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1/F 500 Guangdong Lu,
People's Square
near Hubei Lu, Metro Line 2 Nanjing Dong Lu Exit 4
广东路500号世界贸易大厦1楼
近湖北路,地铁2号线南京东路4号口
6362-0567
Open Mon-Fri 8am-9pm
Price Less than Y99 per couple
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- City Weekend says
This cafe is an easy option for those in the area. it's got an affordable menu of salads, smoothies, sandwiches and some Asian options like laksa, and the venue usually fills up around lunchtime.
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Most of their stuff I find to be overpriced undervalue, but their Spinach and leek dip is off the hook good. I'm basically addicted. It's RMB22 and you get four warm, soft breadsticks and a tub of this magic dip. Even more amazing though is that they've managed to perfectly calibrate the breadstick to dip ratio so that neither runs out before the other.
Iiit, I love you, I really do - but please go back to serving freshly squeezed orange juice! I just paid 30 RMB for a glass of shop-bought stuff.
I love this place. First of all their delivery service is very efficient, and furthermore their selection of sandwiches and salads is fantastic. They also offer some yummy hummous with freshly baked breadsticks, which is always a good alternative to a rich and huge bowl salad or a well-stuffed panini. The outlet on Guangdong lu is small, clean, and it's a perfect spot for your lunch break if you work nearby - you may even have some interesting random business conversations there, as I've noticed that Iiit is on the top-list of many white collar expat/halfpat workers.
Very inconsistent.....sometimes good, sometimes not very good. Had a problem once before and the operations manager did a great job taking care of it. Was very impressed and planned to continue my patronage, but, then one of the managers gave me a hard time. Often if they are missing an ingredient, they just don't add it onto the ordered item, but they dont mention it. Sometimes they charge for delivery, sometimes they dont. Sometimes they charge for dressing on the side, sometimes they dont.......strange, and too complicated to try and figure out.
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To be completely honest, I stepped into iiiit! because of the wacky name, fanta paint and utilization of speech bubble in its signage. I'm such a sucker for striking advertising and bright colors. The prices were affordable for the standard expat, but for me - way too pricey. This was my once-a-fortnight treat.
The food and beverage range was extensive and impressive making me want to sample almost everything. But with my bad luck (or maybe just poor choice) I opted for a lunch combo that ended up quite uninspiring. The All Cheese Panini, comprising gruyere, mozzarella, cheddar, onions and whole grain mustard, was pretty bland considering it boasted three types of cheese. The mustard, onions and surprisingly even the bread, overpowered this one. The three cheese attack was supposed to be the major drawcard! Disappointing. The portion size was enough to fill me, but not a full-grown Western man with a hearty appetite. I washed the panini down with a Banana Apple Booster. I wanted to taste the Banana but all I could detect was ginger and a whole lotta brown sugar. I felt it kind of defeated the healthy smoothie purpose. Plus, after five minutes the apple juice separated itself from the heavy ingredients which sunk to the bottom. Perhaps I was just being punished for avoiding the healthy options. Next time I'll have the bruschetta.
I'll refrain from giving this one a rating, as the positive reaction from others is telling me I might've selected duds.
Mini-review: iiiit! on Guangdong Lu
Visited this place yesterday for lunch. Turns out it is equally as good as the Yuyuan branch, but easier to find. Also, this branch actually has restaurant tables and chairs. Nice single-color-theme decoration too. It seems the owner actually does have quite good business skills, in spite of the bad choice of brand name. I wonder if this brand name is actually bad enough to kill off this excellent mini-chain of restaurants?
Training: The owner must have some professional F&B experience (in addition to being a very good chef). Each of the two outlets I visited was very well run with the staff nicely behaved (not jabbering loudly back and forth as if the customers did not exist) and the quality of the food coming out of the kitchen was top notch in both locations.
Delivery: good delivery but the pizza definitely suffers from the journey. If you are a picky eater (moi?!), you might want to order something other than pizza for delivery. I would also recommend you get the various sandwich sauces on the side the prevent mushification during delivery. By the way, the "aioli" sauces mentioned on the menu are basically mayonnaise with something added, i.e. basil or lemon or whatever.
Why doesn't anyone talk about this place?! It's great! I just happened to walk in one day and after that, everything I've had there is delicious! Fav's are tuscany panini and chicken pesto pizza. yum...prices alot better than lots of places in town. 28 RMB for a sandwich!! ?!?!?!my new favorite place!
This used to be iiiit--they just changed owners, but have kept some of the best-sellers on the menu.