Taiji Teahouse 太极茶道苑24 hours
This is about as close to the real deal as it gets. No air conditioning, no heating and no cushions here. You’re right with the elements while in Hefang... Address: 184 Hefang Street 河坊街184号
Tel: 0571 8780 1791
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Myth Café 神话咖啡馆9am - 10:30pm
So if you have a couple of hours in the afternoon, you can really make good use of them. First, head down to the corner of Gudun road and Wensan road. Walk... Address: 402 Gudun Road 古墩路402号 Tel: 0571 8893 0646
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Fotoyard Café 蓝水明水咖啡10am - 2am
Fotoyard has been put together by a group of well-traveled photographers, and they have drawn ideas from all over China and abroad. Small tables with a... Address: 101-3 Nanshan Road 南山路101-3号 Tel: 0571 8577 7788
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Jamaica Coffee Shop 牙买加咖啡 9:30am - 2am
The name says Jamaica, but the place started in Spain. Located lakeside, you’ve got a nice view of the lake and passersby as you sip piping hot espresso.... Address: Building 12, Xihutiandi, 147 Nanshan Rd. 西湖天地12号
Tel: 0571 8702 6598
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Me Too Café 蜜桃咖啡9am - 1am
Loft 49 was one of the first places to turn a factory site into a bunch of funky offices housing creative types, and now it has the Me Too Café. Its hip... Address: 166 Lishui Road (Opposite to Jinchang Wenhua on Jinhua Road) 丽水路166号丝联166创意产业园内(金华路锦昌文华对面) Tel: 0571 8801 9967
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Tian Fu Ming Cha 天福茗茶9:30am - 2am
This is definitely the place you want to go to buy tea. They've got more than twenty locations all over China and know their stuff. Store manager, Mr. Li,... Address: 154 Hefang Street 河坊街154号 Tel: 0571 8780 4784
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Café Lumiere 咖啡工房10am - 12pm
This little café has quite a following. Its location just off of busy Yan’an road probably helps. It’s definitely easy to miss because of the greenery... Address: 72-1 Kaiyuan Road 开元路72-1号 Tel: 0571 8706 3927
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Starbucks, Hubin Branch 星巴克湖滨店8am - 11pm
Back in 1994, if you wanted to get a pizza, you had to go to Peppino in the Shangri-La. Pizza Hut and Papa John’s only came years later. Before the chain... Address: 8 Shengtang Scenic District, Hubin Walking Street 湖滨步行街圣塘景区8号
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Charming Music Library 张铭音乐图书馆 10:30am - 1am
We don't have a library section in the mag, so we threw this place in the Cafés listings. You can have a coffee, so why not? Each table here has a couple of... Address: 7 Shengtang Scenic District, Hubin Walking Street (near the corner of Beishan and West Huancheng roads) 湖滨步行街圣塘景区7号 Tel: 87038678
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Best Bites Donuts 百滋百特多拿滋8am - 11pm
If the line at Best Bites Donuts showed us anything, it was that there will be more of these shops opening up in the near future. We went there on a... Address: 10 Yan’an Road, Wushan Square 吴山广场延安路10号 Tel: 0571 8706 7760
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Orioles Singing Teahouse 闻莺馆茶楼9am - 5pm, 5:30pm - 2am
The traffic is inaudible when having a cup of tea here because the house isn’t on any road. You actually have to walk to get here, but the silence is worth... Address: 3 Liu Lang Wen Ying Park, Nanshan Rd. 南山路柳浪闻莺公园3号 Tel: 0571 8792 2540 Tel: 0571 8702 7924
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Jin Duan Teahouse 金端茶庄10am - 10pm
The New West Lake area has seen a real boom in the past few years with everyone and their mother buying up buildings to open family-run teahouses. We found a... Address: 95 Santaishan Road 三台山路95号 Tel: 0571 8799 9410
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Cold Stone Creamery 酷圣石9am - 10pm
It’s been a funny summer so far and it feels as though the heat is just kicking in. If you're looking to cool down, and you're an ice cream lover, you're... Address: 1/F, Lixing Department Store, 124 Pinghai Road 平海路124号利星名品广场1楼 Tel: 4008 870 520
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Innocent Age Book Bar 纯真年代10am - 2am
Book bar say you? That is what it is, and they serve drinks, coffee and tea. It's been visited by some of China's most prolific writers and calligraphers,... Address: 29 West Wensan Rd. 文三西路29号 Tel: 0571 8796 8178
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Starbucks, West Lake Branch 星巴克西湖店8am - 11pm
Address: D Department, Xihutiandi, 147 Nanshan Road 南山路147号西湖天地D号商铺
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Qingteng Teahouse 青藤茶馆9am - 5pm, 6pm - 2am
Here is the big boy the golden arches of tea. It is a little better than that but it is just as well-known around here. Prices are comparatively low and it... Address: Yuan Hua Plaza, 278 Nanshan Road 南山路278号元华商场
Tel: 0571 8702 2777
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Chenhuang Teahouse 城隍茶楼9am - 1:30am
This teahouse is one of the more difficult ones to get to, but the view is damned worth. High up top Cheng Huang Pavilion, you can sit and sip tea whilst... Address: 43 Liangdaoshan Road (in Chenhuang Pavilion) 粮道山路43号
Tel: 0571 8791 0953
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IFE Coffee *******9am – 12am
We hadn’t been down to Nanshan Road for quite some time, but we just had to go to the new Dragon Fly (see address on page 45) to check it out. It was a... Address: 418 Xixi Road (opposite of north gate of Zhejiang University) 西溪路418号 Tel: 0571 8512 2676
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SC Pottery 尚彩陶社10am - 11pm
At SC Pottery you can have a go at putting your own artistic touches on some premade ceramic goodies like: plates, mugs, vases, figurines, and much more.... Address: 78-8 Kaiyuan Road 开元路78-8号 Tel: 0571 8702 8191 Tel: 0571 8702 8195
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Greenery Café, Jiefang Branch 绿茵阁咖啡厅,解放店
Some come here to drink coffee, some to drink tea, but a lot of people come here to eat. If you're in the east and looking for a good coffee or tea, go here.... Address: 2/F, Xinghe Business Mansion, 89 Jiefang Rd. 解放路89号星河商务大厦2楼
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