Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰
24, Xinyuan Xili Zhongjie,
Dongzhimen
northwest of Yu Yang Hotel
新源西里中街24号
渔阳饭店西北角
6462-4502
Open 11:30am-10pm
Price Y200-Y299 per couple
Accepts International Credit Cards
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- City Weekend says
Selected by the New York Times as one of the world's best restaurants 20 years ago, this Taiwanese dumpling chain has been riding the publicity ever since. It's developed a faithful following with its dumplings, lovely service and sleek modern design. A playroom for the kids makes it a family favorite.
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I thought this place was off the hook and am ashamed it took me four years in Beijing to visit. While I don't think any of the dishes were memorable in the way that truly amazing, gourmet food is, I seriously could not put down my chopsticks during my dinner. Vegetable dumplings were great, the famous shaomai were very good --and I do not normally eat pork -- fried rice was delicious, made with organic eggs, vegetable side dish was excellent, spicy noodle, tofu and vegetable cold dish great. The restaurant's a bit brightly lit, but that seems to be the case with most Chinese places. Very happy it's near my house so I can go back again and again!
I't's famous, but way overrated. Tried it once in China and in LA and never again! The food does not match its steep prices. I don't understand why this place does so well. I've found other xiaolong bao places that are much better. I think over the years their quality deteriorated and they still try to hold on and live off of their NY Times review more than a decade ago.
Delicious dim sum, but other foods aren't as good. The noodle dishes are plain and oily.
Clean, fresh and delicious food. The restaurant is baby/ child friendly with a little room for the little ones to play while we could eat. Great service too.
This place and I go way back to my Taipei days. I love it here. I know DTF has its critics--yes, it's overpriced; yes it's a chain; yes, it's cliche. These facts don't make me love Tiffany's any less, and thus, my torid affair with the 23 fold soup dumpling lives on. I will admit, DTF has not stopped singing the "Top 10 Restaurant in the World" tune, ever since the NYTimes crowned them with it ages ago, but its not like any other place in Beijing has ever been bestowed with such an honor. I always go for the regular pork dumplings, but lately I've started to add a basket of pork and crab roe dumplings, which are delicious too. The veggies, fried rice and other noodle dishes always are reliable options. I always take visitors to DTF, especially if they are new to China--its a comfortable dip in the streetfood kiddie pool before I haul them into the deep end.
This is authentic Taiwanese dumplings from the most popular chain in the world. They started in a storefront in Taipei and now are on most every continent. The dumplings are outstanding, after a few zillion they really have it down.
I think they need to dump the top 10 ranking they received twenty years ago from some NYT columnist. They belong on a top ten list of chain restaurants that would include McDonald's, or Chili's. Consistent, high quality food, yes. Gourmet, no.
They have an additional location in Beijing not included above - in Haidian.
Go? Absolutely. Try the hot and sour soup - one of the best renditions of this I have found.
That's just the ultimate place for dumplings and "shao mai". Don't miss the veggies, like "dou miao", and the drunken chicken. Furthermore: service is simply PERFECT, I do not know any other place like this in the city. And one of the few places (besides Rumi, KFC and McDonald) to offer a separate play ground for kids ... an important detail for the fathers and mother among us.
first i thought din tai fung is a dimsum restaurant. thats why when i went there i expected more from the food because of "Selected by the New York Times as one of the world's best restaurants 20 years ago..." sentence. but i was wrong. its a taiwanese dumpling restaurant. the dumpling itself is good. we ordered the crab dumpling, vegetable dumpling and pork dumpling. soups are really good. i will remember this place next time when i caught a cold and in need of a hot damn good chicken soup. they also have good noodles, just like what those small chinese restaurants in indonesia usually sell. really good.
their shao mai (my fave dish no.1 for dimsum) just really different than the other shao mai i've ever had. and they dont have my fave dish no. 2 for dimsum, xia jiao (hakau). that's kinda disappointing. but again this is not a dimsum restaurant, so i kinda had to suppress my xia jiao and shao mai hunger.
we tried their typical taiwanese shaved ice deserts. my friends were all crazy about them but i was just ok. it was good. but not wow.
the service was good. just like what you expect from a good chinese restaurant. will i be back? probably yes, when i need the chicken soup or good noodles.
Good service and consistently delicious food. Would be a good choice for entertaining out of town guests. We always end up re-ordering dumplings because we can't get enough. The kid's play area also makes this a family friendly option.
I'm not an expat snob who shuns anything with good service and a tab over 50RMB. Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese establishment with multiple locations throughout Asia. It is hands down the best place for Xiaolongbao and doumiao. If you've found some other place where the dumpling skins are as thin, strong, and tender, or where the filling is as tasty at a third of the price, I say "Bring it!" Until then, all your other Xiaolongbao dens are simply MSG havens with bad service with nothing to boast beyond a local price.
Other than the fact they're still hyping up what seems like an "infamous" New York Times article that is more than two decades old — see the table settings when you sit down — Din Tai Fung is a worthy adversary for some of the best food in Beijing.
Stick with the restaurant's specialty, the "xiao long bao," or steamed pork buns. And place an individual order for everyone at your table. If you're interested in the noodle dishes, anything with meat is worth digging into.
Taste: average. Like the lighting at the restaurant. Price & service is acceptable.
A restaurant living os off its name and a NYT review that is over 10 years old now. The xiaolongbao are not bad but certainly not the best i have ever had. The service was a little slow and the place felt a bit chaotic. All in all so so.
Well, not too impressed. (See above.)
i often eat at din tai fung and have found the food to be consistently good. the xiao long bao's may not be as impressive as those at theri flagship store in taipei, but for beijing, these have to be considered the best!
Maybe famous, but not great Nice xiaolongbao, but they're missing something in the quality department:
our veggie dish came with a nice white worm sticking out between the leaves
they had clueless waitresses giving out completely wrong directions on the phone
Sorry, but it takes more than this to be a great restaurant in this town these days. I would put this restaurant in the category with Quanjude; famous, worth a visit, but not particularly special compared to what else is out there.
What the Economist say's about Din Tai Fung Food fanatics were delighted when this popular Taipei restaurant opened its first branch in Beijing in 2004. The restaurant has a crisp, clean, contemporary look and is renowned for its xiaolongbao (steamed pork buns) and cairou zhengjiao (vegetable dumplings in bamboo steamers). The famous dandan mian, a noodle dressed in sesame paste and peanut sauce, is milder than the spicy Sichuanese version. Don't forget to try the deceptively simple chicken soup made with black-skinned chicken, which is blanched and then slowly steamed with ginger and spring onions.
After a first visit a bit disappointing, I came back Saturday. Now, I know why this restaurant is popular: service was great and food really good. Usually I am not a fan of chinese food, but Din Tai Fung convince me to love jiaozi.