2,000 readers voted for their favorite Beijing restaurants. These are YOUR winners.

By Blake Stone-Banks

NIGHTLIFE NEWCOMER: Punk

With its church altar chandeliers, mind-melting libations and crowd of local hipsters and in-the-know jet-setters, The Opposite House's chic basement club captured a third of your votes. Nightly, DJ Saul, on two turntables—and, yes—a microphone, drives the dance floor into a state of ecstacy. Barman Warren Pang mixes potent elixirs like his "jasmine iced tea." For Beijing revelers, Punk is never anything less than a religious experience.

Second Place: Domus
Editor’s Pick: Glen

BEST BEER: The Tree

Commanding more than twice the votes of its nearest competitor, The Tree's mouthwatering menu of Belgian ales and fruit-flavored boutique beers decidedly won our readers' hearts and livers for the third year in a row. Order a bitter witbieren to wash down the Tree's classic pepperoni pie or sweeten up a salad with a lucious raspberry-flavored Belgian Kriek.

Second Place: Stumble Inn
Editor’s Pick: Paulaner Bräuhaus

BEST SINGLES: MIX

In this year’s most tightly fought category, Mix seized the top spot with less than 10 votes over Suzie Wong's and Coco Banana. Why do readers keep coming back to this Gongti classic to get their game on? For starters, it's packed seven nights a week. Reader Nick asks, “Why are there always so many people?” Mix is a night spot that lets natural selection run its course.

Second Place: Coco Banana
Editor's Pick: Club Suzie Wong's

BEST BATHROOMS: LAN Club

With 40 percent of your votes, LAN Club shut out the competition. Readers handed LAN the crown not because they want to sit on the same throne as celebs like Tony Blair and Zhang Ziyi, but because LAN's palatial bathrooms truly have no equal. With their tinted mirrored walls, porcelain swan taps and sensual love seats, there is little doubt where LAN's real VIP rooms are.

Second Place: Punk / Mesh
Editor's Pick: Chocolate

BEST COCKTAILS: Glen

Readers debate the lavish price tags, but they agree on the quality of the sublime cocktails at this brilliant boutique bar. This newcomer knocked down two-time Best Cocktail winner Q Bar with its secret weapon: bartender Iida Tomonobu. This master mixologist doesn’t simply mix every cocktail to perfection, he personally buys fresh fruit daily and hand slices the ice to compliment a cocktail’s flavors and the shape of the glass.

Second Place: Mix at Westin Chaoyang
Editor's Pick: Q Bar

BEST PUB GRUB: All Star

All-Star rocked Beijing in March with the launch of its American comfort food menu. Readers showed appreciation by giving up a third of their votes. With melt-in-your-mouth In-N-Out-style burgers, onion rings, fries and chili cheese dogs, All-Star's pub grub is the perfect remedy after imbibing too many of its Long Islands or spiked strawberry milk shakes.

Second Place: The Den
Editor's Pick: Cargo Club

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Tango

With a new, larger dance floor and the hottest laser lights in the capital, Tango continues to win over the capital's clubbers. Anyone who partied at BáiCaì and Tango's spectacular Circus Party last month saw what the club is capable of: jugglers tossed flourescent balls while revelers in body paint writhed in a hail of lasers to the most infectious French house beats.

Second Place: Tang Micheng
Editor's Pick: Cargo Club

BEST AL FRESCO: The Beach

Focusing on its new Thai-style club Ruby Khi, Block 8 still hasn’t launched The Beach this summer. Readers, however, haven’t forgotten last summer's mind-blowing parties and handed the rooftop club 26 percent of their votes. Last summer, this was the spot where Beckham was popping Champagne alongside the U.S. Dream Team. Now, open up for '09 already!

Second Place: Q Bar
Editor's Pick: Fez Bar

BAND OF THE YEAR: Pet Conspiracy

Snatching the Band of the Year title out of Black Cat Bone's paws by 17 votes, electro-punk outfit Pet Conspiracy astounded audiences this year with the wildest live show in the capital. Recent sets have rocked Beijing revelers with giant balloons, LED lighting rigs, massive audience conga lines, singer Yunyun's screeching from atop guitarist Huzi's shoulders and, of course, the mesmerizing, pitch-perfect melodies of frontwoman Helen Feng. After its first year performing arty, experimental synth rock, Pet Conspiracy defined its sound on a European tour last winter. "We played a hot crowd in Cologne," recalls Feng. "So, we had to go more punk. We knew it was going well when the crowd started tearing the speakers down." Performing jaw-dropping originals, as well as covers of Mando-pop classics like "Zhantai," Pet Conspiracy is a band with distinctly local flavor and obvious international potential.

