Voting is over, the ballots have been counted and the winners of the Best of Kunming 2008 awards are as follows:
Food: Best Chinese Restaurant
Heavenly Manna
Food: Best International Restaurant
Salvador's Coffee House
Food: Best Fine Dining
Moonlight Corner (Expo Garden)
Food: Best New Restaurant
Moonlight Corner (Green Lake)
Drink: Best Café
Salvador's Coffee House
Drink: Best Bar
Halfway House
Drink: Best Wine Selection
Pizza da Rocco
Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery
TCG Nordica
Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue
TCG Nordica
Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue
Uprock
Thanks to all readers who voted and congratulations to the winners. Winners will receive framed certificates commemorating their selection as the best of Kunming in early January.
The results are in and the winners have been decided in GoKunming's first-ever Best of Kunming reader survey. This year there were some close races, with two ties in the international restaurant and live music categories. There were also four winners with two awards each: Moonlight Corner, The Silver Spoon Café, Salvador's Coffee House and TC/G Nordica.
Without further ado, here are the winners, as selected by GoKunming readers:
Food: Best Chinese Restaurant
Heavenly Manna
Food: Best International Restaurant
Moonlight Corner & The Silver Spoon Café (tie)
Food: Best Fine Dining
Moonlight Corner
Food: Best New Restaurant
The Silver Spoon Café
Drink: Best Café
Salvador's Coffee House
Drink: Best Teahouse
Yihuchun Cha Lou
Drink: Best Bar
The Hump Bar
Drink: Best Cocktails
Salvador's Coffee House
Drink: Best Beer Selection
Fisherman's Bar
Drink: Best Wine Selection
Pizza da Rocco
Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery
TC/G Nordica
Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue
Laowo Bar & TC/G Nordica (tie)
Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue
Speakeasy Bar
Thank you to all our readers who voted and congratulations to the winners. Winners will receive framed certificates commemorating their selection as the best of Kunming in early January.
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The Hump Bar,
The Silver Spoon Café,
Yihuchun Cha Lou
The number of cafes offering free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) in Kunming has grown by leaps and bounds in the last year. Here is an attempt at a comprehensive list of Kunming cafes and restaurants offering free Wi-Fi.
Chapter One
146 Wenlin Jie
0871/536 5635
French Café
70 Wenlin Jie
0871/538 2391
Pizza da Rocco
202 Wenlin Jie
0871/538 6817
Salvador's Coffee House
76 Wenhua Xiang, Wenlin Jie
0871/536 3525
Kaiyuan Residential Area, Bldg 14
0871/822 5457
Tranströmer Café @ TCG/Nordica
101 Xiba Lu (Inside the Loft art complex)
0871/411 4691
Contact us with any additions to this list, hopefully it will continue to grow.
Traveling elsewhere in China?
Check out free Wi-Fi guides for
Beijing,
Shanghai and
Xiamen at
Danwei.org.
Like most things in Kunming, getting food delivered to your home or office is still a relatively new concept.
Right now, only Paul's Shop offers grocery delivery, which includes all of the imported goods sold in their three Kunming locations plus produce items like fresh basil that are not generally sold in their stores. Call the nearest Paul's location for information: Downtown Kunming: 535 4210, West Kunming: 825 7963, North Kunming: 573 9783.
Here are the restaurants in Kunming that we know offer delivery.
Pisa Pizza
22 Wenlin Jie 1-2
534 1359
Pizza da Rocco
202 Wenlin Jie
538 6817
Teresa's Pizza
40 Wenlin Jie #2
13678790664
Wei's Pizzeria
78 Tuodong Lu
316 6189
Please send any additional restaurants to us
here.