Xi'an
China
Ancient China's imperial capital — home of the Terracotta Warriors, a perfectly preserved 14km city wall, and the Muslim Quarter's mind-blowing street food lane. Xi'an is where China's history feels most alive.
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Beilin Museum Coffee Bar Xian
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A unique museum cafe inside the Forest of Stone Steles museum grounds, serving excellent coffee and Chinese tea among the world's largest collection of ancient inscribed stone tablets. Sipping coffee surrounded by 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty carved stones is among the most extraordinary cafe settings in the world.
📍Beilin Museum, Sanxue Street, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710001, China
Defachang Dumpling Restaurant Xian
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The most famous restaurant in Xi'an for the legendary dumpling banquet - a multi-course meal of 18 different dumpling shapes each representing a different Tang Dynasty figure or legend. Defachang has served the definitive Xi'an dumpling experience since 1936 and is the most visited restaurant in Shaanxi Province.
📍3 Dong Street, Bell Tower, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710001, China
Huxian Teahouse Xian
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An atmospheric traditional teahouse inside the ancient city walls with private tearooms, a large selection of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan teas, traditional Chinese instruments played in the evenings, and a beautiful wooden interior that is the best place in Xi'an to slow down from the Terracotta Warrior rush.
📍Inside City Walls, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710001, China
Kaiyuan Coffee Xian
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Xi'an's best specialty coffee shop in the South Gate area near the university district, with excellent single-origin pour-over coffee, beautiful campus-adjacent atmosphere, and a loyal community of university students and young professionals. The most comfortable work cafe in the ancient city.
📍South Gate area, Beilin District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710001, China
Lao Liu Jia Paomo Xian
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The most acclaimed traditional restaurant for yangrou paomo - Xi'an's iconic dish of hand-torn unleavened bread soaked in rich mutton broth with glass noodles and vermicelli, served with pickled garlic and chili paste. Lao Liu Jia's paomo has been the standard for this Silk Road dish for three generations.
📍Muslim Quarter, Lianhu District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710001, China
Yongxingfang Intangible Heritage Food Street
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A large indoor heritage food complex near the South City Wall where vendors preserve 100+ traditional Shaanxi food crafts - hand-pulled biangbiang noodles, persimmon cakes, rose bing pastries, liangpi cold skin noodles - in a beautifully restored Qing Dynasty building. The most comprehensive Shaanxi food experience under one roof.
📍Longshou Zhongluguan Jiayuan, Yanta District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, China