The Red House (红房子西菜馆 Hongfangzi xicanguan) is a restaurant in Shanghai serving a Shanghainese-style of Western food, known as Haipai cuisine.
[1] Red House was opened in 1935 by Louis Rovere, an Italian Jew, at 845 Avenue Joffre (then 霞飞路 Xiafei Road ; now 淮海中路 Huaihai Middle Road).with the name Chez Rovere (罗威饭店 Luo Wei fandian).
After the Japanese surrender in 1945, he returned to the restaurant business and in 1946 opened another restaurant at 37 Ave du Roi Albert (now Shaanxi South Road), again serving Western food, this time with the name Chez Louis Bar (喜乐意 Xi Le Yi).
In 1998, the Red House, now owned by Asia Furama, was transformed into a joint-stock enterprise.
There is a popular saying, "Going to the Red House to eat Western food" （吃西菜到红房子 Chi xican dao hongfangzi).