Comluck – The Best Cantonese in old Shanghai?

The Comluck Cantonese restaurant on Nanking Road was part of a group of Cantonese kitchens, cafes and restaurants operated in Shanghai before the war by a group that also ran the Cantonese restaurant in the Pacific Hotel in the China United Assurance Building, opposite the race course (still there). The Comluck was opened in the late 1930s at a cost (then fantastical) of C$6 million and described as ‘luxourious’.

The Comluck advertised the best Cantonese in town but most memoirs and guide books direct diners to either the King Hwa (on Foochow Road) or the Sun Ya (719 Nanking Road)