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$$$ | Chaoyang |
You won't go wrong with the namesake dish at this world-famous eatery. Dadong's version features crisp, caramel-hued skin (over meat that's less oily than tradition dictates) and is served with crisp sesame pockets in addition to the usual steamed pancakes.
22 Dongsishitiao, Beijing, Beijing, 100007, China
Known For
- Experimental takes on Chinese classics
- Guaranteed quality
- Skilled duck carvers
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential
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$$ | Dongcheng District |
This beautiful courtyard restaurant serves refined Yunnan food. What's more, the menu is fixed, so this is an excellent choice for those who don't want to misfire on the ordering.
67 Xiaojingchang Hutong, Beijing, Beijing, 100009, China
Known For
- Tranquil atmosphere
- Fresh ingredients
- Authentic cuisine
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$$ | Chaoyang |
This Taiwanese restaurant specializes in beautifully crafted xiaolong bao—steamed dumplings that are filled with piping hot, aromatic soup. Crab, chicken, and duck are lovely alternatives to the standard pork dumplings, or go wild with the black-truffle option.
24 Xinyuan Xili Zhongjie, Beijing, Beijing, 100027, China
Known For
- Friendly, efficient service
- The dandan mian (simple noodles with a chili sauce)
- Several locations around town
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$$$$ | Dongcheng District |
The miracle-worker chef transforms tofu, wheat gluten, mushrooms, and other vegetarian ingredients into delectable "fake meat" dishes at this upscale courtyard restaurant. The views of the Lama Temple across the street seem equally miraculous.
2 Wudaoying Hutong, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Appeals even to meat-lovers
- Heavenly harp music
- Elegant, inspirational setting
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$$$ | Dongcheng District |
Inside the glassed-in kitchen of this Grand Hyatt restaurant, white-robed chefs artfully twirl floury noodles and efficiently hook beautifully bronzed Peking ducks on poles outside tall brick ovens. Although pricey, it's Chinese dining at its finest.
1 Dong Chang An Jie, Beijing, Beijing, 10738, China
Known For
- Sumptuous setting
- Theatrical preparation
- Stellar service
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Reservations essential
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$$ | Chaoyang |
Migas is a whirlwind adventure in rustic Spanish gastronomy. The setting is glitzy, and the atmosphere is spirited, especially after 9 pm, when the bar and sprawling terrace really spring to life.
1 Jianguomen Wai Dajie, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Stunning urban views
- DJ music
- Free dance classes twice a week
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$$ | Chaoyang |
Beijing’s best all-round Japanese izakaya-style restaurant is the place to go for frothy mugs of Asahi draft, sublime soba noodles, and some of the best sushi and sashimi in the city for the price. The slow-cooked pork belly in miso broth with a poached egg gets rave reviews.
40 Liangmaqiao Lu, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Minimalist decor
- Sake tasting flights
- Attentive service
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$$$$ | Dongcheng District |
Worship at the altar of Epicureanism, and surround yourself with serenity at the city's best international fine-dining restaurant, nestled in the heart of Old Beijing. TRB (as it's also known) serves high-end European cuisine in a spacious, minimalist dining room within a fabulously restored Ming Dynasty Buddhist temple complex.
23 Songzhusi, Beijing, Beijing, 100009, China
Known For
- Excellent wine list
- Impeccable service
- Four-course tasting menu
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Reservations essential
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$$$ | Chaoyang |
This tiny, unassuming restaurant serves arguably the best sushi in the city. The seafood is flown in from Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market; the daily chef's selection (about Y280) is a wooden board of sushi made from the best catches of the day.
39 Maizidian Jie, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Authentic Japanese atmosphere
- Good lunch deals
- Reservations essential
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential
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$$ | Chaoyang |
Serving contemporary European fare with a Brazilian twist, Alameda is housed in a funky outdoor mall behind the hubbub of Sanlitun's bar street. Though most lauded for its good value weekday prix-fixe lunch (88 RMB for two courses), which often features filet mignon or codfish, on weekends the restaurant slow cooks a big batch of authentic feijoada—Brazil's national dish—a hearty black-bean stew with pork and rice. The glass walls and ceiling make it a bright, pleasant place, but they do magnify the din of the crowded room.
Sanlitun Lu, Beijing, Beijing, 100027, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$$$$ | Chaoyang |
Enjoy deluxe hotel dining amid murals and paintings of cheerful Italian Renaissance characters at Aria. Choose from three settings: the posh dining and bar area on the first floor, intimate private rooms upstairs, or alfresco on a terrace, protected by the din of downtown by neatly manicured bushes and roses. A decadent meal here would include foie gras and seafood bisque, followed by one of the excellent steaks, with a playful deconstructed cheesecake for dessert. The best deal at this elegant restaurant is the three-course weekday business lunch with coffee or tea for Y188.
