Monday, August 31, 2026

The Top 93 Places to Eat in Beijing

The best places to eat in Beijing, by the professional record: Michelin Guide, 50 Best, and Chinese Restaurant Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Chao Shang Chao (Chaoyang) comes out on top.

Lamdre and Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road) hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Chinese Restaurant Awards next.

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  1. Rank 1. Chao Shang Chao (Chaoyang)

    Chaozhou Cantonese


  2. Rank 1. Lamdre

    Vegan

    A pitched-roof skylight fills the minimalist dining room with natural light, and the handpicked ceramics suggest you're somewhere that has thought carefully about everything. Lamdre is a fine-dining vegan restaurant in Sanlitun holding two Michelin stars and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list, where a seasonally changing menu draws on China's regional traditions and the chef's research trips into the country's lesser-known ingredients. The name comes from Tibetan Buddhism, which tells you the vibe isn't purely culinary.



  3. Rank 4. Blackswan

    French Contemporary


  4. Rank 4. Jingji

    Beijing


  5. Rank 4. King's Joy

    Vegetarian


  6. Rank 4. Lu Shang Lu

    Shandong


  7. Rank 4. Shanghai Cuisine

    Shanghainese


  8. Seven private dining rooms, each named after a Chinese dynasty, ring the main hall at this Cantonese restaurant on the fourth floor of Rosewood Beijing. The kitchen holds a Michelin star and runs on a philosophy of restraint, letting the ingredient lead rather than the technique. The pastry course, a molten jackfruit number the chef has been refining for years, tends to stay with people.


  9. Rank 10. Cai Yi Xuan

    Cantonese



  10. Rank 10. Fu Chun Ju

    Cantonese


  11. Rank 10. Furong

    Hunanese


  12. Rank 10. Giada Garden

    Northern Italian


  13. Rank 10. Jing

    Basque




  14. A restored courtyard mansion in a Beijing hutong, with high ceilings and a view that shifts through the seasons. This is a Michelin-starred dining room built around traditional Beijing cooking given a careful modern rethink. The Peking duck, fired over jujube wood and served three ways, is the anchor, but the kitchen ranges further than that. Beijing-themed cocktails round out a meal that takes the city's culinary past seriously without turning it into a museum.


  15. Rank 10. MO Jasmine

    Beijing



  16. Rank 10. Rong Pao

    Sichuan





  17. Rank 10. Trb Hutong

    Contemporary French




  18. Rank 10. Zhiguan Courtyard

    Liaoning Chinese


  19. Rank 10. Zijin Mansion

    Cantonese


  20. Rank 30. Chef 1996

    Modern Si Chuanese

    Pork sliced thin enough to hold up to the light is the calling card here, a modern Sichuan restaurant in Chaoyang where the chef, a native of Emei, treats the cuisine's famously layered heat as a palette rather than a blunt instrument. The room draws a crowd that takes its Sichuan seriously, and the kitchen obliges with food that is fiery and precise in equal measure. It holds a spot in the Michelin Guide.


  21. Rank 31. Bao Bao Hao

    Cantonese



  22. Rank 31. Bao Yuan

    Dumplings







  23. Rank 31. Ladychai

    Noodles





  24. Rank 31. My Soup

    Cantonese




  25. Rank 31. Pang Mei Noodles (Xiang'er Hutong)

    Chongqing-style Noodles








  26. Rank 31. Yibin

    Sichuan



  27. Rank 31. Zhong

    Huaiyang



  28. The Salvo brothers set up a Neapolitan pizzeria in Beijing and, somewhere along the way, made it a serious reference point for the form across Asia. The dough is soft and properly blistered, the crust light enough to suggest restraint but satisfying enough to suggest experience. Classic pies lean into tradition without apology; a few contemporary options show the kitchen hasn't stopped thinking. Pasta is on too, and the room is spacious and wine-lined, the service polished without stiffness.



  29. Rank 58. Amico BJ

    Japanese-influenced Italian






  30. Rank 58. Brasserie 1893

    Contemporary French








  31. Rank 58. Héritage East

    Contemporary Chinese





  32. Rank 58. Ji Chuan

    Sichuan



  33. Rank 58. Jin Cai Xuan

    Cantonese



  34. Rank 58. La Chansonnière

    Contemporary French


  35. Rank 58. La Roba

    Yunnanese


  36. Rank 58. Les Morilles

    Modern French



  37. Rank 58. Mio

    Italian




  38. Rank 58. Rive Gauche

    Contemporary French





  39. Rank 58. Xin Ming Yuen

    Cantonese





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