Still Water (Gulou East Street) is a cafe in Gulou Nanluoguxiang, Beijing.
Editorially verified October 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 69 Gulou East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Fuding Cafe takes the second floor of a Wudaoying Hutong building in Beijing and has a rooftop terrace with a view across the hutong roofs to the Lama Temple.
DrinkFuding Latte
TipThe entrance is on the second floor at 26-2. Pair the Fuding latte with the Stone Lion Cake, or try the hand-brewed Kenya Kirinyaga.
Metal Hands, a coffee brand begun in 2016 on Wudaoying Hutong in Beijing, runs a concrete-and-wood shop with a skylight corner and a quieter second floor.
DrinkDirty
TipGo upstairs, where the second floor is quieter and has one large wooden table; the Dirty is espresso poured over cold milk.
Penghao Theatre Cafe sits inside Beijing's first independent small theatre, a Republic-era courtyard house, with wooden tables downstairs and a terrace.
TipCheck the programme before you go: plays run at weekends in the small theatre behind the curtain, beside the ground-floor tables where visitors sit.
Fuding Cafe takes the second floor of a Wudaoying Hutong building in Beijing and has a rooftop terrace with a view across the hutong roofs to the Lama Temple.
DrinkFuding Latte
TipThe entrance is on the second floor at 26-2. Pair the Fuding latte with the Stone Lion Cake, or try the hand-brewed Kenya Kirinyaga.
Metal Hands, a coffee brand begun in 2016 on Wudaoying Hutong in Beijing, runs a concrete-and-wood shop with a skylight corner and a quieter second floor.
DrinkDirty
TipGo upstairs, where the second floor is quieter and has one large wooden table; the Dirty is espresso poured over cold milk.
Soloist Coffee Co. on Yangmeizhu Xiejie in Beijing fills a two-storey hutong coffeehouse with old lamps, globes and typewriters, plus a second-floor terrace.
DrinkCappuccino
TipSit at the ground-floor bar to watch the baristas, or take the second-floor terrace for sun and a view of the old houses; the ground floor is often crowded.
798 Coffee's Sanlitun shop in Beijing is its first outside the 798 Art District, with stripped grey walls, big windows and drinks named for factory codes.
Drink718 Americano
TipThe 718 Americano costs ¥22, the 706 Cafe Latte ¥33 and the 797 Coffee Mocha ¥38; the shop also sells mugs and limited artist collaboration pieces.
Penghao Theatre Cafe sits inside Beijing's first independent small theatre, a Republic-era courtyard house, with wooden tables downstairs and a terrace.
TipCheck the programme before you go: plays run at weekends in the small theatre behind the curtain, beside the ground-floor tables where visitors sit.
JM Cafe's Niujie branch in Beijing opened in November 2025, serves halal hot dogs and cinnamon rolls, and belongs to the Jay Chou-themed JM Cafe brand.
DrinkJM Combo coffee (one bean, three ways)
TipThe Beijinger names the cinnamon rolls and the hot dogs as the two food orders; the branch is on Fayuansi Houjie, behind Fayuan Temple, by the Niujie quarter.
