Beijing Roast Duck Restaurants
Beijing Roast duck is renowned to be one of the most traditional Chinese dishes all over the world while among all the restaurants that serves Beijing Roast Duck, Quanjude Restaurant and Bianyifang Restaurant are the two most famous and enjoy a high reputation. Both the two restaurant brands have a history of over one hundred years but they represent two different schools of roast duck.
Quanjude
Quanjude is the better known one, founded in 1864, uses an oven without a door. A kind of dressing is spread all over the duck and the duck is hung in the oven over the flame coming directly from the burning of the fruit-tree wood. The cooking time is forty minutes. They have developed their own technique and are famous for outstanding quality.
There are 12 Quanjude branch restaurants in Beijing while the oldest branch restaurant can be found in Qianmen Shopping Street and the largest and the most splendid one is Hepingmen Quanjude Restaurant. The other two popular branches are Wangfujing Quanjude Restaurant and Fangzhuang Quanjude Restaurant due to its easily accessible from downtown.
Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, is the oldest Quanjude branch and the representative of the time-honored Quanjude Brand dating back to a hundred years.
- Address: No.30, Qianmen Street, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67011379/65112418
- Nearby Places: Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing Street, the Forbidden City, Liulichang Street
Hepingmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
Hepingmen Quanjude is the largest roast duck restaurant, opened in 1979. It can totally accommodate over 2,000 guests dining at the same time.
- Address: No.14, Qianmen Street (West), Xuanwu District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-63023062/63018833
- Nearby Places: Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing Street, the Forbidden City, Liulichang Street
Wangfujing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
The Wangfujing branch was established in 1959. The well-known All-Duck Banquet is headed by QUANJUDE roast duck and supported by over 400 dishes with QUANJUDE characteristic flavor.
- Address: No.9, Shuaifuyuan Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-65253310/65228384
- Nearby Places: Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Liulichang Street, Hutong, Shichahai, Nanluoguxiang
Fangzhuang Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: No.18 Pufang Road (Southeast Corner of Fangzhuang Huandao, near Carrefour), Fangzhuang, Fengtai District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67602009
- Nearby Places: the Temple of Heaven, Kungfu Theater, Liyuan Theater
Olympic Village Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: Building A. Tianchuangshiyuan, No. 309, West Huizhong Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-64801686
- Nearby Places: Olympic Green, the Summer Palace, Beijing Zoo
Jingxin Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: A2 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District
- Tel: 010-64660895
Bianyifang
Bianyifang, founded in 1855, makes use of a closed oven and straw as the fuel, using this method ensures that flames will not go directly onto the duck. Before being put into the oven, a duck is filled with specially-made soup to make it possible to roast the duck outside and boil it inside at the same time.
Hademen Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: No.2 chongwenmenwai Dajie jia, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67120505
- Nearby Places: the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing Street
Xingfu Dajie Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: No.36 Xingfu Dajie, Chongwen District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67116545
- Nearby Places: Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing Street, the Forbidden City, Liulichang Street
Anhua Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: No.6 Mid Road, the North Third Ring (Beisanhuan Zhonglu), Xicheng District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-82081019
- Nearby Places: Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing Street, the Forbidden City, Liulichang Street
Yutingqiao Bian Yi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: No.73 Tiantan Donglu, Chongwen District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67020904
- Nearby Places: the Temple of Heaven
The New World Center Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: 3F, 2nd II, Beijing New World Center, No.5 Chongwai Dajie, Chongwen District, Beijing
- Tel: 010-67088069
- Nearby Places: the Temple of Heaven
Da Dong Roast Duck
Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant
- Address: Building 3,Tuanjiehu Beikou, East Third Ring Road (south east corner of Changhong Qiao), Chao Yang District
- Tel: 010-65822892
- Hours: Daily 11am-10pm
- Tel: 010-6582-2892/4003