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Top 20 Bars in Beijing [2025]
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MO Bar
4.5
/5
32 reviews
From AU$ 41.00
Tian'anmen Square and Wangfujing Area | 946m from downtown
Address: 王府井大街269号北京王府井文华东方酒店五层
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Enjoy Forbidden City views from the terrace, along with cocktails infused with cultural elements
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This is a really great place with amazing original cocktails, good music and lovely staff. The only thing is that it's very expensive (1 cocktail costs ~160CNY). I loved the place!
Environment:
Mo Bar is on the 5th floor of Wangfujing Cultural Oriental Hotel, divided into two areas, the inner and outer areas. I personally feel that the height of the indoor tables and chairs is more comfortable. The outdoor platform has a good view, and you can see the tops of some buildings in the Forbidden City, but the height of the table is inhumanely low. It is better to sit indoors and run out to take pictures when you want to.
I came here specifically for the Red Forbidden City Little Lion Cocktail and the Jade Heavenly Palace (Temple of Heaven) Cocktail. They are not on the menu. You have to ask the waiter and then order on Mo Bar's WeChat. Both drinks are good-looking non-alcoholic ice cubes. Pour in a cocktail of about 20 degrees. After the ice melts, the degree is very low. The taste is quite recommended.
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TIAO
5.0
/5
21 reviews
From AU$ 46.00
Qianmen, The Temple Of Heaven and Chongwenmen | 798m from downtown
Address: 西兴隆街40号
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
A Chinese-style bar under a famous hotel with stunning, dreamy mercury cocktails
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• Space layout: The bar has two floors of leisurely and elegant space. The floor-to-ceiling glass windows and wooden structure on the first floor bring it closer to the community. The bar area is luxurious and interesting, and the seats by the window offer views of the streets and alleys. The outdoor terrace on the second floor has street plants and a warm atmosphere.
• Decoration style: The overall decoration style is exquisite old money style, combining traditional hutong architecture with modern design aesthetics. The blue-ink sofas are set against the trees outside the window. Under the soft yellow light, the wooden doors of the courtyard are mottled with tree shadows, showing the essence of Beijing culture and hutong style aesthetics.
Drinks
• Creative cocktails: The wine list is rich, with 17 creative cocktails, divided into eight chapters such as "Floating Garden" and "Cross-Era Dialogue". The wine draws inspiration from hutong culture, such as "Cuiyuan" presents the fragrance of flowers, grass and fruit in Sanlihe Park, "Sour Grapes" uses bourbon whiskey with Erguotou, and also innovatively uses smoothies.
• Classic Spirits and Wines: Offers a menu of iconic spirits such as Chinese liquor, whiskey, and brandy, as well as a carefully selected wine list to meet the needs of different guests for drinks.
Food and Snacks
The snacks are exquisite and creative, perfectly blending traditional flavors with modern elements, such as the signature "Beijing Roast Duck" cigar, which looks like a cigar and is wrapped with Beijing roast duck flavored ingredients, black truffle fries with a crispy texture, and snacks such as snails, which are also well received.
Service Experience
• Professional Bartending Service: The bartender team is professional and enthusiastic, led by the chief bartender Mr. Morganzhang. They not only have superb bartending skills, but can also interact with guests during the mixing process to explain the inspiration and characteristics of the wine.
• Intimate and thoughtful service: The staff is friendly and will provide welcome drinks, such as yogurt wine. However, some guests have reported that there are problems such as insufficient snacks and unlimited refills.
Entertainment activities
There is a live DJ on the second floor of the bar, with a mix of Chinese and Western music, creating a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, allowing people to enjoy the fun brought by music while tasting fine wine and delicious food.
The bartender team of Shi Tiao Bar is like a magician. Every cocktail is a feast for both the eyes and the taste. Whether it is the classic mojito or the innovative special "mercury", it can make people's eyes shine and have endless aftertaste. Fresh raw materials, precise mixing ratios and unique presentation methods, full of ritual sense... all show their ultimate pursuit of quality.
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Atmosphere
4.5
/5
29 reviews
From AU$ 43.00
International Trade CBD/Chaoyang Joy City | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 80th Floor, Beijing International Trade Hotel, No. 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Featured in 2025 Asia 100 – Bars
Highlights:
Soaring views of Beijing with a live band
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Going to such a high place to celebrate the festival is not just for eating and drinking, but to feel the atmosphere in this situation. Taking pictures is inevitable, so you should book a window seat early.
