Coffee shops and coffee streets

Cuiye coffee strreet

People rest in front of a coffee shop on Cuiye Street. Photo by Wang Haolan

Cuiye Street in Futian District, which stands between residential buildings, has become a well-known coffee street for coffee lovers. Seven coffee shops line up the alley extending less than 100 meters. The cafes, each covers an area of no more than 30 square meters, provide young people a space for work and life.

Add: Cuiye Street, Futian District (福田区翠叶道)

Metro: Line 2 or 9 to Jingtian Station (景田站)

Yuanling New Village 

A coffee shop in Yuanling New Village. Photo by Liu Yangyang

Built in 1984, Yuanling New Village in Futian District is a residential compound with 112 residential buildings. Home to a dozen coffee shops and beverage shops with distinctive characteristics with many also selling homemade desserts, it is a place not to be missed by any coffee person or cake-aholic.  

Add: Intersection of Hongling Road Middle and Hongli Road, Futian District (福田区红岭中路与红荔路交叉口园岭新村)

Metro: Line 9 to Yuanling Station (园岭站)

Nanyou

Probably known by most people for the garment wholesale market here, Nanyou in Nanshan District is another place where coffee shops gather. Although most are small in size, these coffee shops with distinctive characteristics have attracted coffee lovers from all over the city.  

Add: Nanyou, Nanshan District (南山区南油片区)

Metro: Line 12 to Nanguang Station (南光站)