BANDIT II: New on Julu Lu with Rooftop Terraces
Sponsored by BANDIT
The BIBIMI Group has opened a second
location of BANDIT on Julu Lu. It looks like it’ll be this season’s
popular destination for sun-worshippers and terrace hunters.
The Space
An All-Day Creative Space
Like the first installment, the inspiration behind BANDIT is for it to be an all-day creative space with food and drink. Unlike the one on Xinzha Lu, this location has different themes for each of the five floors. The best spaces, in my opinion, are upward.
The ground floor is futuristic, similar to
what they have at BANDIT 1. There's also a semi-outdoor area on the ground floor. (It’s
currently covered in the photos below, but the canvas roof opens up.)
The
second floor takes a page out of Barbarian, one of the group’s popular
resto-bars, while the third is more Moroccan boho-chic. The fourth floor
is in a similar vein, but it has a terrace and outdoor bar.
Second floor
Third floor
Fourth floor
If that’s
not idyllic enough, there’s the rooftop—lawn chairs and low-slung
tables on turf.
Sun tan with a bottle of wine, anyone?
The Food
What's On The Menu
The menu draws from much of the group’s
strengths—sandwiches, all-day brunch options, and lots of meat-heavy
dishes, plus a new American smokehouse and grill selection. Smoked meats
available a la carte or as mixed platters—excellent pork ribs, juicy
peppered kielbasa sausages, whole spring chickens and smoked brisket.
The Tailgate Party Platter (¥577) includes four pork ribs, two sausages, four
grilled shrimp, smoked spring chicken, garlic bread, smoked corn and
three sides. Good for 3-4 people to share. There is a smaller option, The Dos Banditos Platter (¥368) includes four pork ribs, one sausage, and
brisket (230g) with garlic bread, smoked corn and a choice of two sides.
Tailgate Party Platter
The Garden
Bandit (¥77) is one of the best value dishes on the menu. It’s a vegetarian dish, and it'smighty tasty. It’s a hefty serving of smoked falafel, baba ganoush,
tzatziki, beet fried rice, cucumbers and grilled mushrooms on a massive
laffa bread.
Garden Bandit
Smoked Brisket Queso
(¥99) with tortilla chips – Cheese sauce spiked with spices and topped
with smoked brisket, roasted peppers and pickled onions.
They also have a number of sandwiches; each comes with a choice of one side.
Waffled
Ham & Cheese (¥79) – Porchetta, cheddar and spicy mayo on sourdough
bread, pressed to a crunchy finish in a waffle iron. Simple and
enjoyable!
Bandit Dog (¥88) – Smoked kielbasa, caramelized onion, creamy relish on a charcoal hotdog bun.
Brisket Sandwich (¥99) – Smoked brisket with house pickles, slaw and extra BBQ sauce.
Sides include truffle mac & cheese, Bandit Slaw, French fries, garlic bread sticks and veggie fried rice.
The Drinks
Mocktails, Cocktails & Natural Wine
BANDIT
has the usual signature and custom cocktails, but also highlights a large
selection of mocktails and natural wines.
Peanut Butter Sour Cocktail (¥66)
The mocktails (all ¥45) are made the same way they make their custom cocktails: you choose your base (sparkling, still or cold brew tea, or coffee) and the flavor profile (sweet/bitter/sour/fruity/herbal/spicy-spiced), and they’ll concoct one for you.
Custom mocktail
Hawthorn Mint Cooler
Lavender Lemongrass mocktail
The mocktails (400-500ml) are more like refreshing coolers, a different take on the often syrupy-sweet mocktails around town
They've
also stocked up on natural wines, adding a “funky monitor” label on
bottles to help newbies choose wines. Classical, balanced, and funky.
Bottles marked closer to the green/funky scale are, well, funkier. If you’re
not used to the taste of natural wine, you might think the wine is
corked, but fear not, that’s how it's supposed to taste.
And some natural wines, like this orange wine, may contain some sediment. Completely normal!
BANDIT
2’s rooftop will most certainly be this season’s hot spot. If the
“entry fee” to lounge on the terrace is a couple mocktails or a bottle
of wine, that place will be packed.
Order 1 Dos Bandidos and get two complimentary mocktails
Order 1 Tailgate Party Smoke Grills Platter and get natural wine half-off.
To claim these deals, just show this article at the venue.
Address: 423 Julu Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu 巨鹿路423号, 近陕西南路
Tel: 18117573490
Hours: 10am-11pm
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