Song Art Space & New Chinese Tea, located at No. 19 Old Shanghai Street near Gate 1 of Yu Garden Mall, features a standalone building with a rooftop terrace offering panoramic views of Yu Garden's pavilions, bridges, and flowing streams. This elegant and romantic retreat provides a serene escape from the bustling city.
Views & Activities
- Golden Square View: The second-floor corridor terrace offers a panoramic view of the "Sky Yu Garden." In spring, the butterfly-themed floral wall and the flower sea in the central square create a dreamy interplay.
The art of tea beverages
- Chinese tea ceremony: Offers tea brewing service by the fire, served with exquisite dim sum. Recommended seasonal pairing: osmanthus tea with mung bean cakes in spring.
- Best time: Ascend to the terrace at dusk, sip tea and watch the eaves and lanterns of Yu Garden gradually illuminate in the twilight.
The tea drinks here emphasize quality and taste, offering a variety of options such as: fresh and sweet oolong tea, rich and stomach-nourishing black tea, refreshingly sweet green tea, mild and throat-soothing white tea, unique aged white peel tea, and various floral teas.
Tea time is best paired with snacks. Besides the usual dried fruits, preserved fruits, and mung bean cakes, the most popular choice is undoubtedly the panda buns.
Indulge your taste buds and feast your eyes in this visual paradise.
The tea ceremony instructor in a traditional Chinese qipao elegantly demonstrates Chinese kung fu tea, immersing us in the experience of Chinese tea culture. She guides us on how to select suitable tea leaves and pair them with corresponding tea snacks.
Both tea and tea snacks require serving vessels. China is rich in ceramic ware, and here you can also appreciate tea sets fired from various kilns.
This place also offers a culturally rich experience, featuring Shanghai's largest Shanghai-style painting and calligraphy gallery—Yu Garden Gallery. Established in 1994, the gallery has been dedicated to traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy for 30 years, preserving and promoting Chinese cultural heritage.
