Coffeeshops

Just around the corner from Tianzifang, this multi-room café is already a well-loved hangout for those who know it. Artworks lean against white-painted exposed brick walls, wooden tables are dotted with fresh and fragrant flowers, and windows open onto trees and greenery and allow fresh air...

FUMI Coffee, Fumin Lu’s latest brew haunt is seriously hip. It’s hard to miss the modern space as you’re sauntering down the street; stools line the half-bay windows and a feature-wall of stovetop espresso makers can’t help but draw coffee fanatics through the door. Thankfully, the...

Straight out of a storybook, Cafe Chez W’s simple storefront holds a vintage treasure behind the facade. Evoking a sense of nostalgia with the interior decked out with vintage postcards, polaroids and flowers. Venue name: Cafe Chez W Contact: CALL VENUE Opening hours: 11am-7pm Mon, Wed-Sun...

Cosy, pet-friendly café in an old lane house on Xiangyang Bei Lu serving an array of nice coffees and Strictly Cookies ice cream sandwiches. Look for the pink window frame with the Strictly Cookies sign. Bring your furry friend and have a chat with the lovely owner Karen...

Hidden behind an unassuming door on an entirely residential block, Petit Jardin offers average coffees and desserts (from 35RMB) surrounded by gorgeous old furniture and lighting, time-worn prints and paintings and lush flowering plants. Venue name: Le Petit Jardin Contact: CALL VENUE Opening hours: 11am-11pm daily...

For a 50RMB minimum spend you can chill out in this cafe in 1933 Old Millfun which has a host of dogs of all varieties wandering around befriending patrons (and hoping they buy them a dog treat for 20RMB). Venue name: Canil Contact: CALL VENUE Opening...

S.Engine Coffee’s Fengshengli flagship store is perhaps it’s most aesthetic yet. The architectural structure of its interior echoes a futuristic hub. The spiral staircase leads upstairs into a space with almost pod-like enclosures where you can sit on teardrop shaped chairs look down onto the ground...