Pony Up is a walk-in-only Shanghai cocktail bar on Jinxian Road, open from early afternoon through late night.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-09
Plan Your Visit
230 Jinxian Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, ChinaHuangpu
- Style
- Afternoon-to-late cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Hours
- Sun-Thu 13:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 13:00-02:00Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Booking
- Walk-in onlyChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Menu
- View the venue’s menu ↗Checked 2026-09-30 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
28.3 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- Est. 34.0Est. 34.0 · Estimated from disclosed proxy evidence
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 30.2
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 74.1
- Serious press
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Social Vibes
- 60.9
Guest-shift adjustment · −15%
Our annual audit records 8 hosted guest-shift dates. The published rule reduces the composite above seven dates to favor a consistent core bar experience.
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
87/ 100
The existing 87/100 and high confidence are retained from the historical proprietary read dated 2026-09-09. This source check does not independently revalidate the score or confidence; cited links are not a count of verified customer voices.
Score context
Nomfluence’s Pony Up listing praises its cocktails, community atmosphere and bar food, and describes a small room that fills quickly. These are editorial observations. The cited 50 Best page was unavailable, and the two links do not establish a verified sample of independent customer voices.
Guest sources checked:
Source text checked 8 October 2026 through a cached, parsed listing; publication and visit dates are unknown. The stored 2024 date is not confirmed by this page, and the 50 Best page was unavailable.
Source excerpt
“It’s cozy, consistently buzzing, and filled with a crowd that actually enjoys cocktails and conversation.”
Editorial wording from Nomfluence’s listing, not an individual customer quotation. Publication and visit dates are unknown.
Source: rachelgouk.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- rachelgouk.comEditorial listing — Nomfluence
Exact 230 Jinxian Road editorial listing, not individual customers; no current dual-menu certification.
Award & ranking citations in this read
- theworlds50best.comRanking/profile — unavailable
Exact ranking/profile unavailable; stored quotation and date unverified. Recognition does not establish customer voices.
Crowd signal
Estimated Dianping 4.0★ (plausible range 3.9–4.2). Latest proxy snapshot showed 1,665 reviews.
View proxy evidence · Medium confidence · Checked . The rating contribution is discounted for inference uncertainty.
Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.
Asia's 50 Best Bars
Olive China Bar Awards
Reviews & press
No linked coverage yet.