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The 6 Best Bars in Xi'an

The best bars in Xi'an on this list all sit in hotels, spread over three districts. Three are in the Qujiang New District: one is in a hotel across from the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and pours cocktails and coffee with a view, one is an elegant first-floor lounge with live entertainment after dark, and the third, by Qujiangchi Lake, moves from daytime cocktails to a late-night social scene and has a terrace offshoot over Qujiang Pond. Two more are in the Gaoxin District: a rooftop reached by private elevator, with a 180-degree view, a sushi counter and Southeast Asian small plates, and a first-floor room built on a laboratory theme, with lab-style tableware and a resident band at night. The last is in the Jingkai District, on a second floor behind floor-to-ceiling windows, leading with specialty cocktails and backed by whisky, gin, champagne and wine. The hotels publish a phone number for each bar, and the rooftop takes bookings online. These are the six we would start with.

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  1. Flair
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    Flair

    Flair sits on the roof of The Ritz-Carlton, Xi'an, in the Gaoxin District, and guests reach it by a private elevator. The hotel presents it as an open-air lounge bar and restaurant with a 180-degree outlook over the city. Cocktails run from classics to reworked versions, along with the house's signature drinks. Food follows two lines, Southeast Asian small plates and a sushi counter. The rest of the hotel keeps other evening options close: Tasuro cooks teppanyaki at the table with a long list of Japanese whisky, and Jing Xuan serves Cantonese and Shaanxi dishes and has eight private rooms, each named after a street of the surrounding High-Tech Zone.

    The Ritz-Carlton, Xi'an, No 50 Keji 2nd Road, Gaoxin District, Xi'anMon-Thu and Sun 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00
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  2. Mix Bar
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    Mix Bar

    Mix Bar is the hotel bar of The Westin Xi'an, which faces the 1,300-year-old Giant Wild Goose Pagoda from directly across the way, in the Qujiang New District. The hotel pitches it as a place to settle in with cocktails, coffee and other carefully made drinks, with a view to go with them. The hotel runs its own museum, the Xi'an Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts, and some of its rooms look straight at the pagoda. For dinner, Five Zen5es cooks Shaanxi dishes alongside Cantonese and Sichuan ones, and Mai handles contemporary Japanese food, from sushi and sashimi to teppanyaki.

    The Westin Xi'an, 66 Ci En Road, Qu Jiang New District, Xi'anDaily 09:00-00:00
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  3. R Bar
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    R Bar

    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.

    Renaissance Xi'an Hotel, No 355 Huixin Road, Qujiang New District, Xi'anDaily 09:00-23:00
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  4. The Lab
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    The Lab

    The Lab is on the first floor of InterContinental Xi'an Hi-Tech Zone, in the Gaoxin District, and takes the laboratory as its idea. The tableware is styled after lab equipment, and the list runs to snacks, specialty cocktails and craft beer. By day the room hosts business meetings, light Western meals and seasonal or brand-partnered afternoon teas; at night a resident band takes over and it becomes a place for a drink or a social get-together. The hotel lies in the city's southwest Hi-Tech corridor, a short way from the Tang West Market Museum and the Tang Dynasty Wall Relic Site Park, and its architecture includes an Oriental garden and private courtyards.

    InterContinental Xi'an Hi-Tech Zone, 11 Tuan Jie Nan Lu, Gaoxin District, Xi'anDaily 10:00-23:00
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  5. V Bar
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    V Bar

    V Bar is on the second floor of voco Xian ETDZ, on Fengcheng 9th Road in the Jingkai District. It leads with the brand's own specialty cocktails, backed by whisky, gin, champagne and wine, with a range of snacks alongside. Seats by the floor-to-ceiling windows look out on the changing seasons, in the company of the brand's playful mascot. The hotel stands beside City Sports Park, with the CityOn and IMIX PARK shopping centers at its door. Its double-height lobby has gold-framed library shelves on both sides of the reception desk, and CaiLing on the ground floor cooks Cantonese food with Shaanxi touches across six private dining rooms.

    voco Xian ETDZ, No.39 Fengcheng 9 Lu, ETDZ, Xi'anDaily 13:30-23:00
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  1. WOOBAR
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    WOOBAR

    WOOBAR is the cocktail bar of W Xi'an, the hotel on the edge of Qujiangchi Lake in the Qujiang New District. It pours signature cocktails in relaxed indoor seating areas from the daytime on, and after dark the place becomes a late-night social scene. A terrace offshoot, The Balcony@WOOBAR, looks over Qujiang Pond and serves sunset dinners, with seafood buckets and grilled dishes as its must-tries. The hotel covers more than 100,000 square meters under a Living Room 17 meters high, and all 372 of its rooms, on floors 5 to 26, have private balconies. WEI and YEN, the latter for Huaiyang fine dining, are among its restaurants.

    W Xi'an, No.333 Qu Jiang Pool Eastern Road, Qujiang New District, Xi'anDaily 11:00-00:00
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