Head up to the second floor, and you’ll find an eatery unlike any other in town. If you like, you can sit by the huge windows and do a little people watching on the street below. Alternatively, turn your attention to the inside. The walls are covered in photos of the owner’s friends, political figures and eye-catching pages from magazines. There are also places on the walls where you can grab a marker to leave your own mark behind. One more thing that you will notice is that large parts of the floor and walls are covered in splashes of colorful paint.
The boss goes by the name Miracle. Yeah, that’s right. Some might say that it’s a boastful name. We would have to say that it’s an apt one. Not only does he have fantastic taste in music, but he’s put together a menu of curry and pasta on which nothing exceeds 22 kuai. That rarely happens in Suzhou, so we say it is a miracle. IO has Sapporo beer on tap, bottles of Heineken and premium Tsingdao, all at prices lower than anyone else in town, and that makes it the perfect place to start an evening. In addition to that, Miracle keeps a good supply of the hard stuff on hand that can be purchased by the bottle. If you want our opinion, and we guess that you do since you’re reading this, this is a great place to polish of a bottle of Red Label with some friends before hitting the town. For you teetotalers, Miracle has managed to get his hands on the classic glass bottles of Coke and Sprite that come gratis with every meal.