Which Chinese food restaurants should I go in Beijing?

mate, considering you will be finding them out easily, i'm just gonna tell you those famous franchises. there will be heaps of branchs over there, you can google them to look for which ones near by your location, or either just ask people or taxi driver, but you'd better copy the folloing informations to your own email or something to check it or whatever, just don't leave it in facebook mail, cause in china facebook is blocked! ps:1, the ones with "*" before them, are the ones I strongly recommend. 2, the pinyin behind the characters ======================================… famous restaurants of Beijing Duck: Beijing Duck=北京烤鸭 ps: most of restaurants in beijing have beijing duck, but the following one are famous for beijing duck ***全聚德 Quan Ju De ***大鸭梨 Da Ya Li 便宜坊 Bian Yi Fang the restaurants of Beijing Standing Dish: Standing Dish=家常菜 *天外天 Tian Wai Tian **郭林家常菜 Guo Lin Jia Chang Cai 金百万 Jin Bai Wan *鸿宾楼 Hong Bin Lou **又一顺 You Yi Shun *金鼎轩 Jin Ding Xuan the restaurants of Hot Pot: Hot Pot=火锅 ****东来顺 Dong Lai Shun **小肥羊 Xiao Fei Yang *羊大爷 Yang Da Ye 福华肥牛 Fu Hua Fei Niu **羊蝎子李 Yang Xie Zi Li (羊蝎子= Lamb Spine) the restaurants of Beijing Traditional Food/Snack: Traditional Snack=小吃 ***护国寺小吃 Hu Guo Si Xiao Chi **稻香村 Dao Xiang Cun (take away only) ***庆丰包子铺 Qing Feng Bao Zi Pu (for Bao Zi) *鸿毛饺子 Hong Mao Jiao Zi (for Dumpling) the restaurants of BBQ BBQ=烧烤 ****权金城 Quan Jin Cheng (Korean Style) *汉拿山 Han Na Shan ***烤肉季 Kao Rou Ji the restaurants of Other Styles: 峨嵋酒家 E Mei Jiu Jia (Sichuan Style standing dish) *九头鸟 Jiu Tou Niao (Hubei Style standing dish) 上海城隍庙小吃 Shang Hai Cheng Huang Miao Xiao Chi (Shanghai style snack) *新疆喀什餐厅 Xin Jiang Ka Shi Can Ting (Uighur Style) 麻辣诱惑 Ma La You Huo (Super Spicy) 狗不理包子 Gou Bu Li Bao Zi (Tianjin Style Bao Zi) the restaurants of Eastern Fast Food. *永和大王 Yong He Da Wang **吉野家 Ji Ye Jia / Yoshinoya (Japanese-Chinese Style, for Rice) 面爱面 Mian Ai Mian (Japanese-Chinese Style, for Noodle) the restaurants of Seafood Seafood=海鲜 双盛园 Shuang Sheng Yuan *渔公渔婆 Yu Gong Yu Po 刚记海鲜 Gang Ji Hai Xian ======================================… Alright, mate , sorry i can only think off these names, they are the ones I always been to. In Beijing, there are over 50 thousands of restaurants. What I worte are the famous chains, as your friend I recommed you, better don't go to those small restaurants, wouldn't be much cheaper than the big ones and they are not that clean. especailly the small Sichuan(四川) restaurants and Uighur(新疆) restaurants (I'm not saying bad of them but this is the truth.) If you don't have time to enjoy all of what I said, I suggest at least you have to find and try the most famous Beijing foods which are: Hot Pot=火锅 Beijing Fried Sauce Noodle= 北京炸酱面 (you can find it in any Beijing Style Restaurant) Beijing Duck=北京烤鸭 Lamb Spine=羊蝎子 Beijing Snack=北京小吃

I'd recommend the opposite of what chris105pek said . . . skip the big places and ONLY go to the small, hole-in-the-wall places. ESPECIALLY the Sichuan restaurants and the Uyghur restaurants! My rule of thumb for choosing restaurants in China (and I live there) is that if there are a lot of foreign faces in it, the avoid it like the plague. If there are a lot of locals eating there, then it's fine. This would be especially true in Beijing. Remember, Chinese people are just as concerned about their health as anyone else. Watch what others are eating and go from there. Your hotel will have tons of restaurants around them. Don't worry about finding names, just go for the food.

Here is a list of well-known Beijing restaurants: http://www.chinaholidays.com/guide/cities/beijing-food-restaurants.html I'm not sure if they are near your hotel or not.

