Nightlife guide

Sanya nightlife: beach bars, clubs and live music

Choose an evening by area and mood: a walkable Dadonghai pub, a club after 10pm, a beachfront drink, or a high-floor sea view worth planning a longer ride for.

Expanded 9 October 2026 · Earlier listings reviewed 6 September 2026

DJ and live band at an MGM Grand Sanya beach party
Music by the beachMGM Grand Sanya · Yalong BayPhoto: MGM Grand Sanya
The Living Room bar at Capella Tufu Bay
A seat at the barThe Living Room · Capella Tufu BayPhoto: Capella Tufu Bay
Tables on the sand at Westin Sanya’s Splash Restaurant
Dinner on the sandSplash · Westin Haitang BayPhoto: The Westin Sanya Haitang Bay Resort

Pick the area for your kind of night

Dadonghai brings beach bars, pubs and restaurants close together. Sanya Bay has sunset drinks and beachfront entertainment, while Houhai combines the surf village with small cocktail and music bars. Choose Yalong Bay for MGM’s beach music or Scene’s cocktail lounge, and Haitang Bay for rooftops, craft beer and seaside dinner shows.

Further along the coast, Tufu Bay and Clear Water Bay offer hotel bars in Lingshui. They suit an evening based in that area; use the Lingshui hotel name as your destination.

  • Keep the Chinese name and address handy. English-only names can be hard for map and taxi searches.
  • Use the listed closing time as a planning clue; last entry and last order can be earlier.
  • Hotel bars and clubs may have non-guest access rules, minimum spends and longer return rides.

Pubs, sport and beachfront drinks

Freegen Beach Bar

Freegen combines a beachfront dinner with live singers and DJ evenings. It draws a strongly international crowd, especially Russian-speaking visitors, and its Russian food, cocktails and outdoor seating make it an easy place to meet other travellers by the sea.

Nights have included ’90s–2000s DJ parties and sets by singer Lizy. Sanya Daily feature · Freegen’s music announcements

Location 大东海旅游区东海路K9商铺 · · Dadonghai tourism company · Tripadvisor listing and reviews

Freegen venue details and upcoming music dates

The Mana Pool

Join a game and meet people around a table at this Dadonghai board-game bar. Its Chinese- and English-language socials suit newcomers as well as regular players, with Magic Mondays, Warhammer Wednesdays and Friday Night Social. Drinks include house-made potion cocktails; games are from ¥25 including one drink. The event page carries the next dated session and the venue guide has directions.

Location 三亚市吉阳区海韵路1号夏日百货底商F1 ·

Open The Mana Pool venue guide · Browse recurring events

Mangrove Tree Craft Beer Workshop · 红树林精酿工坊

Brewing equipment inside Mangrove Tree Craft Beer Workshop, December 2023
Mangrove Tree Craft Beer Workshop / Dianping · December 2023

Pair a fresh beer with live folk-style singing at Mangrove Tree’s Sanya Bay Craft Beer Workshop. It suits a seated evening with drinks, grilled snacks and company.

The bar is on the Coconut Hotel’s ground floor, near the Amazon Jungle Water Park entrance. It’s open 17:00–24:00; sit farther from the stage if you’d like to talk over the music.

Location 三亚市天涯区凤凰路155号,三亚湾红树林度假世界椰林酒店一层 · · Dianping visit and photos · October 2026

Venue guide, photos and events

Clubs and late nights

BASEMENT CLUB

BASEMENT CLUB offers a late start downtown, with listed hours of 22:00–05:00. Earlier WeChat Channels clips from booking account Basement订台 promote hip-hop nights and show DJs in a small, red-lit room.

Location 三亚市新风街235号B1 ·

IPK Beach Pool Restaurant & Bar · 大东海店

Stay out late by the sea at IPK on Dadonghai’s eastern beachfront, where group dances and short performances are often part of the fun. Come for dinner and drinks, then stay for the lively atmosphere. The restaurant and bar has an outdoor pool, and its business-managed listing gives hours of 11:00–03:00 the following day.

Location 三亚市吉阳区东海路大东海旅游区内(东侧) · · Sanya tourism guide · Business-managed listing

Venue details and photos · External page

Coastal bars

CASA CORONA · 傲途格店

CASA CORONA pairs a sea-facing pool with drinks and fire performances at the Shanhaitian Autograph Collection hotel in Dadonghai; pool parties feature in its programme. The venue’s Chinese name is CASACORONA餐酒吧.

Location 三亚市大东海海韵路77号,山海天大酒店傲途格精选一楼户外泳池吧 · · Hotel location and details

Houhai nights

Houhai is a small surf village at the south end of Haitang Bay. These compact bars suit a beach walk and a slower drink after the day’s water activities.

贰楼 Upstairs Bar

Upstairs is a small cocktail bar tucked into a Houhai village lane, with retro decor and quiet background music suited to conversation. It’s open 20:00–01:00 the following day.

Location Houhai Village ·

Yalong Bay: beach music and lounge cocktails

Corona Beach Bar · MGM Grand Sanya

Choose Corona Beach Bar for drinks by the sand at Yalong Bay. MGM’s Saturday beach electro programme brings together DJ sets and a live band, with the beach as the setting.

For Saturday start times and non-guest entry, contact the dining team on +86 898 8863 9999. The venue guide links to published event dates.

Location 三亚亚龙湾美高梅度假酒店,亚龙湾国家旅游度假区 · · Saturday programme

Venue guide, photos and events

Hotel bars, rooftops and Haitang Bay evenings

For a drink with a view, choose between terraces, high floors, sunset seating and a beachfront club. Non-guest access varies by property.

Craft beer and dinner with music in Haitang Bay

Splash & The Upper Room · The Westin Sanya Haitang Bay

Sit down to a seafood barbecue buffet on the sand at Splash, with live performances by an international band. Dinner runs daily 18:00–21:30. It suits an evening built around a meal and music by the sea.

For rooftop poolside drinks at the same hotel, The Upper Room Restaurant & Bar is open 12:00–23:30. Contact the hotel’s dining team for a table and access arrangements.

Location 三亚海棠湾民生威斯汀度假酒店,海棠湾 · · Official details

Venue guide, photos and events

Tufu Bay and Clear Water Bay: a lounge evening in Lingshui

Living Room & The Bar · Capella Tufu Bay

Settle into Capella’s Living Room for cocktails inspired by tea and spice routes, or choose from whisky, cognac and wine. The Living Room is open 11:00–23:00 at the Tufu Bay resort in Lingshui.

For a bar visit without a hotel stay, enquire at Livingroom.tufubay@capellahotels.com or +86 898 8309 9999, extension 8578. The 18:00–19:00 Evening Ritual and 20:00–21:00 Sundown Moments are exclusively for in-house guests.

Location 海南土福湾嘉佩乐度假酒店,陵水黎族自治县英州镇土福湾 · · Official details

Venue guide, photos and events

Long Bar · Raffles Hainan Clear Water Bay

Order a Singapore Sling at Raffles’ Long Bar in Clear Water Bay, where creative cocktails, wine and regular live entertainment give you a reason to stay for the evening. It’s open daily 19:00–24:00.

Enquire about a table and the evening’s entertainment at dining.hainan@raffles.com or +86 898 8338 9888. This is in Lingshui, beyond Sanya’s main bays.

Location 海南清水湾莱佛士酒店,陵水黎族自治县英州镇清水湾大道 · · Official details

Venue details and photos · External page

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Make the next night out easy: the event calendar brings together games nights, fire shows and live music, with announced times and joining details where available.

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