Sanlitun-三里屯

A milk tea shop where customers can come to play with tiny pigs. Book in advance.

For RMB 88, pet and cuddle with dogs, guinnea pigs, chinchillas, a raccoon, and even a capybara. Coffee or tea included.

A swanky coctail lounge with beautiful drinks mixed with scientific precision. Some drinks are served not in a shot glass, but in a different kind of shot – a syringe.

A quick Macau style style meal in a flashy atmosphere, focusing on Beef Offal and brisket. Ox tongue and tripe are also on the menu. Most dishes are served in a slightly sugary broth.

Awaguli is a Western-style bar and grill restaurant located smack-dab in the middle of The Rug and Q Mex in Courtyard 4.

Unlike many more traditional restaurants, Café Ruhe goes all out and incorporates a wide range of dishes and drinks from different countries from around the world and, more surprisingly, executes each one with aplomb: even the signature double bacon cheeseburger flirts with elements of fine dining. If you're not a burger fan, there's plenty more to choose from, including tacos, pasta, and even tom yum soup, a nod to the restaurant's globetrotting aspirations.

Ling Long, the modern Chinese restaurant (to vastly undersell the concept) in co-living space Stey in Bei Zhaolong Hotel, that melds dishes that are distinctly modern French with flavors are unmistakably Chinese, something that the kitchen calls “re-fine dining.” For example, pork belly here perfectly evokes the flavors of traditional Dongbei-style pork and sauerkraut hot pot but is also worlds away from its usual rustic presentation, substituting melt-in-the-mouth slices of sous vide Spanish pork belly and a crystal clear consommé infused with pickled cabbage.

A sushi lounge in the Sanlitun Soho with sashimi and other seafood dishes. Guests can either sit in booths or on the floor at low-set tables.

A small sashimi bar with a focus on uni donburi, or sea urchin roe on rice.