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The 100 Best Places to Eat and Do in Beijing

The best places to eat and do in Beijing, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, The 50, and Forbes Travel Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Chao Shang Chao (Chaoyang) comes out on top.

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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 The 50 next.

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  2. 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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  5. Rank 5. Jingji

    Beijing

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  6. Rank 5. King's Joy

    Vegetarian Chinese

    Tucked into a hutong near the Lama Temple, this serene fine-dining restaurant holds two Michelin stars and makes a serious case for vegetarian cooking without leaning on the word "vegetarian" as the point. Chinese classics get quietly disassembled and rebuilt using techniques borrowed from both sides of the world. The menu rotates every two weeks, so regulars keep coming back, which they do.


  7. Rank 5. Lu Shang Lu

    Shandong

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  8. Rank 5. Shanghai Cuisine

    Shanghainese

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  9. 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.


  10. Rank 11. Cai Yi Xuan

    Cantonese

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  12. Rank 11. Fu Chun Ju

    Cantonese

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  13. Rank 11. Furong

    Hunan

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  15. Rank 11. Giada Garden

    Northern Italian

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  17. Rank 11. Jing

    Basque

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  20. 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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  21. Rank 11. MO Jasmine

    Beijing

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  23. Rank 11. Rong Pao

    Sichuan

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  24. Rank 11. Seventh Son

    Cantonese

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    Address
    No.1, 10 Caochang Alley, Dong Cheng Qu, China, 100005 · Beijing
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Wednesday 11 AM–10 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  30. Rank 11. Trb Hutong

    Contemporary French

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  33. Rank 11. Zhiguan Courtyard

    Liaoning Chinese

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  34. Rank 11. Zijin Mansion

    Cantonese

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  35. 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.


  36. Rank 37. Bao Bao Hao

    Cantonese

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  38. Rank 37. Bao Yuan

    Sichuan

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  44. Rank 37. Ladychai

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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  48. Rank 37. My Soup

    Cantonese

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  54. Rank 37. Tan

    Sichuan

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  59. Rank 37. Yibin

    Sichuan

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  63. Rank 65. Bottega

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

    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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  65. Rank 66. Amico BJ

    Japanese-influenced Italian

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  70. Rank 66. Brasserie 1893

    Contemporary French

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  77. Rank 66. Héritage East

    Contemporary Chinese

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  78. Rank 66. Hong 0871

    Creative Yunnan

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  82. Rank 66. Ji Chuan

    Sichuan

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    Address
    1F, Nuo Hotel, 2A Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, Chinese Mainland · Beijing
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    Website
  84. Rank 66. Jin Cai Xuan

    Cantonese

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  86. Rank 66. La Chansonnière

    Contemporary French

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  88. Rank 66. Les Morilles

    Modern French

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  92. Rank 66. Qian Li

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  93. Rank 66. Qiao Dong Bei (Dongcheng)

    Northeastern Chinese

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  94. Rank 66. Rive Gauche

    Contemporary French

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    Address
    2F, The PuXuan Hotel and Spa, 1 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, Chinese Mainland · Beijing
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10:30 AM, in 4 min

    Wednesday 6:30 AM–10:30 AM, 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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