Shanghai Club Building
LandmarkThe Bund & East Nanjing Road
SHANGHAI CLUB BUILDING · SHANGHAI ZONGHUI DALOU
Free
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Bund No. 2, the 1910 neoclassical clubhouse of colonial Shanghai's British elite — home of the legendary 110.7-foot Long Bar, once called the longest in the East. Today it is the Waldorf Astoria: order a drink at the faithfully recreated Long Bar or take afternoon tea and you're inside, no room key needed.
AdmissionExterior free; inside means the Long Bar, afternoon tea or a restaurant
LandmarkBund No. 2
Address2 Zhongshan East 1st Road
Book the Long Bar or afternoon tea via the Waldorf Astoria site or phone; weekends fill up
The Long Bar opens at 17:30 — the first hour is quietest; afternoon tea is served at Salon de Ville 14:00-18:00. Cross the street for the full twin-cupola elevation.
Did you know
- The old Long Bar had a strict pecking order — the window seats facing the river were reserved for taipans; today a single drink buys you the taipan's view.
- Completed in 1910, one of the Bund's first reinforced-concrete buildings; the pair of baroque cupolas on the roof is its skyline signature.
- Waldorf Astoria since its late-2010 soft opening (full debut 2011) — the Long Bar was rebuilt to its 1920s photographs: a 110.7-foot main run plus a 39-foot L-shaped return.
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