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Coffee.G
Located in the Beijing Exhibition Center, the Coffee.G pays tribute to Beijing's "New Youth" culture and builds itself into a Russian-style vintage boutique cafe integrating creative gastronomy and gallery.
Specializing in Italian coffee, pour-over coffee, and desserts, the Coffee.G exclusively presents limited-edition coffees, such as the "Beijing Exhibition Center", "Moscow", and "Great Artist", deeply beloved and acclaimed by netizens.
Entering from the west gate of the Beijing Exhibition Center, you can see the striking retro red logo of Coffee.G in the European-style building complex. The interior is carefully decorated with original oil paintings by the Honored Artists and People's Artists of Russia.
Address: Inside Beijing Exhibition Center, Xicheng District, Beijing (50 meters north of Moscow Restaurant)
Sweet Company
Adjacent to the Huairou Campus of the Beijing Film Academy, the Sweet Company is a new internet-popular site in China's movie capital, Huairou Film & Television Industry Park, and serves as one of the main venues of the 12th Beijing International Film Festival Film Carnival.
Surrounded by the sea of flowers, the cafe is decorated exquisitely and elegantly, full of art. It provides coffee, Western-style light meals, fine barbecue, hot pot, and other Chinese and Western delicacies. The cafe is committed to offering food lovers a passionate and exquisite lifestyle. Here, everyone can have an exclusive coffee with a portrait painted on coffee foam.
Since its opening, the Sweet Company has become a scene in many films and TV dramas. During the 2022 Beijing International Film Festival Film Carnival with the theme of "Chasing Dreams of Light and Shadow, Embracing the Future of Films", the Sweet Company thus launched an event themed "Seven Days of Romantic Time" in its leisure area.
Citizens are welcomed to the movie capital for a happy weekend.
Address: No. 50, Xiangrui Road, Yangsong Town, Huairou District, Beijing (Opposite the south gate of Huairou Campus of Beijing Film Academy)
Qinran Dashan Coffee
The Qinran Dashan Coffee, a fairytale-like cafe in a valley, is located at a village entrance, with a relatively secluded environment. Behind it are scattered village houses, and on its east side are the slope and cliff, presenting a sense of seclusion in nature. At the corner of the cafe's entrance, the walls on both sides are daubed with graffiti.
The cafe has a two-story stepped design. The first floor is an indoor dining area with open glass windows and seats under the eaves connected. Tables and chairs are arranged outsides in a terraced style.
Outside, there is also a swimming pool, swings, camping area, and ice cream cart that children love. With frisky puppies and cute baby goats, it creates a natural and harmonious atmosphere. "Stove-boiled Tea" is the cafe's signature in winter. Friends may gather and boil a pot of Pu'er tea over a stove with roasted sweet potatoes, corn, rice cakes, and marshmallows placed aside. No one will say no to the warm sun in winter.
Address: No. 43, Weidian Village, Huaihuang Road, Bohai Town, Huairou District, Beijing
Tiantanfuyan Restaurant
The Tiantanfuyan Restaurant is a national five-diamond restaurant and a paradise of many gourmets. With a simple, elegant, and solemn style, the restaurant mainly serves Beijing cuisine, palace dim sum, and afternoon tea.
Decorated in the architectural style of the Temple of Heaven, the restaurant strives to restore the characteristics of the ancient palace and let you enjoy delicious food in a quaint place. It tries to express the cooking techniques of traditional royal cuisine in a modern way, presenting the unique royal food culture to every customer. In this way, you can understand the cultural connotation of royal dishes while enjoying the delicacies.
Address: Left side, 300 meters from the west gate of the Temple of Heaven Park, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Imperial Kitchen Experience Store (Headquarters)
Located at the west entrance of the Guozijian (Imperial Academy) in Dongcheng District, the Imperial Kitchen Experience Store (Headquarters) sets up a food gift basket showroom on its first floor and tea break seats on its second floor. It combines traditional culture with the beauty of the past and the present to show the public Chinese food culture. It is a must-visit site for treasured Chinese-style afternoon tea when you come to Beijing. You can feel the elegant and delicate arrangement with a profound flavor of culture as soon as you enter the store.
The elegant, magnificent porcelain used in the store is customized by the Ru Ware brand "Rushanming". The dim sum is basically handmade or semi-handmade with high-quality raw materials. Take a bite and enjoy the lingering aftertaste.
Here, customers can enjoy the new Chinese pastries while taking photos to share the wonderful moments of life.
