A Fun Time at Afunti Cabare

How to entertain a massive group of 40+ friends for a big joint birthday party?

Afunti Cabare!

Their slogan: “We Produce Entertainment!” says it all.

Starting at 8PM, it’s non-stop action from dance and music acts to interactive audience competitions, an acrobat woman who can spin gigantic containers (with people inside!), kung-fu fighters, belly dancers, a crazy snake lady (I ran away for this part) and much more than both your ears and eyes can handle!

Although it was all way too loud and a bit cheesy for my liking, Afunti is a great place to come with a massive group of people to enjoy decent Xinjiang food and silly shows that are entertaining at best and aside from the snake lady, totally harmless and all in good fun.

Happy Birthday to both Miss Katy & Mr. Yannick!

Review of Afunti 阿凡提嘉年华: Opposite old Foreign Ministry, 188 Chaonei Dajie, Jia 2 Houguaibang Hutong , 朝内大街188号后拐棒胡同甲2号. Tel: 6527-2288

Best Part:

• Full on dining entertainment (Relieves all pressure for hosts to entertain their guests)

• It may be silly, but it is definitely a unique experience – one of those “only in China” kind-of-places
• Perfect to come with a big group to share in fun and jester
• Liang Mian was fantastic and so were majority of the dishes
• It’s been around for over 10 years, which is a rare find in this fickle and unpredictable city we call Beijing!

Comments:

• Not the best Xinjiang food, but it was decent and portions were very generous!
• Service was overbearing at times, but they were quite quick and quick to accommodate our requests and needs
• Expect a lot of confused tourists and majority local Chinese
• Entertainment is all quite cheesy and the sound was unbearably loud.  Don’t expect to carry on with any sort of conversations at your table.  Not that kind of place.
• Location is tricky to find if you haven’t been to this area before – but they have sign visible from main Chaonei Street, Opposite Old Foreign Ministry building
• All-in-all:  It’s super cheesy, loud and in-your-face, but it’s all in good fun and sometimes you just have to roll with it and enjoy it for what it is – a place that “produces entertainment!”.

Rating: (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being best)

• Food: 5
• Atmosphere: 2 or 7 (you either hate it or you love it)
• Service: 6
• Overall Experience: 5