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Beijing's pubs and bars reviewed and recommended

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Area: Houhai & the North

Address: Lotus Lane, 51-56 Dianmen Dongdajie (Shichahai Qianhai Xiyan), Xicheng

平安大街什刹海荷花市场内 北海北门对面

Opening: 1.30pm-2am Mon-Fri; 11.30am-2am Sat, Sun

Phone: 6617 2599

Credit cards: AmEx, DC, MC, V

Other bars in this neighbourhood


Lotus Blue

Lotus Blue is probably the coolest bar on the strip – its mix of Buddhist bric-a-brac and Chinese artefacts, glitz and a vague homage to the Belgian cartoon hero Tintin, somehow works. Eat Thai food or drink inside on two levels, or in summer head to the third-floor roof terrace and gaze over the lake at the hundreds of floating candles that boaters drop into the water for good luck.

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