Top 5 Bizarre Restaurants in Beijing

Beijing, the capital of China, boasts 40,000 restaurants fighting for customers, it’s no wonder some restaurants attract customers with weird ideas. This list rounds up five restaurants that are less fine than they are bizarre in Beijing. So next time you are looking for an unusual dining experience,  be sure to check out one of these restaurants. If you have any experience of any of them, be sure to let us know.

1. Bian Man Man Wu Restaurant (House of Poo Poo Restaurant) 便便满屋饭堂

Bian Man Man Wu restaurant is decorated in the style of a toilet. Diners sit on the toilet covered with Winnie Pooh cushion and eat their food floating on miniature toilets; even the chocolate ice cream is presented as a steaming turd. If you think this is a bit too much, you can say “sorry” and then go directly to the toilet to spit it, this is normal.

Average Price：25-50 Yuan
Business Hours：9am – 10pm
Address：No.91, Dianmenwai Street, Xicheng District 西城区地安门外大街91号
Tel：010-84035296

2. Laoyouji Cafe (Friends ‘Café) 老友记主题店

The boss Du Xin was a fanatical fan of the American TV series “Friends” . He said that he studied “several million images online, and knocked the cafe into shape like this.”  Yes, he also dresses like Gunther, the cafe waiter in “Friends”. The cafe serves coffee, chocolate, muffins, hot dogs and provides unlimited refills. Diners can sit on that famous sofa, singing the song “Smelly Cat.” while playing guitar casually.

Average Price：25-50 Yuan
Business Hours：11am – 10pm
Address：Room 0616, Building Chaowai SOHO, No. B6, Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District 朝阳区朝外大街乙6号朝外SOHO A座0616室
Tel：18601191315

3. Shuangliu Laoma Tutou (Grandma`s Rabbit Head Restaurant) 双流老妈兔头

For fans of spicy Sichuan snacks, this restaurant is a right place to go. The must-eat dish here is rabbit head. The head is cooked skinned, with eyes, teeth and brain intact. The eating process is like performing a brain surgery. When you pry open the rabbit’s chin, you will find amazing, chewy rabbit tongue, then you have to use greater force to open the skull and get its small brain. It seems scary, but really tastes very good.

Average Price：50-80 Yuan (8 Yuan each rabbit head)
Business Hours：10am – midnight
Address：48 Third East Ring South Road, Chaoyang District  朝阳区东三环南路48号（地铁双井站C口南）
Tel：010-65405858

4. Hongse Jingdian Restaurant ((Red Classics Restaurant) 红色经典主题餐厅

This restaurant is a Cultural Revolution themed restaurant. Cultural Revolution elements can be found from floor to ceiling, revolutionary slogans, portrait of Chairman Mao, revolutionary shows and songs; all these agitate diners for a memory of “the good old day”.  The show begins around 19:00.

Average Price：40-70 Yuan
Business Hours：10am – 9:30pm
Address: 66 Beishangpo, Qinglongqiao, Xianshan Road, Haidian District, Beijing  北京市海淀区香山路青龙桥北上坡66号‎
Phone: 010-62872185‎

5. Muma Tonghua Heian Restaurant (or Trojan Fairy Restaurant) 木马童话黑暗餐厅

For paparazzi-shy celebrities, this pitch-black restaurant is a place not to be seen (The waiters wear night-vision goggles). Dark restaurants are not new things, but online game lovers change the Trojan Fairy to “Farmville” antics, they compete by stealing food from each other’s plates. Choose from three peculiar part-Japanese, part-Western set menus to join the fun.

Average Price：200Yuan
Business Hours：11am – 10pm
Address: 8 Floor, No.109 Xidan North Street, Xicheng, Beijing, China   西城区西单北大街109婚庆大楼8楼
Phone: 010-66160336