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Bodhi菩提
Either Bodhi location offers a convenient pre or post dinner stop if you eat at Din Tai Fung or any of the suggested restaurants in the Workers Stadium, Sanlitun, Lufthansa Center or Chaoyang Park neighborhoods. Prices: 138rmb full price (one hour full body or 80-90 minutes foot), but there are often promotions.
Worker’s Stadium location: 17 Gongti Beilu, 工体北路17号, across the street from the North Gate of Worker’s Stadium (工人体育场北门); the entrance is directly behind The Olive restaurant, about 10 meters down the side alley. Open 11am-12:30pm daily. Tel: 6413-0226
Somerset location: 2F, Somerset Grand Fortune Garden, 46 Liangma Qiao Road, 亮马桥路46 号,on the southeast corner of Liangma Qiao Road and Maizidian Road (麦子店街); enter at the north entrance of the building, next to the small Lion Mart. Open 11am-12:30pm daily. Tel: 8440-1495/6
Oriental Taipan东方大班
There are several branches of Oriental Taipan. Prices: 138rmb full price (one hour full body or 80-90 minutes foot), but there are often promotions. www.taipan.com.cn
Ritan Lu location: 6 Ritan Lu, 日坛路6号, across the street from the St. Regis Hotel. Open 10am-2am. Tel: 6503-5701. This downtown location is located a short cab ride East from Tiananmen Square and Wangfujing.
 Lido location: 2F Block 9, Lido Place, 2A Fang Yuan Xi Road, Chaoyang District. From the Lido Holiday Inn, stand at the back/mall entrance (丽都广场) with the Starbucks to your back; walk out the driveway and down the street running perpendicularly into the driveway; as you near the end of the block (approx 5 minute walk), Oriental Taipan is on your left, next door to Kang Décor. Open 11am-late. Tel: 6437 6299.
The Lido location is conveniently located if you have spent the afternoon wandering the 798 Art District nearby and want to duck into Spin Ceramics for some beautiful celadon glazed porcelain to take home (Spin is located halfway between Oriental Taipan and the Lido Holiday Inn, on the opposite side of the street).
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