The Majestic Hotel on Bubbling Well Road was one of the glitziest cabarets in Shanghai, perched in the city's most upscale and fashionable district. Andrew Field, author of Shanghai's Dancing World, describes the Majestic Hotel as "the grandest one in Shanghai, the centerpiece a magnificent ballroom built out of marble, with pillars, pergolas, Greco-Roman statuary, and a fountain in the center attended by cherubs. It also featured … [the] Italian Garden … used for outdoor dancing in the heat of summer. A fan-shaped canopy and rose-clad trellis completed the luxurious outdoor setting."
Virtual Cities Project/Institut d'Asie Orientale
