Nine stops, meant to be used. The range runs from a cake and coffee counter at 195 碑亭巷 to a seafood kitchen at 1 升州路, a noodle shop at 56 莲池路, and a Chinese kitchen on the 4F food street in Terminal 1 at 禄口机场. Two names will look familiar to anyone who has eaten near a shopping district: Saizeriya and Pizza Hut. Both earn their place by being dependable at a fixed address. The rest are neighbourhood kitchens: Chinese cooking, seafood, fish and local dishes, pulled noodles. Each entry includes the name in characters for drivers and hours wherever known. Most kitchens here open at 10:00 or 11:00 and close at 22:00. This list is for travellers who would rather eat well than eat somewhere famous.
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1 Raifuku shoku tou (来福食糖)
195 碑亭巷Cake and coffee, served daily from 11:00 to 22:00
From 11:00 to 22:00, every day of the week, the counter at Raifuku shoku tou on 195 碑亭巷 deals in cake and coffee. Skip the hotel-lobby pastry cases with their laminated menus; a slice and a cup at a street address is the better afternoon. The hours work in two directions: early enough for a late-morning start before a long walk, late enough for a sugar stop after dinner. Show the driver 来福食糖 at 195 碑亭巷 rather than attempting the romanised name aloud. To confirm it's open before crossing town, call +8619895850415.
- cake
- coffee shop
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-22:00
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2 Saizeriya (萨莉亚)
1 北京东路, 南京市, 江苏省Italian cooking at a one-line address, 10:00 to 22:00 daily
At 1 北京东路, Saizeriya puts Italian food on the table from 10:00 to 22:00, seven days a week. The name is familiar. What justifies this branch's place on the list is its address: number 1 on 北京东路 is a one-line instruction for any taxi driver. If you want an Italian plate and a table you can hold for an hour, this works, no need to search for a white-tablecloth room. The 10:00 opening also makes it among the earlier sit-down options here. Check saizeriya.com.cn or call +86 25 82229502 to confirm before you go.
- italian
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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3 Mame hana shou (豆花庄)
119 箍桶巷Chinese cooking on 箍桶巷, served 10:00 to 22:00
The kitchen at Mame hana shou cooks Chinese food at 119 箍桶巷. Skip the set menus built for tour coaches; a lane address with a local phone number is where ordering by pointing at the next table works best. Hours run 10:00 to 22:00; the early opening suits a late breakfast of whatever the kitchen has going, and the 22:00 close leaves room for a slow dinner. Carry the name in characters, 豆花庄, along with the street number 119, and if you get lost in the lane, ring +86 25 8555 0517.
- chinese
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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4 Pizza Hut (必胜客)
68-L3-03 中和路, 南京市, 江苏省 210000Pizza, reliably, from 10:00 to 22:00 at unit L3-03.
Pizza Hut at 68-L3-03 中和路 turns out pizza in the 210000 postal area, daily 10:00 to 22:00. It is not worth crossing town for on its own merits; nobody plans a Nanjing trip around a chain pizza. It earns its place here as the honest fallback for a family whose children have hit their limit, or for a traveller who needs one familiar meal after a week of new ones. The detail that matters is the unit code, L3-03: keep it on your phone so you can find the right door. Coming as a group, call ahead on +86 25 86801025.
- pizza
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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5 ShunXiaoMan Local restaurant (顺小满土菜院子)
210004Chinese and seafood cooking under a self-declared local banner.
The only address on record for ShunXiaoMan Local restaurant is a postcode, 210004, so plan this trip with a saved map pin rather than a street name. The kitchen covers Chinese and seafood dishes, and its English name calls it a local restaurant. Locals go to kitchens like this when they want seafood without paying for a hotel dining room: that is reason enough to make the effort. Show the driver 顺小满土菜院子 and the 210004 postcode. Once seated, let the staff steer your order toward whatever the seafood side of the kitchen has that day.
- chinese
- seafood
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6 Giangyen Seafood Restaurant (江宴海鲜餐厅)
1 升州路, 210006Fish, cooked alongside Chinese and local dishes.
The kitchen at Giangyen Seafood Restaurant, 1 升州路 in the 210006 postal area, lists its cooking as fish, Chinese and local. Skip the glossy seafood palaces where everything is flown in and the tank is the decor. A kitchen that puts local cooking next to its fish is making the more interesting promise. Give the driver 江宴海鲜餐厅 and number 1 on 升州路. Once seated, ask which fish is best that day and build the rest of the order around it, with local dishes filling out the table.
- fish
- chinese
- local
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7 Taisei kita gyuuniku heshage men (大西北牛肉拉面)
56 莲池路, 南京市, 江苏省Beef 拉面, pulled noodles, as the name on the sign promises
Noodles are the whole point at Taisei kita gyuuniku heshage men, 56 莲池路, a shop listed for 拉面, pulled noodles, with beef in its Chinese name, 大西北牛肉拉面. Skip the long sit-down lunch on a sightseeing day. A bowl here is quick, filling, and best eaten before the broth cools. Order the beef noodles the sign promises and add nothing clever. Save 56 莲池路 on your phone, because the Chinese characters will get you there faster than any romanisation.
- 拉面
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8 Kosakan kusa (小旺草)
T1航站楼出发层4F金陵美食街 禄口机场, 南京市, 江苏省A Chinese meal on the Terminal 1 departures food street, 06:00 to 22:00
Up on 4F of the Terminal 1 departures level at 禄口机场, Kosakan kusa sits on the 金陵美食街 food street. It serves from 06:00 to 22:00 every day, covering a dawn flight as readily as an evening one. Skip the generic airport sandwich counters. A Chinese kitchen gives you one last proper meal before you board: a better send-off than something in plastic wrap. Look for 小旺草 on the signage once you reach 4F; the 06:00 opening makes it one of the few hot breakfasts on this list.
- chinese
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
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9 Lamp BBQ
78 Hu Bei LuBarbecue, as the name on the door states
Out on 78 Hu Bei Lu, Lamp BBQ puts barbecue in its own name, and not much else about it is on record, which is why it closes this list instead of leading it. Skip the hotel grill nights with their fixed-price buffets; a street address with a barbecue sign is the more honest night out. No hours are published, so walk past in daylight first or check with your hotel before committing an evening to it. Save 78 Hu Bei Lu as a map pin before you set out, because the address is only listed in romanised form.
This is an early version of the Nanjing list. We add picks as we test more places.
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