Good, Clean, Family Fun at 2019 Jingkids International School Expo This Weekend

With over a hundred international schools in attendance, educational forums from both parents and experts, activities for bourgeoning student entrepreneurs, and much much more, the Jingkids International School Expo (JISE) 2019 is not to be missed this weekend at Kerry Hotel, Kerry Mall, and Kerry Sports.

This expo is the most all-encompassing and largest-scale education event of its kind, that not only brings together a huge number of Beijing-based schools, but also a diverse number of attendees from the city's local and expat parenting community.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite restaurants and play spaces in neighboring areas, as well as information on how to get to the Kerry Center, to make your JISE jaunt a fun experience for the whole family.
 

Getting to JISE

Kerry Hotel
1 Guanghua Lu, Guomao, Chaoyang District
朝阳区光华路1号

By car: You can park your car at Kerry Center parking lot and scan the QR code in the parking lot to pay the fee (RMB 8/Hour).By Subway: Jintaixizhao Station ( Line 10 ), exit D; Guomao Station Line 1, exit E2; Guomao Station Line 10, exit B
 

Restaurants

Kerry’s Pantry

Kerry's Pantry offers a variety of baked pastries, coffee, juices, fresh fruit, and salads to help you stay energized at JISE. Along with plenty of dining tables and chairs in the dining room, this makes it an ideal spot to take a load off.

Average Price: RMB 59
Address: 1/F, Kerry Hotel
Telephone: 8565 2788
 

Element Fresh

This well-known Western-style restaurant serves fresh, healthy food like salads, pasta, wraps, smoothies, and sandwiches, as well as a smattering of Asian standards. A safe choice for both parents and kids.

Average Price: RMB 128
Address: B1, Kerry Center Mall
Telephone: 8529 8680
 

Wagas

Wagas provides daily sandwiches, pasta, salads, cakes, fresh fruit juice, and gourmet coffee. The industrial style of the decor fosters a business-oriented environment.

Average Price: RMB 81
Address: 1/F, Kerry Center Mall
Telephone: 8529 6512
 

RE

This Western restaurant features healthy meals like fresh vegetable dishes, seafood, and Costa Rican hand-brewed coffee. In addition, it is also a clothing store, a grocery store, and even a bike shop all rolled into one. A fantastic place to spend some relaxing minutes between visiting schools or lectures throughout the weekend.

Average Price: RMB 127
Address: B1, Kerry Center Mall
Telephone: 6585 7717
 

Ippudo

Ippudo is a Japanese restaurant offering authentic Japanese ramen with quality ingredients and traditional cooking methods. Its quiet environment means it is an ideal place for families to kick back and relax with a hot bowl of noodles or other classic Japanese comfort foods.

Average Price: RMB 103
Address: B1, Kerry Center Mall
Telephone: 8529 8771
 

Bellagio Cafe

Mixing Taiwanese cuisine with Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan, and other local flavors, Bellagio Cafe is a great spot for lunch. Their popular pineapple fried shrimp is a hit with adults and children alike. Bellagio offers child-friendly tableware.

Average Price: RMB 87
Address: B1, Kerry Center Ma
Telephone: 8529 9883
 

Playgrounds

Kerry Hotel Adventure Park

The largest hotel children’s playground in Beijing, Kerry Hotel Adventure Park is a wonderland with ocean balls, a role-playing town, a vertical slide, a small bridge, and other areas to explore. It is also worth mentioning that this adventure park is located next to the Pre-K exhibition area, so it is a good choice for you and your child to enjoy a high-quality playground experience.

Average Price: RMB 395
Address: 1/F, Kerry Center Mall
Telephone: 8565 2460
 

Le Cool Ice Rink

Le Cool Ice Rink international skating rink was the first rink built inside a mall in Beijing. There’s 1,450sqm of ice, produced by a full set of environmentally-friendly ice making equipment from Canadian manufacturer CIMCO. The ice rink is open all year round, which offers children a good opportunity to learn how to skate indoors.

Price: RMB 50/1.5 hours from 10am-10pm
Address: B2, Guomao Mall area
Telephone: 6505 5776
 

In KIDS with LINE FRIENDS

In KIDS with LINE FRIENDS is a children’s indoor playground which features ball pits, slides and plenty of things to climb on. The Line Friends characters include Brown Bear, Cony Bunny, Jessica Cat, Leonard Frog, and Pangyo Panda, plus many other human and animal caricatures.  

Average Price: RMB 399
Address: 3/F, Yintai Center
Telephone: 8517 1506
 

Palace Cinema

Not far from the Guomao ice rink is the Baili Palace Cinema. The cinema is free for children under 1.3m, but there are no children’s seats, and an adult can only bring one child for free into the cinema. Children above 1.3m will need student tickets.

Average Price: RMB 61
Address: B1, North Area of Guomao Mall
Telephone: 8535 1808

This post originally appeared on our sister site beijingkids.

Photos: jingkids.com