DK Travel : Beijing : Places to eat

Princess Mansion

Qing court kitsch doesn’t get much more over the top than this: wait staff dolled up in traditional dress, while dances and songs are performed throughout dinner. Touristy? Yes, but the Qing court-styled food is excellent and you are ensured a memorable evening (see Princess Mansion).
Princess Mansion

Refined imperial court cuisine in a mansion that once belonged to the Empress Cixi. Excellent food comes with theatrical frills.
Purple Vine

Lovely place located just outside the west gate of the Forbidden City.
Qian Men Quanjude

The most famous of the Quanjude restaurants and the worse for it. But call by for take-away duck pancakes.
Quanjude

Beijing’s most famous duck restaurant has several branches but this is the most convenient, just a few steps off southern Wangfujing.
Raj

Cheap and authentic south Indian cusine. The décor is kitsch but there’s a pleasant outdoor terrace.
RBL

An ultra-stylish diner offering contemporary fusion food built around a sushi bar. Attached bar, Icehouse, doubles as a blues club, and is intriguing for its setting in a former imperial cold storage room (see RBL).
RBL

Classy, modern sushi bar (see RBL) with attached blues bar, Icehouse.
Schlotzky’s

US-style deli for pastrami on rye and all the rest of it.
South Silk Road

Spicy Yunnanese food in stylish surroundings beside the lakes (see South Silk Road).