2 Best Restaurants in The Silk Road, China

Greenhouse Coffee

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With free Wi-Fi and waitstaff who speak English, this is a great place to hunker down and plan your next steps on the Silk Road. The coffee here is better than at most of Xining's hotels, and the menu appeals to Westerners with panini, pizza, soups, and desserts such as carrot cake with proper cream cheese icing.

Café Lunch Dinner Dessert $$
222--22 Banshan Huayuan, Xiadu Dajie, Xining, Qinghai Sheng, 810000, China
0971-820–2710
Known For
  • excellent coffee
  • delicious cheesecakes
  • free Wi-Fi
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: No credit cards

Snow Mountain Creamery

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Those who visit share glowing reviews of Snow Mountain Creamery as not just the best ice cream in Xining, but perhaps in all of China. While ice cream is the draw, this small café also offers plenty of meal options and an English menu to make it easy to choose.
American Lunch Dinner Dessert $
18--184 Bandao Buxing Jie, Xining, Qinghai Sheng, 810000, China
971-827--8334
Known For
  • China's best ice cream
  • Yak burgers
  • clean, friendly environment