Despite humble roots as a stall in Linhai, Zhejiang, Xinrongji has since flourished. Its Beijing and Shanghai stores made the Michelin list, while the Shenzhen store is on the Black Pearl 2022 list.

Relocated to this premises in 2020, Peat – with its legendary stock of whisky – lives a bit of a double life. Cosy cafe by day and a moody bar at night, Peat’s charms are best appreciated slowly over a whiskybased cocktail.

Quite possibly the best underground club in China, Oil is a compact, sweaty chapel to electronic beats, the darker and more esoteric the better.

Craft Head’s atmospheric urban village locale gives it a laid back pub vibe, and makes coming here feel like an adventure.