Donghuamen Night Market
Beijing Opera
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. Hereunder is a great variety of trendy spots to choose from.
8 Gua
Address: 6 C Houhai Ya'er Hutong, Xicheng District
Tel: +86 10 6401 8080
Angel Club
Expensive and plush. A place to be seen by the beautiful.
Address: 6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6552 8888
Babyface
Address: 6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6551 9081
Banana
House dominant international DJs occasionally spin.
Address: SCITECH Hotel, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6528 3636
Bar Blu
Normally packed with students and locals for good reason.
Address: 4F, Tongli Studios, Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6417 4124
Buddha Bar
A lakeside lounge-style watering hole.
Address: 16 Yinding Qiao, Shichahai, Xicheng District
Tel: +86 10 6617 5746
Big Easy Bar & Restaurant
Good place for live music & jazz. Celebrate nightly at the New Orleans Experience and enjoy Beijing's best Cajun cuisine, hurricane cocktails and live Blues/Jazz/R&B.
Address: 1 Nongzhanguan Nanlu, South Gate of Chaoyang Park
Tel: +86 10 6508 6776
Boys and Girls
Address: Sanlitun Bar Street, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6416 6776
Cappuccino Club
Provides French and Italian-style coffee & free wireless Internet.
Address: North end of Sanlitun Bar Street, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6417 7035
CD Café CD
Address: South of Agriculture Exhibition Center, East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6501 8877
Centro
1/F, Kerry Center Hotel, 1 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6561 8833, ext.42
Charlie
Address: B1, Jianguo Hote, 5, Jianguomen Wai Dajie, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6500 2233, ext 8038
Club Banana
Address: Scitech Hotel, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6528 3636
Cargo Club
A new arrival to the Beijing club scene.
Address: 6 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6551 6897/78
Coco Banana
Natural Luxe, Natural High!
The new glamour added to Gongti area.
Address: 8 Gongti Xilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 8599 9999
Durty Nellie's Irish Pub
Address: B8, Dongsanhuanbei Lu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6593 5050
Galleria Jazz Bar
Address:1/F NovotelXinqiao Beijing,DongCheng District
Tel: +86 10 6513 3366, ext. 2014,15
Get Lucky Bar
Address: Oriental Laicai world Nuren Jie, Chaoyang district
Havana Café
Address: Near the north gate of the Workers ' Stadium, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6586 6166
Here Bar
Address: 97 Nan Luo Gu Xiang, Dongcheng District
Tel: +86 10 8401 4246
Hidden Tree
Address: 12 Dongdaqiao Xiejie, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6509 3642
Hou Hai Cafe and Bar
Address:20 South Houhai, Xicheng District
Tel: +86 10 6613 7825
John Bull Pub
Address: 44 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6532 5905
Latinos
Beijing's new salsa club! Live music from a Colombian Band and Top Latin DJs, dancers and dance teachers.
Address: Chaoyang Park South Gate, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6507 9898
Lotus Blue
Address: Inside Louts Lane, Ping'an street, Xicheng District.
Tel: +86 10 6617 2599
Lush
A busy student hangout with drinks offers, DJs and food
Address: 2F, Building 1, Huaqing Jiayuan, Chengfu Lu, Haidian District
Tel: +86 10 8286 3566
Mix
One of the few larger venues hosting decent, non-house beat-makers.
Address: Inside Workers' Stadium North Gate, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6530 2889.
Nameless Highland Bar
Address: Building 14, area 1, Anhuili, Yayuncun, Chaoyang District
Tel:+86 10 6489 1613/2122
Nashville
Address: Sanlitun South Bar Street, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6502 4201
Nanjie
Packed with students and locals keen to consume inexpensive beverages.
Address: Gongti Beilu (opposite Workers Stadium North Gate, to the right of the parking lot gate), Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6413 0963
Passby Bar
Address: 108 Nanluogu Xiang, Dongcheng District
Tel: +86 10 6406 2243
Poachers Inn
Cheap drinks, pop music and table dancing.
Address: 43 Bei Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6417 2632, ext. 8505
Suzie Wong
Address: West Gate of Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6593 6049
Souk
Sheesha pipes and sangria make for an exotic evening.
Address: West Gate of Chaoyang Park (in the alley behind Annie's), Chaoyang District.
Tel: +86 10 6506 7309
The Goose & Duck Pub & Restaurant
Address: 1 Greenlake Nanlu, Chaoyang Gongyuan Xilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6538 1827
Tango
Address: 79 Hepingli Xijie, Dongcheng District
Tel: +86 10 6428 2288
The Bridge
Address: Northeast Yindingqiao, Xicheng District
Tel: +86 10 6615 1366
The Tree
Address: 43 Sanlitun Beijie (100m west of North Sanlitun Bar Street, Youyi Youth Hostel, behind Poachers Inn), Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6415 1954
The Loft
Address: 4 Gonti Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6501 7501
Vanilla
Address: 43 Yandai Xiejie next to Lotus and across from Lotus Root, Xicheng District
Tel: +86 10 6402 6440
Vics
Pop tunes and ladies nights. Enough said.
Address: Inside Workers' Stadium North Gate, Chaoyang District
Tel: +86 10 6593 6215
What Bar
A tiny place hosting a range of local rock bands.
Address: Beichang Jie (just north of the West Gate of the Forbidden City), Xicheng District
Tel: +86 133 4112 2757
Yugong Yishan Club
Address: 1 Gongti Beilu (opposite the Workers' Stadium North Gate)
Tel: +86 10 6415 0687
Zub
Occasionally hosts a good hip-hop or drum and bass night.
Address: Basement next to Propaganda, Wudaokou, Haidian District
Tel: +86 10 8286 6240
