Nightlife

Kaiba > Wuding Lu

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 Jing An: 479 Wuding Lu  |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This small neighborhood bar serves up a wide range of rare and expensive Belgian brews, along with other select imports, although there are only peanuts and other ...

TangoBang

 Lujiazui: 545 Pudong Avenue |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   The first bar dedicated to Argentine tango, this bar's founders are tango lovers devoted to spreading their passion. With themed décor, music and drink list, and a...

el Cóctel

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 Former French Concession: 2/F, 47 Yongfu Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This place does just about everything right. Fabulous, comfy space with imaginative furnishings and decor, cool crowd, excellent service and a barman imported from...

Beernest

 Huangpu: 76-82 Zhaozhou Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This beer-lover’s bar serves up over 60 labels, from Dead Guy to Trappist, in a relaxed, home-like venue that encourages friendly conversation among the patrons. J...

Izumi

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 Former French Concession: 21 Yongjia Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This intimate and comfortable Japanese themed bar in the former French Concession has a comprehensive sake and shochu menu–sake and shochu cocktails are the house ...

Roger's

 Gubei/Hongqiao: No. 25 Hongmei Entertainment Street, Lane 3338 Hongmei Lu  |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   Not trying to be anything other than a comfortable haven for a pint or two, this locale is great for a lazy afternoon with your friends. The unpretentious Hongmei ...

Dada

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 Changning: 115 Xingfu Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   Tucked away up a back alley behind the old Anar, this low-lit, graffiti scrawled bar gives us a reason to keep spending our nights on Xingfu Lu though its best-kno...

Yuyintang

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 Changning: 851 Kaixuan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Live Music   The newest incarnation of one of Shanghai's oldest live music entities is arguably the best so far. A small stage and standing-room-only dance floor are complement...

Mokkos

 Zhongshan Park: Rm. 103, 1245 Wuding Xi Lu  |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This is one of the best Japanese-style bars in town. It's hard to find but worth the effort. If you're a fan of shochu, a distilled Japanese spirit, you will be in...

MAO Livehouse Shanghai

 : 308 Chongqing Nan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Live Music   Backed by the people from Soma records, this space is the go-to spot to for large-scale music shows in Shanghai. The venue hosts international and local acts regul...

The 60's Bar

 Changning: 839 Hong Jing Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   The 60's Bar takes you back to the American style Hippie, Rock Music, era. Being in Shanghai, of course it has quite a variety of International customers. (Not man...

[CLOSED] drop

 The Bund: 55 Yuan Ming Yuan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   drop is an import from Hong Kong. For the past 10 years it's been a flashy place to hang out down there. Its Shanghai incarnation is not huge but pretty flashy. He...

Brownstone

 : Building 4, 570 Yongjia Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   The people behind popular American eatery chain Blue Frog set up this cocktail bar in Surpass Court. It's well-lit and has an excellent assortment of cocktails plu...

The Geisha

 Former French Concession: 390 Shaanxi Nan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Nightclubs   This three-story complex features a restaurant serving edgy, West Coast Japanese on the first floor, a club on the second floor and a vaguely The Apartment-esque l...

C's

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 Changning: 685 Dingxi Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   The "c" most definitely stands for cheap at this basement bar, where the scribbles that cover the walls of the labyrinthine interior were likely not planned by the...

[CLOSED] Tara 57

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 Xuhui: 2/F, 57 Fuxing Xi Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   With reddish-purple curtains, simple red sofas and bar stools set around a softly lit island bar, this lounge is the paragon of what a neighborhood lounge should b...

Time Passage

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 Xuhui: 183, Lane 1038 Huashan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This classic rock joint plays all the favorites, from the Beatles to the Doors to Jimi Hendrix, and has live performances on the weekend. With prices appealing to ...

Glamour Bar

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 The Bund: 6/F, 5 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   The über-chic, pink-themed younger sister of the upscale M family is famous for its Champagne selection, wondrous cocktails and orchid-filtered views of Pudong. It...

Constellation > Yongjia Lu

 Former French Concession: 1-2/F, 33 Yongjia Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This Japanese-style bar is a French Concession staple for well-crafted cocktails. The old-fashioned, minimalist interiors provide an intimate setting that lets you...

[CLOSED] Alchemist Cocktail...

 Fuxing Park: Sinan Mansions, Bldg. 32, 45 Sinan Lu |  Map |  Taxi Card

Bars   This "bar with food" from Kelley Lee and Eduardo Vargas features some of the most inventive cocktails ever to be served in Shanghai. Think molecular gastronomy app...