Here's What is Going Down at Réel at Weekends

A shopping destination in Jing’an since it opened in 2011, Réel Department Store offers unparalleled variety and quality. With seven floors of stores, restaurants and creative spaces, there’s something for everyone. A wide variety of quality fashion brands spread over these seven floors make Réel an exciting and unique place to spend the day finding just the fashion accessory you are looking for. It’s the ideal place to spend a leisurely weekend shopping, relaxing and exploring. 

Réel’s selection of quality fashion brands is unmatched, from ultra high-end, luxury names like Balenciaga, Gucci and Sergio Rossi to more accessible staples like Ralph Lauren.

A relatively new feature of Réel that’s been getting lots of attention is its creative workshop spaces, which span the fourth floor of the Department Store. Here, customers can choose from a variety of classes meant to relax and channel one’s imagination, prompting a focus on one’s personal goals and getting in touch with their inner curious child. 

There’s Zoowoo for woodworking; Iyoo Paint Bar, which offers easels overlooking Jing’an Temple for inspiration; Candy Lab for creating your own sugary sweets; Krenkan, where you can make your own purses and leather goods; me to two for making jewelry; and lots more.

After a day spent shopping and working on a creative project, it’s only natural that you’ll want to recuperate while relaxing with refreshments. Réel has several quality coffee shops to help you do exactly that. On the fifth floor, the creative and quirky RAT TAR ART BAR offers coffee, tea, and a fun array of specialty sodas in a vibrantly designed space. In addition to coffee and afternoon tea, RAT TAR ART BAR offers a full menu of delicious lunch staples like sandwiches and salads. Now that summer is on its way, its outdoor terrace overlooking Jing’an Temple is the perfect place to while away an afternoon. Right across the hall, Seesaw café offers delectable pastries. Down in the basement lies a hidden gem of a coffee shop, Manner, which offers high quality coffee for a steal; an Americano will run you RMB15, which is significantly cheaper than almost any other coffee shop in the city. 

And, the food court located on B2, where offers a variety of delicacies is expected to reopen this fall. 

At the end of your day at Réel, you’ll leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and in touch with your personal goals. There’s no better way to pass a weekend.

Réel Department Store, 1601 Nanjing Xi Lu, by Changde Lu 南京西路1601号，近常德路