| Houhai Lake Area tips and photos posted by real travelers and Beijing locals. • 16 Photos
• 15 Reviews
See all Beijing Nightlife |
 | Beijing Houhai Lake Area Reviews | 1 - 10 of 15 |  |
 Great evening outing. by rsleisk
I went to one place...can't remember the name exactly "dragon something" anyway it had a spot light in the shape of a dragon that illuminated on the sidewalk. The place was interestingly decorated and there was good music with a small dance floor.
The area is a good spot for people watching and taking a stroll, although on my particular night there it was mysting that only added to the ambience.
Styling and profiling. Leave a Comment Theme: NightclubAddress: Houhai lakeDirections: Houhai lake, Lotus lane, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
|
Visiting Beijing?
Read reviews about Beijing Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 One of many bars by MickeH
Here the pubs continue to line the west shore. and at the northen end of the lake
the bars have put out sofas right by the water.
It was really nice to sit down in one of the many sofas and order out a beer or a drink and just
let everything and everyone flow right past around you.
I guess this only exist in the summer when the weather and temperature allows for it, but if you are there at that time don't forget to make time for a visit.
It was so comfortable and I was so tired the last time I was there that I wondered if I might get away with just falling asleep right there in the sofa.
In the end I took a cab back to the hostel though... Leave a Comment Theme: Eating and DrinkingDirections: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
|
 by CliffClaven |
Hou Hai bar street is a new place to be, these years, more and more people rent or buy an old house for open bars there, most of it is very quiet, you can drinking and talking with your friends, or just listen to the pop song in sofa. Theme: NightclubDirections: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
|
The life cycle of entertainment districts is predictable. A low-rent part of town today becomes tomorrow's buzzy dining and drinking destination. Serious investors show up, as do smarter restaurants, and before long the area is overrun with bistros and martini bars. Scenemakers then latch on to another low-rent part of town—and the cycle begins again.
Visitors to Beijing will notice that the Chinese capital seems to have gone through just this of late, with formerly trendy Sanlitun giving way to the lakeside neighborhood of Houhai as the city's favored leisure zone. While Sanlitun degenerates into a graceless quarter of leather-jacketed touts and identical bars, Houhai is luring yuppie dollars with rather more modish venues.
Forerunner of this hot zone is the No Name bar, tel: (86-10) 6401 8541. Rather aptly, it has no front signage. But it is impossible to miss the tree-fronted, single-story structure if you find its neighbor Nuage, tel: (86-10) 6402 1663. Both bars were conceived by the scene's godfather, 34-year-old Bai Feng. The ex-concert cellist from Shanxi province says they came about unintentionally when he rented a house in the district. "When friends visited they really liked the setting. I then had the idea to turn [the house] into the No Name bar and café," says Bai.
There are now more than 70 small bars and restaurants in the lanes of Houhai, with more opening all the time. Some, such as Buffalo, tel: (86-10) 6617 2146, are among Beijing's funkiest. Of course, the area's popularity may well end up destroying the very qualities that led Bai Feng and others to the district in the first place. Houhai has now hit its sweet spot, busy enough to generate real buzz but not so overrun that you would avoid it—visit before it's too late. As for Beijing's next district of the month, watch this space.
Any clothes as long as tidy and not like a tramp Theme: NightclubAddress: Hou HaiDirections: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
|
 | |  |
Visiting Beijing?
Read reviews about Beijing Hotels
Real Reviews from Real VirtualTourist Members.
 by tomptLeave a Comment
|
 by oldmonk_92129
Lots of open air jazz music and restaurants around.
A boat house with boats you can rent to paddle.
Watch out for the traffic jam on water though. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
|
coming up Theme: Eating and DrinkingAddress: Opposite to Houhai Bar streetDirections: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
|
HOUHAI AREA FULL OF CHINESE GIRLS TRYING TO INVITE U FOR A COFFEE AND CHARGE YOU 1000 US DAOLLARS OR BEAT U BADLY WITH SECURITY GUARDS ETC,,SOMETIMES EVEN WITHOUT GIRLS IF U GO A BAR OR COFEE SHOP THERE THEY CAN TRY TO RIP U BAD THERE ..DONT GO THERE AND BE CAREFUL ABOUT MENU,,ETC,,CHECK IT CAREFULLY.., Leave a Comment Theme: NightclubDirections: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
|
Houhai Lake is connected to Beihai Park. When I was a kid, I used to go to the park a lot and never noticed the Houhai Lake area, not even the bars. But nowadays, Houhai Lake has become so popular that young people just like to hang around there for the weekends.
Compared to another hot bar area Sanlitun bar street, Houhai Lake area to me is just pushed into a bar area. It lacked of its nature and pushed to "install" a character to itself. But Houhai Lake area is a great place to visit in the afternoon. It's so much relaxing just sitting in a bar beside the lake reading a book in an afternoon.
I don't like to go there in the evening. But during winter, people go there for skating.
Casual. People go there don't have very good taste of dressing. So don't worry about it. :P Leave a Comment Theme: NightclubAddress: Go to Back gate of Beihai Park.Directions: Hou Hai is an old Imperial Lake, north of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
|
| | |
 | 1 | 2 |  |
|
More Beijing Travel Deals Beijing Premier Hotels
Official Site. Wake Up Rested and Refreshed! Book Lowest Online Rate. The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing
In the Heart of Beijing's Thriving Chaoyang District. Book Online Now. Beijing Tour
3 Day Beijing Classic Tour(+Olympic Stadium) from $95. Book Easily! Sponsored Links
- Beijing Yongxing Garden Hotel
101 Fu Cheng Avenue , Haidian District, Beijing - Celebrity International Grand
No.99 Anli Road Chaoyang District, Beijing - Peking University Resource Hotel (Beijing Resource Yanyuan Hotel)
1 Yiheyuan Road , Haidian District, Beijing - Xixi Friendship
No 109 Xidan North Street, Beijing - Su Yuan Jinjiang Hotel Beijing
3 Guanganmenwai Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing - Home Inn Beijing Xinxingqiao
No 21 Middle XiSanHuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing - Beijing Guomen Hotel
2 Heping Rd , Chaoyang District, Beijing - Tian Rong Hotel Beijing
14 Yard, Cangnan Alley Chaonei Beixiao Street, Beijing - Beijing Shunyi Professional Account Training Center
Henan Village, Renhe Town, Beijing - Beijing Dabao Hotel
4 North Longtan Lane Chongwen District, Beijing - Beijing Longqiang Hotel
1 Anyuanli , Chaoyang District, Beijing - Feng Ze Yuan
83 West Zhushikou Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing - Yayuncun Hotel Beijing
8 East Beicheng Road , Chaoyang District, Beijing - Schengen International
5 Laiguang Ying West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing - BEIJING AUSPICIOUS BUSINESS HOTEL
23 Fuxue Road, Changping District, Beijing
|
