Bars and Clubs

 

Beijing's night life has really taken off last few years. New bars and clubs are opening up every month with some serious music venues attracting the world's finest artists. Venues dot the city, but the heaviest concentrations can be found around the Workers?Stadium, on Sanlitun, in Chaoyang Park West Gate, Wudaokou and on Ladies?Street.

Angel Club

Expensive and plush. A place to be seen by the beautiful.

6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District

 +86 10 6552 8888

 

Babyface

6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6551 9081

 

Banana

House dominant international DJs occasionally spin.

SCITECH Hotel, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6528 3636

 

Bar Blu

Normally packed with students and locals for good reason.

4F, Tongli Studios, Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6417 4124

 

Buddha Bar

A lakeside lounge-style watering hole.

16 Yinding Qiao, Shichahai, Xicheng District

+86 10 6617 5746

 

Cargo Club

A new arrival to the Beijing club scene.

6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6551 6897/78

 

Centro

Upscale and vast, it is popular with businessmen and women

1F, Kerry Centre Hotel, 1 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6561 8833, ext. 42

 

Coco Banana

Natural Luxe, Natural High!

The new glamour added to Gongti area.

8 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 8599 9999

 

Durty Nellie's

The standard Irish pub a long way from home.

1B, Liangmaqiao Flower Market, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6593 5050

 

Goose 'N' Duck Pub

The pub & restaurant offers a variety of food, beverage and entertainment with a unique international flair and personality of its own.

West gate of Chaoyang Park, 1 Bihuju Nanlu.

+86 10 6538 1691

 

Lush

A busy student hangout with drinks offers, DJs and food

2F, Building 1, Huaqing Jiayuan, Chengfu Lu, Haidian District

+86 10 8286 3566

 

Mix

One of the few larger venues hosting decent, non-house beat-makers.

Inside Workers?Stadium North Gate, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6530 2889.

 

Nameless Highland

A good local music venue with live bands almost nightly.

Building 14, Anhuili Area 1, Yayuncun, (200 m north of the Yayuncun Hospital intersection), Chaoyang District

+86 10 6489 1613

 

Nanjie

Packed with students and locals keen to consume inexpensive beverages.

Gongti Beilu (opposite Workers Stadium North Gate, to the right of the parking lot gate), Chaoyang District

+86 10 6413 0963

 

Passby Bar

An ideal place for intimate conversation.

108 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District

+86 10 8403 8004

 

Poachers Inn

Cheap drinks, pop music and table dancing.

43 Bei Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6417 2632, ext. 8505

 

Souk

Sheesha pipes and sangria make for an exotic evening.

West Gate of Chaoyang Park (in the alley behind Annie's), Chaoyang District.

+86 10 6506 7309

 

Tango

A vast venue spanning three floors catering for the club conscious.

South Gate of Ditan Park (next to the Jin Ding Xuan Restaurant), Dongcheng District

+86 10 6428 2288

 

The Tree

43 Sanlitun Beijie (100m west of North Sanlitun Bar Street, Youyi Youth Hostel, behind Poachers Inn), Chaoyang District

+86 10 6415 1954

 

Vics

Pop tunes and ladies nights. Enough said.

Inside Workers?Stadium North Gate, Chaoyang District

+86 10 6593 6215

 

What? Bar

A tiny place hosting a range of local rock bands.

Beichang Jie (just north of the West Gate of the Forbidden City), Xicheng District

+86 133 4112 2757

 

Suzie Wong's World

It is part 1930s Shanghai opium den and part postmodern lounge.

A1 Nongzhanguan Lu (Chaoyang Park West Gate), Chaoyang District

+86 10 6593 6049

 

Yugong Yishan Club

1 Gongti Beilu (opposite the Workers?Stadium North Gate)

+86 10 6415 0687

 

Zub

Occasionally hosts a good hip-hop or drum and bass night.

Basement next to Propaganda, Wudaokou, Haidian District

+86 10 8286 6240