Was in there yesterday watching the league & Super 14 Rugby. They had happy hour prices up for the first time, read something like:

25 RMB - Carlsberg, Bud, VB, Pure Blondes, House Wine, House Pour Spirits, and I think also 2 cocktails.

4-8PM.

Watched the new Matty John's Footy Show there on Thursday arvo.

Loved the show - great to see Matty Back.

Love being able to watch the NRL at the Camel!

Great Place!

Went in last week...met some nice Ozzies, drank my VB, watched footie on the tellie, and attempted to play pool on their 7' kiddie tables. I nominate them for the worst tables in any major bar in Shanghai. Not someplace I'd return to, but if I was from Oz, seems a decent enough place.

The classic of La Liga, this Saturday night (4am of Sunday) at Camel Bar

We've chosen the Camel Sports Bar, because we heard good reviews, and after checking out the place we thought it was perfect to host a bunch of Spaniards on a Saturday late night... plenty of big screens plus a central cinema-sized screen, darts, pool, the best soccer, and if we reach 50 people, the bar will give us happy hour deal during the whole game.



More details and Spanish events here: www.casaespanashanghai.com.

Happy hour changed on friday; now 2 pm-6pm.

I hate these type of marketing techniques....especially in f&b, keep things straight, clear and understandable. Will safe your staff trouble as well.
This sucks.

^ so for everyone who doesn't have a job??... lame

I can only say that my first experience at the Camel Bar, during the match of Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, was very good. The crew were very nice, even though we packed the bar with over 130 people (at 4am!) and the bar offered us the promised happy hour throughout the game. The place is awesome, big, huge screens and audio system, and I will put it on my priority list for the coming World Cup.

But yeah, I agree that the happy hour deal has to be something regular and somehow standardized. They shouldn´t be changing it every now and then, I want to go to a bar knowing that until 8pm I will have happy hour deals... (if I ran my own bar, I would extend happy hour even longer... at least during my first months of operations, to gain patrons).

Was there last night. The happy hour changes this week due to an AustCham ANZAC Day function...

Hopefully a once off...

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I really like the place, agree about the happy hour. Their main competitors like Big Bamboo, Malones etc..happy hour at those places is 2pm-8pm. Pretty standard happy hour times. I'm a day drinker, so I'm all about the happy hour.

To commemorate the ANZAC tradition AustCham Shanghai and Kea Shanghai are joining forces on Friday the 23rd April for the traditional ANZAC Day Aussie Drinks.

Come along and play a game of Two-up with the spirit of mateship that the ANZAC's made legendary.

Date: Friday 23 April 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Venue: The Camel Bar
Adress: No.1 Yue Yang Road
Members: FREE
Non-Members: 30RMB

Regular features:
* 25RMB Coopers
* 30RMB VB
* 35RMB Crown Lager and Pure Blonde
* 35RMB Wolf Blass Bilyara Chardonnay and Shiraz Wolf Blass Eaglehawk Sparkling
* 45RMB Brown Brothers White and Penfolds Private Release Shiraz Cabernet

W Bulldogs v Adelaide 8:00pm

AustCham Shanghai weekly raffle draw - From Friday the 29 January 2010, all proceeds from the raffle will go to Shanghai Municipal Welfare Foundation of Disabled. Funds raised will be used to purchase Expo tickets for the disabled, with each person receiving 2 tickets, one for themselves and one for their carer. AustCham Shanghai aims to raise funds for 400 Expo tickets (RMB36,000). Please dig deep and help us give those less fortunate the opportunity to visit the Shanghai World Expo 2010!

Raffle prizes include:

- A banner or page – peel advertisement for six months to the value of RMB 10,000 and a full page in our Classified Business Directory for six months valued at RMB 2,800 on http://www.chinaconnections.com.au e-business website. Total value 12,800RMB. Sponsored by Australia China Connections.

-The Kommune “Knock Off “card. Valid for 2 months this card entitles the bearer and 1 friend to a free first drink of either house beer or wine 7 days a week from 6pm onwards at Kommune and is valued at 4200RMB.

- Radisson Hotel Shanghai Hong Quan: 1 night stay in Deluxe Room with 2 breakfasts valued at 2460RMB.

- Package of 3 bottles of Hewitson Miss Harry Rhone Blend, valued at 663RMB and the “Nick’s” Aussie meat pack will comprise Australian “Certified Angus Beef” steaks, Australian lamb chops, Australian beef hamburger patties and sausages. Value 480RMB. Sponsored by The Wine Republic & Nick's Meat, total value 1143RMB.

