Night Clubs
Face Club
Address: Basement, International Bank Tower, 191 Dong Feng Xi Lu.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  08:30-02:00
 
Still the best music in town but everything else has all gone a bit Pete Tong. Tables of bottle blonde rich girls outnumbered ten to one by guys that dance like my dad. Fortunately the sounds pull at your arm like a little brother seeking attention, demanding that you put your hands up for the uptempo, industrial chugging rhythms.

Golf Club
Address: Next to Yongya Shanfang Restaurant (outside Yuexiu Park), Huanshi-Zhong Rd.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  20:00-02:30
 
Despite the lousy layout and the worst dance floor in town, Golf Bar is now geek chic central. Hordes of overpaid chuppies and snotty, "I''m in a rush" type karaoke girls. The music ranges from redline cheeseometer to awesomely unlistenable and really makes us wonder why this is one of the hippest places on the circuit.
 
China Club
Address: 304 Huan Shi lu.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  20:00-02:00
 
A real storefront disco, only big enough for lots of friends who are either deaf or don''t like talking. Easy to find, there are 2 huge Chinese Opera masks on the facade. For an evening headbanging with average prices and no Happy Hour, then this is the place for you.

Bars
191Space
Address: No.191, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong Blvd.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  20:00-06:00
 
191SPACE is a bar with elegant and curious decoration and serene environment, providing stages for special personal or band concerts and places for unique artistic exhibition.

African Bar
Address: 2/F, Zi Dong Hua Bldg, 707 Dong Feng Dong Lu.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  07:00-2:00
 
Despite a new entrance and a new bar area, African Bar unfortunately has the same decor and now looks so last millennium. Even so, there were still a good handful of locals enjoying a few beach-buster summer sounds although not a single gwei lo (foreigner) in sight.

Petrus Bar
Address: 6, He Ping Lu, Hua Qiao Xin Cun.Guangzhou
Open Hours:  19.30-02:00
 
It sounds quaint but Petrus Bar rocks, quite literally, with regular bands on the first floor playing rock & pop classics and solo singers in the bar on the second floor every night after 9pm. Head bartender Kavin gives his own performances at the weekend, with special cocktails including the inimitable Back Street Boy (RMB 45), a blend of banana, strawberries and brandy. Sounds fruity.