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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Rank 1. Chao Shang Chao (Chaoyang)
Chaozhou Cantonese
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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.
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Rank 4. Blackswan
French Contemporary
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Rank 4. Jingji
Beijing
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Rank 4. King's Joy
Vegetarian
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Rank 4. Lu Shang Lu
Shandong
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Rank 4. Shanghai Cuisine
Shanghainese
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Rank 4. The House of Dynasties
Cantonese
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.
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Rank 10. Cai Yi Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 10. Chao Shang Chao (Xicheng)
Chao Zhou
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Rank 10. Fu Chun Ju
Cantonese
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Rank 10. Furong
Hunanese
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Rank 10. Giada Garden
Northern Italian
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Rank 10. Jing
Basque
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Rank 10. Lei Garden (Jinbao Tower)
Cantonese
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Rank 10. Lu Style (Anding Road)
Shandong
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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.
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Rank 10. MO Jasmine
Beijing
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Rank 10. Rong Pao
Sichuan
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Rank 10. Trb Hutong
Contemporary French
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Rank 10. Zhiguan Courtyard
Liaoning Chinese
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Rank 10. Zijin Mansion
Cantonese
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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.
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Rank 31. Bao Bao Hao
Cantonese
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Rank 31. Bao Yuan
Dumplings
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Rank 31. Hong Fan Qie (Yuyuantan South Road)
Hubei Chinese
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Rank 31. Jing Hua Lou
Beijing
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Rank 31. Ladychai
Noodles
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Rank 31. Lao Chuan Ban
Sichuan
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Rank 31. Mingyuan Restaurant
Beijing
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Rank 31. My Soup
Cantonese
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Rank 31. Pang Mei Noodles (Xiang'er Hutong)
Chongqing-style Noodles
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Rank 31. Xiang Lin Tian Xia
Hunanese
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Rank 31. Yibin
Sichuan
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Rank 31. Yu Hua Tai (Xicheng)
Huaiyang
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Rank 31. Zhong
Huaiyang
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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.
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Rank 58. 1949 - Duck de Chine
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Amico BJ
Japanese-influenced Italian
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Rank 58. Beef & Dumplings (Chaoyang)
Dumplings
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Rank 58. Brasserie 1893
Contemporary French
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Rank 58. Char (South Sanlitun Road)
Steakhouse
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Rank 58. Country Kitchen
Beijing
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Rank 58. Everlasting Happiness
Hunanese
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Rank 58. Fu Man Yuan (Xinyuanli)
Beijing
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Rank 58. Fujian Restaurant
Fujian
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Rank 58. Héritage East
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 58. Huai Xiang Guo Se
Huaiyang
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Rank 58. Huaiyang Fu (Dongcheng)
Huaiyang
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Rank 58. In Love (Gongti East Road)
Hunanese
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Rank 58. Ji Chuan
Sichuan
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Rank 58. Jia (Chaoyang)
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Jin Cai Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 58. L. Bodhi (Guanghua Road)
Vegetarian
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Rank 58. La Chansonnière
Contemporary French
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Rank 58. La Roba
Yunnanese
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Rank 58. Les Morilles
Modern French
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Rank 58. Maison Flo
French
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Rank 58. Mio
Italian
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Rank 58. Qiao Dong Bei (Dongcheng)
Dongbei Chinese
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Rank 58. Rive Gauche
Contemporary French
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Rank 58. Tong Chun Yuan
Jiangzhe
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Rank 58. Xin Ming Yuen
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Yan Garden by Chef Fei
Chao Zhou
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Rank 58. Yue Jie (Qi Yang Road)
Cantonese