Here is the floor plan for the Shanghai Prive.   http://prive-shanghai.com/

Hong Kong night club called Prive opens in Shanghai.  Similar to Hong Kong the club in Shanghai is on the bund.  6 on the Bund in the D&G building.  The Hong Kong Privea perfect sanctuary for Hong Kong’s cream of the crop, located amid Central’s Lan Kwai Fong and Soho, Privé features 6,000 square feet of lavish, exotic and warm design.  In Shanghai it’s just as big and it’s on the top floor of 6 on the Bund.  Another big club opens in Shanghai.  This is one of the first clubs in Shanghai with such a big dance floor.

The club has 3 parts, out of the elevator and your in the club, the music is hip hop mish mosh, then around the corner you walk intop a lounge.  Big leather arm charis and sofas.  Then the last part is the pout door terrace.  the view is great.  You see the perfect view of Shanghai Pudong side.

http://www.prive.hk/index.html

Like in Hong Kong the Shanghai Prive will be a  membership club.

Tel. 6082 5511
ADDRESS: 2088 Yan’an Xi Lu,
near Xianxia Lu
延安西路2088号, 近仙霞路
AREA: Hongqiao
METRO: 15 mins. walk from Yan’an Rd (W)

HOURS: Daily, 9.30pm-3am

CARDS: Local and international cards accepted

WEB: www.obamashanghai.com

The big Shanghai party rooms are a small club in it’s self.  The room big room min is 20,000RMB.   The room holds about 40-50 people comfortably and the sound system is of a full size club.  Oh!! other fee’s, the service staff demand a 500 RMB tip each, for that size room you get 4 service staff.  So add another 2,000 on top of the bill.  Shanghai high class private party rooms.  The rooms where people don’t want to be seen!!

First a little back ground on the Club M1nt. It’s a member’s only club. Yes, members only. That usually works in H.K. and Singapore but does not work in Shanghai. Hey maybe I’m wrong. It did work for me ah ha-ha! For those interested in the web site it’s http://www.m1nt.com.cn/ for those who are to lazy to go to the site!

M1NT Shanghai – Opening Hours

Lounge:
Monday to Friday – 11.30 am till late
Saturday – 6:00pm till late

Club:
Thursday to Saturday – 10 pm till late

Restaurant:
Monday to Thursday – Lunch: 11.30 am to 2:30pm – Dinner :6:00 pm to 12:00am
Friday – Lunch: 11.30 am to 2:30pm- Dinner: 6:00 pm to 2:00am
Saturday – Lunch: Closed – Dinner: 6:00 pm to 2:00am
Sunday – Private Bookings Only

For table reservation, contact 6391 2811or call bookings@m1nt.com.cn

I heard a little about the club before I went. Everyone gave the shark tank big thumbs up! It suppose to larger than life and a place you can throw your girlfriend to be eaten by the sharks.

So I enter to the lobby to see 2 groups of people in line. As usual the first person you see is the clubs door bitch. So I walk up and ask which line I’m suppose to be in if I have a table. The door bitch points to the inner line. The priority line she said. I look at the line and being a person that follows the club rules get in line. Then I see Uncle Benny and he’s in line. I ask him how long he’s waited and he said 10 minutes already. I usually won’t even bother to go to a club where I have to get in a line. Especially if you have a table.

I wait ten minutes and I ask the guy/bouncer/manger/ dude in a suit. I tell him not ask but tell him I have a table and how much longer it will be. He turns to me and says everyone in this line has a table. Now as I look around at the people in the priority line, my mind wander. Let’s see 2 guys’ jeans t-shirt and one guy with a wife beaters tank top on. 3 guys and a girl, 1 guy ¾ cut of jeans and the other in Bahamas mama shorts. The large girl was wearing a tank top with really really tight jeans. I won’t even go into the guys behind me. Are they going to spend 6,000-10,000 RMB tonight? Are they members???? Hmmm!!. I’m not a member but had a friend that was an invited member. I wanted to leave but hell I got all the way to the bund area and its 1, not like I’m going to make another jump to another club. I finally get in and U.B and I take the elevator up.

In my mind I figure the place is packed to the hill like Bar Rouge is on the weekends. I waited 15 minutes, U.B waited 25 minutes total. I walk out the elevator and it’s not packed to the hill, maybe the club is and the hall ways are not. I walked to the left and it’s like a bar/lounge area. The bar had about 15 people and they had 5 tables by the window of which only 2 were taken. We saw grandfather Shanghai D.J. Chris Lee at the decks. Then they had another area that was nice had 4-6 big booths but only 1 table was taken. The music was good, lounge tunes not to loud. It’s a good place to chat and see the view.

