Internet cafe with Wi-Fi in Hohhot, China?

Question

This is my second time in Hohhot/Huhhot/Huhehaote, the capital of Inner Mongolia, China. I've been here one week this time.

But despite many scouting missions I seem to be unable to find what I think of as a regular Internet cafe or cafe with free Wi-Fi.

A place that provides somewhere to sit, power sockets, and a Wi-Fi signal you can connect to. Typically you pay for coffees and snacks but not for online time or megabytes.

Now that I know the characters I have been able to find many "Internet bars" 网吧. But they never have Wi-Fi and their computers only ever have a very limited version of Windows with a very limited version of Internet Explorer 6. The majority of modern websites, including Stack Exchange are not usable from them.

I'd prefer a cosy place that has food as well as hot drinks, but really I'm interested to know if there's any place at all with Wi-Fi and electricity. I'm right near the University where things like this would usually be.

(For comparison, such places are trivially easy to find in Seoul, and even common in Ulaanbaatar!)

Answer 1

Chinese Yelp is called Dianping -- the Hohhot section is here:

http://www.dianping.com/huhehaote

1. Search for 咖啡 ("coffee")

2. Click the button that says 总体评价 ("overall rating") to sort the highest rated shops to the top

3. Click the first location, a cafe called 艾乐咖啡屋 ("Ai Le Coffee") on 赛罕区万达广场东区底商26-67号(近万达东巷) ("26-27 East Dishang Rd (cross road: East Wanda Rd) inside Saihan Wanda Plaza")

4. Click the double chevron next to the text 营业时间、餐厅简介、特色等其他信息 ("additional information about this location")

5. Find that 3 people have indicated this place has Wi-Fi: 分类标签：无线上网 (3) ("Tags: Wireless Internet")

Enjoy!

And if this place doesn't suit your fancy, try another on the list :)