New Openings: Fez Bar

Fez Bar’s Jackie Ho believes in the healing power of cocktails. “There is nothing a cocktail cannot do,” he says, outlining a philosophy of mixology that owes more to the apothecary than the barman. Ho distills essence of roses himself for his Amour Rouge cocktail, then garlands it in petals dry-roasted in honey. Ho, like many a barman, is also a psychologist. Faced with a weary customer seeking solace at the end of a hard day, Ho says he will lift them up rather than roll them out drunk. Claims fantastical elsewhere appear entirely possible at Fez, where you gaze down from the candlelit, tented terrace to the restored Legation Quarter below. Open from spring to the end of Indian summer, with cocktails from RMB 58-78 (plus 10 percent).

Fez Bar
Daily 6pm-1am. 23 Qianmen Dongdajie, Dongcheng District (6559 6266)
东城区前门东大街23号

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