Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Xi'an from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Xi'an
Cai Feng Lou in Qu Jiang New District and DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in the SKP mall area keep wine lists with extensive wine lists.
Cai Feng Lou in Qu Jiang New District serves elegant Cantonese fine dining a la carte. The wine program has an extensive wine list. It holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond and 81 points from La Liste in its 2026 awards. Signature dishes include Honey Black Pork and Braised Crispy Pigeon.
DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in SKP mall area specializes in contemporary Chinese preparations of sea cucumber and superlean Peking duck, with tableside carving. Service is a la carte and as a tasting menu. The wine program has an extensive wine list. It holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond for 2026.
Muslim Quarter in Muslim Quarter (Hui Min Jie), Lianhu District serves Shaanxi halal food across street vendors and family-run shops. It has a beer program, with a la carte, family style and counter dining formats. Dishes include roujiamo, yangrou paomo and hand-pulled noodles.
MING JIA in Qujiang, CHANG AN CLUB in Xi'an Film Studio and Lotus in Zhuque each hold a Black Pearl 1 Diamond on their latest awards. The kitchens cover Shandong seafood, Shaanxi cooking and Western dishes.
MING JIA in Qujiang is a seafood restaurant specializing in fresh ingredients. Traditional Shandong techniques are blended with modern flavors, and the format is a la carte. The wine program is standard. It holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond for 2026.
CHANG AN CLUB in Xi'an Film Studio serves authentic Shaanxi cuisine a la carte. The room is a brick and wood row house, with theatrical presentation such as ignited Taibai Snow. The restaurant holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond for 2025 and for 2026.
Lotus in Zhuque serves Western dishes a la carte. A chef trained in Singapore prepares artistic dishes. The wine program is standard. It holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond for 2026 and held the same award for 2025.
Xi'an has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Cai Feng Lou in Qu Jiang New District, DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in SKP mall area, MING JIA in Qujiang, CHANG AN CLUB in Xi'an Film Studio, Lotus in Zhuque and THE BEIJING KITCHEN near Yongning Gate each hold a Black Pearl 1 Diamond.
Qu Jiang New District and the SKP mall area are neighborhoods with extensive wine lists in our guide. Cai Feng Lou in Qu Jiang New District has an extensive wine list. DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in the SKP mall area has an extensive wine list.
DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in the SKP mall area offers a tasting menu. That menu sits alongside a la carte service. The cooking is contemporary Chinese, centered on sea cucumber and superlean Peking duck, with tableside carving of the duck.
wine lists with extensive wine lists are at Cai Feng Lou in Qu Jiang New District and DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop（Xi'An SKP） in the SKP mall area. Standard wine programs are at MING JIA in Qujiang, Lotus in Zhuque, THE BEIJING KITCHEN near Yongning Gate, and Flair in Yanta District.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Xi'an.
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Cai Feng Lou sits in Xi'an's Qujiang New District, carrying a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) and 81 points from La Liste's 2026 rankings. The kitchen draws on the deep larder of Shaanxi's agricultural interior, positioning it within the city's small tier of formally recognised Chinese restaurants. For visitors working through Xi'an's dining options, it is one of the few addresses with verifiable international credentials.
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CHANG AN CLUB holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond rating (2025), placing it among Xi'An's recognized fine dining addresses in the city's western university district. The venue draws on the deep culinary heritage of the ancient Tang capital, operating in a part of the city that is still finding its premium dining footing. A reservation is the sensible approach for anyone planning a visit.
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Positioned inside Xi'An's SKP retail complex on Chang'an North Road, DaDong Sea Cucumber Shop earned a Black Pearl 1 Diamond award in 2025, placing it among the city's recognized fine dining addresses. The restaurant channels the DaDong group's signature approach to premium Chinese ingredients, with sea cucumber as the anchor ingredient in a format that reads more specialist than broad-menu Chinese dining.
