Owned by a French-Vietnamese father and son duo, Cyclo offers an authentic Vietnamese dining experience.

Classics such as spring rolls, pork vermicelli, banh mi and pho – springy vermicelli noodles and tender beef strips in a fragrant beef bone broth – use fresh ingredients and are brought to you by welcoming and accommodating staff.

The second branch (and only current location) of this popular Vietnamese eatery sits inside Found 158, an al fresco subterranean complex in the middle of a park on Julu Lu. Here, you'll find Vietnamese delicacies, as well as Laotian and Cambodian dishes. 

Starting at the beginning of 2022, Cyclo began offering Vietnamese hot pot sets for dinner.

Choose between a Seafood Hot Pot (RMB78) base – an umami rich seafood broth laden with shrimp, pineapple, lemongrass and tomatoes – or a Vietnamese Beef Hot Pot (RMB68) base – an herbal beef broth seasoned with anise, Chinese cardamom and mushrooms. 

Or do like us and go for both, the Double Flavor Hot Pot (RMB88). 

Cyclo offers an expansive menu covering meat, seafood, mushroom and vegetables, with 35 more add-ons to choose from.

Or you can purchase one of the sets including: 

The Vietnamese Beef Hot Pot (RMB188) comprising a meat platter of 150 grams of each of beef slices, pork neck, coconut chicken and beef tongue, plus a mixed vegetable platter, with the Vietnamese beef soup base. 

The Seafood Hot Pot (RMB238) offers up a seafood platter of six shrimp, 200 grams of clams, 150 grams of fish slices, four crab sticks, four shrimp balls, four fish balls and a mixed vegetable platter, with the seafood soup base. 

Finally, there is the Double Flavor Hot Pot (RMB368) that covers all the bases with both a meat and seafood platter spanning six shrimp, 200 grams of clams, 150 grams of fish slices, four crab sticks, four shrimp balls, four fish balls, 150 grams of beef and a mixed vegetable platter with a duo of both the seafood and beef broths. 

Every set also comes with three delectable dipping sauces – a sweet Thai chili sauce, a lemon pepper sauce and a zippy calamansi sauce. 

Our favorite part about the entire Vietnamese hotpot experience – you can actually drink the broth.

And it’s downright delicious. 

The seafood soup base is our favorite, a tangy, refreshing broth reminiscent of a light Tom Yum, while the beef soup is aromatically spiced, with an herbal finish.

Whichever you choose, both are equally fragrant, healthy and ideal for warming your soul during Shanghai’s dreary winter. 

We also highly suggest ordering the shrimp and fish balls; they are flavorful and springy, bouncing like golf balls in the broth. 

Pair your hotpot with any of their classic cocktails or signature creations.

We suggest the Rose of Love (RMB80) with whiskey, vodka, egg white, pineapple and lemon juice. 

Or the Shanghai Sky (RMB65), a notably neon blue libation due to the addition of Blue Curacao, plus Malibu rum, lychee juice, gin and vodka.  

The hotpot is set to stay on Cyclo’s menu through the end of the cold weather season and into summer based on its already growing popularity, but we suggest swinging by soon to weather Shanghai’s impending cold front before spring arrives. 

Cyclo, 158 Julu Lu, Found 158, by Ruijin Yi Lu, 巨鹿路158号Found 158, 近瑞金一路.