The Best Restaurants in West Beijing

This article is the third part in the series dedicated to share my “knowledge” about the city of Beijing. After suggesting 10 alternative plans and indicating the things you should avoid doing in Beijing, today, I wanted to do a review of, in my opinion, the best restaurants in the west part of the city, that is, the Haidan district (or university district).

This area is excellent for tasting ethnic Asian food and since I have lived here more than four years, I’m quite familiar with the district. So, just enjoy!

On this list, you will find the name of the restaurant, the type of food, the approximate price, the address in Chinese (so you can show it to the taxi driver), some recommended dishes and a short review. Also, I have included Google Maps with all of the restaurants indicated so that you can find them easily.

Click on the map below for a brief review of the restaurants listed. Warning: even though the location markers on the map are quite precise, if you need the exact address, you would be better off to use the ones I have indicated afterwards in Chinese

Beiwai and Minzu Universities area

This area, located close to Weigongcun subway station, is one of my favorite areas to go out to eat. There are a large number of universities (at least six together), and among them is the well-known Beijing Foreign Studies University (or Beiwai) and The Ethnic University (or Minzu).

Even though I have only selected a few restaurants, I recommend that you walk along Weigongjie (魏公街) street, which runs along the edge of Minzu University and find the restaurant of the Chinese ethnic minority that you most like (Dai, Uyghur, Korean, Mongol, etc.).

Meizhou Dongpo (眉州东坡)

Type of food: Chinese food from various regions
Price (per person): 75-150 Yuan
Address: 中关村南大街民族学院北路（韦伯豪对面）
Recommended dishes: Roast duck (烤鸭, not to be confused with Peking duck), fried bamboo (东坡竹笋) and spicy dandan noodles (担担面).
Review: Meizhou Dongpo is one of the most important restaurant chains in the city and offers an excellent selection of dishes. However, as with all restaurant chains in China, not all restaurants offer the same quality of food. Among all of them that I have tried in Beijing, this is by far the best. The restaurant offers two categories of food: the first being small, cheap dishes (open 24 hours a day) and the second being the menu with more elaborate dishes. In summer, starting at 10 pm, they also offer delicious barbecue skewers.

Baoqin Dai Ethnic Restaurant (宝琴傣味餐馆)

Type of food: Yunnan
Price (per person): 70-120 Yuan
Address:魏公街16号(江边城外巫山烤全鱼旁)
Recommended dishes: The pork knuckle, fried chicken skin, fried mushrooms and fried chicken with lemon grass.
Review: This small and pretty restaurant is one of my favorite restaurants from the Yunnan province.
Source: http://www.saporedicina.com/english/best-restaurants-in-beijing/