Regular Hot Dinners readers will know that we're very much in favour of all the new wine bars opening in London of late and this latest Spitalfields addition sounds very promising.
68 & Shanghai comes from the team behind 68 & Boston in Soho, who also run the nearby Yuu Kitchen (as well as Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong). It's replaced what was the Spitalfields Millroy's bar.
It's a bar of two halves. Downstairs is the 68 wine bar which takes its wine from across the globe and also has its entry-level wines at £27 a bottle or £6.95 a glass. That's not bad at all for the City. They also have takes on classic cocktails (negroni, sidecar, Tommy's margarita and more). While there are more standard cheese and charcuterie boards available, there's also a range of katsu sandos, with pork, chicken and mushroom options available.
The upstairs bar, Shanghai, has more in common with their sister bars Opuim and Lucy Wong, with a focus on Asian-influenced cocktails and dim sum. So it sounds like the whole venue is worth visiting at least twice for very different experiences.
More about 68 & Shanghai
Where is it? 76 Commercial St, London E1 6LY
When does it open? Open now
Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram @68andshanghai.
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