Famous Restaurants in Xiamen

Xiamen is known as one of gourmet capitals in China, especially for seafood and snack. But do you know what the famous restaurants in Xiamen to enjoy authentic cuisine in this city? Here I would like to introduce some of them for your reference. Hope it is helpful to start your gourmet trip in Xiamen.

Xiaoyanjjing Restaurant

Add: 7 Hubing Zhong Lu, Siming District, Xiamen

Xiaoyanjjing Restaurant is a popular seafood restaurant here. The food ingredients are fresh and various. Seafood is the main menu here and the price is affordable. Recommendation: abalone, mango juice, turbot fish, corn juice, boiled shrimp, curry crab, sea cucumber, etc.

Lujiang Hotel Sea View Hall

Add: 7 F Lujing Hotel, 54 Lujing Ave., Siming District

Xiamen Lujiang Hotel is a five-star hotel. The hall with sea view located in the 7th floor of the hotel is famous restaurant in this city. Here dinners can enjoy delicious seafood, as well as the beauty of Lujiang River and Xiamen city, especially at night. There are outdoor patio, from where can overlook Gulangyu Island and the sea. There are a lot of dim sums, snacks and all kinds of seafood. The restaurant is often full of dinners at nights, if you want to want to take good seats, you should go there early and pay for a 15% extra charge for service.

Haoqingxiang Restaurant

Address: 59 Hubin Zhonglu Road, Xiamen, China, 361000
Signature dishes: glutinous rice porridge with sea crab, deviled lion's head, garlic cake and meat onion dumplings

Haoqingxiang Restaurant in Xiamen has delighted gastronomes from all over South-east Asia since 1940 with its Southern Fujian snacks, including Zongzis (the pyramidal bamboo wrapped glutinous rice and meat dumplings), as well as garlic cake and meat onion dumplings, taro cake, and jelly fish (no peanut butter fish yet).

Menu favorites include "high quality chicken stewed with ginseng", or "low quality chicken boiled with dandelions" (for those on a budget). Also try "glutinous rice porridge with sea crab", "deep-fried five-flavor rolls" (one of Xiamen's most famous delicacies), "steamed crayfish", and "deviled lion's head" (Chinese meatball)". China local snacks like Steamed Meat Stuffed Glutinous Rice Dumpling, Local Frozen Bamboo Shoot and Leek Pastry.

Shuyou Seafood Restaurant

Add: North Hubin Roud, Xiamen
Signature dishes: Seafood

If the fish entrees were any fresher this restaurant would be underwater. Considered one of Xiamen's best restaurants, Shuyou (Chinese for "close friend") combines knowledgeable service with a wide-ranging seafood menu to put at ease even the most finicky foreign diner who lacks experience with Chinese cuisine. It offers characteristic Cantonese dishes, Chaozhou cuisine and seafood. Scallops, lobster, prawns, sea crabs and Shanghai fresh water crabs are just a few of its dishes. If the occassion demands special care diners can reserve a private room that includes a private bathroom. The first floor of the upscale restaurant displays tanks of live seafood where diners can hand select what they'll have for dinner. Popular choices include Shanghai hairy crab, lobster, prawns, grilled fish and oyster omelets.

There are many different branch stores of Shuyou Seafood Restaurant. You can go the nearest one to enjoy your meals there.

Lu Ding Xuan Hakka Restaurant

Add: 20 Baihe Building, Lianqian Xi Road, Siming District

Lu Ding Xuan Hakka Restaurant specialize Hakka cuisine, as well as Xiamen-style seafood.