King Coffee (K咖啡馆）

KING COFFEE- on Yan4 Ta3 Xi1 Lu4 (雁塔西路)- see the listing for Yan Ta Xi Lu on the main Coffee Shop page- perfectly good coffee, quiet and in a top spot just West of  Da Yan Ta (Big Goose Pagoda). Wireless Internet. Plus outside seating in a sort-of terraced garden. There still aren’t that many coffee shops in Xi’an but there is a bit of choice now, before there was either this place or the King Coffee on Nan Da Jie (South Street). Under the old manager, Coco, and her merry gang of  fu2 wu4 yuan2’s it was a great little coffee shop. The shop on Nan Da Jie (南大街) is now closed for refurbishment, this one may be next in line. Until then, the location still works in its favor. (Address: 雁塔区雁塔西路25号) 

There is also another good King Coffee branch directly South of Da Yan Ta, sheltered at the base of the new so-called Happy Mall, next to a Dairy Queen Ice Cream Shop.

See NO NO’S CAFE  and YAO YAO’S ICE CREAM SHOP on the Coffee Shop page for more KING COFFEE Cafes or check this google link for  all KING COFFEE shops and maps in Xi’an.

*For those that don’t know- KFC is huge in China and King Coffee is owned by KFC, so although they feel a bit better than Starbucks they are of course much of a muchness, but Starbucks is still paying for the locations- see the cool looking wooden Starbucks on the plaza to the North-West of the Bell Tower. King Coffee is still for now a slightly cheaper option and does feel a little more independent that Starbucks. See THE LOFT (listed below) for another Starbucks.