Second Place: Black Cat Bone
Editor's Pick: Lonely China Day

BAR OF THE YEAR: Mesh

Edging out Sanlitun classic Q Bar by 28 votes, this Opposite House newcomer scored big with readers for its packed happy hours, chic ambience and divine drinks. User Nalek writes, "Nice place. Laid back and not crowded. Service was quick and the cocktails amazing." With Punk winning Nightlife Newcomer and Mesh taking Bar of the Year, it's obvious how much readers enjoy sipping exceptional drinks in one of the capital's awe-inspiring artchitectural wonders.

Second Place: Q Bar
Editor's Pick: Zeta Bar

MOST GLAMOROUS: Lan Club

Though LAN impresses with world-class DJs, live jazz and masterful cocktails, eye-candy continues to be one of readers’ chief reasons for frequenting this see-and-be-seen legend. French designer Philippe Starck's ode to excess includes 35 private rooms. There are as many oil paintings in the art gallery as affixed to the ceiling. Online user Yassa sums it up: "LAN is a place for indulgence. It's super expensive, beautifully decorated, and cocktails are not for the faint hearted." Another asks, "Does anyone else feel like they're in a transition scene from Ocean's 11 while sitting in LAN Club?"

Second Place: Bling
Editor's Pick: China Bar (Park Hyatt)

BEST LIVE MUSIC: D-22

Kiss may be right in proclaiming “God gave rock ‘n’ roll to you,” but it was undoubtedly D-22 that gave indie rock to Beijing. Snaring twice the votes of its nearest competitor, this red-walled Wudaokou rock house is a Beijing institution and the beating heart of the capital's live scene. Reader Jheeter describes it as "A no frills punk rock club, complete with grotty, graffiti covered bathrooms ... What D-22 lacks in aesthetic appeal, the club makes up for with Beijing’s best acoustics and regular gigs." For three years, D-22 has given a stage to the capital's underground bands. With the launch of the affiliated Maybe Mars record label, the club now lets the whole world rock out to D-22 regulars like Joyside, Carsick Cars and the Gar.

Second Place: East Shore Live
Editor's Pick: Yugong Yishan

DJ OF THE YEAR: Blackie

London transplant DJ Alex Blackie was asked to join drum 'n' bass crew The Syndicate after his first set at Lush four years ago. Since, he's continued to drive dance floors with dynamic sets at Yen parties, Great Wall raves and, of course, Syndicate shows. Thomas Gaestadius of White Rabbit explains Blackie's magic: "He's a DJ who knows how to build a set and move a crowd."

Second Place: Keza
Editor's Pick: Patrick Yu

BEST PROMOTERS: Riviera Events

Last summer, these party veterans came north to give the capital a taste of the Shanghai shebang with the wildest Champagne pool parties Beijingers had ever seen. Then their "Pimp My Club" party series helped launch Bling to the top of Beijing nightlife. Focusing on flawlessly executed events rather than big name DJs, Riviera makes sure Beijing always looks its best.

Second Place: Yen/02 Culture
Editor's Pick: BaiCai

BEST SPORTS BAR: All-Star

Winning the largest margin of any category in this year’s Readers' Choice Awards, All-Star snagged three times more votes than its nearest competitor. With 68 flat screens projecting satellite sports, a free throw hoops game and air hockey, it’s easy to see why: Solana's sports bar is the perfect spot to get your game on.

Second Place: Paddy O'Shea's
Editor's Pick: The Den

CLUB OF THE YEAR: Bling

This upscale hip-hop club snatched a full third of your votes. Reader Yassa raves, “Good fun crowd, best sound system in Beijing, great service from the bar staff.” Others laud the über-cool Rolls Royce Phantom-styled DJ booth. That’s where resident DJ Keza and a stream of marquee hip-hop DJs throw the beats that drive the dance floor into a frenzy nearly every night.

Second Place: Lan Club
Editor's Pick: GT Banana