Address: Beichen Xiaoqu Walkway C-14, Panlong District,Kunming

Description: The service at the two Wicker Baskets is excellent. However, we have included them on our list for one reason and one reason only; the superb all you can eat salad bar which is held every evening from 18:00-20:...

Address: 38 Wenhua Xiang (near the west gate of Yunnan University, Wuhua ...

Address: 8 Houxin Jie, Kunming

Description: Housed in an old French mansion, each room in this unique restaurant is named after a different Railway station. The food is a little on the unusual side, but for RMB40-65, you might as well give it a go. House...

Address: 3F, Kunming Corridor, Renmin Zhonglu, Kungming

Description:

Serves Dian and minority cuisines, with such specialties as salted prawns, spicy pig trotters, and diced chicken with chili and bamboo shoots. RMB50 or thereabouts.

Address: 132 Cuihu Nan Lu, Wuhua District, Kunming

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Thanks to its proximity to Yunnan University, the patronage of Blue Bird Cafe is comprised mostly of young students and travelers. Offers a fair menu (try the curry) and loads of coffees and specialty drinks.

Address: 36 Times Avenue, THINK UK Apartment Complex, 88 Jiaoling Lu, Wuhua ...

Description: Set away from the foreigner hot spot of Wenlin Jie, the relatively new Chicago Coffee already has a reputation as one of the best coffee joints in Kunming. Particularly, the iced mocha seems to get rave reviews...

Address: 70 Wenlin Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description:

Grab a book and enjoy your coffee, tea or meal on the sidewalk or indoors.

Address: 142 Wenlin Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description: Hong Dou Yuan is actually a local chain restaurant; they have several locations throughout the city. Look for the smiling, slightly scary face of an elderly lady in a circular sign with a red background. From p...

Address: 16 Cuihu Beilu, Kunming (near Yunnan University), Wuhua District, ...

Description:

All the Italian greats: pizza and pasta, wines and desserts.

Address: 2F, Harbor Plaza Hotel, Dianchi Lu, Kunming

Description: Offering ritzy Cantonese fare in an intimate setting. Decor is white, yellow, gold and light wood, service is impeccable and the food is delicately flawless. Wine, beer and cocktails are available from Hoi Yat ...

Address: 232 Haitun Lu, Huangtupo, Wuhua District, Kunming

Address: 136 Wenlin Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description: The Game Café makes the list not so much for the quality of the menu, as for the effort at something a little different. As you might have guessed, the café has a range of board games available for customers ...

Address: 74 Wenhua Xiang, Wenlin Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description: The cosy Heavenly Manna is located on the bustling Wenhua Xiang, conveniently situated between Yunnan University and Yunnan Normal University. In the last year or so Manna seems to have become a victim of its o...

Address: 393 Lianmeng Lu, Kunming

Description: This wood and enamel restaurant is the perfect place to sample a variety of regional delights. Steaming-Pot Chicken, cold rice noodles and Fuzhao's extra-specialty, steamed spareribs wrapped in lotus. Chuanfang...

Address: 1-800-544-5774 ext.8360 ext.326

Description: Qingnian Lu Branch  Add: 1-2F, 17 Renmin Zhonglu, Kunming Tel: 0871-3163851 Bailian Branch Add: 1-2, Bldg A, Bailian Plaza, 6 Sanshi Jie, Kunming. Tel: 0871-3646819 Daguan Branch Add: 1F, Wal-Mart Supermarket,...

Address: 47-6 Wenlin Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description: This talent-packed cafe is at once modern and bohemian. Doubling as an art gallery, Face to Face offers Kunming's artist community a place to play, display, exhibit and perform. Full menu and delicious coffees ...

Address: 304 Renmin Donglu, Panlong District, Kunming

Description: The centrally located Friendship Restaurant is well known by locals and most taxi drivers. Downstairs you will find an open plan informal dining area but upstairs there are private tables, which make a good pla...

Address: 6 Cuihu Nanlu, Kunming

Description: Dishes are a little on the skimpy side, but that's the only noticeable drawback of a meal at Jianye. Overlooking crystal Cuihu Lake, Jianye serves porridge, meat and seafood. The restaurant also doubles as a Ch...

Address: B-10 Beichen Garden Walkway, Panlong District,Kunming

Description: The Silver Spoon Café has recently been taken over by a French and Chinese couple. Always a good bet for a nice meal in the past, the new owners have taken this small café in the north of the city to new heig...

Address: 27 Xiaodong Jie, Wuhua District, Kunming

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A three-story open courtyard restaurant offering Indian food, salads, sides, and of course, pizza.

Address: near Tielu Yiyuan Community, Guannan Dadao, Kunming

Address: 168 Hongshan Dong Lu, Kunming

Description: Open all day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening drinks and coffee. Great pizza, fresh bread, delicious cakes, freshly roasted yunnan coffee and a good range of reasonably priced imported beers and wines m...

Address: 201, Building 7, Wenhua Xiang, Wuhua District, Kunming

Description: Set on the second floor and with one side of the dining space floor to ceiling French doors, Mazagran makes a great place to watch Wenhua Xiang hurry past beneath you. The light, white walls and high slanted ro...

Address: 6km north of Dianchi Lu, Kunming

Description: The scenery is the biggest draw of this old world Yunnan hideaway. Sit on the tranquil banks of Dianchi Lake and enjoy Duan Shi Lou's Small Pot Rice Noodles, or savor their delicious Lu Er Kuai , a clay pot of ...

Address: 192 Jiaoling Lu, Kunming

Description: Padded rattan chairs, silk pillows and dried gourds hanging from the walls and ceiling. The tea room is a bit open with few nooks and corners, making this a great place to go with friends, but not so comfortabl...