Night Club Street on Hengshan Road
» Shanghai, Jiang Su

衡山路酒吧街 欧陆风情休闲地

Shanghai's first bars were opened in Hengshan Road, and they remain more popular than those elsewhere. Close to Xujiahui Commercial Circle, Hengshan Road is situated in a convenient situation. Here there are bars in great numbers, side by side and in which you can take tea or coffee. A wide variety of bars ranging from the brash to more intimate and quiet abound to suit your every mood. Thus, Hengshan Road at night can be one of the most bustling places in Shanghai.

Exotic flavor

The 3 kilometers long Hengshan Road was built in 1922. This place was in the past a top grade uptown in the former French concession; but now it is the site of the concession.

  • European style architectures
    Half a century has left on Hengshan Road a number of historical architecture and humanistic sights with alien appeal. European style architectures are along this road one after another: foreign buildings, bar houses, open air courtyards and so on. Two lines of bushy chinars standing along road add more exotic favor.
  • Filled with foreigners
    As is located in the former French concession area and with many consulates near by, Hengshan Road is the heading place for expats, tourists, and students from abroad. Connected to Huaihai Road and Xujiahui, the road becomes more popular among foreigners.
  • Speak English
    There is little language barrier because local people here can speak frequently English. This is a busy street but busily in quiet. When the lights are lit, it is under the charming night.

The bar street

Bars are places where the young people in pursuit of fashionable lifestyles like to go to talk about their jobs and lives with friends. There, they can even solve business problems sometimes hard to solve across the negotiation table.

Hengshan Road is the oldest and also the biggest bar street in Shanghai and best known for hosting some of Shanghai's most booming nightlife. In summer night lots of people will have a drink and whisper out side the bar. Drive down the road in the evening and see the area packed with partygoers, with patrons scrambling for taxis, as bright colorful flashing lights shine down from the many area nightspots. There are Irish pubs, discos for dancing, as well as numerous smaller, quiet bars for those who prefer a more relaxed evening.

Where to enjoy

Bars

Many well known bars are from Hengshan Road such as Sasha's Bar, Zapata's Mexican Cantina, Beni's Coffeehouse and Bar, Bourbon Street, Real Love and much more.

  • Sasha's Bar
    As you approach the corner of Hengshan Road and Dongping Road don't be surprised if your eye catches one of Shanghai's most luxurious and prestigious estates. Appropriately located at No. 11 Dongping Road in Shanghai's former French concession area sits one of the most famous Song family mansions built at the turn of the century. With almost one hundred years of revolutionary history and legendary stories, the beautiful European style, three story mansion is now home to Sasha's Restaurant, Bar, and Lounge.
  • Zapata's Mexican Cantina
    More of a bar and dance place than a restaurant, Zapata's continues to hold it's own as one of the most popular expat hangouts on Hengshan Road. The music is loud, and some nights patrons can even be seen dancing their cares away up on top of the bar. With Sasha's located right next door, the two businesses share the courtyard in between for outdoor seating.
  • Beni's Coffeehouse and Bar
    If the high energy dance crowd is not really your kind of thing, Beni's Coffeehouse and Bar near the Hengshan Metro exit 1 will be more your kind of place. Beni's and the other bars surrounding it attract a more mature crowd than Hengshan's disco scene. This is a softly lit, quieter bar, and the more relaxed atmosphere is more conducive to conversation with that certain special someone.

Restaurants

Although the mainstream of this street is the bar, there are teahouses, hotels, hairdressing rooms, disport centers, restaurants and galleries as well. Many various food styles can be found in the restaurants located up and down Hengshan Road. Numerous ethnic eateries abound, from the Tibet Bar with its live Tibetan dance shows, to the Italian food next door at Pasta Fresca da Salvatore. For the Americans there is a TGIFriday's, and British patrons favor a number of Irish pubs for fish and chips. From Cantonese, to Japanese, to Turkish kebabs, there's something for just about everyone's tastes around Hengshan Road.

Other places

In this bar street you can even find exquisite gifts stores. San Zu Wu is a shop special for traditional folk craft goods, and as all the wares are hand made by vendor's mother. Orden Bowling Centre is a newly opened sports centre in Hengshan Road, and it is worthy to go. If you what to experience the colorful life of Shanghai, the first choice will be Hengshan Road.

