The section of red wall in front of the VIP building was the palace wall of the imperial city back in the day, hence the name of the restaurant. It sells not only coffee, but also buffet. Diversified dishes, is Beijing's most exquisite buffet , the taste is very good. The environment is impeccable.

Address: 2F, VIP House Hotel, 35 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District

Consumption per capita: 205; Recommended: desserts, cheese? abalone.

Tel: 65137788-343

Sihexuan

The fusion of classical and modern, the combination of Chinese and Western styles, a creative Western restaurant that is blessed with the best of both worlds. The former courtyard faces the moat of the Forbidden City, and the modern art exhibition downstairs is full of avant-garde flavor.

Address: 95 Donghuamen Street, Dongcheng District

Cost per person: 316; recommended: foie gras.

Tel: 65268883

Coffee & Tea

Beijing's top buffet. There is a wide variety of Italian pizza and pasta, Indian curries, Japanese sushi, sashimi and desserts, as well as traditional Peking duck and a variety of Chinese snacks. Each food item is exquisitely prepared and the overall dining environment is excellent.

Address: Inside Shangri-La Hotel, 29 Zizhuyuan Road, Haidian District

Cost per person: 275; recommended: desserts.

Tel: 68412211-2715

Suizhe Pingting Japanese Restaurant

A Japanese restaurant with a very good price-performance ratio. 68 yuan buffet you can eat very tasty grilled eel, and the sashimi is also very fresh. Not a lot of varieties of food, but the taste is very good, worth a visit.

Address: 2F, Noble House Hotel, 35 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District

Consumption per capita: 80; recommended: sashimi.

Tel: 62538919

Hidden Spring Japanese Restaurant

Creative Japanese cuisine. The flavors are unique and the complimentary desserts are delicious and different every day. The environment is unique and sometimes you will meet movie stars.

Address: 2nd floor, Block c, Hejiao Building, Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Cost per person: 129; Recommended: sushi, motorola rolls.

Tel: 65813939

720 Private Cuisine

The environment is nice and quiet. The window seat can see Chongwenmen Street. There are also Japanese-style private rooms.

Address: Room 720, Block A, Building 5, Urban Citizen Garden, Chongwenmenwai, Chongwen District

Consumption per capita: 36; Chinese food.

Tel: 67052932

Golden Barn

A secluded location, warm and romantic upscale lounge. The main meal is private dining without worrying about ordering, and the night is filled with fine wines and homemade ice cream. The setting is old but not stale, elegant but intimate, and full of bookish charm.

Address: No. 52, Sanlitun South Street A, Chaoyang District

Cost per person: 113; recommended: homemade ice cream.

Tel: 65025142

Xihai Fish Sheng

An authentic Hangzhou dish, the best choice for a summer backwater. Either dine-in, sit al fresco, book a waterside private room, or dine on the boat ("advance reservation required" for dining on the boat).

Address: Opposite No. 48 West Sea, Xinjiekou, Xicheng District

Consumption per capita: 82; Recommended: Bamboo shoots in clear water.

Tel: 66180466

Keffi Hall, Grand Hyatt Oriental

An absolutely superb buffet. Specialties include: fresh and tantalizing seafood, crusty bread and delicious red wine; roast duck, lamb shanks and unparalleled desserts that are rich and creamy.

Address: Middle Floor, Grand Hyatt Oriental, 1 East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District

Consumption per capita: 290; Recommended: seafood, desserts, salads.

Tel: 85181234

International Hotel Starlight Revolving Restaurant

If you want to treat a friend who is visiting Beijing for the first time to a night view, then this is the place to go - the significance of which is far greater than the food eaten here. There's a good choice of food varieties, with the seafood being the better part, and there's always a queue for the salmon. Eating is not cheap, the buffet is divided into three price levels according to the morning, noon and night, the night is the most expensive.

Address: 28th floor, International Hotel, No. 9 Jianguomennei Street, Dongcheng District

Consumption per capita: 193; Recommended: buffet.

Tel: 65126688-6218

Songhe Cafe

Nice buffet. Great variety and quick replenishment. The environment is very good, few people quiet, eat here have a feeling of being in a foreign country.

Address: Dongcheng District, Wangfujing Street, Dengshixikou 88 Songhe Hotel

Consumption per capita: 68; Recommended: buffet.

Tel: 65138822-2451

Tandao Indian Restaurant

The environment is full of Indian flavor - the door is the wheel of eternity. waiter basically are Indians, do not speak Chinese; catch up with the Indian dance can be seen. Inside the curry is very good, yogurt is good, rice are so spicy.

Address: Zhaolong Hotel, 1F, No. 2 Gongtibei Road, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 189; Recommended: Malay koppa chicken.

Tel: 65972211

Pink Cool

A part of the Cool series of restaurants, it's a very flamboyant, petite place, with purple and pink lights reminiscent of a sultry woman coated in lipstick. The main business is Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and Malay dishes with moderate flavor.

Address: 6 Sanlitun South Road, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 120; recommendations: Tom Yum Goong soup, green curry.

