As one of the best-run and best-funded performance spaces in town, Poly Theatre holds up to 1,500 people and runs a regular slate of top-notch performances including international musicals, ballet, modern dance, symphony concerts and Chinese dramas.
 

This theater was built in 2007 in honor of the great Chinese opera legend Mei Lanfang. The opera house boasts seven floors and also features five private, luxury rooms for serious VIPs.
 

It is a German-style pub, featuring a live Filipino cover band, darts and sports television. 

Old-timer Nightman has undergone recent renovation and is still packing in the crowds on its multilevel dance floors with regular appearances by international DJs.

If Sanlitun is just too sordid, seek out the dignified repose of the wood-panelled Press Club in the top-drawer St Regis off Ritan Lu. Its five-star bar has five-star prices, a large-screen sports TV and a lounge with library-like ambience

The club has that cookie cutter feeling to it; big square bar strategically placed near the entrance, tables and chairs on the periphery of the dancefloor with booths taking up the back wall of the club. 

True to its name, this ever-popular venue is decked out like an opium den of old China. 

The 340-year-old Zhengyi Ci is under constant threat of extinction but is the first choice for authentic Beijing opera when it's open.

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You get a classy, Southeast Asian-inspired decor that incorporates Buddhist statues