Entering Babi is like succumbing to an unwanted dream sequence.

Imagine the be-bopping alien cantina that Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi would jaunt into; chock-full of disorienting music and creepy characters, with a faint smell of xenophobia lingering in the large but curiously claustrophobic interior. The orange-lit bar, complemented with pink, purple and green laser lights, is all rather punishing on the eye, though the drinks behind it are reasonably priced-cocktails from RMB 20-40-but the shoddy beer selection (RMB 30) leaves much to be desired.

For the eager bodies looking for something new in the Beijing scene, Babi is, unfortunately, not it.

Babi Bar
Open: 8pm-late.
Location: Gongti Nanmen (next to Coco Banana), Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-65513338