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Restaurants & Cafes

Cafe U Plus

Just a skip and a jump from BenQ Hospital, as a self-proclaimed Coffee and Italian Ice Cream specialist, the Korean Cafe U Plusis a step-up for café dwellers that are fed-up of the ever-identical chains of Starbucks and Co....

Banana Leaf

Thai restaurants in Nanjing are thin on the ground. They come, they go, but the only one that has weathered the storms of economic hardship and fashion sense is Banana Leaf. A quick glance through the menu and the...

Nanjing Dapai Dang

A legend in Nanjing that is as much a trip back in time as it is a treat to the tastebuds; Nanjing Dapai Dang opened its doors in 1994 and as such earned a reputation that is nothing...

Yu Bao Fang

Every part of China has its own distinctive style of cuisine, and Nanjing is no exception. However, while dishes from Jiangsu do constitute part of the "eight cuisines" of China, it can be hard to track down genuine...

Eastern Mountain Villa

We don't normally include Chinese restaurants in City Guide, but when we do, they are standout. Surrounding Shizichong Reservoir you will just such in the form of Eastern Mountain Villa, a selection of banquet rooms surrounding the reservoir that...

Qian Doudou Café

Opened up as recently as 1st June, Qian Doudou Café is the latest hangout in the Nanjing university area around Hankou Lu. Named after its charming local owner (great name, by the way) and taking a nostalgic route for...

BBQ Chicken

From the creators of Life magazine, the rag for the Nanjing's resident (and enormous) Korean population, comes BBQ Chicken, a new take on western-Korean-Chinese cuisine. A plus is its location; not in the Korean dominated area around Muxuyuan Jie,...

Element Fresh

Born from an expat's passion for food, Element Fresh first opened its doors in Shanghai in 2002. Since then the chain has expanded to Beijing and Guangzhou and now in 2013, Nanjing. All along the way, Element Fresh has...

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