Restaurants in Xian

1. Jiasan Guantang Baozi

Still the most famous of the Jia Brothers' restaurants, you'll know you're there when you see the monstrous blue arch over the entrance and a wall...

2. De Fa Chang

Dumplings are raised to a high art form at this lively restaurant located next to the Bell Tower Square. The canteen downstairs is always bustling...

3. Lao Sun Jia

The original restaurant, opened in 1898, is still the best place to sample Xi'an's most celebrated dish, yangrou paomo. There are now three branches,...

4. Wenhao Zaliang Shifu Lao Dian

This is one of the more affordable and healthy theater/banquet restaurants in Xi'an. You won't leave with a grumbling stomach after you polish...

5. Fanji Lazhi Roudian

This is the most famous vendor of Shanxi's most widely consumed snack -- rou jia mo, finely chopped pork pressed between two halves of a solid...

6. Highfly Pizza (Gaofei Bisa)

Outside of the five-star hotels and the inevitable KFCs, Xi'an offers little in the way of Western food. It's a relief to find pizza (the four-cheese...