Shaughnessy Restaurant & Bar Description

Picture a sprawling Sopranos-chic space packed with Shanghai’s glitziest and most glam expense accounters and people who (pre-COVID) would fly to the Maldives for a mid-week golf tournament. 

Floor-to-ceiling windows offer a sprawling view of Shanghai’s downtown, while a low set onyx ceiling guides the eye to a glowing, gold-lit spiral staircase centered on a marble platform, flanked by shelves stacked with more than 400 varietals of wine. 

White tablecloths are decked with enough cutlery and glassware to keep silversmiths in business, accented by wooden chairs fit with cream leather. Private rooms both upstairs and behind the wine racks offer larger groups a more intimate experience. The curving bar, rounded chairbacks and twisting staircase all add up to one thing: sultry allure. We now understand the understated entrance. The purposeful juxtaposition adds to the bougie space’s underlying magnetism – if you know, you really know. 

But this isn’t the first Shaughnessy. Originally opened by Calvin Su and his business partner in Shenzhen in 2018, both outlets are their personal interpretation of a modern, New York-style steakhouse, with a boutique-like, personal touch.