The Verified Badge shows users that your venue is actively maintained and recently confirmed by SmartShanghai. It helps communicate trust, accuracy, and relevance — especially for users who may not know your venue yet.

Rather than looking outdated or uncertain, your listing signals that it is part of our active network of trusted venue partners.

• “Recently Verified” badge displayed on your listing
• Signals that the venue is open and information is actively maintained
• Helps communicate business hour changes and seasonal updates
• Builds trust with new users deciding where to go
• Shows your venue is in active contact with SmartShanghai

Promote your regular offers such as lunch deals, brunch menus, happy hours, and weekly specials directly on SmartShanghai.

These listings help users quickly discover where to go for good value — especially during lunch breaks, weekend brunch plans, or after-work drinks.

• Publish ongoing deals like lunch sets, brunch menus, and happy hours
• Regular reminders from our team to submit or update offers
• Listings appear in relevant dining and deals sections
• Helps users quickly find value-driven dining options
• Even one new table from SmartShanghai can already cover the monthly package cost

Throughout the year, SmartShanghai publishes popular seasonal dining guides for occasions like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and other key holidays.

With this feature, we actively reach out to you ahead of these seasonal moments and invite you to submit your special menus, promotions, or themed events.

• Priority inclusion in SmartShanghai seasonal dining roundups
• Advance reminders before key holidays and seasonal events
• Promotions listed within one working day after submission
• Exposure to users actively searching for seasonal dining options
• Opportunity to showcase special menus, brunches, and themed events

Active Promotion puts your venue in front of users who are not specifically searching for you yet.

Instead of relying only on users browsing categories or searching for your venue, SmartShanghai actively recommends your listing across the platform — helping you reach a wider audience and attract new customers.

• Your venue appears as a sponsored suggestion on other venue pages
• Placement within relevant restaurant and dining content
• Exposure to users browsing similar venues and categories
• Helps introduce your venue to new audiences
• Significantly larger reach compared to passive listings

SmartShanghai’s editorial team actively features restaurants, bars, and cafés in guides, roundups, and lifestyle articles read by the city’s international community.

With Editorial Support, your venue is guaranteed to receive editorial exposure over time. Our editors will include your venue in suitable content such as dining guides, themed roundups, or featured profiles.

• Guaranteed editorial exposure across SmartShanghai content
• Inclusion in relevant restaurant roundups and dining guides
• Potential featured venue profiles or highlights
• Selection and timing determined by our editorial team
• Organic integration into trusted editorial content

This allows your venue to benefit from SmartShanghai’s editorial reach while maintaining the authentic voice readers trust.

Many restaurants and bars are also ideal venues for private events such as birthday parties, company dinners, product launches, and celebrations.

This feature allows you to promote your venue specifically as an event space on SmartShanghai.

• Dedicated section on your venue listing for private events
• Upload brochures, event packages, and capacity information
• Showcase photos from previous events and setups
• Included in SmartShanghai’s Event Spaces directory
• Reach users and companies actively looking for venues

Turn your venue listing into a marketing page for private events and group bookings.

Every new SmartShanghai user receives a welcome email introducing them to the city and highlighting interesting places to eat, drink, and explore.

Your venue can be featured as one of these recommendations — putting you directly in front of people who have just arrived in Shanghai and are eager to discover new places.

• Featured recommendation in SmartShanghai’s welcome email
• Reaches newly registered users discovering the city
• Ideal exposure to newly arrived expats and visitors
• Positioned alongside curated SmartShanghai recommendations
• High engagement from users actively looking for places to go