Livat Beijing Guide With Floor-by-Floor Stores, Dining and Indoor Routes (2026)

Livat Beijing Guide

Livat Beijing gives you three retail floors, one IKEA store in the same complex and a single metro exit at Xihongmen, with no membership and no booking attached to any of it. Most people use it as one long stop: clothes on Level 1, household and kids gear on Level 2, dinner on Level 3. Opening hours here belong to individual stores rather than to the building, so the gap between a 7 PM plan and a 9 PM plan is larger than it looks. Below is what sits on each floor, what it costs, and how to spend two hours or half a day without crossing the same ground twice.

Quick Facts About Livat Beijing

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Floor-by-Floor Breakdown of Stores and Dining

Level 1 is the efficiency floor, Level 2 is the household floor, Level 3 is where you eat. That division has held across recent visits, and it is the fastest way to decide what you are actually here for before you walk in.

1F — Fast Fashion, Sports Gear and Snack Stops

This is where a two-hour visit is won or wasted. Four fast-fashion anchors sit together here, and one detail catches almost everyone: UNIQLO (优衣库) spans 1F and 2F rather than a single floor, so you scan downstairs, find half your sizes, and still need the escalator.

Decathlon is the cheapest useful thing on the floor, and the POP MART corner works on a completely different logic — the constraint there is stock, not price, so a full display can still leave you empty-handed. The bakery stops run in the $2–$7 range and cluster near the escalators.

Three counters cover it: B&C (黄油与面包) around $4.17–$6.94 (¥30–¥50), Fresh Heat Bakery (趁热集合) nut bars at $2.78–$4.86 (¥20–¥35), and Yi Li (一栗) roasted chestnuts sold by the portion at $2.08–$3.47 (¥15–¥25). If you are here on an empty stomach, finish here rather than starting.

2F — Lifestyle Shops, Bookstore and Children's Play

This is the least obvious floor and the one that keeps families on site longest. It is where the trip stops being about clothes and starts being about what you will actually carry home in your bag.

MUJI's hemp range runs $27.78–$69.44 (¥200–¥500) for clothing; read its sun-protection and breathability claims off the product label rather than the fabric name. Kashikama is the budget counterweight, with T-shirts and storage baskets at $4.17–$11.11 (¥30–¥80). A Beijing-first dessert brand, HOT CRUSH, opened here on 21 December 2024.

The children's zone is reported at roughly 14,000 sq m of open play space, though the mall's own description frames this floor as a cluster of children's entertainment, education and fashion brands rather than one large free playground. Rules and eligibility for the care service are covered later in this guide.

3F — Restaurants, Play Areas and the Cinema

Dining is the deepest part of the building and the reason many visitors extend the trip. The official project page describes close to 100 restaurants across the development, with the concentration on this level — which is why weekday mornings feel calm here and Saturday afternoons do not.

Chef Hu's fresh green pepper chicken and chilli pork are the two dishes worth ordering blind. At the higher end, families queue for the Weightless Restaurant even when quicker tables sit empty, because the rail delivery is the event.

The City Market (城市集市) area covers about 1,500 sq m of retro-street set dressing and includes a Beijing-first outlet: Chun Tian Aged Tea (椿田熟成茶行) sells fermented meatball skewers at $2.50 (¥18) and Gui Gui Shan (贵贵山) does fresh-cut grilled beef at $8.33–$12.50 (¥60–¥90). A separate children's play area reported on this level follows its own arrangements rather than the mall's family services, and the cinema closes the day at $8.33–$13.89 (¥60–¥100) a ticket.

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The Sam's Club Connection on Level 2

If clothing and dinner are not what you came for, a membership warehouse a short walk from Livat Beijing handles bulk buying, party trays and baking ingredients at a scale the mall does not attempt. It sits outside the mall's tenant list, so plan it as a separate stop.

Getting to Sam's From Level 2

The route runs from a walkway on Level 2 into the neighbouring Xingguangjie (星光界) complex, then down to the store. Walking time is not published and the walkway's opening status varies, so check before you commit to filling a trolley.

What Sam's Members Buy

Three lines do most of the work for anyone cooking or hosting. Each is sold by its own unit rather than by weight, which is the detail visitors misread at the shelf.

Membership and the H Parking Zone

Entry requires a membership card, and that card is not shared with the mall or with IKEA. Drivers report parking in the H zone while IKEA uses A, B and C — record your bay and zone when you park, because the complex is big enough to turn finding your car into an evening project.

