Mokihi Versus... Mokihi

Mokihi 1%ers

Location: You’ll feel like you’re about to be murdered when your cab stops at a nondescript row of warehouses somewhere near Sanyuanqiao. You’ll feel even more like a future homicide victim when you enter the unmarked garage in which this bar hides. 

Behind the bar: Cheerful bartenders who will make you a drink based on your taste preferences (no menu, folks).

Atmosphere: Making us enter through an abandoned warehouse is a strangely effective way of getting us to appreciate this bar’s cozy vibe. Also: There’s a classy Harley-Davidson theme. (“Classy Harley-Davidson” is not an oxymoron.) 

Try this: An old-fashioned (RMB85 and up, with whichever whiskey you like). Bartender Zoe is happy to talk options with you. 

Price range: Cocktails RMB75 and up. (Way up.)

Takeaway: There are a lot of speakeasies in Beijing, but this one just might be the speakeasiest of them all. 

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Mokihi No. 3

Location: No. 3 is in 3.3 Mall, get it? You’ll find this Mokihi on the top floor of this once-gaudy shopping center, in a secluded corner behind Mega Vintage. One might term this a ‘speakeasy.’  And yet, this Sanlitun local is veritably convenient. 

Behind the bar: Creative cocktails with style and substance. Plus, the nicest bartenders you’ll ever meet.

Atmosphere: Cocktail bars with leather couches and vintage knick-knacks have become cliche. But the decor here hits comforting notes without striking the pretentious ones, and a view of the flashy InterContinental makes it stand out.  

Try this: Delay in M (RMB90), a classed-up gin-and-juice with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. Yeah, you heard us – parmesan.

Price range: Signature cocktails from RMB80-95.  

Takeaway: This is our new favorite when we want something off the beaten path – but in Sanlitun.

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