R Bar

Xi'an, China

R Bar is on the first floor of Renaissance Xi'an Hotel, on Huixin Road in the Qujiang New District. The hotel calls it an elegant lounge that blends modern polish with the character of ancient Chang'an. After dark it keeps going with cocktails and live entertainment. The hotel adjoins the International Conference Center, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Tang Paradise are within walking distance, and the hotel puts the Terracotta Army about half an hour off. Si, its specialty restaurant, cooks Xi'an and Xinjiang dishes in a room of geometric brick patterns meant to recall the Qin dynasty, and Wan Li serves Cantonese food.