Spending a different Valentine's Day at Yunku, don't you feel different? The height of the 80th floor is enough to cover the degree of wine, helping you see love clearly. I prefer dessert after dinner to steak.
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Hide&Seek
5.0
/5
13 reviews
From AU$ 44.00
Wangjing Area | 10 km from downtown
Address: 芳园西路6号丽都花园院内
Highlights:
The cocktail menu features clever cartoon illustrations
Verified User Reviews
The environment and atmosphere are amazing. The menu on the first floor is richer and the second floor has a better outdoor view. It's really suitable for small gatherings.
✨Hide & Seek, located in Lido Garden, is really an oasis hidden in the city. It is a healing cafe☕️ during the day and a tipsy laboratory🍸 at night. Here, hide the label and find the true self. It is better to hide in the city than to hide in the middle. You can also unlock the beauty of the Wizard of Oz on the terrace!
🍴This is a day and night double-sided, each with different charms!
🌞 Daytime mode: sunny brunch, Western light meals with boutique☕️ or hand-brewed coffee; in the afternoon, unlock the romance of afternoon tea🉑, limited to afternoon☀️ wine cocktail tea (barista special) with boutique desserts. Whether sitting in the office or in a daze, looking at the green outdoors through the window🪟, it really feels relaxed and free from the cage, and you feel relaxed instantly! I love the mottled light and shadows of the sun shining in here; 🌙 Night mode: As a famous bar nearby, Happy Hour buy one get one free before 19:00, come with your drink partner and relax yourself; Dark tone debut: After the night comes, the creative cocktail list | hidden special will appear, you can choose the one that suits you according to your hobbies, and drink and chat with good friends; Recommended: [City Escape] Juniper + Elderflower Immersive Experience
💦The restaurant is built by the lake, with a 120-degree viewing window that allows you to see the ⛲️ scenery outside. The interior decoration style is stylish and atmospheric, with a perfect fusion of metal and 🪵 textures, and a perfect fusion with nature; the wavy booths + suspended box design make the space full of romance; there are also hundreds of natural wines: the niche champagne wall + whiskey museum is really shocking;
🌳The sky forest party, the second floor here is really a niche secret place, and the first feeling is like being at the beach in Southeast Asia, full of vacation ⛱️ style!
The main white tone plus the exotic Moroccan style make this the most eye-catching place! Girls who like taking pictures 📷 must not miss it, put on your beautiful skirt 👗, and take a beautiful photo at will!
⌛️ Coffee time 10:00-18:00｜Bar time 18:00-02:00
📸 Best check-in spot: restaurant terrace
#RomanticDateRestaurant #ThisBarIsALittleCool #MyLateNightDiningRestaurant #ScenicRestaurant
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Penthouse
5.0
/5
9 reviews
From AU$ 26.00
Houhai Area | 4.1 km from downtown
Address: 鼓楼东大街93号
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Bars
Highlights:
A popular live house with an artistic vibe, catch great shows on the first floor
Verified User Reviews
The bar is very popular, the decoration style is suitable for taking pictures, the location is compact, the resident performances are good, but the sound is a bit loud.
Penthouse is a whole French-style villa, very unique
It consists of a cafe & bar
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The first floor is an American retro industrial bar, and there will be a LiveHouse at night
The second floor is a French romantic oil painting style
It is for drinking coffee☕ and cocktails, with a terrace and indoors
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It is recommended to sit on the second floor
The atmosphere on the second floor is really yyds whether it is daytime or afternoon
Sitting by the window and drinking coffee is super feel
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Eating afternoon tea while watching the hustle and bustle of Nanluoguxiang outside the window
Sitting from 3pm to 7pm is very quiet and comfortable
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We arrived in the evening
No matter which corner is taken, it is great ∽
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Coffee: Latte & Raw Coconut Latte
Recommend the raw coconut latte, which has a light and fragrant coconut flavor and is sweet but not greasy
Cake: Fermented Rice Mickey
The taste is great and very charming, and it really feels good with the latte∽
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Store name: Penthouse•Top floor
Address: No. 93, Gulou East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
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Long Fong
5.0
/5
11 reviews
From AU$ 37.00
Tian'anmen Square and Wangfujing Area | 1.7 km from downtown
Address: 金宝街97号一层1号
Highlights:
Authentic Chinese cocktails made with ingredients from all over China
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This is a really great place with amazing atmosphere, fantastic cocktails and lovely staff. The prices are not that much high. Love the place!