Address: No. 106 Andingmennei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing (Opposite Chengxian Street)
Shanyouli Jingshan Cultural & Creative Cafe
The Shanyouli Jingshan Cultural & Creative Cafe, an internet-famous site in Jingshan Park, with a beautiful and fresh environment, mainly serves coffee, tea drinks, desserts, and sparkling water. It flexibly combines the needs of tourists for catering, photo-taking, rest, entertainment, and viewing, creating a cultural and creative commercial space with a variety of business forms.
The interior decoration takes red as the keynote, and the red flowers on the ceiling add a romantic and artistic touch. There are ten tables in the cafe and a leisure area of nearly 100 sqm outdoors. Every tourist to Jingshan Park will buy a cup of coffee or tea with flowers and take photos of it with the Forbidden City after climbing to the Wanchun Pavilion.
Address: No. 44, Jingshan West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Zhichun Pavilion Tea House in the Summer Palace
The Zhichun Pavilion Tea House is a new internet-popular shop in the Summer Palace. With a quaint and elegant appearance, the tea house has seven tea tables. It is decorated with pleasant wooden furnishings, pure color walls, chairs in China-chic green, and three-dimensional and multi-layer landscape screens, creating an elegant and harmonious recreational atmosphere.
The tea house features the tea drinks themed "Tea Palace" (Qingchayibei) that is inspired by the original name of the Summer Palace, "the Garden of Clear Ripples" (Qingyi Yuan). When you rest and drink tea, you can see the beautiful scenery of Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. Tourists can wander leisurely and admire the gorgeous lakes and hills, holding a cup of popular drinks, special fruit tea, or osmanthus tea served by the tea house. When osmanthus blooms, enjoy a cup of osmanthus tea in the garden full of flower fragrance.
Address: No. 19, Xinjiangongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing (East of Zhichun Pavilion, Summer Palace)
Xian·Coffee Camping Bookstore
Situated at the entrance of the Xianweng Resort, the Xian·Coffee Camping Bookstore is a coffee bookstore built along a river and surrounded by hills and water, with a beautiful environment.
With a strip-shaped layout, the bookstore is divided into several different areas varying in decoration styles. Thus, these areas can be used separately for different functions. The bookstore mainly offers coffee, handmade drinks, cakes, etc. Featuring a clean and refreshing white tone, it has transparent glass windows with a panoramic view of the surroundings.
The bookstore is clean, spacious, and bright, with a cafe decorated with camping gear and books inside. Most of the tables and chairs are camping ones. Inside the bookstore is a large camping tent, and on both sides of the hall are 35-meter-long floor-to-ceiling windows. Sitting in the hall, you can have a sweeping view of the natural scenery of the Shentangyu Valley. The bookstore also has a special classroom, offering art courses such as painting, tie-dyeing, and baking.
Address: Shipian Village, Shentangyu Avenue, Yanqi Town, Huairou District, Beijing
Zoo Shop
Located next to the Waterfowl Lake, the Zoo Shop, a cultural and creative shop, covers an area of 204 sqm. A pelican sculpture is placed outside the shop, and the brightly colored exhibition layout inside creates a refreshing leisure environment.
The shop mainly offers bird-themed products, including little otter dolls, squirrel key chains, and kiwi dolls. More than 20 kinds of cultural and creative products are designed and developed based on pelicans, all exclusive to the Beijing Zoo. The shop sells stuffed animals, refrigerator magnets, key chains, cups, and other items. The Zoo Shop was awarded the title of "Top 100 Cultural Innovation Brands" in the 2020 China Cultural Innovation Brand List.
Address: South Side of Waterfowl Lake, Beijing Zoo, No. 137, Xizhimenwai Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing
Nali December Farm Feast
Nestling in the beautiful Baihewan Scenic Area, the Nali December Farm Feast, an internet-popular restaurant near the mountains and rivers, is mainly engaged in catering and B&B. With an elegant environment and superior location, it can receive more than 100 people for dining and accommodation.
The restaurant is decorated with all-glass partition walls, allowing guests to overlook the surrounding green mountains and lucid waters. In such an environment, guests feel relaxed and comfortable while having dinner. What impresses people is the outdoor decoration, a giant panda sculpture lying on the roof.
The restaurant boasts a clean and fresh dining environment, fresh self-planted vegetables, eggs, and special delicious farm dishes. Its specialties include Kung Pao Tofu, Roasted Rainbow Trout, Pig Face, Sanxiaguo (mixed hot pot with different meats and vegetables), and Mixed Vegetables.
Address: No. 18, Shuangwenpu Village, Qianqing Road, Liulimiao Town, Huairou District, Beijing