy a morning-tea moment with her husband. The couple are loyal customers of the restaurant.

"We planned our visit...