www.1001nights.com.cn
As the name would suggest, 1001 Nights restaurant serves up a top range of middle eastern food. Some dishes are more successful that others. …read more…

Ritan Park, Jianguomenwai Area (Call for directions: 8561 7643)

Xiheyaju Restaurant serves some of the best Sichuanese food we’ve ever had! It’s a great courtyard setting with the option of sitting inside, in the conservatory, or outside under the stars. …read more…

5 Gunghua Xili, Jianguomenwai Area (near Silk Street)

Bleu Marine French Restaurant was a terrific surprise. There is a unique menu every day based on whatever ingredients the chefs pick up or the fish that is available. We ate the french onion soup and pumpkin soup and then tucked into …read more…

www.courtyard-gallery.com
Looking out over the Forbidden City’s moat, The Courtyard Restaurant is a very swanky! Part of the Courtyard Gallery, which promotes contempory Chinese art, it serves asian-influenced food however …read more…

www.redcapitalclub.com
Awesome little restaurant/boutique hotel! What a find! And it was really, really tough to find! Down a very dodgy looking little hutong (alleyway in Beijing) with Madame Mao’s limo out the front, this restored Qing dynasty courtyard residence is a magic place to eat. Covered in memorabilia from the days of Mao, including …read more…

www.buddha-bar.com
This is a spectacular restaurant down near the Seine with a menu centred around asian flavours. With a giant golden Buddha, candles and shiny things everywhere, it’s a total …read more…

5 Dean Street, Soho, W1D 3RQ

The last one of a lovely french restaurant chain, Pierre Victoire is a bit of a locals London secret. The food is very very good and the service matches. If you arrive without a booking and there are no tables, the owner asks you …read more…

www.tamsna-prestige.com/ryad.html
We didn’t stay at this Ryad (hmmm, everyone seems to spell it differently), just went there for dinner which was lovely. If you look at the website, which is in French, you can see some of the pictures of the interior and get a feel for …read more…

8 Hanway Place, Soho, W1T 1HF (Nearest Tube: Tottenham Court Road)

This is the sexiest restaurant in London. The food is awesome, atmosphere amazing. Walk down the dodgy alley that is Hanway place, feeling like you are about to get mugged at any moment until you reach the end, and the entrance to Hakkasan. Give your name to the nice man at the door and …read more…