Long Bar, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund

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The Bund's old Shanghai Club bar, rebuilt inside the Waldorf Astoria

⚠ Live jazz Wed–Sat nights only

Hours

Sun–Thu 17:30–01:00, Fri–Sat 17:30–02:00 (hotel website)

Budget

Cocktails about ¥130–175 each

Address

Shanghai Club building, Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, 2 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu

The Shanghai Club began in 1861 as a British gentlemen's club and moved into this building in 1910; its L-shaped bar was billed as the longest in the Far East. The building later became a hotel and, briefly in the 1990s, a KFC, before the Waldorf Astoria rebuilt the bar from old photographs. Dark wood panelling, a white marble counter and a long row of leather stools set the tone, and an American-style jazz band plays Wednesday to Saturday nights. Order the Shanghai Buck, which the hotel calls China's first classic cocktail, before or after a walk along the riverfront.