New Openings: Zhongyu Hanging Garden

Amidst the concrete and construction sites that continue to blemish our favorite drinking district, it was most pleasant to stumble (if a traipse through a lobby and up seven floors can be considered a “stumble”) onto an idyllic rooftop garden.

This oasis has grass (yes, grass!), two large fishponds with water features and adjoining bridges, a central gazebo, and sheltered seating along its edge.

An extensive and varied food menu complements a reasonably priced drink selection. Draft Carlsberg (RMB 30) and bottled beers (RMB 20) accompany cocktails (RMB 15-35) and wines, which are all half-price during the daily happy hour (5-8pm). Enjoyment of the nighttime panorama of the district’s more extravagant building sites is hampered only by the constant hubbub of progress.

Zhongyu Hanging Garden
Daily 10am-2am. 7/F, Zhongyu Plaza (Swire Building, north of The Rickshaw), corner of Gongti Beilu and Sanlitun Nanlu, Chaoyang District (8523 6616 ext 6677)
七层吧, 朝阳区工体北路甲6号中宇大厦7层

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