No.1 Waitanyuan

It's a place with a long history. I always like this place with stories. The taste of the set meal doesn't leave me special

No.1 Waitanyuan

The Bund source No.1 is located at No.33, Zhongshan East 1st Road, the former British Consulate General in Shanghai. It is the earliest existing building at the first interface of the Bund. The main building was built in 1849 (the 29th year of Daoguang). The existing intact building is the one designed and rebuilt by Grossman and Boyce in 1872 (the 11th year of Tongzhi). The facade is in the style of English Renaissance and has the characteristics of veranda architecture.

brief introduction

There is a typical English lawn garden in front of the house, with 27 ancient trees standing around the house. The roof is a western style four slope roof, but the local materials are paved with Chinese style small green tiles. Therefore, this building has remarkable characteristics in materials and technology, and it is also the earliest example of using cement in China, so it has a milestone significance in the history of architecture. The main building used to be the office building of the British Consulate. With the expansion of consular affairs, it was upgraded to the British Consulate General in Shanghai, with Consul General's and deputy consul's offices, land office, South Asia office, passport office, high court, Chief Justice's office, mixed assessor's Office, commercial officer's office, etc. It was listed as "Shanghai excellent modern architecture" on February 15, 1994 and "national key cultural relics protection unit" along with the Bund building complex in 1996.

Space function

ground floor

The garden hall, cigar bar and music Gallery have the function of relaxation, leisure and entertainment; the sunshine exhibition hall has the function of meeting affairs display and art display; the conference room has the function of meeting affairs.

Garden Hall / Gallery: enjoy green, breeze, tea and wine. The garden hall and open corridor with a bar are connected with the lawn. It is suitable for small gatherings and open-air parties

Music Gallery / cigar room: full of auspicious music and purple air. The zenith painting "auspicious music" in the music gallery is inspired by the zenith art cigar room of Dunhuang Feitian frescoes, which depicts the blurred impression of the city with the surreal painting "Ziqi". Waitanyuan No.1's top cigar is always waiting for you to light his gorgeous life.

Sunshine Hall / Exhibition Hall / conference room: when you look up, you will see sky light and cloud shadow. The Sunshine Hall is composed of glass roof and four arched windows. It is bright and open, suitable for rest and meeting. It can also be combined with the multi-function hall to hold exhibitions and banquets. Stainless steel rocks stand in a corner, like a half acre square field, reflecting the imagination of the East.

second floor

The main banquet hall, the North South banquet hall and the open corridor hall have the functions of banquet and catering; the VIP Hall and the meeting hall have the functions of government reception and meeting display.

Meeting hall / VIP Hall: the meeting hall is a formal meeting hall for major reception. After reappearing the original decorative elements, it is tall, bright, solemn and soft, presenting the beauty accumulated for a hundred years. The main wall is decorated with Cai Guoqiang's works of art, and the modern Bund style is written by gunpowder blasting, which is more elegant. The elegant tone of the VIP Hall is in sharp contrast to Xu Jiang's "Grand Shanghai · Bund East sculpture", which makes people experience epic excitement and imagination in a moment's rest.

Main banquet hall: the spacious space with golden system and warm light design makes it magnificent. Pushing the window is the scene of Lujiazui, with vast sky and sea. Decorate the contemporary ladies of Liu Xiaodong, circle dancers and round dining table to create a lively and rhythmic space. Talk and laugh, drink and be elegant.

South / North ballroom: the north and South ballrooms are decorated with Zhou Tiehai's paintings of Shanghai ladies and Qiu Zhijie's photography works, showing the interest of style contrast. The North-South banquet hall is connected with the main banquet hall, which can unify and hold large-scale banquets. Qiu Zhijie's photo "all times when old are good" shows the poetic flavor of the alternation of the old and the new.

Gallery Hall / Gallery: create a relaxed dining atmosphere with an open space. Abstract works of art "ten show", interlaced echo the floor of narrow wood parquet, let the sense of space simple and vivid. It is connected to the veranda on the second floor, sitting idly on the fence, overlooking like the shade of green.

contact information

Address: 33 East 1st Road, Zhongshan

Address: No.33, Zhongshan East 1st Road, Shanghai (South Suzhou intersection)

Longitude: 121.48874682188

Latitude: 31.242270849581

Tel: 53089803

Opening hours: 10:00-22:00 from Monday to Sunday

Chinese PinYin : Wai Tan Yuan Yi Hao