Cocktail Bars in Shanghai
Five cocktail bars in Shanghai, including three on The World's 50 Best Bars and five on Asia's 50 Best.
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarPony Up
A cocktail bar on Jinxian Road, a street known for its concentration of small independent bars and eateries. The room is fitted out with timber panelling, checkered tiling and leather stools, and the bar serves cocktails alongside a short menu of noodles, corn dogs and seasoned fries. The latest lists place it at No. 19 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2026.
230 Jinxian Road, Huangpu DistrictDaily from 13:00Full profile
50 BESTSpeakeasySober Company
Shingo Gokan's Sober Company relaunched in November 2023 with a new brief, come sober, leave tipsy, moving through three areas named Kissa, Izakaya and Sakaba, a journey steeped in Japanese drinking culture. Its original incarnation (café, kitchen, cocktail society and the hidden Tipsy speakeasy) reached No. 39 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2021 and No. 5 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2021, with a Tales of the Cocktail award for Best International Restaurant Bar.
109 Yandang Road, Huangpu, ShanghaiFull profile- Union Trading Company50 BESTCocktail Bar
Union Trading Company
A collaboration between chef Austin Hu and bartender Yao Lu, Union Trading Company keeps Hengshan Road in fun, frivolous drinks with a serious flair for flavor and presentation, the list changes constantly. It reached No.31 on Asia's 50 Best Bars and No.47 in the world in 2021.
306 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District, ShanghaiDaily eveningsFull profile 
50 BESTCocktail BarSpeak Low
The bar that launched Shingo Gokan's SG Group in Shanghai: slide the bookshelf inside the OCHO cocktail-equipment shop and Speak Low climbs through three floors, a New York-energy second floor, a London-meets-Japanese-whisky third, and a members-only top floor of rare bottles. Prohibition America is the theme; it reached No.2 on Asia's 50 Best Bars and No.10 in the world in 2017.
579 Fuxing Zhong Lu, Huangpu, ShanghaiDaily eveningsFull profile
ASIA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarCOA
Jay Khan brought his agave mission to the mainland in 2022, and after the original Jing an site was cleared for a municipal renewal project, Coa reopened in July 2024 on Middle Fuxing Road with four floors and four ideas. Taqueria serves street-style Mexican food and slushies at pavement level, Cantina recreates a Mexican bar of the 1930s and 40s, Salon carries the elevated service of the Hong Kong original, and the Mezcaleria on top is a small Japanese-style agave counter. A compact list runs Mexican flavors over spirits Khan sources directly from traditional producers. No. 95 on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026; sister to Hong Kong Coa, three times No.1 in Asia.
580 Fuxing Zhong Lu, Huangpu, ShanghaiTue-Sun eveningsFull profile
More of Shanghai
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full Shanghai guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 13 with a map and filters.