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Lotus holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) on Zhuque Street, one of Xi'an's most historically layered corridors. The recognition places it within a small tier of Xi'an restaurants operating at the level of China's leading fine-dining guide. For visitors mapping the city's premium dining options, it represents a credentialed entry point in the southern district.
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A Black Pearl 1 Diamond recipient for 2025, Ming Jia represents Xi'An's push toward refined Chinese dining without abandoning the city's deep culinary identity. The restaurant signals where the higher tier of Xi'An's restaurant scene is heading: structured, serious, and conscious of how local tradition translates into a contemporary dining format.
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The Beijing Kitchen sits on the 11th floor of Xi'An's SKP tower, carrying a 2025 Black Pearl 1 Diamond award that places it among the city's most formally recognised dining rooms. The address signals a particular tier of contemporary Chinese fine dining, polished, destination-driven, and positioned well above Xi'An's street-food circuit. It is one of several Black Pearl-recognised rooms reshaping how the city's premium dining scene is read internationally.
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Chang'an Xi'an brings the grain-and-fire cooking traditions of Shaanxi province into a considered dining format in one of China's oldest cities. The menu anchors to the agricultural heartland that once fed the Tang Dynasty capital, with wheat, lamb, and cumin at its centre. For visitors tracing Xi'an's culinary lineage beyond the Muslim Quarter, this is a substantive point of reference.
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Xi'an's Muslim Quarter is the city's most concentrated address for Hui Muslim street food, where centuries-old wheat and lamb traditions play out across a dense grid of stalls and small restaurants. The quarter runs along Beiyuanmen Street and draws visitors for roujiamo, yangrou paomo, and hand-pulled noodles prepared in the open. It operates at the accessible end of the city's dining spectrum, making it an essential stop for anyone reading Xi'an's food culture seriously.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Xi'an.
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Originally opened as a Chinese state guesthouse in 1953, the Sofitel Legend Peoples Grand Hotel Xi'an sits inside the ancient city walls on Renmin Square, within walking distance of the Bell and Drum Towers. Its 71 rooms and suites blend Art Deco details, Sino-Russian architecture, and French hospitality standards, making it among the more historically grounded luxury options in a city that served as China's imperial capital across 13 dynasties.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Xi'an occupies a prime position in the city's central business district, placing guests within reach of the Muslim Quarter, the ancient city walls, and the Terracotta Warriors. The hotel's dining programme spans Cantonese and Shaanxi cooking at Jing Xuan, teppanyaki at Tasuro, and rooftop cocktails at Flair, while the full-floor spa and Club Level access round out a comprehensive luxury offer.
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A Michelin Selected hotel on Xi'an's Jinye Road in the High Tech Zone, Grand Hyatt Xi'an positions itself at the upper tier of international-brand lodging in a city better known for ancient walls than five-star competition. The property brings the Grand Hyatt format to one of China's most historically charged destinations, with the dining programme serving as a key differentiator for travellers prioritising food alongside cultural access.
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Carrying a 2025 Michelin Selected distinction, Sofitel on Renmin Square places French hospitality conventions inside one of China's most historically dense cities. The property sits at 319 Dongxin Street, a short walk from the square that serves as Xi'an's civic and spatial anchor. For travellers who want a recognisable international standard of service alongside direct access to Tang-dynasty heritage, it occupies a clear and useful position in the city's hotel tier.
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Huyi District occupies Xi'an's western fringe, where the Wei River plain gives way to the Qinling foothills. Less trafficked than the city's walled centre, it operates as a counterpoint to the tourist-dense Muslim Quarter, with a quieter, more residential character that rewards visitors willing to look beyond the obvious itinerary. For travellers using Xi'an as a base for broader Shaanxi exploration, Huyi offers a different kind of access to the region's deep historical and geographical layers.
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Park Hyatt Xi'an sits in a city where luxury hospitality has to answer a difficult brief: contemporary comfort beside one of China’s deepest historical settings. With limited venue data available, the editorial case rests less on amenities and more on category context, design expectations, and how a Park Hyatt flag usually signals a quieter, architecture-led alternative to larger international hotels in Xi’an.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Xi'an.
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