Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund

Shanghai, China. Located at No. 2 on the Bund in Huangpu District, one block from the waterfront.

Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the BundShanghai, China

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Practical information

Address: Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund
No. 2 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road
Huangpu District, Shanghai 200002
China
Telephone: +86 21 6322 9988
Official website: www.hilton.com
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Rooms and suites in the restored 1911 Shanghai Club heritage building, including Heritage Club River Suites.
The legendary Long Bar, once claimed as the world’s longest, and Chinese and European restaurants including Wai King Kok.
Waldorf Spa, fitness centre and more than 3,000 m² of event space with a ballroom.
Located at No. 2 on the Bund in Huangpu District, one block from the waterfront.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1864
A three-storey red-brick clubhouse is built on the site for the Shanghai Club, the leading British men’s club, founded in 1861.
1879
Former US President Ulysses S. Grant is received at the club during his visit to Shanghai.
1909
The old clubhouse is demolished. Its six-storey English Renaissance replacement is designed by H. Tarrant, then completed by A. G. Bray after Tarrant’s death.
6 January 1911
The new Shanghai Club opens, with its 34-metre mahogany Long Bar on the second floor.
1941
The club closes with the outbreak of the Pacific War; Japanese forces occupy the building until 1945.
1949
Expropriated by the new government, the building becomes the International Seamen’s Club.
1971
It is turned into the Dongfeng Hotel.
1990 – 1996
The building houses Shanghai’s first KFC restaurant.
2009
Hilton leases the building and begins its conversion into a luxury hotel.
September 2010
The restored club reopens as Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the brand’s first hotel in Asia; the Long Bar is recreated from archive photographs.