The other section was the restaurant that was huge and closed. The open kitchen looked good, but the kitchen was closed, only finger foods. So, I headed towards the club. The music was loud and the bar was long and sort packed. The booths on the other hand were taken but not packed. So I see a few friends and they invite me to the table. I tell them I have a table and they say that we should stay. U.B ordered a round of drinks and when I saw the bill I could only laugh. The club makes money off the drinks and not the bottles. The drinks are between 100-120 rmb a drink. That works out to $15 a drink to $18 a drink. That’s more expensive than New York. So we ordered a bottle of Grey Goose and started drinking. The booths are pretty big and comfortable. The club is a little to dark and they have no real lighting in the booths. Well, that can help if the girl is not that great looking.

The music is very unique for a club, actually its 80’s and 90’s music that you would hear in dive bars and commercial clubs. The sing along kind of songs seem very popular in the club. They even threw some rock and roll in. The table next to had 10 people and they drank 1 bottle of champagne in 3 hours. The other table across from us had 15-20 people and they had standard drinks. The so called beer warmer! around 2:30 the drink takers start on the table. Those are people not willing to buy any more drinks and they come to the table and take drinks.

The great shark tank, it’s really beautiful. It’s about 60 feet long and looks great. They have about 20 sharks in the tank swimming around. They also had the Dom Champagne V.I.P area behind the shark tanks. That’s about 5 big booths that were empty.

Next stop was the roof a.k.a the share holder roof. We walked to the door and yet again a bouncer; I must say this is one of the best and nicest big bouncers in town. We waited in line again, this time 5 minutes. We walk up the stairs to see a beautiful view of Shanghai. The roof is huge and had about 50 people having drinks and sitting. They had tables but they were empty.

Oh all in our table bought 7 bottles champagne 3 bottles of vodka. I think just that is about 10,00 RMB night. Oh and I had to wait in line for that.

I definelty will not be getting in line anytime soon for this members only place. Oh yea pictures to follow hahahah. Wait till you see them.!

I gave the club a new name; it will be called the hour club Shanghai. That means when everyone goes it will be packed full of models when they leave the club will empty out too. On opening day, it’s usually a sign on how well a club will do, at 11:15 and its empty, Hamm!

Shanghai club wars will be in full gear as this month will have more than 3 more huge clubs opening. It’s free drinks in Shanghai all month long. With every new club opening them always have free drinks.

]]> As the club war rages on, new comer Elite Models thinks they have the key to make a club work. Sexy models show up at the club and that will attract all the guys. The idea is great but I really do not think it will work. On the opening night, the party started at 10 and I arrived at 11:15. The place was empty. It’s a very large venue, its 2 stories high and not very well done. At a glance you can see it was done very cheaply. The guy that designed the club has no idea how clubs should be. The first floor tables near the dance floor look like a hotel lobby. The sound system is too small; they were pushing the speakers past the limit. Shanghai models are all present and they say it looked good at 10. When I showed up it was almost all empty already. The second floor looks a lot better. The music is o.k.; the over all look is fair. Just do not drink too much if you’re on the second floor or you will fall down the stairs. Also on the first floor they have so many different steps, so it’s easy to fall and trip.

I gave the club a new name; it will be called the hour club Shanghai. That means when everyone goes it will be packed full of models when they leave the club will empty out too. On opening day, it’s usually a sign on how well a club will do, at 11:15 and its empty, Hamm!

Shanghai club wars will be in full gear as this month will have more than 3 more huge clubs opening. It’s free drinks in Shanghai all month long. With every new club opening them always have free drinks.

]]> http://www.chou.cn/2007/01/04/shanghai-elite-model-club-opens/feed 0 http://www.chou.cn/2006/09/04/shanghai-de-la-coast http://www.chou.cn/2006/09/04/shanghai-de-la-coast#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:30:43 +0000 luke http://www.chou.cn/?p=1154 Shanghai De La Coast

I heard that a new spot opened on the bund!  I know it’s open for a while now, but I’ve never been.  They say it has a great view of the Shanghai bund.  I heard it’s 1 on the bund but it’s not really 1 on the bund.  The place is called De La Coast, the name card just says 5f&6F YanAn Dong Road.  The telephone number is 6330 2615.  The web site is www.delacoast.com.

I finally found the place and it’s really great.  The outside of the place does not look that good but when you step out of the elevator your in a new world.  The interior is beautiful; I think it’s a great place to take a date.  The music is not too loud and you can talk.  The also have terrace seats for the ones that love to brave the heat!

The top floor has a great V.I.P room and the outside terrace have these beds that you can just lay back and see the bund view.  The V.I.P room seats 10 people very comfortably.  It’s a very nice place but I do not think they advertise enough!  It’s owned and run by a Japanese guy!  I went on a Wednesday night but it was empty.  The best part of the place is that the drinks are not outrageous in price and they have a great wine list!  The view is equal if not better than 5 on the bund.  The service was good and friendly!

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6446 9777
5295 5896
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