Had some good times last Friday night at this place Ola that opened a couple of weeks ago on Wuding Lu in Jing’an. It's the new project by Paulo Luis, a Portuguese fellow who worked at Judy's for many years before this. There's room for about 50 diners, with exposed brick, low lighting, low music and a menu that places it about midway between a bar and a restaurant.

The menu starts with three pages of drinks including 14 bottled beers and four on tap, including Acme. Not many places have that on tap. Prices are decent, with pints from 35-50rmb and 10rmb off daily from 3-8pm (they also run happy-hour discounts on coffee and soft drinks). Spirits are all around 45rmb or 550rmb for bottles. Pretty standard prices for this postcode. The wine list features about 15 bottles, mainly Portuguese and Spanish.