The newly opened Colibri is a bright and airy cafe nestled in a quiet dugout at the North Village in Sanlitun. Just a few days after the official opening, it was already bustling with customers chatting with friends over cupcakes and coffee on a relaxed weekend afternoon. The mix of floor-to-ceiling glass panels, white walls and rustic wooden floorboards make it a tranquil place to have a conversation, to catch up with some e-mails or read a book.
There are only two ways to relieve the pressures of work. One is to do nothing other than completely relax oneself, while the other, perhaps more enjoyable, is to do something exciting that awakens a tired heart.
It might be from the same people as Mosto, but new Sanlitun restaurant Modo is an entirely different beast. Alexandra Leyton Espinoza discovers the massive appeal of customer choice.
Beijing bars usually fall into one of two categories: good quality and pricey or low quality and cheap.
With a great selection of drinks to compliment an ever-expanding menu, one bar in the west of Beijing is graduating with a degree in customer happiness, Jude Alefounder learns how
With soft rock drifting across a Western-styled restaurant, "genuine?southwestern Chinese cuisine is certainly not what it used to be, Eileen Wen Mooney discovers
The Butcher's Steakhouse restaurant on Dongzhimenwai may have more going for it than a monster burger, but that only testifies to the quality of their products to be able to pull your attention away from their insane creation.
The dining scene in the capital has become a cuisine kaleidoscope. International cuisines are on the rise but none more so than South American cuisine.
For anyone who steps into South Silk Road restaurant near the Workers' Stadium, the eatery impresses with its distinctive dcor and coveted Yunnan delicacies.
The closing of the first incarnation of Stumble Inn around two years ago was a big loss for the beer drinking community in Beijing, which is why many of the city's ale lovers have been waiting anxiously for the re-opening of Stumble Inn in Sanlitun's Village complex.
New Beijing-based chain seeks to offer customers authentic cafe experience
METRO set out to pull the cork on why a glass of the grape is so costly