Chocolate Nightclub: Sweetening every night of the week
Out on a weekday in Beijing and looking for a late-night option? Check out Chocolate (map), which offers an over-the-top decor, a fun atmosphere, good service, and reasonably priced food and drinks. Even better, this place seems to be rocking every night of the week:
- Monday: Mr Brau, DJ Chunky and I arrived to find the dance floor packed with a mix of men and women, locals and expats. We ordered a bottle of Russian Standard vodka, an excellent deal at RMB238 per bottle. (Mixers are RMB20 per can, for those who don’t like their spirits straight up.) DJ Chunky, with the confidence meter cranked to high, approached two tables of ladies and got people at both up to dance.
- Wednesday: I went with a group of journos, including P-Jimmy, and found the place even busier. Not a table nor a seat at the long bar near the entrance was to be had, so we parked at the smaller bar. We passed on vodka and stuck to Corona (RMB30). Again, a good atmosphere, a packed dance floor, and a fun Russian band.
- Sunday: Two readers tell me they visited Chocolate and happily found the place busy and fun.
As Mr Brau says, “This place continues to impress. There are very few bars in this town that can deliver on a Monday night. And it delivers night in, night out.”
One criticism: On Wednesday, we ordered and paid for three beers and the staff only brought two. Later, I ordered and paid for a Corona, waited 15 minutes for the beer, then asked the staff for my drink. One of the bar employees suggested I had already consumed it – she pointed at the several empty bottles on the bar. They eventually gave me a beer. I found these incidents strange as I had not one problem with service on my previous dozen or so visits to Chocolate.
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