- Assortment of gourmet meat pies, sausage rolls and pasties valued at 875RMB sponsored by Allied Pickfords - The Careful Movers.

-750RMB travel voucher sponsored by Flight Centre.

-400RMB voucher for online ordering plus a bottle of Hugh Hamilton "The Rascal" Shiraz valued at 298RMB per bottle, Sponsored by Elders

-Donut King voucher valued at 680 RMB. Package includes 2 vouchers for 22 donuts and 10 black coffees

-600 RMB travel voucher to be redeemed on flights, tours etc. sponsored by Classic Travel

-One free introductory Shanghai tour on a vintage motorcycle sidecar valued at 600RMB, sponsored by Sunrise Travel


LUCKY DOOR
* 2 vouchers for 2 people to the Kommune Great Aussie BBQs each valued at RMB296.
* First Aid kit valued at RMB200 sponsored by Shanghai East International Medical Center
* 5 Free Gloria Jeans Coffee Regular Drinks vouchers valued at RMB125 in total.
* 5 Free Boost Juice Regular Drinks vouchers valued at RMB125 in total.

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Its definitely a one off - Happy hour is just 2 hours earlier for the 1 day only - so those of you that don't have a job or can manage an early knock off on Friday can take advantage of the 25 RMB drinks from 2 pm instead of 4 pm and get 4 hours of 25 rmb drinks from 2-6 pm followed by 3 1/2 hours of 25-35 RMB Australian beers from 6 - 9:30 pm. Thats 7 1/2 hours of drinks from 25 RMB - Everyones a winnner.

Great raffles prizes with proceeds going to the Shanghai Municipal Welfare Foundation of Disabled.

Dont forget on Sunday all 3 AFL games will be live along with all 3 NRL games.
Followed by The EPL and IPL Cricket final

Thats 7 1/2 hours of drinks from 25 RMB - Everyones a winnner.

This is going to be REAL MESSY!

Therat wrote:ANZAC reference (Respect! We will remember them!)

[AustCham Blather - Snip]

W Bulldogs v Adelaide 8:00pm

Don't forget the League. I note from the Camel site that there's also Bulldogs v Broncos
at 5:30pm and Cowboys v Eels at 7:30pm (Delay)

Just because Austcham's a bunch of retarded AFL-centric twits, there's no reason for the Camel to omit mention of the Greatest Game of All.

Therat wrote:[More AustCham Blather - Partial Snip]

BTW - Expo tickets for the disabled: WTF???

"help us give those less fortunate the opportunity to visit the Shanghai World Expo 2010!"

HuH? Whatever happened to us raising dough via raffles, balls etc. to fund local kiddies' open heart surgeries? Canes or wheelchairs or operations for the disabled, sure. But Expo tickets for the disabled???) FFS!!! Get a grip!

It's bad enough that our tax dollars are being wasted on our country's participation in this pile of crap, but raising funds to help force poor disabled people to go view that shiteheap? Talk about losing the fecking plot, Austcham...

Not an Aussie so not into Anzac day but like the idea of cheap drinks until 930. Can't be bad

Agreed with BB. I'd prefer to donate to surgery for kids than tickets to a yawn/no go. AustCham,please re-focus. It's for the best.

Zak. Your posts make my brain freeze, but let's catch up for a bevvie or 8 on Sunday. Will be at the service, but then at Gum Leaf after, then Camel, then cuvee. Find me, most Aussies in Shangers know who i am.

mrcamel wrote:Its definitely a one off - Happy hour is just 2 hours earlier for the 1 day only - so those of you that don't have a job or can manage an early knock off on Friday can take advantage of the 25 RMB drinks from 2 pm instead of 4 pm and get 4 hours of 25 rmb drinks from 2-6 pm followed by 3 1/2 hours of 25-35 RMB Australian beers from 6 - 9:30 pm. Thats 7 1/2 hours of drinks from 25 RMB - Everyones a winnner.

Poor staff, they are sweet kids.....

State of Origin coming up!!

I give the place six more months before the place closes down and opens up under a different name!

Just my two cents on the camel...

Went in the other week to try and find a Euro football qualifier (which likely had a global audience of lass than a few hundred, and had a Shanghai audience of 3) - boss came over, had a look through all of their channels to see whether they had the game and apologised when they couldn't find it. He then gave us his card and told us to give him a couple of days notice the next time we had a game - he'd make sure it was on.

After years of being treated like crap at the Big Bamboo and O'Malleys because we're not England/France/Germany/Holland supporters, they won a friend that night. Will definitely be going back.