The atmosphere is good, it feels good, the drinks are well-mixed, I will come again next time~
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Modernista
5.0
/5
49 reviews
From AU$ 40.00
Houhai Area | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 44 Baochao Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, Beijing 100009 China
Highlights:
A popular hidden gem with amazing theater shows
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There are different bands performing every week. You can go to the dance floor on the first floor to shake your body. The atmosphere is great.
There are always surprises in Beijing's hutongs. Recently, I discovered a restaurant and bar that is particularly suitable for weekend relaxation. Modernista in Baochao Hutong has been in business for 10 years. It's like traveling back to Europe 100 years ago. After feasting on creative Spanish cuisine, you can also go to the bar on the attic to listen to jazz, a cappella or unplugged female voices, have a drink and relax. It is said that Cai Xukun's MV was also filmed here!
In Baochao Hutong, the overly low-key facade is easy to miss if you don't locate it in advance. The European retro decoration reminds me of the attic I once stayed in when I traveled to Spain. The black and white staggered floor, the old European ceiling lamp, the wooden bar, the dim light, are warm and full of texture. The most amazing thing is that there are music performances with different themes almost every night, such as blues night, flamenco night, swing dance night, jazz quartet night...
Many people who come and go have stories and memories here. In the past 10 years, some people were still teenagers when they first came, and they have established families and careers when they meet again. Some people met, fell in love, and finally entered the palace of marriage. Some people still did not forget to come here to drink a glass of wine on the wedding night...
At the end of the corridor of the restaurant and bar, follow the narrow stairs and carefully climb up to the attic. After passing through several retro spaces, push open the wooden door, and you will see a different world, as if you have traveled back to the small theater in Europe in the last century. I love sitting in the attic. This is the best view overlooking the small stage on the first floor. Have a drink, immerse yourself in it and feel like you are outside it. It's a wonderful feeling. Of course, if you want to enjoy the performance up close or participate in it, such as dancing together on swing dance night, it is recommended to go to the immersive space on the first floor.
Many people go to the performance and bar, but their dinner is also recommended. Whether it is Italian tiramisu, French foie gras, Spanish tapas and Barcelona spicy garlic shrimp... Exotic flavors have been innovated and improved to better suit the taste buds of the Chinese.
[Recommended Food]
✅ Fried duck bombs with red wine: The pear shape that makes people shine is actually red wine stewed duck wrapped in mashed potatoes. The duck meat is sliced and cooked in advance to be soft and boneless, mixed with red wine sauce, red wine and various spices.
✅ Pickled tuna and cucumbers: Cherry tomatoes are not just cherry tomatoes. After opening, there are full of fillings and surprises. Tuna and pickled pickles have a moderate taste of sour and salty, refreshing and appetizing TAPAS.
✅ Spanish fried ham meatballs: Yunnan porcini and Iberian ham are wrapped in a meatball. When they are wrapped in this meatball, you will feel that your taste buds are hit by two high-quality ingredients in turn. The top delicacy can only be created with real ingredients.
✅ Crispy Macau Portuguese Chicken: It is different from what you eat in Macau. It has a layer of crispy crust on top. The crispy crust and coconut milk-flavored curry are a perfect match!
Modernista
No. 44 Baochao Hutong
18:00-02:00 the next day
#Christmas atmosphere around you #New way to open the city #Romantic dating restaurant #My late night canteen #This bar is a bit cool
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STAGE ONE
5.0
/5
16 reviews
From AU$ 33.00
Wangjing Area | 12.9 km from downtown
Address: 望京嘉瑞文化中心3层下电梯左前方直行
Highlights:
Immerse yourself in the arts with a theater show
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It is a mixed interactive game of song and dance show. You can perform for a while, play for a while, and rest for a while. Handsome men and beautiful women sing English songs and dance throughout the whole process.
Happy Twist's stage play "More Than Moonlight in the Window" is adapted from the British work "The Corpse in the Window" which won the Laurence Olivier Best Comedy Award.
