Jianghu — Restaurant in Beijing

I'm ecstatic that I found this place again on gmaps from my home in california, taking a trip down memory road on google maps visting my old neighborhood. I lived off of Andingmen Road on Cheniandian Hutong in the summer of 2007. Not knowing anyone when I moved there, I wandered the hutongs looking for interesting sights and people. I stumbled into this place because there was a table of folks strumming a guitar and drinking. They invited me over to the table and soon I found my friends for the summer. What's better was that these people owned the joint! This bar attracts a creative crowd. I was soon surrounded by musicians, artists, fashion designers, and all kinds of offbeat, decidedly non-mainstream people. I was still getting my wits about me in Mandarin, but this was an amazing place to hang and relax and have a good conversation. Overwhelmingly my favorite place in Beijing. GO here and you'll know why. But sshhh, don't tell anyone else. Maybe it's too late because there's a photo of Ai Weiwei chilling at the...

Awesome bar with live music and super welcoming and friendly staff. They had a folk music session the evening I was there. Thoroughly enjoyed myself and would have gone again for the jazz night, if I had been staying in Beijing longer. From what I saw, it is a place where like minded music lovers, musicians and regulars, who all know each other, meet for a good time. Highly recommended for...

If you are a traveller, please do yourself a favour and visit this bar! My partner and I spent some time looking for a jazz bar as we are musicians who love live music. We came across Jianghu online and beelined there - absolutely no regrets. Great menu, great atmosphere, great music. The staff were friendly and welcoming. My favourite...