Birds of Paradise is a tiki bar and restaurant in Shanghai by mixologist Yao Lu and chef Austin Hu. Great cocktails, Polynesian-inspired food, and brunch.
CÉ LA VI Shanghai is a bar/club/restaurant on The Bund. Their MO involves an iconic rooftop locale, modern Asian food, cocktails, and rave-worthy parties.
Here are three new restaurants you might have missed. Chuckville slays with BBQ, neighborhood bar Jobu serves Taiwanese bites, and crayfish rolls at ROUROU.
Arch explores the spectrum of distillates in craft cocktails and plays on east-meets-west ingredients. That, and surprisingly good pastas.
The barbecue at Cages is legit. And if you haven’t been to or heard about Cages Bar & Sports, you’re missing out on one of the most epic sports bars in Shanghai.
Taiwanese group Kanpai open The Oden, a Japanese restaurant and bar with an intensive sake program and a refined take on the Japanese simmered snack.
If you love Bloody Marys as much as I do, you’d find this list helpful. Here’s a list of Bloody Marys at some of my favorite restaurants & bars in Shanghai.
Monkey is a cocktail bar and lounge in Shanghai with acclaimed mixologist Jackie Lo at the helm. Craft cocktails, chili cheese burgers, and hip-hop at this Shanghai fixture.
UP Shanghai is a bar/lounge catering to hip parvenu socialite types, F&B industry heads, and the who’s who of nightlife. Cocktails that don’t break the bank, bar bites, and good vibes.