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Where to Stay

Twelve at Hengshan, French Concession
Wallpaper, Financial Times
Slick contemporary hotel, located amidst art deco gems in Shanghai's French Concession. "The Interior design [of Twelve at Hengshan]&nb ...
Four Seasons Shanghai, Pudong
Wallpaper
The Four Seasons Shanghai, located in Pudong (the city's financial and commerical hub) is the best business hotel in Shanghai, according to Wallpaper in ...
The Waterhouse at South Bund, Riverside by the Bund
Wallpaper, Tatler, New York Social Diary, Our Friends
"Take a historic docklands factory, give it a complete designer overhaul and you’ve got the Waterhouse at South Bund, the latest word in Shan ...
Peninsula Shanghai, Bund, Huanpu River
Wallpaper, Town and Country
New luxury hotel on Shanghai's historic Bund waterfront, voted "Best Business Hotel" by Wallpaper in December 2010. [Wallpaper] &nbs ...
Puli Hotel and Spa, JingAn District
Town and Country
Slick new design hotel in Shanghai. Town & Country writes, "The Puli enhances its contemporary design with a keen sense of place and history. T ...
Hyatt on the Bund, Bund, northern end
New York Social Diary, Wallpaper
Wallpaper's choice for business travellers visiting Shanghai, located on the banks of the Huangpu River with easy access to Shanghai's airports and key ...
URBN, Nanjing Road (shopping dist.), 2 blocks away
Our Friends, Financial Times, Vogue
New 27-room carbon-conscious hotel in Shanghai. "...Built within a former warehouse from recycled materials (old Shanghai bricks, reclaimed wood), ...
Park Hyatt, Pudong
Wallpaper, Wallpaper
New, super-plush hotel in Shanghai, way-up on the 79th to 93rd floors of the city's World Financial Center.  The Park Hyatt's hotel recep ...
Kayumanis Nanjing, Nanjing
Town and Country
Good side trip from Shanghai, less than four hours away by car.   This new lakeside resort boasts 21 super-stylish villas featuring ...
JIA Shanghai
Vogue, Wallpaper
Hip, super-stylish design hotel in a 1920's building, in the center of Shanghai. Wallpaper comments, "the 55 rooms combine the local and the fashio ...
Mansion Hotel, French Concession
Our Friends
30 plush, boutique-style rooms in a grand,  Art Deco villa in the French Concession. ...
Pudi Boutique Hotel, French Concession
Our Friends
Classic boutique hotel, in the heart of Shanghai's French Concession. ...
88 Xintiandi, Xintiandi
Our Friends, Financial Times, Town and Country
Stylish, well-appointed boutique hotel for the business traveller in Shanghai.  Contemporary Asian decor.  Individual in-room offices, a certi ...
The Astor Hotel, North side of Garden Bridge
Our Friends
A funky choice for the budget traveller. Old, colonial style hotel in need of renovation. The rooms are clean and spartan. ...

Where to Eat

Capo, Bund
Wallpaper
Cool new Italian restaurant in Shanghai, boasting a "modern monastery" ambience, which Wallpaper praised in April 2013.  Capo showcase ...
Lan Club, Bund
New York Social Diary
Posh, massive lounge-restaurant in Shanghai, with a super-slick interior by Phillipe Starck.   "Lan is often compared to Wol ...
Kartel, French Concession
Wallpaper
DRINKS ONLY.  Chic new lounge in Shanghai's French Concession. Wallpaper comments about Kartel,  "The space is a dramatic  mix ...
Fu 1088, Changning District
Financial Times
In July 2010, Fuschia Dunlop writes for the FT, "At its best, Shanghainese cooking can be superb, and there’s no better place to try it than ...
100 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area
Wallpaper
Big-ticket, haute-cuisine dinner in Beijing, in a hyper-swanky setting on the 91st floor of the Park Hyatt Hotel (also a good spot just for drinks) ...
Sichuan Citizen, French Concession
Wallpaper
Wallpaper admired the interior of this two-story restaurant serving "spruced-up" spicy cuisine in the French Concession. "Expect plenty o ...
1931 Bar & Restaurant, French Concession
Our Friends
"For cozy homestyle local cuisine, 1931 (Bar & Restaurant) is the best."  [Departures, March/April 2008, AMEX Platinum members] Excel ...
Jade on 36
Town and Country, Wallpaper
Top floor of the Pudong Shangri-La hotel. Amazing views. Wallpaper admired its cutting edge architecture and its avant garde fusion cuisine with dishes ...
Le Garcon Chinois
Our Friends
One of the best kept secrets in Shanghai, tucked away on a lane next to Yang's Kitchen.  Modern take on Chinese classics. ...
Shintori, French Concession
Our Friends
Stark, warehouse-like space, fashionably tucked away in the French concession. Used to be a cinema for retired Government officials. The trendiest Japan ...
Vedas, Xuhui
Our Friends
Best Indian restaurant in Shanghai with an emphasis on South and East Indian cuisine. Book in advance. Stylish decor with a maharajah- style lounge ...
Pier One
Wallpaper
Hip spot in Shanghai, set in a former brewery, encompassing the supper club Mimosa, the nightclub Minx, and the rooftop bar Monsoon, as well a ...
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