Roomtwentyeight, the restaurant at URBN Hotel, has suddenly closed up shop... even to the surprise of URBN. Apparently, the Wagas group owned dining location boarded up one day with "no notice, no nothing." Who'll be taking its place? Probably David Laris, maybe. Whatever it is, we hope it turns out to be better than what was there before: an oversalted, overpriced version of Wagas' already middling Bistrow franchise.
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As we stepped off bustling Jiaozhou Lu and through the large and heavy wooden gates of URBN, we felt as if we had left Shanghai. The hustle and bustle of Shanghai seemed to have disappeared and already we could feel ourselves loosening up, relaxing. Just through the threshold was a small cobble-stoned, tree-lined courtyard... and to our direct left, decorated with an artful take on bamboo scaffolding, the hotel. more ›

Cooler-than-thou hotel URBN on Jiaozhou Lu (Jing-An) is having licensing issues with its hotel bar, but the "room twentyeight" restaurant is in full swing serving moderately pricey (around 150RMB for a main) food and a good range of drinks. more ›