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3/F, 46 Maoming Nan Lu,
near Jinxian Lu
Huangpu District
茂名南路46号3楼,
近进贤路
6230 7175 
10 mins walk from South Shaanxi Rd 
Wifi: Unknown 
Open since: Unknown 
Wed-Thu & Sun, 6.30pm-1am Today
Shake
SHAKE and TouJAM present a 1950’s-style sock hop dance party full of early rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, jump blues, doo-wop, and more. Headlining the night is JZ Artist Alec Haavik and his jump-blues band, The Jive Lizards. Hosting and...
Wed Dec 2
Shake
John Jam Session is back at SHAKE! After ten long months, the Wednesday jam session that started way back in 2006 finally returns to Shanghai. John Jam Session is a place for musicians and music lovers to communicate, improvise, and make new...
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Today
Shake
SHAKE and TouJAM present a 1950’s-style sock hop dance party full of early rock 'n' roll, rockabilly, jump blues, doo-wop, and more. Headlining the night is JZ Artist Alec Haavik and his jump-blues band, The Jive Lizards. Hosting and...
Fri Nov 20
Shake
Jonas Seetoh’s soulful voice resonates with a unique charm that recalls the Motown crooners of old. This Friday he’s at SHAKE with the full band, Shanghai Funkstars, bringing his unique interpretation of funk, soul, and R&B....
Thursdays until Nov 26
Shake
100% live funk, soul, and disco for the dancefloor with guest singer Sheree and SHAKE’s all-star band, Shanghai Funkstars. All menu cocktails are buy-one-get-one all night long. Dinner from 6:30pm. Music starts at 9:30pm. Free entry.
Fri Nov 13
Shake
What is groove? How do musicians bend time to make your body move? Is groove in the heart, or in the air? This Friday, SHAKE explores that word, groove, with SHAKE's band Shanghai Funkstars and guest singer Julia Jive. Come get stuck in some...
Fri Oct 30
Shake
SHAKE presents a tribute to one of the most brilliant, influential, and soulful singers in history: Amy Winehouse. Expect hits, deep cuts, dancefloor madness, and a lot of soul. Dinner and cocktails from 7pm, live music from 9:30pm. Ticket:...
Sat Oct 31
Shake
On October 31st, SHAKE presents a special performance by the Shanghai Latino Project to celebrate Día de Muertos – the Day of The Dead. Día de Muertos is all about celebrating our friends, loved ones, ancestors, and of...
Fri Oct 16
Shake
This Friday night at SHAKE, a brand new live band taking classic tracks and completely rearranging and remixing them live for the dancefloor. Super G is the electronic cousin of Shanghai Funk Unit, led by synth player Xiao He. The band features...
Saturdays until Nov 1
Shake
Every Saturday throughout n October at SHAKE, a complete Latin band will be playing original arrangements. Shanghai Latino Project brings the modern sounds of salsa, reggaeton, bachata, merengue, and more to the floor, 100% live. Dinner and...
Tue Oct 6
Shake
On October 6, SHAKE presents a night of live funk and soul. Guest singer Lannie Loong joins trombonist CK and his band the 'Shanghai Funk Unit' for a night of classic SHAKE vibes, interpretations of music by artists like Stevie Wonder and James...
Thursdays
Shake
Every Thursday, at SHAKE holds a night of live funk and soul. Trombonist CK and his new band the 'Shanghai Funk Unit' will deliver a classic SHAKE vibe: interpretations of music by artists like Stevie Wonder, and original material for the...
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Shake is largely well-known for two things: its live music and its cocktail menu. The (frustratingly) small dance floor is always (frustratingly) crowded, but the house band and/or special guests always make up for it. Shake’s food offering, though, is passed over by most patrons. To me, it seemed a superfluous addition to a very competent bar. I gamely gave it a go, though, for the good of the SmSh readers.
The menu is a little confused, in every sense. There are myriad small plates and sides (tautological) on offer, with no real cohesion. The food is broadly Asian-influenced: roasted chicken in a sticky, kaffir-lime-infused sauce; crispy wings with a tang of fish sauce and chilli; a steamed soybean meat pie on rice, topped with a poached egg; lightly-seared tuna tataki. There’s a South American selection, too: pulled pork crispy tacos, for example, and a light, ceviche-like salad. (I refuse to actually call it a ceviche because it wasn’t half limey enough.) “Disco” fries come loaded with various meaty toppings, including a teriyaki tongue option.
Really - it almost all tasted good (with the possible exception of the rather pungent steamed soybean meat pie, which divided the group). The crispy pork tacos were a highlight and, although some of my friends weren’t so enchanted, I thought the wings were great. The fish seemed a little under-seasoned, but that’s probably only because it was casually served alongside heavy red meats in heavy red sauces.
My main issue here is that it’s all quite unbalanced. If you’re going to serve a menu of small plates for pre-dance mixing and matching, they should all complement each other. At Shake, the flavours were a little too dissonant. Teriyaki beef tongue fries thudding down next to a light and subtle tuna tataki? Not my kind of party. Also, the beers start at 60rmb and you can’t find many drinks under 80 kuai, which pulls up the price considerably.
I’d recommend the disco fries or the wings for a little preshow bite. I wouldn’t visit again for dinner, though.
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