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  3. A wine destination 80km from Beijing, Canaan Winery sits on land chosen only after a team analyzed hundreds of soil samples across more than a dozen provinces. The vines are relatively young, but the wines have developed a following among people who take that sort of thing seriously. It's the kind of place that makes a convincing case that China's wine country is a real thing worth the detour.

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  5. A 27-acre estate tucked into the tea hills above Hangzhou, Dragon Well Manor is a farm-to-table restaurant that takes the concept more seriously than most: the chef keeps a handwritten ledger logging every ingredient, its source, and its delivery date, and you can ask to see it. The kitchen draws from an on-site organic plot and local farms the team scouts personally. It earned a spot on The 50 Discovery list, and the setting alone, wooden buildings amid working tea fields, does a lot of the talking.

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  7. A wave sculpture runs the full length of the ceiling, which tells you something about how seriously this place takes its own idea. Chao Yue is a fine-dining Chaozhou restaurant where the kitchen reinterprets Chiu Chow culinary tradition through prix fixe menus built to feel like a single continuous argument. The service is unusually considered, and the room is quiet enough that it actually matters.


  8. Rank 509. 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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    Sichuan Hot Pot

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  11. Rank 510. 1927 Dong Yuan Si Chu

    Xiamen Chinese

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  12. Rank 510. 1929 by Guillaume Galliot

    Contemporary French

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  14. The Grand Hyatt's flagship dining room sits right on the edge of West Lake, and the kitchen leans into that geography, building its menus around the fish and seafood at the heart of Hangzhou cuisine. It's a formal, elegant space where the cooking is careful and precise, the service polished, and the whole experience reads as a special-occasion destination rather than a casual drop-in.


  15. Rank 510. A Bing Bao Shan Mian

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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  16. Rank 510. A Wai Lou

    Zhejiang

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  17. Rank 510. Amico BJ

    Japanese-influenced Italian

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  18. Rank 510. Arch

    Taizhou Zhejiang Seafood

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  19. Rank 510. Aroma

    European

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  20. Rank 510. Art Yinba

    Sichuan

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  21. Rank 510. Arva

    Modern Italian

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  22. Rank 510. Aster by Joshua Paris

    Contemporary European

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  23. Rank 510. Aurore

    Sichuan

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  25. Rank 510. Bai Rong

    Shandong Seafood

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  27. Rank 510. Ban Lan

    Fujian

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  32. Rank 510. Biao Xia

    Huaiyang

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  35. Rank 510. Brasserie 1893

    Contemporary French

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  36. Rank 510. Brustin

    Sichuan

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  37. Rank 510. Catch

    Seafood

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  42. Rank 510. Chanyue Vegetarian

    Vegetarian Sichuan

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  43. Rank 510. Chao 27

    Teochew

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  46. Rank 510. Chef Kang's

    Cantonese

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  49. Rank 510. Chosop

    Sichuan

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  54. Rank 510. Coquille

    French

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  57. Rank 510. Cuivre

    Contemporary French

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  60. Rank 510. De Xing Guan (Guangdong Road)

    Shanghainese Noodle Shop

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  64. Rank 510. Dining Room

    Zhejiang

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  68. Rank 510. Du Ji Mai Bing

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  69. Rank 510. Emmelyn

    Contemporary French

    A sourdough made from a starter the kitchen has kept alive since day one is a quiet statement of intent. Emmelyn is a contemporary French restaurant in Zhujiang New Town, running seasonal set menus and à la carte, with ingredients that move between Qiandao Lake caviar, French oysters, and Iberian ham. The chef trained across New Zealand and Australia before landing here, and the cooking sits squarely where French tradition meets a lighter, modern hand.

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  70. Rank 510. Ersha No.1

    Cantonese

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  75. Rank 510. Fong Sense

    Modern Chinese

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  78. Rank 510. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn

    Contemporary Chinese

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  80. Rank 510. Fu Qi Yu Yuan

    Cantonese

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  81. Rank 510. Fu Quan Shu Yuan

    Vegetarian Zhejiang

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  82. Rank 510. Fucheng

    Minnan

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  84. Rank 510. Fuyuan

    Putian

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  85. Rank 510. Golden Silk

    Zhejiang

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  86. Rank 510. Gongxi Gongxi (Pudong)

    Zhejiang Seafood

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  88. Rank 510. Gu Su Qiao (Diyi Tianmen)

    Suzhou Jiangsu Noodle Shop

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  91. Rank 510. Gui Yu Jia Mian

    Hangzhou-style Zhejiang

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  94. Rank 510. Hakkasan

    Modern Cantonese

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  96. Rank 510. Hang Yuen Hin

    Cantonese

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