It has been performed in China for seven years and has become one of the repertoires retained by the Happy Twist team. This stage play combines reality, suspense, absurdity and comedy. It creates conflicts and laughs through language, body language and expressions, and pushes the plot to a climax step by step.
The appearance of a corpse disrupted a pair of cheating men and women, but led to the emotional entanglement of three pairs of adults who were implicated in each other. On a crazy night, Minister Willy told more lies in order to make up a lie, and it was from a lie that everything was distorted. So in two hours, the plot reversed and reversed again, and the lies and the human heart under the skin were the abyss that could not be gazed at.
A fixed scene, more than a dozen characters, and full drama conflicts, questioning and exploring the darkness in the depths of human nature in the constant resolution and creation of difficulties.
#The most asked place in Moments #Urban Humanities Notes #Capturing Urban Humanities #Performances worth seeing #Where to go on the weekend
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China Bar
4.6
/5
9 reviews
From AU$ 39.00
International Trade CBD/Chaoyang Joy City | 4.4 km from downtown
Address: 建外街道建国门外大街2号(柏悦酒店65楼)
Highlights:
A high-altitude bar with stunning views of Beijing at night
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3️⃣Tequila Sunrise, a very tropical cocktail, based on tequila, with a tropical fruity taste. It looks very suitable for enjoying under a parasol by the sea.
4️⃣Rose Face, this one is just average, mainly because the cream is pretty and the taste is too sweet.
5️⃣Whiskey, there are many types of whiskey, including Scottish and Japanese. The price of Japanese whiskey is about twice that of Scottish. There is only a small cup of pure whiskey, which is suitable for friends who like strong liquor.
📌Tips:
Because all kinds of pure liquor can be drunk everywhere, special cocktails are recommended.
🎵Performance
There are performances every night at around 9 o'clock.
The performer on this day was dressed like a seafood chef in Tsukiji Market, Japan. In the first half, he played the piano and sang by himself, and in the second half, he played the guitar and sang by himself, with Chinese and English songs interspersed.
The sound effect is also excellent when connected to the mixing device using an Apple device. The sound equipment is also connected to the restaurant upstairs and the 63rd floor downstairs. During this hour and a half, the entire top floor of Yintai is immersed in a beautiful world of music.
The atmosphere in the sky bar is great, you can enjoy the beautiful night view, the drinks are delicious too, highly recommended!
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ZH Live
5.0
/5
10 reviews
From AU$ 35.00
International Trade CBD/Chaoyang Joy City | 5.6 km from downtown
Address: 光华路15号院5号楼1层101内3
Highlights:
An established bar focused on live music, with extraordinary performances by talented bands
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The live music atmosphere is great, everyone drinks and sings together and it's super fun
During the mid-week overtime, I was like a clockwork machine every day, exhausted and dizzy, with work all in my head, and I couldn't even laugh😣. Just when I was about to be overwhelmed by this exhaustion, a friend called me and pulled me to ZHLive, saying that I was going to relax.
Stepping into the door of ZHLive, wow, it felt like suddenly walking into the cool autumn from the sultry summer🍃. There was no pungent smell of tobacco and alcohol, only a faint woody fragrance and the sweet fragrance of fruit wine floating in the air, and this smell directly hooked my heart.
The space inside is 1,300 square meters, and the layout is very reasonable. The seats are not far or close, so you can feel the lively atmosphere without being disturbed by the noise of the neighboring tables. It's like finding a comfortable little world for yourself, and you can be as comfortable as you want.
The lighting is a warm cyber style, not dazzling and very stylish. I took some photos with my phone, without any filters, and the photos were so good. When I posted them on WeChat Moments, my friends kept asking me where I was🤳.
At nine o'clock, the band made a brilliant appearance. As soon as the lead singer opened her mouth, her voice was like a nightingale singing, crisp and recognizable. She sang many of her original songs, and each one touched my heart, and I was fascinated by them.
We also ordered a set meal for two, but because we couldn't drink while driving, we changed to orange juice. A sip of orange juice was cool and refreshing, just like injecting new vitality into my tired body. The fatigue of a week was gone in an instant, and I was full of blood again💪!
Here, no one will force you to socialize. If you want to listen to music quietly or chat with friends, you will feel very comfortable. Workers really need such a corner, where they can quietly replenish their energy without making a fuss!
#美食旬味会 #浪漫约会餐厅
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