Sure they jumped on the speakeasy bandwagon that’s been near done to death, but the savvy folks behind Shanghai’s handsome American Old West imbiber Senator Saloon simply did it better than the rest.
How? With a sultry space awash in pigmented red walls, Texas-imported pressed tin ceiling, smooth jazz soundtrack, and one of the best hush-hush bar vibes in the city.
A stacked liquor menu focuses on the bar’s whiskey specialty, with covetable bottles of rare US bourbons and ryes; while the cocktail list features classic 1920s cocktails with bitters and syrups all handmade, as well as a couple of original concoctions like the unattractively-monikered but darn-good Stinky Pig with bacon-infused bourbon, maple syrup, and mezcal rinse. One cowboy boot-step through those saloon doors and you could be in a hazy Prohibition Era Texas – giddy up!
Senator Saloon, 98 Wuyuan Lu, Xuhui, Shanghai, +86 21 5423 1330, senatorsaloon.com
