Shanghai

I like Shanghai! Spacier than some George St clubs and with better music (actually plays some house music, as well as club remixes of chart hits much better than repeating Rihanna radio edits all night long like some clubs do), I had great fun. There’s even free pizza on Tuesdays! I don’t find drinks or entry to be unreasonably priced, and service is fast and friendly. From all of the George Street clubs (I’ve tried them all), this is definitely my favourite.

Apparently I entered Shanghai on a night drastically different from the nights the previous comments defined.
I found Shanghai to be one of the worse clubs I have been to in Edinburgh. I got there after pre-​gaming at some other bars around Edinburgh and was definitely feeling good and excited for the hype of Shanghai. I walked in to found myself hit with an exorbitant entrance fee — after convincing myself that it was worth it I walked in to find the place absolutely packed. It was incredibly difficult to move about and the dancing was less dancing and more trying to stand straight as belligerent drunks continued to fall over throughout the night. The place was in awful condition — people dropped their drinks as they finished them leading to a humongous collection of broken glass and ice cubes on the floor making it dangerous.
I will admit the bartending was quick but found that they were poorly prepared — the were out of several drinks before I finally ordered one that they had and then found that to be extremely more expensive than drinks around Edinburgh (compounded with the entrance fee I was not happy).
Music was good — but it seemed to repeat certain songs several times. Over the course of the 2 hours that I was there I believe I heard two separate songs three times each — either they have a lot of turnaround in the club or people really, really like those songs. By 2:00am it seemed that it was about 75% guys in the club and that the remaining girls were making frequent trips to the bathroom to purge the one-​to-​many drinks.
Overall I don’t see myself coming back here ANYTIME soon unless they’ve got a night with some good deals and there’s less belligerence. Several better places to go in Edinburgh — check those out first.

I’ve had some great nights in Shanghai, often after starting the night in the great bar, Le Monde, upstairs. It’s not the biggest of clubs and the dance floor can get really really busy at the weekends, but it’s a great little place for dancing and meeting new people. The music generally includes a lot of hip hop, rnb, and dance remixes, which are great for boogie-​ing to. As you walk in, there’s also a great pool of water effect on the floor where the fish scatter as you walk across it! The drinks are typically priced for an Edinburgh club and service is usually pretty quick. The club’s layout means there’s plenty of little corners to hide away from the crowd in, and there’s a decent amount of seating to rest tired feet but generally, I wouldn’t recommend you go to Shanghai unless you’re looking for a good old dance!

This is one of my favourite clubs in Edinburgh. Although it isn’t huge it is really beautifully designed and there is an ingenius quiet room where they somehow manage to dub out the deafening beats long ebough for you to catch your breath and get a drink from the bar. The dance floor isn’t huge but again it’s Shanghai’s whole packeage that seals the deal for me. The drinks arent outrageously priced either and you can gurantee a good night out everytime you go. A bonus too is that you can leave the really nice Le Monde upstairs, (Shanghai is owned by them too) and hey presto your immediately outside a great club for the night without hailing taxi’s or having to walk miles in 6 inch heels!