Shanghai Nightlife

The sun sets in the West, but it rises in the East. In Shanghai you can party when the sun goes down and still be out having a great time when the sun circles back around in the morning. Keep it real with these hip, fun and loud bars and clubs. Join in on the night-long fun by hitting all of them in one night.

For a wild night on the town there are only a few options where you'll be able to dance until you literally drop. Zapatas, a kindly Mexican eatery by day, becomes a wild and raging party by night. Mao, with a pay-at-the-door all you can drink option is one wild location where you'll be shocked to find yourself out danced, out drank and out lasted by the city's dedicated party crowd.

If you are not into dancing on bars or swinging on poles, head to Sasha's, where you'll find the city's more chill residents relaxing under umbrellas outside until all hours of the night. Or, with the recently renovated O'Malley's Pub, you'll find high class and charm located conveniently in the bar district.

Unparalleled for mystical beauty and charm, Face offers a romantic nightlife option. Lit by candles and scented like sandalwood and jasmine, you'll find yourself lost in your lover's gaze until morning at Face.

Bar Rouge and Glamor Bar, on the Bund, offer a place for the city's artsy crowd to gather and show off their designer clothing and accessories while chatting up the actual designers and artists. These are the places to see and be seen in the art circles.

For cheaper, wilder fun, Mural Bar and Malone's are down-to-earth alternatives where there is no dress code, no door charge and no one judging if your shoes are limited edition. You can show up without shoes, in fact!

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