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Three Interest-Based Routes Through Livat Beijing

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Choose your route by what you came to buy, not by floor order. These are editorial combinations built from what sits on each floor — not walked itineraries — and they do not promise a specific walking time between stops.

Route 1 — Clothes, Sports and Snacks

This is the most common version of the trip: two hours, a suitcase, and a list of things you still need to buy. It stays on the lower floors and needs no membership, booking or queue ticket.

• Start downstairs at UNIQLO: the store spans 1F and 2F, so scan the ground floor first and only go up if a size is missing.
• Then cross to Decathlon: outdoor and camping gear through to children's kit, with sports T-shirts under $13.89 (¥100).
• Next, collectibles only if that is your thing: POP MART blind boxes at $8.19 (¥59) each. Skip this if you are here for a winter coat.
• Finish on a bakery stop: B&C, Fresh Heat Bakery (趁热集合) or Yi Li (一栗), all inside $2.08–$6.94 (¥15–¥50).
• Simplest version: the whole route works on 1F alone if you would rather not take the escalator twice.

Route 2 — IKEA Xihongmen Half Day

IKEA is the single biggest reason to give this complex half a day rather than two hours. It operates on a different scale from the mall beside it and keeps its own hours, flow and restaurants.

• Store your bag first: lockers sit on Level 1, which matters most if you arrived with a suitcase.
• Then follow the floor arrows: the layout runs one way, and walking against it costs you an extra half hour.
• Work the low-price runs early: candles, storage boxes and home fragrance cluster at $1.39–$6.94 (¥10–¥50).
• Eat before you think about leaving: the food market and Swedish restaurant sell the $0.14 (¥1) ice cream and $0.69 (¥5) hot dog most visitors end up buying.
• Respect the 21:00 cut-off: the Swedish restaurant stops serving a full hour before the store closes. If you want a hot meal, be seated by 20:30.

Route 3 — Play, Groceries and Dinner

This is the route for anyone travelling with a child, and for anyone who wants groceries and dinner solved in one trip instead of across two evenings.

• Start upstairs at the Kids Play Hub: open play space, slides and interactive equipment, with the free Livat Kids playground (荟聚宝贝) and nursing rooms nearby.
• Then break with stationery and gifts: the lifestyle chains and Sanrio (三丽鸥) fill a gap in a shopping bag faster than anything else on this floor.
• Next, take the lift down for groceries: Seven Fresh (七鲜) covers in-store bakery, fruit and sushi — the practical stop before a flight or a long train ride.
• Dine on Level 3 in the family range: Russian Kitchen (俄士厨房) for generous sharing plates, or Weightless Restaurant (失重餐厅) if the child will enjoy food arriving down an overhead rail.
• Optional finish at the cinema: check the session language at the desk before you commit.

Getting There, Store Hours and Peak Times

Livat Beijing does not need a route plan, but it does need three decisions made before you arrive: which line and exit, which hours apply to the stores you actually want, and what time you land in the building.

Getting There from Xihongmen Station

The metro is the reason this complex works as a same-day trip. The mall sits inside the station's commercial complex rather than across a road from it, which removes the last stretch of guesswork that usually accompanies an outer-Daxing shopping trip.

Show the Chinese address to a driver rather than the English one and you will get a faster confirmation at the kerb. Treat the IKEA entrance as a separate stop even though the walk between the two buildings is short.

Store Hours Are Not Mall Hours

There is no single published opening time for this complex, and every tenant sets its own. This is the rule that saves visitors the most wasted time, because it means a store can open at 08:00 while the building around it is still shut.

Two things follow from that list. The 08:00 opening belongs to one store and tells you nothing about the mall or its restaurants. And the 21:00 restaurant close does not mean every dining option shuts at 21:00 — it means one of them does, an hour before the building.

Peak Times, Queues and Walking Distance

Timing matters more here than in most malls, because the dining floors concentrate everyone into two narrow windows and the floor plate is wide enough to make footwear a practical issue.

Walking against the IKEA flow turns a 90-minute visit into a 150-minute one, which is the single easiest way to overshoot your own time budget here.

What Changes Your Plan on the Day

Three things regularly turn a good plan here into a wasted afternoon. None of them are unusual, and all three are avoidable once you know they exist.

Not Everything Is Available When You Arrive

Arriving early does not mean arriving before everything is out. The bottlenecks on this floor are time-of-day problems rather than stock problems, which changes what arriving early actually buys you.

