Nanjing Tour Guide

Blue Sky Expat Bar and Grill - Blue Sky is a popular pub & grub joint with the male expat crowd. Simple music such as “Barenaked Ladies” is played while ESPN dominates the TV. The beer starts at 15 yuan for a small bottle of Qingdao. They also have Carlsberg on tap. A variety of basic Western food is served including steaks, eggs, sausages, and hamburgers.

Finnegans Wake - A traditional Irish bar in Nanjing, offering Kilkenny, Guinness and strongbow cider on draught.


There are many many many good bars, Talking, 61 Hours, Blue Frog, Brewsell`s, La Villa, PCP, Tap Planet, Paulaner Restaurant and Bar and more.

In recent years Nanjing’s nightlife scene has undoubtedly changed for the better.  The 1912 bar district is a common place to start a tour of Nanjing’s nightlife as it features Nanjing’s largest concentration of bars and clubs.  Besides 1912, bars, pubs, clubs, karaokes, restaurants, and not-so-mentionable locales are dispersed across the city, especially near Xinjiekou and close to the student population.

Nanjing nightlife tours - Bar crawling

Secco Restaurant and Bar - Great German restaurant and bar in Nanjing, they have a good rang and selection of cocktail made by a German, he is also the manager there, really strict to every cocktail he made, always bring you the best taste.

Ellen`s is a place where we call "warm up". Usually, we start there by after work, order some of their simple food like pasta, pizza, burgers, salad, soup to fill up your stomach first. They have snacks for drinks as well, chicken wings, nachos, duck neck :) Drinks probably is the cheapest among all Nanjing bars, cocktails from 20 to 40CNY. they have really good music which makes you wanna dance, people party there till late. Then we will go to 1912 area.

Behind the Wall - A cozy atmosphere, decent food, live music and cheap margaritas make Behind the Wall a popular hang-out, especially with the foreign student population. Inside, Behind the Wall’s three rooms are linked by over-sized arched doorways, and provide seating for groups of two to ten. Mexican, Latin and Greek cuisine is served. The drink menu is varied and not too expensive by Nanjing standards - margaritas are served for only 15 Yuan from Sunday to Thursday.

1912 - a center area for bars and clubs at night, Blue Marlin (great live bands performance, and it`s host salsa dancing sometime during the week), Scarlet (where we like to go to dance after Ellen`s), Mazzo, Una, Enzo are quite popular. Most of them open till 5am.

Jimmy’s Sports Bar & Restaurant

For 10 years Jimmy's has served the Nanjing community as a central place to get connected. Stop by any time to enjoy flame-grilled BBQ, the best pizza in town, 27 imported & local draft beers on tap, live sports on multiple big screens and a social group of friendly regulars.