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Li Yan 
Yin on 12 I'm guessing it's on the 12th floor Your psychic abilities are creeping us out! The highest up of the three on this list, New World Beijing Hotel's terrace bar Yin on 12 affords a stunning view... of a gaping, craterlike ditch. It's a construction site next door, so it's only temporary, but one hopes the building-to-be is 12 floors or less. If so, the otherwise completely uninhibited view is remarkable, mostly for the sheer distance you can see. Plants and partitions on the rooftop achieve a dual purpose: they lend privacy to each table and keep the space from feeling empty on weeknights. But hotel bars are so often lame. You're not wrong. But Yin on 12 doesn't feel like an obligatory add-on. Efforts have been made to make it more than just a place hotel guests go because they can't be bothered to change out of their slippers. What makes this one different? You won't find dishevelled, Lost in Translation-types here. This is a hip space designed around the theme of Chinese seals ('yin' is the Chinese word for those imperial signature stamps). The décor plays with this theme: hulking paintbrushes dangle from the ceiling at the bar's entrance. Outdoors, the view provides a stunning backdrop to a bar bristling with champagne and other delights. Delights, you say? The Long Yin Iced Tea (60RMB) is nothing but. With gin, vodka, dark rum, tequila, Grand Marnier and herbal tea, it's floral, light, refreshing and not too sweet – everything a proper al fresco drink should be. Yin on 12 New World Beijing Hotel, 8 Qinian Dajie, Dongcheng district (5960 8866). Open 6pm-1.30am Tue-Thu; 6pm-2.30am Fri-Sat. 东城区崇文门祈年大街8号 Related News
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