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The best bar in town. Very different from the bars in bar street. Generally less banging of beakers in the infernal dice games. A cosy place, with live music most Fridays and Saturdays. A good mixture of Chinese and ex-pats.
My best description of how to find it - on leaving the Xianhung Hotel. Jie Fang Nan Road. Turn right and take the second right down Luxin. It is tucked away in a corner on the right, about six hundred yards along. Big illuminted Budweiser sign is a giveaway.
Much of the nightlife takes place in restaurants. There is a bar street and one or two clubs but the canny local people are put off by expensive beer prices which strangely are triple those charged in restaurants. Perhaps this is why sometimes people make more noise in restaurants than bars here although private rooms are available for this purpose at no extra charge.
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