The Peninsula Shanghai
LandmarkThe Bund & East Nanjing Road
THE PENINSULA SHANGHAI · SHANGHAI BANDAO JIUDIAN
Free
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Bund No. 32, opened in 2009 — the first new building on the Bund in some sixty years, and the answer to every visitor's 'wait, which one is new?': it was deliberately designed in 1920s-30s art-deco so it melts into the historic skyline. Lobby afternoon tea and the rooftop Sir Elly's Terrace are the easiest ways in.
AdmissionExterior free; going inside means afternoon tea, the bar or a restaurant
LandmarkBund No. 32
Address32 Zhongshan East 1st Road
Book afternoon tea or Sir Elly's via the Peninsula site or phone; sunset terrace slots go early
Lobby tea queues on weekends — weekday afternoons are safest; reserve ahead for a sunset terrace seat at Sir Elly's.
How to visit
- The Peninsula's lobby afternoon tea with live strings is the most accessible slice of old-Bund ceremony money can buy.
- Sir Elly's restaurant is on 13, its terrace on 14 — facing the river and Lujiazui head-on, one of the north Bund's best sunset vantage points (Sun-Thu 17:00-24:00, Fri-Sat to 1:00).
- The fleet of brewster-green Rolls-Royces and the pageboy uniforms at the door are Peninsula signatures — photos welcome.
Did you know
- Most passers-by never notice it's from 2009 — stone facade, vertical lines and stepped massing all follow the old Bund's rules; it's the only new build allowed into this skyline.
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