1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Beijing, Beijing, 100004, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$ | Chaoyang |
Your mood brightens the minute you walk up the sunny spiral staircase to the rooftop patio, which includes glassed-in and open-air sections and overlooks the wide, tree-lined streets of the surrounding embassy district. It's a fine setting in which to enjoy a few glasses of wine accompanied by parma ham or one of the pastas on offer. Check out the reasonable prix-fixe business lunches for around Y100.
1 Sanlitun Bei Xiaojie, Beijing, Beijing, 100027, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$$$$ | Haidian District |
Staff dressed in richly hued, Qing-dynasty attire welcome you at this grand courtyard house, the Bai family mansion. Featured delicacies (ordered via an iPad) include bird's-nest soup, braised sea cucumber, abalone, and authentic imperial snacks.
15 Suzhou St., Beijing, Beijing, 100080, China
Known For
- Live Peking opera performances
- Historic setting
- Beautiful garden
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted, Reservations essential
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$ | Chaoyang |
This cheerful, homey joint offers dozens of creative dumpling fillings alongside classics such as pork and cabbage. The colorful purple, green, or orange dumpling wrappers, made by adding vegetable juice to the dough, are equally delightful.
North of 6 Maizidian Jie, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Minimum order (100 grams/3.5 ounces) of any dumpling variety
- Cheese and other adventurous fillings
- Popular with diplomats who work in the area
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No credit cards
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$$$$ | Chaoyang |
Well executed Italian food in plush surroundings makes this luxury hotel restaurant as appropriate for a power lunch as for a romantic dinner. Wine is clearly the inspiration, from the burgundy hues of the decor to the long list of Italian vintages to the use of the restaurant's namesake in dishes such as tagliolini with sea urchin, suckling pig, and wagyu beef cheek.
83A Jianguo Lu, Beijing, Beijing, 100025, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$$ | Chaoyang |
Like other branches in this popular chain of glitzy, see-and-be-seen restaurants, this one dishes up Taiwanese favorites to a largely young, upwardly mobile clientele. A delicious choice is the "three-cup chicken" (sanbeiji), served in a sizzling pot fragrant with ginger, garlic, and basil.
6 Gongti Xilu, Beijing, Beijing, 100027, China
Known For
- Smartly dressed staff with identical haircuts
- Taiwanese desserts such as shaved ice with condensed milk
- Open until 4 am, so popular with clubbers
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$ | Chaoyang |
Located upstairs in a dive behind Sanlitun's bar street, this bright and spacious kosher falafel joint is a breath of fresh air. Biteapitta has been filling Beijing tummies for over a decade with quick and tasty Mediterranean fare such as baba ghanoush, roasted chicken, and pita sandwiches brimming with yogurt, tahini, cucumbers, and tomatoes. The cheerful room encourages diners to linger over a lemonade or mint tea, with plenty of power outlets to help them catch up on emails.
Sanlitun Houjie, Beijing, Beijing, 100027, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted
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$$ | Chaoyang |
You probably didn't come all the way to Beijing for pizza, but you won't regret having it at this restaurant. The Neapolitan owners ensure that everything is authentic, from the chewy but light pizza pies (cooked in an imported wood-fired oven) and perfectly prepared pasta dishes to the impressive wine list.
81 Sanlitun Lu, Beijing, Beijing, China
Known For
- Kitsch sodas
- Specialty pizza featuring creamy burrata
- Indulgent desserts
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$$$$ | Dongcheng District |
With its unique perch overlooking the Forbidden City’s moat, the Courtyard made a name for itself as Beijing’s most romantic restaurant. Under the recent stewardship of the British chef Brian McKenna, and after a designer makeover from the team behind New York’s W Hotel, it has emerged as a destination restaurant for Beijing’s jet set. Prix-fixe menus of molecular-inspired cooking woo diners with kitchen tricks inspired by the likes of El Bulli and the Fat Duck. Service and execultion can be hit or miss (often depending on whether Chef McKenna is at the helm or not), but some of the dishes, like the chocolate terra-cotta warrior emerging from edible “soil,” are really quite special.
95 Donghuamen Dajie, Beijing, Beijing, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No lunch, Reservations essential
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$ | Chaoyang |
Teutonic timbers frame the facade of this two-story restaurant and bakery that serves specialties and all-day brunch fare from southern Germany. Downstairs, find excellent breads, pastries, prepared sandwiches, and an authentic Sacher torte, for take away or eating at one of the café's tables. For more filling fare, head upstairs, where a hearty menu of sausages, schnitzels, and dumplings awaits, along with a selection of imported beers.
Zaoying Lu, Beijing, Beijing, 100016, China
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted