You'll read about these places on internationalsexguide.info but your best bet is to go to one of several bars, including Hard Rock Cafe (on the ground floor of the Landmark Hotel, next to the Sheraton Great Wall Hotel), and Maggie's.
The best feature about the bars is that you get to scope out the scene and check out the ladies first. The Hard Rock Cafe can have anywhere from 40 to 100 ladies, depending on the time of the evening. It's extremely noisy, so it's difficult to chat, especially with someone who doesn't speak much English. The ladies are Chinese, Mongolian and Eastern European (mostly Russian, some Ukrainians, Kazakhs, etc.). The Mongolians and EE ladies are in China on 30 day tourist visas, but most of the Chinese ladies aren't full time SPs, just ordinary Janes with regular day jobs moonlighting for extra money. The Mongolians have a reputation for being outstanding GFEs. I saw two such ladies, but my best experience was with a Chinese nurse who was a fabulous fellatrix.
Maggie's tends to fill up after midnight, and some of the ladies from the HRC (and hobbyists) take taxis to Maggie's. Maggie's is much smaller than HRC, and apparently doesn't allow Chinese working girls, just Mongolians and Eastern Europeans. If you're approached by a Chinese lady there, she's probably a bar employee hustling for drinks.
You can expect to negotiate a little. They usually start at 1000 RMB (about C$140) and settle for 700 or 800 RMB (C$100 to 115) for an hour or so. It seems to be standard practice for them to shower in your hotel room before starting the action. It consumes a few minutes, but it's reassuring, and I didn't mind at all.
xarir said:
As a foreigner, just hang around outside the hotels. People will either try to shove a biz card into your hand or they'll just ask you straight out if you want company. The people doing the talking are just the pimps - the ladies are always close by and you get to choose.
madmax said:
In any other city in the world I would say this was both an unreliable and an unsafe way to book an escort. Any reason I should think differently about Beijing? Even in Moscow or St. Petersburg I'd never do it this way.
Me neither, but it seems to be relatively safe in Beijing, according to the posters on ISG, as long as you take the girls to your room. I didn't do it myself, because I despise pimps, whether male or female. I prefer to deal directly with the ladies. I stayed at the Great Wall Sheraton, and every time when walking the 150 or so metres to the HRC, I was accosted by at least 20 pimps and touts. They're a real pain in the ass, especially if you're not interested.