8pm-2am
Sanlitun South Bar Street
6506-3845

Thursdays see DJ Martin, Fridays and Saturdays go to Flamenco night and Wednesdays hear Kim’s Canadian Funk Band. Shows start at 10pm, Jam House is a popular live music bar that, as the name suggests, has free jazz and blues jam sessions every Thursdays. At the weekends there are live flamenco bands. A veritable institution in the Beijing bar scene, the Jam House was among the first bars to open on Sanlitun Nanjie. Today, its downstairs stage plays host to a regular rotation of rock, jazz and flamenco bands. Its spacious bottom floor has plenty of tables, couches and chairs, so the place never gets too uncomfortably crowded. Its rooftop patio is one of the best in town.

Open: 10am-4am Happy Hour 7pm-9pm Philippine Band Live 8:45pm till late
No.58 Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
朝阳区三里屯北街58号
6415-9196 www.swingbar.com.cn Email: swingbar@163.com

Large windows on the exterior provide you a view of a stage area, bathed in hazy red lights and occupied by a cover band. From the outside, it certainly looks like a happening place. Once inside, however, you discover it’s more of the same: the atmosphere is loud and charmless and the music consists almost entirely of Eagles covers. The band’s actually not that bad as far as cover bands go (complete with sexy backup singers).

Open 8pm-2am
No.43 Sanlitun Beijie
behind 3.3 Mall
三里屯北街43号
靠近开吧
Price Less than Y99 per couple
6417-2632 ext. 8505

Is it the Bonner cartoons spicing the walls? Or those cheap beers? Whatever the reason, this place has been packed since opening. And boy, it sure gets hot in there! The primarily dance-on-the-tables kind of disco tunes are interspersed with the occasional live - musical and comedic - performance.

Open 11am-4am
No.62 Sanlitun Beijie, Chaoyang, Sanlitun Jiuba Beijie
三里屯酒吧北街
6416-4560

The Milan Club’s recently-renovated interior is dominated by a brightly-lit catwalk surrounded by chairs. On tap are nightly ‘model shows’ featuring extremely tall ‘models’ pacing back and forth to a soundtrack of international pop music.

30metres south of 3.3 Plaza West Gate, Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang, Beijing
朝阳区三里屯酒吧街3.3大厦西门往南30米, 三里屯北街41号 同里后边
Behind Tongli Studios
6416-5154 13520137915

Open 7pm-2am
No.66 Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
朝阳区三里屯酒吧街66号
6417-2589

Open 6pm-3am
Sanlitun Beijie
behind 3.3 Mall
三里屯北街
3.3商场西侧
Price Less than Y99 per couple
6416-6254 Email: denneygao@yahoo.com kokomo1219@yahoo.com.cn

Open 7 Days a Week, 5pm-4am
2/F Tongli Studios Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
三里屯同里2层北侧
On the opposite side of Cheers from China Doll
64132698

All you can drink (Mon-Thu 80元/person, Fri-Sat 100元/person) Whiskey, Gin, Bourbon, and a wide range of cocktails. Beer is Tiger.

Open 24H
No.68 Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
朝阳区三里屯北街68号

This ever-popular watering hole lies at the south end of Sanlitun and is usually one of the first places pub-crawlers hit as they make their way up the street. A favourite for yuppies out on the town, it’s always packed and loud enough to make intimate conversation difficult. Music policy is strictly Mandopop, sometimes live, sometimes canned.