Zhongguancun-中关村

This restaurant specializing in pears serves a pear soup (RMB 8) and a salad made from pear slices served with cucumber, red cabbage and peanuts (RMB 12), as well as crispy shrimp balls with, you guessed it, pear.

This Japanese chain sells fresh cream puffs with different flavored fillings, ranging from vanilla to chocolate and green tea.

Serves authentic Anhui cuisine, including braised fish (红烧嘎鱼), sweet and sour radish, stinky salmon (臭鲑鱼) and more.

Paris-based chain brand Bread n Butter sells classic girly clothing for the misses and juniors.

Always queue with people. The reason is not only because of its reasonable price, but also because of its beautiful design and technique. Basic manicure is RMB 20. You can also take a member card. With the member card, the highest discount can reach to 50%. Also if you apply the card now, they will give you couple of times foot treatment or pedicure for free.

Fine sound equipment and very reasonable prices (hourly rate starts from RMB 19) make this a good backup option if the major venues are booked out. The low prices also make Yuesheng a favorite among college students

It may have one of the most obvious names for a KTV business, but Melody is also one of Beijing’s most popular karaoke bars. The selection of songs is huge – ranging from old to new, from Chinese to Cantonese and Japanese to English – and regularly updated. A wide range of food is available in the free, nightly buffet.

This popular chain of clean, upscale restaurants aimed at white-collar workers serves spicy Sichuanese mala xiangguo (spicy dry pot) at moderate prices.

Fried oysters and cheap prices are the hallmarks of this restaurant, attached to the Xiamen Business Center in Zhonguancun.