Qingdao’s cafes and coffee houses are scattered throughout the sailing city, stretching from the sands of ShiLaoRen beach in LaoShan to the shores of colonial Old Town. Although Starbucks and SPR are as common as panhandlers at ZhanQiao Pier, Qingdao Old Town has several unique cafes (coffee shops) that have much more character than those social java stalls, not to mention the fake SPR (wanna-be micro brewery) located in May 4th Square. Qingdao’s original European style cafe, and without a doubt the most popular on Qingdao’s Coffee & Tea Street, set the bench mark for others to follow. Anyone who has spent even a week in Qingdao has heard of Kona Cafe, but there are actually some really cool cafes across town on DaXue Road (the main artery of OUC’s campus) and DaGu Road (off ZhongShan Road) in Qingdao Old Town.
Here is the Short List of Cafes (Coffee Shops) in Qingdao Old Town:
U&I Cafe (优爱)
22 DaXue Road, 中国山东省青岛市市南区 大学路22号
Telephone: +86 (532) 8286-9209
Mobile: (+86) 139-0538-1863
A Cozy place across from Ocean University of China and the Qingdao Art Museum.
Coffee Space (咖啡空间)
14 Daxue Road, 中国山东省青岛市市南区 大学路14 号
Telephone: +86 (532) 8286-8215
Same owners of Kona Cafe that is a combination of roasting and tasting house.
Snail Coffee Bar (蜗牛咖啡吧)
22 Dagu Road, 中国山东省青岛市市南区 大沽路22号
Mobile: (+86) 137-9191-6196
A perfect place to relax after shopping on ZhongShan Road.
TommyBoy (汤米男孩)
117 ZhongShan Road, 中国山东省青岛市市南区 中山路117号
Telephone: +86 (532) 8979-5680
A great place to sit outside with an iced mocha and people watch.
Also in Qingdao Old Town: Strong Ale Works (SAW) and Le Pas Haus.
Photo © RuoBing – U & I Cafe.
I visited Qingdao in November 2017 and stumbled across an enchanting old Kaffe hus named ‘Day and Night’ – a small 2 story building styled with 1920-30s decor on a Y junction corner near Hunan and Lankou Lu. New Zealanders are fussy about their coffee and this was great. Charming lady owner, very quiet and harmonious surroundings and lovely view out onto the little street and occasional wedding parties being photographed in front of the house. I don’t have the address but phone number is 15066270600. Nice cakes and sandwiches/ mini pizzas. Go there – really worth it for the ambiance and good coffee.
Coffee Space on DaXue Lu. Friendly and welcoming. The espresso is world class, so congratulations! A lovely, quiet reflecting space to chill out. Wifi of course. More than highly recommended….loved it so much that I had to return again and again. Sarnies good too. 非常好。我很喜欢。谢谢。
At Cafe Kona, the Korean MILFS are hotter than the java! Jokes aside, Cafe Kona is the place to be seen on Qingdao Coffee Street. Their garden like sitting area on Minjiang Er Lu, next to Vito’s Italian Ristorante, is an ideal location to relax under a tree while sipping on any one of the assorted iced coffee drinks.
gibt es europaeische bzw. deutsche cafeterial? weiss ich, das es ein schoene in marina city liegt, aber hart zu finden, heisst Dan Hua Shu She 蛋花书社，auch ein bequeme buchladen,sie haben illy kaffee.