PPIT HARBIN

Box Town (BOX糖果酒吧), 118 Xidazhi Jie (西大直街118号). 

Large complex newly opened by owners of the original Box club, a Harbin legend which closed in 2008. In addition to a cozy lounge/pub, Box Town also includes a sizeable disco playing a wide variety of western dance and pop music. Lounge area offers pool, darts, and foosball. English speaking bar staff and cocktails for around 20RMB. Quickly becoming the most popular spot for expats and and younger Chinese clubgoers. Safe, clean, and very lively although somewhat difficult to find. On the fourth floor of the Ha1 Te4 building. Enter through the elevator in back.  

 

Babyface, Youzheng Jie and Hongjun Jie intersection (南岗区邮政街和红军街交口). 

The newest addition to Harbin's club scene its nothing like its sister in Beijing or Shanghai, seems to have lost its popularity to Tanghui, lots of rich people. Not much dancing. A Long Island is ¥40, A Tequila shot is ¥5.  

 

Banana, Basement, Sino-way Hotel, Hongjun Street, Nangang District

(南岗区红军街华融饭店地下一层; Nángǎngqū Hóngjūnjiē Huàróngfàndiàn Dìxiàyīcéng). Expensive, smallish, and pushy waiters that make you buy expensive drinks. Overall, not fun.  

 

Blue's (布鲁斯酒吧), 100 Diduan Jie (地段街100号). 

Dirty, crowded, and dangerous. Everything that is Harbin, Russians, Mongolians, Turks, Canadians, Brazilians, Koreans. Frequent staging ground for fights between Koreans and Mongolians or Russians fighting with Russians. The staff has also been known to get involved in fights or start them. Friday nights 10:30PM and afterward get really crazy when about 80% of Harbin's foreign newcomers head out to Blue's to party. Also, at 11PM you can buy a bottle of Vodka for ¥10, but it is devil water from Anhui has made many people go nuts and dance on the pole for hours. During the week it is full of Chinese.  

 

CoCo Club, Changjiang Street and Yushan Street intersection (长江路与玉山路交汇处). 

Newly opened flashy disco. Packed on weekends.  

 

Earth Club (步行者酒吧), 102 Xidazhi Jie (西大直街102号). 

Owned by a foreginer named [Boyde skinner], great music, cheap drinks, English speaking bar staff, pool table dart boards.  

 

Jinhao Disco (金豪迪吧), 161 Heping Lu (和平路161号). 

One of the oldest discos in Harbin, kind of run-down now, frequent bar fights. As the cab drivers say, "Don't go there, that's where the poor people go."