• B&C (黄油与面包) starts at noon: the Wellington croissant and strawberry cream puff go on sale at 12:00, and weekend afternoons bring queue control at the counter rather than a shortage of product.
• Blind boxes sell out, they do not just queue: POP MAT at $8.19 (¥59) a box is more often a photo stop than a successful purchase, because popular characters go first.
• Fresh food has a window: Seven Fresh's egg tarts and butter mini croissants are made in store, so quantities thin out through the afternoon instead of being held for the evening.
• No published last-order time: IKEA publishes a 21:00 restaurant closing time but not the last moment you can order, so treat 21:00 as the end of the evening rather than a kitchen cut-off.

Free Play Areas Are Not Free Childcare

The mall lists a free children's playground and nursing rooms as a family facility. That is a different thing from a drop-off care service, and the difference decides whether your afternoon works.

• Two age ranges are in circulation: shopper reports put the Livat Kids care service at 4–9 years with membership registration and a two-hour free session, while 2024 coverage of the complex described a professional centre for 4–10.
• What is confirmed is narrower: the free playground and nursing rooms appear on the mall's own project page. Nothing there sets out age bands, session length, capacity or language support.
• The Kids Play Hub is a brand cluster: the official description covers children's entertainment, education and fashion brands, and the reported floor level and area for the open play zone are not confirmed on that page.
• Do not cross-apply rules between operators: a children's play area reported inside IKEA follows its own arrangements and is not part of the mall's service.

Cards, Tax Refund and Language Are Store-by-Store

There is no mall-wide policy on any of these three, and no published foreign-visitor service desk, so the practical response is to prepare rather than to expect.

• Foreign cards: acceptance varies by store. Assume nothing beyond the international chains and fast food you already know, and keep a second payment method ready.
• Binding an overseas card: can require verification from your issuing bank. If a payment fails, the escalation path is the payment provider or your bank, not mall staff.
• Cash: carry small RMB notes. Large notes are not always easy to break, which turns a $8.33 (¥60) purchase into a queue at the counter.
• Language and refund: bilingual menus are common at chains and fast food and absent elsewhere. No tax-refund counter for this mall is published, so settle that before committing to a large purchase.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Livat Beijing the same place as COFCO Joy City?

No. Livat Beijing is the English name for 北京荟聚 at 15 Xinning Street, Daxing District. Older city shopping lists paired this address with the COFCO Joy City brand, which is a different mall in a different part of Beijing. Joy City, IKEA and the neighbouring members' warehouse are three separate stops, so do not plan them as one venue.

Q: How long should I plan for Livat Beijing?

Two hours covers clothing and sports shopping on Levels 1 and 2. Allow half a day if IKEA is on your list or if children are coming, since both use more floor area than the rest of the mall combined. Dinner on Level 3 fits inside the same two hours if you eat early, but remember the IKEA restaurant stops serving at 21:00.

Q: What are the opening hours at Livat Beijing?

They are set per store, not per building. IKEA and its food market run 10:00–22:00 while the Swedish restaurant closes at 21:00. UNIQLO on 1F and 2F opens 10:00–22:00 daily. The Apple store on Level 1 is listed at 10:00–22:00 with extended 08:00 openings on certain dates, so check the store you actually plan to visit.

Q: Can I pay with a foreign credit card at Livat Beijing?

There is no published mall-wide guarantee, so treat acceptance as store-by-store. International chains and fast food are the most predictable. Binding an overseas card to a mobile wallet can require verification from your bank, and a failed payment is escalated to the provider or the bank rather than to mall staff. Carry small RMB notes as a backup.

Q: Is Livat Beijing good for families with children?

Bringing children is workable; leaving them somewhere is the harder question. The mall lists a free playground and nursing rooms. Reported figures for the 荟聚宝贝 care service differ between 4–9 years with membership and 4–10 in 2024 coverage, and passport registration, capacity and session length are not published. Ask on site before you plan a shopping trip around drop-off.

Q: Is there a supermarket at Livat Beijing?

Yes. Seven Fresh (七鲜) opened its Beijing store here on 30 January 2026, on Level 1, covering in-store bakery, fruit and made-to-order sushi, which is useful for consolidating dinner before a flight. Its naturally leavened toast is listed at $2.76 (¥19.9) for two bags. Individual departments may close earlier than the mall itself.