3) Starbucks (Shimao Department Store)
Housed within the Shimao shopping mall, this very busy location may not often have seating or a particularly quiet environment, but the restroom is definitely acceptable. Like most other Starbucks locations, this store's bathroom is for one person and lockable. Though mysteriously frigid, the appliances and floor are kept clean, and paper products are always on hand. To make you feel safer, they keep a fire extinguisher within.
Add: 13 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
地址:北京市朝阳区新东路工体北路13号世茂百货
Tel: 010 8405 9070
Opening hours: 08:00-22:00
4) Sculpting in Time Café
Quiet, spacious, drinkable drinks – a clean restroom with multiple stalls and Western toilets is only marred by the heavy smoke hanging in the air for the non-smokers among us. But the bathroom is genuinely lovely.
Add:Shop 3A, Hairun International Apartment, 2B Jiangtai Lu (near the Lido Hotel), Chaoyang District, Beijing
地址:北京市朝阳区将台路乙2号海润国际公寓3A
Tel: 010 5135 8108
Opening hours: 07.30-midnight, daily
Life aboard a fishing boat under bridge in city of Chongqing