Boutique hotels
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Jia Shanghai
- Style
- Luxe urban apartments
- Setting
- Shopping-central Nanjing Road
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The Puli Hotel and Spa
- Style
- Flash in the Han
- Setting
- Perched by Jing'An Park
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The Waterhouse at South Bund
- Style
- Designer dockyard digs
- Setting
- Riverside by the famous Bund
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URBN Hotels Shanghai
- Style
- Contemporary carbon-neutral cool
- Setting
- French Concession quarter
Shanghai Eating, drinking and dancing
Restaurants
(+86 (0)21 6279 7188)
Bali Laguna
This restaurant is a Balinese island paradise with scented blooms, exotic statuary and carved teak furniture in a pretty residence beside a lily-carpeted lake in the middle of Jingan Park. This is a popular spot with the local romantics and is a very chilled out option in an urban metropolis.
189 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200040
(+86 (0)21 6882 8888)
Jade on 36
Adam D Tihany’s eccentric design (giant snuff bottles and a deconstructed rice bowl) and French chef Paul Pairet’s deliciously quirky molecular cuisine conspire to make Pudong Shangri-La’s signature restaurant Jade on 36 one of the city’s most talked-about new dining experiences. The bar, in a fuchsia-inlaid jade box, is a destination in its own right offering creative cocktails, international DJs and jaw-dropping views of the Bund and TV tower.
Tower 2, Pudong Shangri-La, 33 Fu Cheng Lu, Shanghai
(+86 (0)21 6321 7733)
Jean Georges
This gastronomic temple at is the three-Michelin-star chef’s only signature restaurant outside New York. Inspired by old Shanghai grandeur, the moody lounge is filled with pony-hair club chairs and eel-skin benches leading through to a luxurious burnished copper and cobalt blue dining room.
3 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai
+86 21 6350 9988
M on the Bund
Australian expat Michelle Garnaut draws the crowds to this sassy Shanghai lass for modern European cuisine, elegant afternoon teas, legendary weekend brunches and the justifiably famous pavlova.
Seventh floor, No. 5 The Bund, Shanghai
(+86 (0)21 5155 8322)
Pier One
A welcome relief from incessant high rises, this Art Deco building boasts a bar, restaurant and club overlooking the river. The Mimosa Supperclub is a stunning multi-level restaurant of cushion-strewn booths. Order a ginga ninja to get started and see if you can book the private glass-walled room, overlooking the other diners.
82 Yi Chang Road, Suzhou Creek, Shanghai, 200060
+86 21 6311 2323
Ye Shanghai
Divine dim sum and Shanghainese specialites are served up in a sexy space that's decked out with dark wood furniture, silk screens and flickering lanterns.
338 Huang Pi Nan Road, Xintiandi, Shanghai, China
Bars
(+86 (0)21 6339 1199)
Bar Rouge
The view from the Bund at night is awesome, and this bar on the 7th floor at Bund 18 is one of the best places for evening cocktails.
Level 7, 18 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai
(+86 (0)21 6350 9988)
Glamour Bar
This bar is a great spot to drink cocktails (try the Glamour Bar’s Orange Marmalade martini) and watch the neon come alive. Avoid overly hectic Saturday nights.
5 Guangdong Road, The Bund, Shanghai
+86 21 6391 2811
M1NT
A modern-day members' club with outposts in Beijing and Cannes, M1NT is a style-savvy nightspot that offers contemporary dining, killer cocktails, and dance sessions courtesy of Shanghai's hottest DJs.
Level 24, 318 Fuzhou Lu, Shanghai, China
