Sanlitun-三里屯

Having been ousted from his original location in Topwin Center, Jordanian Ahmad Saraireh goes it alone in the back of Sanlitun Soho's bustling food court, serving the same cheap and filling chicken shawarma and falafel wraps that won him so many fans in the first place.

Combining rainforest ambience with urban modernity, Elephant Grounds provides healthy breakfest options, specialty coffee, and artisan ice cream. 

The Opposite House's expansive ground-floor bar Union takes cues from both secret societies and the Silk Road, making for an equally lavish and intimate setting with creative and spiced-up spins on classic cocktails.

Stylish southern Chinese eats and a spacious rooftop terrace are but a few of the attributes that make this Taikoo Li restaurant a winner.

The popular American fast seafood chain's Sanlitun branch has spiffier digs than its Stateside counterparts, along with a unique Sichuan chili topped lobster.

There are also plenty of old favorites on the menu like steamed lobsters from Maine (RMB 298 for 450g, RMB 596 for 900g or RMB 888 for 1.3 kg, each steamed with hot drawn butter), lobsters served Thermidor (roasted and doused in a creamy white mushroom sauce; RMB 398 for 450 g, RMB 788 for 900g or RMB 1088 for 1.3 kg) or Fra Diavolo (cooked in a mildly spicy tomato sauce and served on a bed of linguine pasta).

Mr. Chips' shtick by and large is to take the humble art of battering fish and deep-frying chips to a more sophisticated plain, and it works. One-man kitchen machine Zak El Hamdou previously acted as head chef at London's three-star Michelin Restaurant La Tante and Beijing's Cours Et Pavilions Hotel, using here his Midas touch here on everything from battered cod to scotch eggs and striped seabass to Norwegian salmon. And then there are of course the chips, which rank as some of the best and most authentic British-style chips in Beijing.

Managed by the same team that brought you avantgarde Dongsi venue Fruityspace, Frequent Collaborative aims to bring equally offbeat gigs to a posh neighborhood starved for such auditory oddities: Sanlitun.

This Japanese brand sells custard stuffed dough sticks and soft serve ice cream. They pride themselves on using high quality free-range milk from a farm on Japan's rustic Hokkaido island.

With its breezy decor, tiki-inspired cocktails, and young cooler-than-thou staff, Pi Bar is the perfect antidote to the polished and uptight cocktail bars of Sanlitun. It also begs to be called home by anyone wanting to spend long evenings perched outside chatting to new friends with an iced cocktail in hand, embracing the old summer mantra of "well, maybe I'll stay for one more."

A milk tea shop on the ground floor of Sanlitun Soho. In the summer of 2019 they began selling White Rabbit candy flavored ice cream and milk tea.