Lift Bar

Wukesong’s cocktail scene is as parched as Sanlitun’s is saturated. In fact Lift pretty much goes it alone in that west-end haunt, standing out from the gaudy lighting of most other Live Hi-Up bars with a design sleek enough to rival Sanlitun’s most hyped lounges.

Try the refreshing and bitter-sweet RMB 90 Lady Basil cocktail made with vodka, watermellon syrup, vanilla liqueur and basil. The RMB 90 Lolita's Secret cocktail, meanwhile has a sweet and creamy yogurt liqueur, the first we’d heard of in Beijing.