Suzhou
Popular with locals, this red-wood-furniture-bedecked eatery, with several branches across town, has a long history and wholesome, filling noodles – try…
Must-see restaurants in China
Shandong
Street-side vendors are banned from Qufu these days, so the barbecue crew now set up their smoky grills just off the road in this large car park…
Shandong
One of the few places in town with an English menu, this friendly cafe-bar-restaurant attached to the town's excellent youth hostel does a mix of Western …
Guangdong
This excellent restaurant serves the local speciality – braised wild-grown goose (狗仔鹅, gǒuzǎi é). The steamed tofu with shredded taro and ground pork …
Yunnan
This is the place to eat delicious barbecue on tiny stools. Everything – fish, meat, veggies, tofu – is on display, so just pick and choose. It's tucked…
Kashgar
This large and relatively untouristed night market has food stalls running alongside Yingbin Jie just north of the river. There's a fantastic selection of…
Hangzhou
Near the China National Tea Museum, this restaurant serves traditional Hangzhou cuisine in a beautiful setting overlooking a pond and surrounded by tea…
Kunming
Authentic Yunnan cuisine, including well-regarded 'across-the-bridge noodles', that won't break the bank and is available around the clock. There's a lot…
Xiamen
If Xiamen starts to wear you down, hide out in this atmospheric Taiwanese coffee shop in an old house near Zhongshan Park. The coffee is brewed with…
Macau
This blue-tiled retro cafe makes ethereal sugar-sprinkled puff doughnuts (MOP$5) and hearty egg-and-barbecue-pork sandwiches (MOP$20). Regulars sit…
Hubei
At Xiling Gorge (西陵峡; Xīlíng Xiá), 13km north of Yichang, is a peculiar restaurant perched precariously against a cliff. Claimed to be the ninth 'cave…
Yazhuang Vietnamese Restaurant
Guangxi
This popular spot whips up tasty Vietnamese classics such as stir-fried beef with mango (芒果炒牛肉, mángguŏ chăoniúròu), squid baked in coconut (椰香局黑鱼,…
Shanghai
Awesomely executed American dishes from big breakfasts with all the trimmings (eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns and toast) to pancakes, as well as clam…
Kunming
Despite the giant vats on show, this place is much more of a restaurant than a bar. Expect a mixed menu of western and Chinese food – burgers and brats…
Nanjing
The best bakery in Nanjing, Real Bread Cafe serves its sandwiches in suitably crusty bread and its coffee (¥25) delightfully strong. Delicate and crispy…
Sichuan
A local classic, this hole-in-the-wall place right in the town centre draws crowds of locals for its house special: ma’gē miàn (麻哥面) – noodles topped with…
Shanghai Old City
One of Shanghai's go-to addresses for fine dining, Napa plates up beautifully presented gastronomic dishes in an elegant Bund setting. The food combines…
Nanjing
This small wood-themed restaurant with Japanese lanterns hanging inside does some excellent sets served with miso soup and a small salad. The curry shrimp…
Xinjiang
This outlet of Marco's Dream Cafe is a bakery where you can get fresh bread, pastries and pizza. It's hidden away off the main road in a courtyard – you…
Suzhou
Crowds pay and gather near the entrance to wait for the steaming fresh xǐaolóng bāo (小龙包; soup dumplings) to come out of the kitchen. If you don’t want to…
Fuzhou
Near the corner of ‘Seven Alleys', on the edge of the canal, 30ml is almost too cool for Fuzhou. Here you’ll find delicious coffee (¥28 to ¥32), cake,…
Beijing
A shoebox of a trattoria teleported to a Beijing hutong, Mercante is a delightfully incongruous outpost of Italian cooking. The boss hails from Bologna,…
Lijiang
The name doesn’t do justice to the very authentic selection of Naxi cuisine on offer at this calm courtyard restaurant. There are fantastic mushroom…
Shanghai
A short walk from the Oriental Pearl TV Tower brings you to a string of restaurants, including the city’s best sesame-seed-and-spring-onion-coated fried…
Dali
Now so popular that you can expect to queue for a table, this place is set around a cosy and cute courtyard. The dishes are an interpretation of Bai…
Macau
This branch of a 70-year-old dessert specialist makes the much-loved sweet almond soup with egg white and the coconut milk with taro. It also does an…
Tianjin
Occupying a long swathe of the southeast corner of Minyuan Plaza, this cavernous, chandelier-filled, Western-style Chinese coffee chain does freshly…
Harbin
The 'Old Chef's House', 2km southeast of Zhongyang Dajie, is an excellent place to sample northeastern cuisine. There can be queues on weekends for good…
Shanghai
Ever popular Element Fresh serves a mean salad. The laffa bread – with goat cheese, herbs and house-made miso dressing – will keep you coming back again…
Harbin
The 2nd-floor terrace overlooking Zhongyang Dajie is the main reason to swing by this friendly Chinese bakery. Downstairs is a self-serve takeaway where…
Macau
‘The Sailboat’ is listed in every guidebook. One reason for its popularity is that it’s within walking distance of the A-Ma Temple. If you go not…
Yunnan
Your options here are small, medium, or large: there's only one dish on the menu at Weishan's most highly recommended restaurant for ĕrsī (饵丝) rice…
Shanghai
This vibrant pop-art decorated hole-in-the-wall has a wonderful selection of hearty bowls of pho (noodle soup), vermicelli dishes, fresh banh mi (baguette…
Liaoning
Amid flashing KTV signs on Xinghai Nanjie, you can discover very good Sichuan style málà miàn (a spicy and numbing noodle soup) on offer. The photo board…
Fujian
The Ān family are well known across town for their Cantonese-style dim sum, which sneaks a few Hakka delights onto the trolley. The xiāmǐ chángfěn (虾米肠粉,…
Fujian
A former 1920s dance hall for sailors and diplomats, the Black Cat is now an antiques-filled multi-room restaurant with lots of intimate dining options…
Suzhou
Good quality, Chinese-style vegetarian food in downtown Sūzhōu, not far from the Garden of Cultivation. Friendly service, with a wide selection of…
Guangzhou
In a narrow alley off Baohua Lu, this hugely popular hole-in-the-wall serves three dishes – crunchy blanched fish skin (鱼皮, yúpí) tossed with peanuts and…
Yunnan
Travellers dreaming of the culinary possibilities just across the border can drop by here for delicious Burmese cuisine from lyongi-clad waiters. There's…
Jiangxi
The noodles at this tiny restaurant, located 100m left out of Yushan bus station, are pulled fresh while you wait, and there are more than 30 different…
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