Restaurants & Cafes

Catamona Café

A nice change from the Starbucks and Costa Coffee routine, this café sells a range of coffee, espresso and tea, the first two available in hot and cold. Not an extremely busy location so far, this is a good...

Solar

Filling a void in the Hunan Lu part of town for the trendy café/bar/wireless internet hangout is Solar. Situated in an old house, the many highlights include imported dark and light beer from Laos, plus other brews that during...

Spring and Autumn Tea House

One could likely count the rooftop terraces in Nanjing on the fingers of one hand. Now perhaps not. Spring and Autumn Tea House is a tea house/art gallery that distinguishes itself with period decoration (and staff uniforms) much of which...

Pho Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant

A well sized Vietnamese restaurant with a menu in Chinese, English and Vietnamese, located on Shigu Lu. Pho Saigon is a Vietnamese restaurant with an extensive menu located on the second floor of the Huanya Plaza on Shigu Lu....

Candles Steakhouse

From the people who brought us Blue Marlin comes a long overdue western dining option in Nanjing's Olympiad area. While not entirely dissimilar to its parent in terms of menu items, Candles Steakhouse offers a pleasant option for outside...

1850 French Vietnamese Restaurant

Given their history, it seems a little odd that French-Vietnamese restuarants are not more widespread. Nanjing can think itself lucky to have 1850 in the Nanjing International Center (same building as The Westin Nanjing). With a local chef who...

Fancy Coffee

The coffee shop rage across many of China's first and second tier cities has pushed the "RMB per Bean" rate sky-high. Not necessarily, for situated slap bang in the heart of Gulou, literally a stone's throw from the fancy...

Taiwan Street Specialities

Don't be put off by the lack of an English menu. For this is a Taiwan street food restaurant, and one that is not on the street! That means the everything is presented in traditional China characters which, combined...

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