Lantern 灯笼俱乐部

Sonic pleasure for the electronically inclined
Noteworthy for: Offering electro, techno, dance and disco nights for Beijing's party people, this could only be the brainchild of China's premier dance music label Acupuncture Records.

Word to the wise: Come late (after midnight) or you'll find yourself on an awkwardly sparse dance floor with a couple of hardcore clubbers.
Step through an enormous illuminated pyramid and down into this underground electro haven and you can expect to find yourself amongst - and joining in with - the swinging arms of glitter-faced clubbers and the masses that come to party late and take their positive energy to the dance floor.

International and home-grown DJs spin all manner of electronic beats from raised booths between AV screens, and keep the crowds pumping and jumping on the massive strobe-lit dance floor. At the bar, sweaty punters down tequila shots, while the city's VIP set get giddy on mojitos and mingle on the mezzanine above.