In a city with a very commercial - yet often rather dull - bar scene, this is quite a find. In the smoky lobby area, guests loll on cushions in opium-den style, while the main bar really gets going when the ska does. It's the regular live ska band that makes this bar, though the general feel of illicit pleasures in darkened chambers gives you quite a blast from Shanghai's past.
85 Huating Road, corner of Huaihai Road - right on Changshu Road Subway, exit 1.
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It's still a cool bar, only now it has grown up. At four times the size, the new Tanghui has four floors and plays rock and roll and electro in two seperate areas concurrently. I believe that Tang Hui has been a victim of its own success. It's since relocated to 85 Huating Lu, but keep on eye on sites such as Shanghaiist for news:www.shanghaiist.com/archives/2006/09/05/tang_hui_cancel.php
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