Anyone have any recommendations for restaurants or places to grab a drink in Beijing?
I’ve added my recs to a previous thread. Perhaps have a search.
Below is a previous post based upon a trip about 1 year ago. Some nice bars that have good service and good drinks are the top of the taller China World Hotel and the bar at the Park Hyatt. If you are looking for less Western-style bars there are plenty in HouHai.
Some good restaurants I ate at during a recent visit to Beijing are below. All are easy to get too except the Fuzhou city restaurant requires a car.
Hang Teng Ge Li - Xinjiang food in the Xinjiang provincial government representative office in Beijing, a short walk from the Bai Shi Qiao South subway stop. Serves a mean da pan ji, wicked lamb kebabs, tasty breads, and a great lamb and rice dish.
Fuzhou City of Jiangxi province representative office - somewhere in Fengtai. Never had this food before. The food was at turns spicy like neighboring Hunan (a wicked hot mi fen dish), but also featured light and delicate soups and stews that would fit in a Zhejiang restaurant.
Din Tai Fung - many locations of this Tawainese xiao long bao chain in Beijing, I’m sure. A nice one in the Parkview Green building close to Ritan Park.
Caspi - get your Azerbaijani fix in a little walking mall directly across the north gate to Ritan Park. A bit like persian, a bit like turkish, and a nice break from chinese.
Xibei You Mian Cun - several locations. Go for the oat noodles dressed with lamb sauce and an eggplant/tomato sauce.
Pleasant Seascape Restaurant - perhaps the best food I’ve had in Beijing. Mostly cantonese style dishes - excellent honey glazed roast pork, scallops stir-fried with asparagus, lilly bulb and gingko nuts, and a vinegary salad of manchurian wild rice. On the 3rd floor of the shopping mall attached to the Financial Street Ritz-Carlton, on the opposite side.