The Fat Olive is David Laris descending the Bund, and partnering with the people who brought you Maya and the Velvet Lounge to open up a wine & mezze bar. It is a modest and relaxed velvet-couched lounge inside with an spacious adjoining patio.
Daily: 9.30am til late Mezze served all day.
URBN picks
The Fat Olive
Dong Jia Du – Fabric Market
One-stop shopping that includes fabrics for all styles, purposes, and occasions. You can find silks (Chinese, Shantung, and Thai), linen, leather, cashmere, wool, and lace. You can also get anything made by skillful tailors. Open Daily 10am – 6pm
Xintiandi
Xintiandi is a car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seating. It is composed of an area of restored traditional shikumen (“stone gate”) houses on narrow alleys, some adjoining houses which now serve as retail space.
Tai Kang Lu
Taikang Lu is an arts and crafts enclave that has risen from a renovated residential area. It is known for small craft stores, coffee shops, trendy art, and small streets.
Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art and boasts the cities most impressive visiting collections, situated in the People’s Square. Daily 9am-5pm. Last entry 4pm
Urban planning museum
This Exhibition Hall displays Shanghai’s urban planning and development. Exhibitions include models of planning, recent developments and Shanghai’s history. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a huge scale model of the city of Shanghai, showing all existing and approved buildings. Mon-Thu: 9am- 5pm (last entrance 4pm) Fri-Sun: 9am- 6pm (last entrance 5pm)
Jade Budda temple
Founded in 1882, The Jade Buddha Temple is an active Chan (Zen) Buddhist monastery, but the real emphasis is squarely on tourism; namely the temple’s two white jade Buddhas. The temple houses a seated Buddha (1.95 meters tall, 3 tons), and a smaller reclining Buddha. ¥15 entrance fee. 11:00am-1:00pm; 5:30pm-8:00pm
Walk the Bund
The former financial center of Asia circa 1920, the Bund is home to historic buildings of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neo-Classical, Beaux-Arts, and Art Deco architecture. Contrast the historic buildings with the views of ultra-modern Pudong across the Huangpu river, and it makes for a fantastic glimpse of old and new Shanghai.
Yu Garden
Located in the center of the Old City, Yu Garden is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region. On the property you will find an inner garden, a lotus pool, traditional Chinese architecture, the Ten-Thousand Flower Tower, and lots of tourist shopping.
Lost Heaven – Yunnan
Lost Heaven brings to the heart of Shanghai traditional foods of the various ethnic groups in China. The best dishes from the areas of Dali, Lijiang, and Burma include the foods of the Dai, Bai, and Miao ethnic minority groups. Dishes are prepared with unique ingredients and precious knowledge of Yunnan chefs.
