Student Hangouts

Student hangout in the land of Wudaokou that serves beer, cocktails, and an assortment of grub.

Localoca Bar and Grill serves Western favorites such as pizzas, burgers, and tacos as well as craft beers and cocktails. The atmosphere is geared towards a student crowd.

Level Up Barcade is a video game bar located in Wudaokou, Beijing. Monday nights are student night, with bottled beer 50 percent off if you bring a valid student ID. Sundays are tournament nights, whereby patrons can challenge eachother on the likes of Super Smash Brothers, Street Fighter, Mario Kart, or FIFA.

Gaming and party location with private rooms for XBox, karaoke, mahjong, board games, and more.

A cozy bar and patio, located by the East Gate of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). With reasonable prices, imported & local craft beer, and some fine cocktails, it may just be the best undiscovered drinking hole in Shaoyaoju.

Wu is all black and red decor, with raw, unplastered walls. The club's designer, Paul Gelinas, also worked on The Bridge Cafe and owns Guozijian store Lost and Found. The bar and dance floor are
wisely divided, meaning you can enjoy a relaxed atmosphere while you drink, before going crazy
downstairs. Drinks are cheap – perfect for the local student crowd.

Student-friendly club features open-bar Wednesdays, ladies' night on Thursdays and "shot night" on Fridays.

Haidian nightlife is typically defined by student-filled budget clubs like Propaganda. Dao offers a swanky alternative that saves hard-up college kids the cost of a taxi fare to Sanlitun. It’s also the umpteenth venue in Beijing to steal its name from Lao Tzu’s philosophy of “The Way.” There are well-liquored drinks and a healthy whiskey selection – a bottle can set you back up to RMB 3,980. Posh decor, staff who look like they came straight from a modeling agency and a DJ spinning recent hip-hop and R&B hits put Dao in the same mold as popular booty-shaking venues like Vics and Mix.

Like its cheap and cheerful neighbors – just less cheap and more cheerful.

Subterranean to Tsinghua University’s South Gate, Chamber is literally a chamber – small and low-roofed. Don’t be fooled: This joint comes packing. There’s a full bar in the back, a central dance floor with complementary stage, and seating aplenty. Though Chamber gathers together dancing, jumping and hip-swinging young guns, it seems to be an oddly pleasing paradox – kids getting crunk to 21st-century hip-hop and R&B beats while chilling amidst white walls plastered with ‘80s record covers.