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  • What should we need to know when visiting Shanghai in different seasons?

    The four seasons are easy to tell apart. The weather is pleasant, and the number of all kinds of products is large in Spring and Autumn.

    Every June and July is the mold rain season, so it is usually humid in hotel rooms. Umbrella is a necessary thing to bring with during the rainy weather.

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    It is usually super hot in July and August. Weather with higher than 35 C usually stays for about ten days, so that prevention from overheat is very necessary.


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    After humid mold rain season and cold winter, there comes the Spring with blooming flowers, or the Autumn with falling red leaves, which are the best the seasons for trevaling.


  • What about the transportation between Shanghai and its surrounding cities?

    Travel line in the east China includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It usually takes about 2C3 hours to travel between cities. Medicine that prevents car-sickness is necessary.

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  • What's the specialty of Shanghai cuisine?

    Shanghai cuisine is a mixture of five different cuisines and western food. Apart from its local food, it also has Beijing cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Yangzhou cuisine, Chaozhou Cuisine, Anhui Cuisine and vegetarian cuisine, etc.

    Of course, Italian food, Russian food, French food, Vietnamese food, Korean food and Japanese food can also be found in Shanghai.

    Local people like food with light seasoning and light sweetness. Rice is their main food. People that like strong seasoning can prepare their own seasonings.

    Travelers with special needs please give us notice before hand, so we can prepare for you earlier according to your requirements.


  • What are the must-eat Shanghai snacks? And what to notice?

    Shanghai Nanxiang Dumplings, Crab Roe Dumplings, Steamed Dumplings Filled with Minced Meat and Gravy, Fermented Rice with Pigeon Eggs, Rib Rice Cakes, Eggs Boiled with Five Ingredients, Five Ingredients Beans, etc. There are a lot of delicious local food.

    Please mind the sanitation when enjoying the tasty food.


  • Where is the most famous area for shopping here?

    The shopping heaven in Shanghai is Nanjing Road. It has a name of 'the number one shopping street in China.' Now all kinds of stores have been opened by all kinds of business people. There are not only old stores that have hundreds of years, but also modern shopping malls like Friendship Europe Shopping Mall, Mancton Square, HUalian Shopping Center, etc.

    Huaihai Road is as famous as Nanjing Road. Shopping malls are standing at each side of the road: Guangna World Center, Paris Spring, Meimei Shopping Center, Parkson, etc. World famous brand can all be found in the shopping malls, which make Shanghai a shopping center of world class.

    Sichuan North Road's stores offer reasonable prices, which attracts a lot of common people. Xizangzhong Road had developed food and travel industry.


  • Where can we visit on our spare time?

    Shanghai is where Chinese movie originated. It is also where a lot of international movie festivals take place. There are world-class theaters. Famous movies and latest movies can all be found in Shanghai's movie theaters.

    Huanyi Movie Theather on Nanjing West Road, Yongle Palace on Anfu Road are the most famous movie theathers in Shanghai.

    You can also go to teahouse. Different from traditional teahouse, the teahouse in Shanghai adds more modern atmosphere that attracts more and more young people.

    New theme parks and amusement parks in Shanghai are good choices too. Modern equipments and beautiful natural scenes will bring you to the ideal land.


  • How about Shanghai's nightlife?

    Bars, KTV and DISCO are indispensable in a busy city like Shanghai. Beautiful lights are like the reflection of the stars, lightening the whole city and bring the city endless liveliness.

    Blue Belt Night Club, Night Paris and the famous Big World are all well known and loved by young people. Dancing people and fragrant martini will make you forget about tiredness and start to enjoy the charm of Shanghai city.


  • How many airports does Shanghai have?

    There are two international airports in Shanghai, which are Hongqiao Aireport and Pudong International Airport.

    Hundreds of airlines are in service, which can reach to every big and medium city in China and some cities in each country.

    Air traffic is very convenient. Pudong International Airport is mainly for international airlines, while Hongqiao Airport is mainly for national airlines.


  • What is the city code of Shanghai?

    Shanghai's area code: 021


Here there are bars in great numbers, side by side and in which you can take tea or coffee. A wide variety of bars ranging from the brash to more intimate and quiet abound to suit your every mood. Thus, the road is best known for hosting some of Shanghai's most booming nightlife.



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