Café restaurants in Běijīng
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Waiting for Godot
Cool and charming cafe that takes it name from Samuel Beckett’s best-known play. Local bohemians and Westerners who live in the area are drawn in by the moody lighting and the arthouse movies that play on the big screen TV, as much as they are by the coffee, tea and good selection of foreign beers. The friendly staff can rustle up basic pasta dishes and salads, too. It’s an easy place to wile away a few hours. A few doors down the road, its equally chilled sister establishment, the Sea, is tucked behind a flower shop.
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Vincent Café
A cornucopia of crêpes is available at this French-run, country-style cafe in the 798 Art District. The ‘fisherman’, made with shrimps, leeks and white wine (Y45), has an authentic Breton flavour. Steaks, salads, pizzas, French onion soup, coffee and juices are also on the menu. Good chips, and an outside area in summer.
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Mima
If you're visiting the Old Summer Palace (Yuánmíng Yuán), then be sure to check out this great, eccentric café. From the bar made up of books, to the most memorable toilet in Běijīng, this place is all about creative design. It's particularly nice in the summer, when you can sit outside surrounded by a small army of cats.
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Café Pause
Artfully designed, hip café in the heart of the 798 Art District which attracts a mixed bag of trendy locals and passing tourists. The central European-inspired menu features Vienna schnitzel and Hungarian goulash, as well as an all-day breakfast. In the evening, it's a pleasant spot for a glass of wine. They mix decent cocktails here too.
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Sculpting in Time
Taking its name from a book by the late Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, this is a fashionable hang-out for the Wǔdàokǒu laptop crowd, as well as for lunch, or coffee (Y20) at any time. There are books and magazines to browse through, as well as sandwiches and pasta for when you get peckish.
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Sequoia Bakery & Café
Deservedly popular with diplomats from the neighbouring embassies, this friendly cafe is a good place to pick up a caffeine fix (coffee Y19) if you’re chasing visas in the area. Decent pastries and deli-style sandwiches, too. There’s another branch in Sānlǐtún.
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Bocata
Great spot for coffee or lunch, especially in the summer when the outdoor terrace gets crowded. There’s a vaguely Middle Eastern theme to the food: falafels and decent hummus, but the sandwiches on ciabatta and top-class chips are decidedly Western in flavour.
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At Café
As befits a café in the 798 Art District, this is a cleverly designed place - check out the holes in the interior walls - that serves the local artists and poseurs good coffee and juices, pasta dishes, salads and sandwiches. There's a small outside terrace.
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Kosmo
This trendy and relaxing café serves up ultra-health conscious organic herbal teas, fruit juices, smoothies and a range of coffees. Smokers are segregated here. You can also purchase a variety of organically grown coffee from around the world.
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Sequoia Bakery & Cafe
This friendly cafe is a good place to pick up a caffeine fix (coffee Y19). Decent pastries and deli-style sandwiches, too.
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