Western restaurants in Běijīng
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Bookworm
A combination of a bar, cafe, restaurant and library, the Bookworm is a Běijīng institution. Perhaps it’s the 14,000-plus books you can browse while sipping your coffee, or working your way through the extensive wine list. The food maintains the bookish theme, with sandwiches (Y42) and dishes named after famous authors, even if it, and the alcohol, is overpriced. The Bookworm is much more than just an upmarket cafe, however. It’s one of the epicentres of Běijīng cultural life and hosts lectures, poetry readings, a Monday-night quiz and an annual book festival. Any author of note passing through town gives a talk here. The local listings mags will tell you what events are …
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Fish Nation
A home from home for those who miss eating fish and chips, whether standing on a street corner in the rain in England, or sitting on the beach at Bondi. As well as obvious choices such as cod and chips (Y35) and calamari in beer batter (Y20), it does good salads and serves the Big British Breakfast (Y50) until 4pm. There’s a wide range of foreign beers. It’s very kid friendly, too.
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Lydia’s Manor Café
In a hútòng just around the corner from Café de la Poste and very close to the Lama Temple, this is a great place for cheap and tasty Western comfort food such as pizza, pasta and burgers, or for an afternoon coffee or evening drink. The friendly owner speaks excellent English. The prices for foreign beers such as Budweiser, Guinness and Tiger are just about the lowest in town. Local draught beer is Y10 a pint.
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Kiosk
A good place for a quick lunchtime snack, or for early-evening, predrinking sustenance, Kiosk serves up burgers, chips and sandwiches from a tiny hut just off Sānlǐtún’s bar street. The big bite burger is a classic, as is the grilled Serbian-style sausage sandwich (Y28). You can get a salad and a beer here, too. There’s a little outside area where you can also eat.
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Element Fresh
It was only a matter of time before the neat, spic-and-span and perennially popular Shànghǎi outfit migrated to town, bringing its health-giving menu of salads, sandwiches, pastas, smoothies and MSG-free dishes to an eager tribe of Běijīng expats. Branches also at a2-112, Qianmen Dajie and Lido Plaza, 6 Jiangtai Lu.
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China Grill
For high-altitude views of Běijīng and a menu that will take your taste buds to similar heights.
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