Comments on: Coming soon – The Legation Quarter: Ex-US Embassy turned restaurant and bar complex http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/ A Somewhat Young China Hand on the Local Drinking Scene Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rebecca.smart9 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-67482 rebecca.smart9 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:46:03 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-67482 The Legation Quarter has opened a new set of restaurants and bars under one roof - Shiro Matsu Japanese, Agua Spanish, a bar/club called Hex and rooftop bar - Fez. All very sexy looking spaces. I ate at the Tapas Bar in Agua - great flavoured tapas in a warm and fun environment. Reccommend. The Legation Quarter has opened a new set of restaurants and bars under one roof – Shiro Matsu Japanese, Agua Spanish, a bar/club called Hex and rooftop bar – Fez.
All very sexy looking spaces.
I ate at the Tapas Bar in Agua – great flavoured tapas in a warm and fun environment.
Reccommend.

]]> By: boyce http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53824 boyce Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:46:17 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53824 @ Yan Xishan, Well, you are going to have to get past at least three security guards first. Better get your troops training. Cheers, Boyce @ Yan Xishan,

Well, you are going to have to get past at least three security guards first. Better get your troops training.

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: boyce http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53823 boyce Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:45:35 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53823 @ m-dawg, I think it's just you. I bet you sleep with your bedroom door locked, right? Cheers, Boyce @ m-dawg,

I think it’s just you. I bet you sleep with your bedroom door locked, right?

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: Yan Xishan http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53821 Yan Xishan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:24:32 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53821 I am planning on storming this place like a Boxer. I am planning on storming this place like a Boxer.

]]> By: m-dawg http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53816 m-dawg Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:29:11 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53816 is it just me or does that interior shot look like something from The Shining's Overlook Hotel? Redrum ... redrum ... is it just me or does that interior shot look like something from The Shining’s Overlook Hotel?

Redrum … redrum …

]]> By: boyce http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53798 boyce Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:36:28 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53798 @ Chris, I asked about Icehouse and was told it will not reopen in The Legation Quarter. Re location, the owners will need smart niche promotion and marketing. For example, Maison Boulod should target US government and business delegations, as it plans to offer high-end cuisine in a historical setting (besides being the former US Embassy, it was here that Zhou and Kissinger met ahead of Nixon's 1971 visit). Making the project work as a whole won't be easy, but I have to give Handel Lee credit - this thing is a wonder of logistics given the numerous tenants and that he has put it together on ministry-owned land. If it works, he is going to look like a genius. Cheers, Boyce @ Chris,

I asked about Icehouse and was told it will not reopen in The Legation Quarter.

Re location, the owners will need smart niche promotion and marketing. For example, Maison Boulod should target US government and business delegations, as it plans to offer high-end cuisine in a historical setting (besides being the former US Embassy, it was here that Zhou and Kissinger met ahead of Nixon’s 1971 visit).

Making the project work as a whole won’t be easy, but I have to give Handel Lee credit – this thing is a wonder of logistics given the numerous tenants and that he has put it together on ministry-owned land. If it works, he is going to look like a genius.

Cheers, Boyce

]]> By: Chris D http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53788 Chris D Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:32 +0000 http://www.beijingboyce.com/2008/02/27/coming-soon-the-legation-quarter-ex-us-embassy-turned-restaurant-and-bar-complex/#comment-53788 Any chance the rumor of Icehouse making a comeback at this location is true? I have a feeling though that location will be the demise of the Legation Quarter. Who regularly hangs out in Qianmen? Any chance the rumor of Icehouse making a comeback at this location is true?

I have a feeling though that location will be the demise of the Legation Quarter. Who regularly hangs out in Qianmen?

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