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The 2024 National DRiNK Awards, bar industry awards for China hosted by DRiNK magazine, were held in Shanghai on Monday night (Dec 16) and this year Beijing has come away with two awards: one for Restaurant Bar and the other for Entrepreneurship.
Best Restaurant Bar – THE BOND by Hide & Seek
Just above some neighboring restaurants in the MIX Island space near Tuanjiehu, THE BOND is a restaurant bar venture opened in August last year by the folks behind Hide & Seek. Winning the Best Restaurant Bar Award not only marks the venue's quick rise but also their attention to a memorable concept.
Their food menu is inspired by Southeast Asian cuisine, and is paired with an expansive wine selection, and quality cocktails – like the Bond Bellini (RMB 68), peach, sage, grenadine lemon and prosecco; and the Floral (RMB 68), Aperol, camellia, sophora flower and prosecco. All served in a warm and welcoming space, it makes for a winning combination.
THE BOND by Hide & Seek
202, 2/F, Bldg 1, 9A Nongzhanguan Nanlu, Chaoyang District
朝阳区农展馆南路甲9号1幢2层202室
Hours: Mon-Fri 5pm-2am; Sat-Sun 1pm-2am
Contact: 155 1019 9554
Entrepreneurship Award – Alfred Yu
This year's Entrepreneurship Award went to Alfred Yu, no stranger to the world of Beijing bars. Yu can be credited for two Beijing institutions: Paper Planes near Sanlitun and non-binary in Andingmen (pictured in lead image and below) and Longfusi.
If Paper Planes is the straight edge, quiet, dimly lit drinking den where cocktails are done to a T, then non-binary is its wild younger brother. Paper Planes takes the classics and elevates them, while non-binary takes this concept to the extreme, with the back bar at their Andingmen location looking like a science lab in the middle of a mixological experiment.
Paper Planes 纸飞机酒吧
B1-107, Heng’an Bldg, 17 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District
朝阳区东三环北路17号恒安大厦B1-107室
Hours: Sun-Thurs, 7pm-2am; Fri-Sat, 7pm-2.30am
Contact: 166 1994 6434
non-binary (Andingmen branch)
2/F, 268 Andingmen Neidajie, Dongcheng District
东城区安定门内大街268号2层
Hours: Daily, 7pm-1.30am
Contact: 135 2216 4403
non-binary (Longfusi branch)
101, 1/F, Bldg 16, 38 Qianliang Hutong, 95 Longfusi Jie, Dongcheng District
东城区隆福寺街95号钱粮胡同38号16幢1层101室
Hours: Daily, 6pm-1.30am
Contact: 151 2008 1523
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Images: DRiNK, Uni You
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