Whiskey and Rum Bars

Expansive whiskey bar hidden within a converted courtyard house on Yanjia Hutong (hence the name) in the Dashilar area. Awarded for Best Whiskey Menu at the 2023 North Regional DRiNK Awards.

Gallery is a swanky cocktail, whisky, and wine joint opened by Lao “Lincoln” Hu, the brains behind another purveyor of upscale tipples, Andingmen’s DaliDali. Much like their flagship location, the walls are decked out with the Spanish surrealist’s iconic paintings, and the space features dark wood furniture, leather-clad booths, and moody lighting straight out of a noir film. What's more, Gallery is decidedly much larger and features a sizable lounge set off the main bar area.

A newly refurbrished restaurant and lounge bar designed with an interior that fosters the fusion between traditional and contemporary architecture. The bar is stocked with a wide selection of beer, wine, cocktails and whisky. The whisky list includes a variety and styles of whiskys including a premium 15 year islay, with whisky by the bottle and glass. Our restaurant serves Indian cuisine made from high quality raw local ingredients, along with the best of ingredients imported from around the world, freshly cooked and presented for either delivery or dine-in.

Enjoy a glass of whiskey in this retro style bar.

This whiskey shop focuses on single malt whiskey and a few types of gin (forgoing blended whiskies altogether). About 200 different types of bottles are available. It is the exclusive Mainland China seller of a few brands like Springbank scotch.

This Central Park Plaza (near Chaoyang Park) venue houses a Japanese whiskey bar downstairs and a high-end sushi restaurant upstairs. The former slings everything from RMB 950 per glass/RMB 8,980 per bottle Miyakigyo 12-year-old sweet and sherry Japanese whiskey to more affordable RMB 120 per glass Suntory Kakubin yellow label, the RMB 140 per glass single malt Nikka Yoichi, and the RMB 140 Miyagiko.

Upstairs, the restaurant serves set sushi meals starting at RMB 1,000 per patron. In short: expect to dig deep in your wallet and shell out plenty for the wares here.

A decent and luxuriant whiskey bar on the second floor of the Crib with fine collection of single malts personally carried by the owner from around the world. They also offer bespoke cocktails upon your preferences. 

A posh Sanyuanqiao whisky bar with plenty of inexpensive bottles and a staff that is friendly and willing to help newbies learn about this esteemed spirit. There's also plenty on offer for diehards, however, including numerous pricey rare finds.

This bar's name is a reference to the owner's chosen English moniker, rather than what's behind the bar. Instead, plenty of whisky bottles are on offer, along with a smattering of other spirits. Bartender Gin will also make personalized cocktails for patrons based on their preferences (there's no set cocktail menu though).

Cozy, hutong-home-away-from bar that whiskey fiends and fans of stiff cocktails will both thoroughly enjoy. At RMB 50-70 the drinks are quite affordable and bartender James Hao customizes those cocktails to your flavor and booze base preferences. Check out our review here.