No Smoking*

Whilst smoking bans in restaurants and bars seem to be spreading throughout the rest of the world, Shanghai is having second thoughts.

City Diner introduced a no-smoking rule on their second floor earlier this year, but now have an unwritten rule that customers can light up with their late night burgers (after 2am or when the Blues Room bar downstairs is closed).

At the recently-opened Japanese restaurant Matsuri Express (in the basement of Jiu Guang / connected to Jing-An Metro station) customers can only smoke outside the hours of 10am-5pm.

A good compromise?