Our most up-to-date recommendations of favorite Yangshuo bars.
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With a gastropub menu and a variety of Chines and imported craft beer, The Brew also offers excellent homemade beer, (check with Andy on the monthly offering) and very affordable imported wines...
Bad Panda is a great late night place, popular with foreign residents and people in the know. There's a foosball table, great music and a chill vibe...
Monkey Jane's Rooftop Bar is a an institution among Yangshuo bars. It's a 4-story climb up to the West Street alley rooftop where beer pong...
Looking for cheap bombers of Tsingtao Beer? Enjoy hanging with friendly climbing folk? A high-stakes game of foossball? Rusty Bolt is the Yangshuo Bar for you...
The North Korea-themed DMZ Bar Yangshuo is friendly, grotty, cheap and perfectly located within staggering distance of many local restaurants...
The Cave Bar Yangshuo has a decent pool table, two foosball tables, bumper pool table and many table top games with a gym in the back...
THE BREW
Great craft beer and the best Western food in Yangshuo
Run by affable Austrian host, Andy, The Brew (formerly Alley Bar), is a relaxed indoor/outdoor pub located on a quiet back street across from the two Indian restaurants - Ganga Impression and Kali Mirch. With a projection screen playing European football matches, The Brew offers excellent homemade beer (check with Andy on the monthly offering) and some of the best western food in Yangshuo.
Address: MOVED TO YANGSHUO MOUNTAIN RETREAT 2019
BAD PANDA
When everything else is closed but you're not ready to go home
Bad Panda is a great late night place, popular with foreign residents and people in the know. There's a foosball table, great music and a chill vibe. A place where people tend to show up after 9:30pm or later, usually after a few drinks elsewhere.
Address: Lianfeng Alley (halfway down West Street on the South side)
MONKEY JANE'S
It might get weird
Monkey Jane's Rooftop Bar is a an institution among Yangshuo bars. It's a 4-story climb up to the rooftop where beer pong, thumping music and young backpackers mix until the late hours.
Address: No.27 Lianfengzhong alley just off the middle of West Street
THE RUSTY BOLT
The quintessential climber's hangout
Looking for cheap bombers of Tsingtao Beer? Enjoy hanging with friendly climbing folk? A high-stakes game of fussball? Rusty Bolt is the Yangshuo Bar for you! Located on Guihua Lu not far from the little bridge, the Rusty Bolt is a favorite among Yangshuo bars for climbers, local residents and climbers. They tend to open after 7pm, but there's plenty of restaurants neaby if you want to have dinner first before heading over. Live music some nights.
Address: Top of West Street, look for the Mojo Bar sign next door
DMZ BAR
Good fun on a budget
If you're into North Korean revolutionary kitsch, foosball and cheap drinks, this is the place for you. The DMZ Bar Yangshuo is friendly, grotty, and perfectly located within staggering distance of many local restaurants. Not able to make it home? No problem, the DMZ Hostel is right nearby. They also offer tours to Yangshuo caves and around the back roads on motorbike. You can check out their website here.
Address: #41 Guihua Lu on the canal side
CAVE BAR
Located in the heart of Yangshuo, the Cave Bar Yangshuo has a decent pool table, two foosball tables, bumper pool table and many table top games. There is a gym in the back. It's a little hard to find but fun once you're inside: Go through the courtyard of the former Xi Jie Foreign language school and pass through the new restaurant. Head all the way to the back and turn left down the stairs to the lower level.
Address: #7 Guihua Lu, next to the English school