Lamb kebabs (羊肉串儿 yángròu chuànr) and other kebabs are grilled on makeshift stands all around Beijing, from the late afternoon to late at night. Wangfujing has a "snack street" selling such mundane fare like lamb, chicken, and beef as well as multiple styles of noodle dishes, such as Sichuan style rice noodles, but the brave can also sample silkworm, scorpion, and various organs all skewered on a stick and grilled to order. A winter specialty, candied haw berries (冰糖葫芦 bīngtáng húlu) are dipped in molten sugar which is left to harden in the cold and sold on a stick. You can also find variations with oranges, grapes, strawberries, and bananas, or dipped in crumbled peanuts as well as sugar. This sweet snack can also sometimes be found in the spring and the summer, but the haw berries are often from last season's crop. The most famous street for food in Beijing is probably Guijie (簋街/鬼街 Guǐjiē), see Dongcheng District for further detail. Beijing Roast Duck is a famous Beijing specialty served at many restaurants, but there are quite a few restaurants dedicated to the art of roasting the perfect duck. Expect to pay around ¥40 per whole duck at budget-range establishments, and ¥160-200 at high-end restaurants. Beijing duck (北京烤鸭 Bĕijīng kăoyā) is served with thin pancakes, plum sauce (甜面酱 tiánmiàn jiàng)，and slivers of scallions and cucumbers. You dip the duck in the sauce and roll it up in the pancake with a few slivers of scallions and/or cucumbers. The end result is a mouthwatering combination of the cool crunchiness of the cucumber, the sharpness of the scallions, and the rich flavors of the duck. Guolin Home-style Restaurant (郭林家常菜 Guōlín Jiācháng Cài). This well-kept secret among Chinese people has some of the tastiest and most inexpensive ducks in all of Beijing. Half a duck is just ¥28. And all its other delicious, innovative dishes keep customers coming back: be prepared for a bustling, noisy atmosphere, though the interior is often quite nice. Locations all over Beijing—look for a sign with two little pigs—including at Fangzhuang, Zhongguancun, Wudaokou, Xuanwu, and more. edit Beijing is also known for its mutton hotpot (涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu), which originally came from the Manchu people and emphasizes mutton over other meats. Like variations of hotpot (general name 火锅 huŏ guō) from elsewhere in China and Japan, hotpot is a cook-it-yourself affair in a steaming pot in the center of the table. Unlike Sichuan hotpot, mutton hotpot features a savory, non-spicy broth. If that's not exciting enough for you, you can also request a spicy broth (be aware that this is flaming red, filled with peppers, and not for the weak!). To play it safe and satisfy everyone, you can request a ying-yang (阴阳 yīnyáng) pot divided down the middle, with spicy broth on one side and regular broth on the other. Raw ingredients are purchased by the plate, including other types of meat and seafood, vegetables, mushrooms, noodles, and tofu, so it's also perfectly possible to have vegetarian hotpot. A dipping sauce, usually sesame, is served as well; you can add chilis, garlic, cilantro, etc, to customize your own sauce. While "raw" sounds dangerous, boiling the meat yourself is the best way to ensure that more risky meats like pork are fully cooked and free of germs. In the city center, hotpot can run as much as ¥40-50 per person, but on the outskirts it can be found for as little as ¥10-25. Low-budget types may reuse the spices or cooking broth from previous guests, although it has been boiling for several hours. Beijing provides an ideal opportunity to sample food from all over the country. Some of Beijing's best restaurants serve food from Sichuan, Hunan, Guangzhou, Tibet, Yunnan, Xinjiang, and more. Ghost Street For vegetarians, Beijing's first pure vegetarian buffet restaurant is located a Confucius Temple, see Dongcheng District for further detail. Origus has numerous locations throughout Beijing, and offers an all-you-can-eat pizza/pasta buffet for ¥39, including soft drinks and dessert bar. If you're in the mood for Texan fare, head for the Tim's Texas BBQ near the Jianguomen subway station. They'll happily provide you with your favourite American food and drink. Tony Roma's has a location in Wangfujing (in the Oriental Plaza). Korean restaurants are also very common in Beijing. A frequent meal is the grill-it-yourself barbeque, including beef, chicken, and seafood items as well as some vegetables including greens and potatoes. All luxury hotels have at least one restaurant, which can be of any cuisine they believe their guests will enjoy. You will find French, Italian, American, and Chinese restaurants in most hotels. Restaurants that serve abalone and sharkfin are considered the most expensive restaurants in the city. Expect to pay upwards of ¥800 for a "cheap" meal at one of these restaurants, much more if splurging.