Must Try Champagne Cocktails in Shanghai
Do you really need an excuse to drink champagne? Not with these amazing cocktails, all of which you can get in shanghai. A number of these are not on the menu, so be sure to have this article handy when you order!
UNICO
Name: Sparkling Mojito
Ingredients: Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Champagne, mint, sugarcane reduction, fresh lime juice and Havana essence 7.
Price: RMB 150
Unico’s Sparkling Mojito takes the best of their Latin flair and splashes in some quality bubbly. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Champagne with fresh-squeezed lime juice and Havana rum… why the hell not?
SPEAKLOW
Name: Salad Fizz
Ingredients: Gin, seasonal vegetables, lemon, sugar, olive brine, Champagne vinegar, soda
Price: RMB 110
Name: Serenity Royale
Ingredients: Lychee-cello, ruby red grapefruit, raspberry sorbet, Champagne
Price: RMB 120
Everybody’s favorite speakeasy has a classy couple of champagne cocktails available. The Salad Fizz, which is an refreshing combination of tomato water, tonic and champagne. There’s also the Serenity Royale, which looks like something you’d drink on a honeymoon morning, with a little scoop of gourmet raspberry sorbet it’s well worth the RMB120 price tag.
UNION TRADING CO.
Name: Waltzing Matilda
Ingredients: Gin, White Wine, Passionfruit, THE UNION Ginger Beer
Price: RMB 75
Name: French 75
Ingredients: London Dry Gin, Pressed Lemon, Sparkling Wine, Harry MacElhone
Price: RMB 75
Champagne might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to Union Trading Co., but perhaps it should be. Their Waltzing Matilda and their French 75 remind us that amazing cocktails come in all shapes and sizes.
SOBER COMPANY
Name: Vermouth Spritz
Ingredients: Martini Bianco, Genepi, Peychaud’s honey, Prosecco
Price: RMB 55
The least expensive champagne drink on the list, Sober Company’s Vermouth Spritz is a great choice in their cozy first floor Café. Drink it with breakfast brunch, whenever actually!
SASHA’S
Name: Mimosa
Ingredients: Champagne, orange juice
Price: RMB75
When all else fails, you’ve always got the classic Mimosa to fall back on, and Sasha’s is a solid pick. Orange juice and Champagne, the ideal way to start a day.
THE BUNKER
Name: Ambrosia
Ingredients: Homemade pineapple rum, Prosecco, Pomegranate puree, Pandan syrup, grapefruit juice, lemon juice
Price: RMB 120
The Bunker offers a whole lot more than just their hidden door and mysterious war bunker ambiance, for example, their Ambrosia is a fiery, fruity, bubbly delight.
BOTANIST
Name: French Touch
Ingredients: Prosecco, Noilly Prat Vermouth , Orange Blossom Water, Orange Bitter, Cube sugar Lavender
Price: RMB 120
There are plenty of ways to get a French Touch in Shanghai these days, but this might be the safest one. Prosecco mixed with vermouth and natural orange water and bitters, the touch will linger long after it’s gone.
THE FELLAS
Name: Bellini
Ingredients: peach puree and prosecco
Price: RMB 98
Name: Rossini
Ingredients: strawberry puree and prosecco
Price: RMB 98
The Fellas is worth the trip for their view alone, luckily for us there’s a whole lot more than just that. Case in point: two delectable champagne cocktails that will tickle the senses and make you feel like a movie star.
ESEE
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Name: Esee Star
Ingredients:
Price: RMB 128
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Name: Strawberry Champagne on ice
Ingredients:
Price: RMB 128
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Name: Fresh Summer Bubbles
Ingredients:
Price: RMB 128
Recently-opened ESEE mixes cocktail elegance with fashion runway vibes, so it’s only fitting that they have three stunning champagne cocktails to keep guests feeling classy. Try all three.
FUNKADELI
Name: Aperol and Campari Spritz
Ingredients: Aperol, Campari, Spritz
Price: RMB 100
Funkadeli is often the middle of the action on a nice evening in shanghai, so why not be the center of Funkadeli, with a classy Aperol and Campari Spritz.
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