Tel: 65068811

Wendy Wu Spicy Hot Pot

Famous Taiwanese hot pot that's relatively new. In addition to the traditional spicy and clear soups, there are also fresh, appetizing hot and sour pots and Thai-style pots, with vegetables and meats shabu-shabu'd to extra comfort. The free duck's blood and tofu are all you can eat, and the complimentary green bean soup is equally good.

Address: 102 Jianwai SOHOB, No. 39 Dongsanhuan Middle Road, Chaoyang District

Cost per person: 59; recommendations: curry pot, Thai-style double-boiled pot, blood tofu, green bean soup.

Tel: 58693928

Thaiheater Southeast Asian Restaurant

In a small courtyard, the place is large, the environment is very good, very quiet, tableware and chairs and tables are more chic. The food is not too complimentary.

Address: Street Garden, Wanquanhe Road, Haidian District

Consumption per capita: 103; recommended: curry, salad.

Tel: 62624558

Banana Leaf

A very creative restaurant. The taste of the food is relatively pure, and there are many dishes that have won awards. The tableware is exquisite, and the environment is also very good, spacious, clean, bright, and attentive service. Here you can either watch the show or join in the lively performances as you wish.

Address: No. 4, Gongtibei Road, Chaoyang District

Cost per person: 104; Recommendations: Fried crab with curry king, various freshly squeezed juices.

Tel: 65068855

Yi Cuisine

Does Yi cuisine, very distinctive, and the taste is good, is less expensive.

Address: No. 14, Area 1, Anhuili, Asian Games Village, Chaoyang District

Cost per person: 64; Recommended: cold water fish, mixed coronarium, lusheng soup, quiche.

Tel: 64947188

Xiyuan Hotel Revolving Restaurant

The environment is very good, it's a revolving restaurant, and it's a good place to see the night view.

Address: 26th floor, Xiyuan Hotel, No. A1, Sanlihe Road, Haidian District

Consumption per capita: 161; recommended: salmon sashimi.

Tel: 68313388-12601

Kelai Hotel Café

A more upscale buffet, with lots of variety, varying from Monday to Sunday. The desserts are superb and the various entrees are all very authentic. Prices are high and there are a lot of foreigners.

Address: 2F, Carlyle Hotel, No.2 Jianguomen South Street, Chaoyang District

Cost per person: 121; Recommended: desserts, salads, business sets.

Tel: 65158855-3212

Jingxinlian

The whole restaurant is a school of Buddha Hall set up, small monks serving food, Buddhist Zen music sound into the ears. Dishes do show full of flavor, dish name creative to know, if you do not know is in the vegetarian restaurant, not at all taste out are soy products.

Address: Chaoyang District, Nongzhan Museum, South Road, No. 10, China Federation of Literature and Culture

Consumption per capita: 108; Recommended: one-finger Zen, boiled fish.

Tel: 65923627

Fire Source Japanese Restaurant

Creative Japanese restaurant. The décor is avant-garde, with an organ at the door that is quite entertaining; the cuisine has been improved to include Japanese food as well as Korean barbecue and hot pot, all of which taste pretty good.

Address: B1, Block C, Heqiao Mansion, No. 8 Guanghua East Road, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 103; recommended: hot pot.

Tel: 65836830

Faust

French Western restaurant, the dishes are so exquisite that they are limited to the enjoyment of people with small cherry mouths, and the flavor is rather light. The environment is very elegant, big rows of books and big rows of wine, the table is full of rose petals, the mood is particularly good.

Address: No. 18 Xiao Yun Road, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 221; recommended: French cuisine.

Tel: 64601981

Athena Greek Restaurant

The environment is very nice and moody. The food is also very good.

Address: 1 Sanlitun West 5th Street, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 126; Recommended: mom's eggplant box.

Tel: 64646036

Boiling 180 Degrees

Great place along Zhongguancun. The environment here is very nice, neither tightly packed seats, nor the noise of the crowd, spacious and comfortable, cool and quiet, very much a little bit of a paradise mood.

Address: No. 18 North Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District

Consumption per capita: 53; Recommended: boiled fish.

Tel: 82626869

Niu Leiting Japanese barbecue

Japanese-style smokeless barbecue, meat is tender and juicy, the taste is very good, barbecue, staple food, drinks, desserts, etc., everything is worth to try, and you can enjoy the fun of grilling by hand.

Address: 1F Jingguang Center, No. 3, Lane 3, Guandongdian, Chaoyang District

Consumption per capita: 76; beef tongue thick cut, special selection of kalubi and sava.

Tel: 65974668

Spaghetti House

The spaghetti here is good, the cocktails good. The amount of stuff is small and the prices are on the expensive side; the environment is secluded and quiet.

Address: Yuanda Road Store:Gate b 05, 1F, Jinyuan Times Shopping Center, No.1 Yuanda Road, Haidian District

Consumption per capita: 53; Recommendations: spaghetti, potato salad.

Tel: 88875607