Zapatas - Shanghai
  • Cuisines: Mexican
  • NileGuide Expert tip:

    Beware the bouncers, who have been known to get a bit rough unprovoked.


  • Description:

    • Zapata's was the first place in Shanghai to offer a free flow of alcohol (margaritas) to its female customers. Its Monday and Wednesday evening ladies' nights are now legendary and very popular with students, businessmen and tourists looking for a thrill. Nights can get pretty sweaty and wild and the place is often packed to the rafters with dancing on the bars, free tequila pulls and rough looking bouncers. On other evenings, there are food specials and salsa classes. As the name suggests, the food is Mexican style with a wide range of classics including chicken mole and flan. It's not the best Mexican food, the service is lacking, and it's a bit tacky, and a bit manic, but if you want to dance and drink with friends, it's a fun place to go. Be wary of the bouncers, who can get rough with male customers on wild nights.
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    User Reviews for Zapatas

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      Fun Mexican food in Shanghai

    • Great simple menu with all the classics and more, a greater Mexican manager , Rodrigo , who will make sure you try something new. The food was great and fresh , Definitely a break...

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      For dancing and people watching.

    • You will hate eating here. But you will love DANCING here and if you don't like dancing well PEOPLE WATCHING here never fails to amuse me. From the chinese peeps who TRIES very...

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      Fake wine and many mosquitoes

    • Fake wine , drink make people have a headache,the inside of the people are ugly and old, the service is also very bad.The bar is more and more worse.If this continues to close down...

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    • Details
      • Contact:

      • visit website
      • tel: 86 21 6474 6166
      • fax: 86 21 6433 4104
      • Address:

      • 5 Hengshan Lu
      • Near Dongping Lu
      • Shanghai 200031
      • Neighborhood:

      • Xuhui District
      • Payments:

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      • Hours:

      • Daily 5p - late

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