Cliche or not, Peking duck is a must. Try it on a Beijing scale at the 2,000-seat Quanjude Peking Duck Restaurant, which claims to be the world’s biggest.
14 Qianmenxi Dajie, Xuanwu District (near Hepingmen subway station); Tel: 86-10-6302 3062
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Quanjude is good, but very expensive and often full. I think the duck at Guo Lin is excellent. This restaurant is a chain, but not chain-like at all. There are several across the city. Excellent service and a full duck for 48 or 68RMB for the top quality stuff. The service is generally excellent and the restaurant is very nice. There are many QuanJuDe restaurant franchises around the city. It's good but not really worth the extra price (you'll pay much more in QuanJuDe than any other duck restaurant and the price increase isn't really matched by quality, in my opinion). The best duck restaurant is DaDongKaoYaDian - they have one at ChangHongQiao on the East 3rd ring road, or another in the NanXinCang building at DongSiShiTiao on the 2nd ring road.
朝阳区团结湖北口3号楼, 东三环长虹桥东南角
Phone 6582 2892/4003
东城区东四十条甲22号南新仓国际大厦1~2楼(立交桥西南角)
Phone 5169 0329
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