Hamilton House Bar & Restaurant

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winopete

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Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 10:16 PM
Post subject: Hamilton House Bar & Restaurant

Hamilton House Bar and Restaurant (137 Fuzhou Road) opened last week and is located at the corner of Fuzhou and Jiangxi Roads, opposite the Metropole Hotel and a couple of blocks back from the Bund. Hamilton House is a 1930s art deco building with nice high ceilings and reminds me of many bars in Melbourne. On the ground floor (i.e. first floor for you North American readers) there's a large bar (horse-shoe-style), a spacious dining area and the kitchen. Upstairs is a lounge area with seating for 20+ people, plus the bathrooms. Staff are dressed in professional, black uniforms, with the expat managers in suits. Even though this establishment is new, it was very busy when I visited about 10pm on Saturday night. A good sign for the owners.

The restaurant and bar are both open from 9am. The bar has NO happy hour and NO draft beer. Prices are okay as far as Bund venues go, but still a tad high compared to many other middle level Shanghai venues. Beers include Asahi, Heineken and Hoegaarden (RMB45); Chimay Blue and Duvel (RMB60). An extensive wine list of almost 50 wines will please wine drinkers, with 12 wines (6 reds and 6 whites) available by the glass starting from RMB50. Cheaper labels by the glass include Robert Skalli, Wolf Blass and Brown Brothers. There's also something called 'Hamilton House' at RMB30 which is likely to be a nasty Nelly. House pours are RMB45, with several martinis available at RMB60, including the rather nice Breakfast Martini (Bombay sapphire gin, Grand Marnier, New Zealand marmalade and lemon peel twist). Other liquors noticed include some 42 Below vodkas, Tanqueray Ten gin (RMB80) and Hendrick's gin (RMB60). Champagne drinkers will be pleased with a decent range of bubbly ranging from Laurent Perrier, all the way up to a premium Krug at RMB2480. The staff will ask you to pay for each drink after the drink is delivered. There's also a cheese platter at RMB100. For further information,including full menu details and some photos, visit see their website at www.hamiltonhouse.com.cn.

NeilUK39
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Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 09:38 AM

Good review winopete, i will give it a go. Couldn't get the link to work though Confused

Was there any cover charge on tables there? This is one thing that really annoys me with some of the bars along the bund like Attica or Bar rouge. We went in Bar Rouge on Saturday at 10pm, just fancied a quick couple before going over to Malones, firstly had to pay a 100 each to get, its Saturday so ok. Bar was not particularly full with plenty of empty tables- all had reserved on them. we explained to the waiter that we only wanted a few drinks so could we sit at a table. We couild have a table, great Laughing

... But only if we guaranteed to spend 3000 rmb Crying or Very sad

Had a bit of a strong discussion with the manager and finally got a seat as long we moved if someone wanted to spend more. Left after 45 mins and still spent 700rmb. Wont be rushing back.

winopete

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Posted: Nov 14, 2007 - 03:48 PM

No cover charge for tables at Hamilton House. It's a restaurant and bar, not a club. Expat management is Kiwi, I believe. Keep trying with the link, it does work. Their phone number is 6321 0586. Glad you liked the review, thanks.