Nightclubbing
3 min readIf you’re still standing after a tour around some of the city’s best wine bars，cocktail clubs，beer houses，and live houses，and ready for more adventure，Hangzhou’s nightclub scene has you covered.
In terms of clubs that are madder than a box of chemically enhanced frogs，West Lake Cultural Plaza’s H-Linx doesn’t so much as take the biscuit as gobble an entire supermarket confectionary aisle before moving to a nearby bakery and wiping that out too.
Operating under the billing”the world’s top hi-tech club，featuring science andtechnology，arts，and lifestyle”with”fantastic decor that you won’t see anywhere else”H-Linx Royal Members’Club-to give the venue its full name-is a super club with super prices to match，but in terms of offering the“full Chinese club experience”，this place is hard to beat.To get the full monty you’ll have to drop some serious renminbi，but accordingly you’ll be rewarded by a series of color coordinated laser shows that let the less lucky revelers down below in the club’s main room know exactly what kind of top-grade beverage you and your squad are ordering.A far cry from the rough and ready pubs on Bar Street，H-Linx is a place to be seen and ideally a place to be seen spending lots of money.With a top-grade sound system，a regular slew of quality DJs，and lithe go-go dancers descending from the ceiling in glass-floored cubes，it really is a lot of fun.
Ostentatious，sure，but fun.
A club that’s been around for a while is Coco Banana Music Club，and what it lacks in lasers and floating glass-cubes it certainly makes up for in reasonably-priced drinks，face-melting dance music，and wall-to-wall fun times.Packed almost every night，this is a place to cut some rug and dance the night away，preferably wearing at least one item of neon clothing and waving a glow-stick in the air like you just don’t care.Hosting different DJs each week and regular themed nights that keep things fresh，every night feelslike a celebration at Coco Banana；that，along with its unnerving ability to make you simply forget about the concept of time，make this club a mainstay amongst the city’s mainstream party goers.
KTV
If the crowded dance floors of the city leave you feeling cold，then maybe the snug confines of a KTV booth is more your thing.Although karaoke has been a popular pastime all over the world for years，Chinese KTV revolves around private booths that typically hold up to ten to 15 people，meaning instead of potentially embarrassing yourself in front of an entire bar，you are with a select group of friends instead.
Probably the most popular KTV venue in town is Mago KTV，a melodic funhouse that boasts two prime locations in the city’s downtown core；one is located near some of Hangzhou’s most popular bars and watering holes.They have a pretty decent selection of English language numbers-including songs by contemporary artists like the Killers and classics from The Beatles，Michael Jackson，and Madonna.If you want to sing and dance thenight away then swagger into one of their disco booths for a night of couch-jumping and vocal gymnastics.Prices vary depending what size of KTV room you would like and the amount of snacks and drinks you choose from their mini supermarket.
Taipei Pure K has an altogether dark tone throughout its booths，with darkwood，rich leather，and loud wallpaper dominant throughout.It is popular amongst Hangzhou’s trendy set，who may head here for an hour or two to kick off a night of birthday celebrations.Thanks to its central location，the venue feels like it’s in the eye of the city’s quickening nightlife storm.
Truth be told，you can pretty much walk into most of the city’s KTV venues，suchas INLOVE KTV or V-SHOW，and get exactly what you are looking for，with the only variables being the price，the selection of songs on offer，and the particular venue’s choice of decor.There are few better ways to end a night out than with a microphone in your hand.
