(cityweekend)
Updated: 2007-03-22 10:10

Pimpin'out the entrance lobby, where a front desk and flight of stairs usher VIPs up into the main suite (RMB5,800), the mirrors are begging for your sweet reflection. Up the back stairs, private rooms (starting at RMB580) make up a hall of fame of Beijing's hippest nightspots: The Suzie Wong Room, the Mix Room, the list goes on.

The sick VIP suite has a giant screen playing music videos, private restrooms, sparkling lights hanging up from the floor, eastern statuettes and even a catwalk. For the normal people, glass-square bar tables crowd the main dance room with a giant blue LCD screen. The manager assures, "The owners are very proud of this. They think this is the main thing." Certainly it's fitting to the funky techno beats already pouring from the DJ deck, neons flashing to the dark high ceilings. The second dance room has its own DJ stand and a row of scarlet couch-booths, hung with bead curtains, beneath warmer lighting. The best true rumor: No cover. Drinks run around RMB20-40. This megalith is testimony to the rapid gentrification of the Yayuncun area and definitely worth a look if you're in the neighborhood.

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Address:8 Beichen Donglu, Yayuncun
Tel: 010-8497-7288