About this place

My home away from home and office, Zentral is my absolute favorite place to eat a healthy meal, sip on a great latte, and enjoy free wireless internet for hours with nothing but smiles from the sweet (and bilingual) wait staff.
 
The menu is a fantastic mix of western dishes that are sure to please any foreign guest. My favorites are the fresh bread with olive tapenade, the veggie burrito, and the Norwegian smoked salmon sandwich.  For lunch and dinner, Zentral also serves pizzas, pastas and wraps.  Instead of fries, each meal comes with Zentral’s home baked tortilla chips and fresh salsa (yummy and addictive – a big basket is offered as a starter).  A big breakfast menu features omelets (including an option of egg whites only), pancakes, and build-your-own breakfast sandwiches.  The smoothies are also great. My current favorite is the Power Boost, a healthy mix of bananas, milk, yogurt, and protein powder.  For lunch and dinner Zentral also boasts a few imported wines and beers as well as the option to add a shot of vodka to your favorite smoothie…
 
Perhaps the most original aspect of Zentral’s menu is that each item is listed with its calorie, fat, protein and carbohydrates content.  In a town (or an entire country) that loves oil on every dish, this health driven restaurant is greatly appreciated by the health conscious and those that need a break from the heavy local Shanghai cuisine.
 
Zentral offers a fresh ambiance with a non-smoking section in the back along with a cozy corner of couches to lounge on.  A small but nice selection of English books fills the shelves in the corner and adds to the feeling that Zentral would love for you to stay all day. Enjoy!
 
How to get there: Take Metro line 1 to Huangpi Nanlu Exit onto Huangpi Nanlu, and then walk south until you hit Fuxing Lu (about four blocks).  Zentral is on the corner and easy to spot.

Other Locations:
R27-28 Pudong Green Sports & Leisure Center, No.633 Biyun Lu, Shanghai (上海市碧云路633号碧云体育休闲中心R27-28)
Tel: +86 (0)21 5030 6047

No.567, Huangpi Nanlu, (by Fu Xing Zhonglu), Shanghai (上海市黄陂南路567号, 近复兴中路)
Tel: +86 (0)21 6374 5815