Shanghai Blues

Built in the Holborn town hall building this is 95% restaurant and only 5% bar. In fact the bar portion is such a crust of the sandwich of this wonderful establishment that it would be dubious to review just its bar without noting that its food, although rather expensive, reflects a fusion in Chinese cuisine that completely makes the eater feel closer to the routes of eastern aural enlightenment than monkey feasting on the first ripe banana of the season.

The bar in comparison stocks your usual variety of liquors and spirits, a few of the more obscure Chinese beers and serves and pours everything with the sharpest of skill and precision to leave you feeling completely overwhelmed by the service, yet hurting in the regions of the wallet.

Overall a well decorated, knock-out experience in cuisine with a bar that doesn’t quite match or even compliment the experience but leaves one with the impression that waiting for a table at the bar would hold very few individuals to stay and not seek quality eats elsewhere.

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I love this restaurant. The food is delicious - the dim sum are the best I have ever had and the evening menu is to die for - love the steamed sea-bass. The service is very attentive and the venue is really sophisticated. I can't recommend it stronly enough!

"Absolutely suberb cuisine. Well mannered, courteous staff. No riff-raff here. Excellent wines and food. An absolute delight to enjoy. Highly recommended."