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  1. A cocktail bar on Nanchang Road where the design philosophy comes from Virgil Abloh's 3% rule: change an existing thing by just that much and it becomes something new. The shelves hold a select few bottles, the lighting is considered, and nothing extra survives the edit. The drinks menu is equally spare, which either feels like restraint or curation depending on your mood, but the room makes a strong argument for less.

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  2. Rank 100. Sky59 Rooftop Bar

    Cocktail Bar

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  3. Rank 100. Suzu Bar

    Japanese Cocktail Bar

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  4. Rank 100. T12 : Lab

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  5. Address
    80 Yong Kang Lu, Xu Hui Qu, China, 200031 · Shanghai
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Monday 8 AM–8 PM

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  7. Rank 106. 1929 by Guillaume Galliot

    Contemporary French

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  8. Rank 106. Arva

    Modern Italian

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  9. Rank 106. Aster by Joshua Paris

    Contemporary European

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  10. Rank 106. Bai Rong

    Shandong Seafood

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  15. Rank 106. Coquille

    French

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  16. Rank 106. Cuivre

    Contemporary French

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  17. Rank 106. De Xing Guan (Guangdong Road)

    Shanghainese Noodle Shop

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  19. Rank 106. Dining Room

    Zhejiang

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  21. Rank 106. Fucheng

    Minnan

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  22. Rank 106. Gongxi Gongxi (Pudong)

    Zhejiang Seafood

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  24. Rank 106. Hakkasan

    Modern Cantonese

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  25. Rank 106. Hang Yuen Hin

    Cantonese

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  29. Rank 106. Hui Ji

    Anhui

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  31. Rank 106. Kanpai Classic (Huangpu)

    Australian Wagyu Barbecue

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  35. Rank 106. Les Nuages

    Contemporary Shanghainese

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  37. Rank 106. Lin Jiang Yan

    Creative Huaiyang

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  38. Rank 106. Mercado 505

    Seafood Spanish

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  39. Rank 106. Mercato

    Italian

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  40. Rank 106. Mi Shang

    Sicilian

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  42. Rank 106. Mr & Mrs Bund

    Contemporary French

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  43. Rank 106. Nabi

    Contemporary Korean

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  45. Rank 106. Nuits

    Contemporary French

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  46. Rank 106. Numata Sou

    Tempura Japanese

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  47. Rank 106. Pop

    Classic European

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  49. Rank 106. Scarpetta

    Italian

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  50. Rank 106. Scilla

    Mediterranean

    A Tuscan-born chef running a Mediterranean restaurant inside an art deco brick mansion on Panyu Road is either a very good idea or a very Shanghai one, and here it turns out to be both. The room leans into the Riviera fantasy with white tablecloths and big sunny windows, while the kitchen keeps things grounded with local Chinese produce on the plate. Relaxed enough to feel easy, polished enough to feel considered.


  51. Rank 106. Shanghai

    Shanghainese

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  52. Rank 106. Shanghai Club

    Shanghainese

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  53. Rank 106. Shanghai Tavern

    Contemporary American

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    Address
    1F, Shanghai Edition, 199 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Chinese Mainland · Shanghai
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 AM

    Monday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–4:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  54. Rank 106. Shaughnessy

    Steakhouse

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  55. Rank 106. Stonesal

    Steakhouse

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  56. Rank 106. Sui Tang Li

    Contemporary Chinese

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  57. Rank 106. Summer Palace

    Cantonese

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  58. Rank 106. The Meat

    Steakhouse

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  59. Rank 106. The Pine

    European

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  62. Rank 106. Torikaze

    Yakitori Japanese

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  63. Rank 106. Trine

    Sichuan

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  64. Rank 106. Undef Ne

    Coffee


  65. Velvet tufted chairs, vintage blue bricks, and art collected from assorted corners of the world set the mood at this Hui cuisine restaurant inside the Jin Jiang Cypress Hotel. The kitchen sources most of its ingredients directly from Anhui, including mouldy tofu, a regional staple that sounds alarming and tastes like a revelation. The braised pork trotter simmers in a marinade that's been going for decades, which is either dedication or stubbornness, possibly both.

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  67. Rank 106. Wenzhou Said

    Zhejiang

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  68. Rank 106. Xin Yuan Lou

    Cantonese

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  70. Rank 106. Yè Shanghai

    Shanghainese

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  73. Rank 106. Yong Xing

    Huaiyang

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  74. You walk into Barules through a scarlet London phone box, which sets the tone nicely. Inside, this cocktail bar pays quiet tribute to the craft, with portraits of bartending legends lining the walls and glass cabinets full of cocktail kit. The menu leans fresh and fruit-forward rather than classical, which surprises you given all the reverence on display. A bar for people who know the names on those portraits and enjoy the slight irony of ordering something bright and tropical beneath them.


  75. A retro Coca-Cola vending machine in what looks like an abandoned sandwich shop turns out to be the door, which is exactly the kind of entrance Flask deserves. The bar sits behind it down a narrow brick passage that fire marshals would probably prefer not to know about. It's the sort of cocktail bar that makes you feel briefly like a genius for finding it, then immediately guilty for telling anyone.


  76. Rank 175. Oji

    Speakeasy

    Dial zero on the retro telephone tucked inside El Ocho and a door opens into a 17-seat cocktail bar where there is no menu, only a conversation. The bartender listens, then builds something to order, while hot towels and crystal water glasses set a register closer to Tokyo than Shanghai. The passion here is personal in a way a larger room could never sustain.



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  78. Rank 179. El Ocho

    Cocktail Bar

    A warren of mirror-lined rooms on the third floor of Zhang Yuan, this cocktail bar runs on velvet seats, low light, and a sunken bar that makes the whole place feel like a speakeasy someone actually finished decorating. The menu skews classical, organized by Old-Fashioneds, Flips, Tiki, and the rest, with dark spirits leading the charge. The name is Spanish for eight, which is lucky, which the Chinese know, which means the odds are already in your favor.


  79. Tucked into the first floor of an apartment block on Wukang Lu, this cocktail bar commits to a decorating scheme where Qing dynasty meets Louis XVI, with gilt, lacquer, velvet in purple and scarlet, lion heads, and birdcages all arriving at once. The menu balances house originals against classics like the Bramble and Sidecar, though the room has already done most of the theatrical heavy lifting before your drink arrives.


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