Top Restaurants in Dali
Most Popular Chinese food in Dali, Yunnan, China
Find out what Chinese restaurants to try in Dali including Emma, No.3 Korean Restaurant, Kaiyi's Kitchen, Bad Monkey, Guxiangyuan Hot Pot, YiRan Tang Vegetarian Restaurant, Duan's Kitchen, MeiZi Jing Restaurant, Peking Noodle House, The Market Neighbourhood Cafe
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10. The Market Neighbourhood Cafe
9. Peking Noodle House
8. MeiZi Jing Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By RBM056
The MeiZi Jing JiuJia is at 130 Renmin Road - there is no number 130 on Renmin Road ! But the numbering turns a corner - it's in a side street off Renmin Road, very visible with large red Chinese lanterns hanging in front of the entrance. The lady in charge of the meeters and greeters led us through colourful courtyards to a side room - diners sit in three-sided rooms off the courtyards, a nice mixture of public and private. She stayed with us as we studied the menu - she was very keen to sell the papaya chicken, which I'm sure would have been fine, but we wanted spicy chicken. It's a bit unnerving to have the staff hovering over you as you find your way through a complex menu with unfamiliar dishes, but I think in China it's considered disrespectful if they leave you to decide alone. Along with the chicken we chose sea lotus with taro, jasmine flower omelette and boiled rice with fresh vegetables. There was a complimentary dish of delicately spiced brown ribbon-like tofu on the table. We drank the local "snow" beer, low in alcohol but cool, clear and refreshing.The chicken was robust and satisfactorily spicy, but watch out for tiny slivers of bone: as is normal in China basic cutting is done with a cleaver and the diner does the rest - the meat nearest to the bone is considered the best, as it probably is.It was the simplest dishes which impressed the most - the slight sliminess of the taro and the slight stringiness of the sea lotus coming together and cancelling each other out in a most unexpected and delicious way, the absolute freshness of the baby broad beans in the boiled rice. The jasmine flower omelette was light and perfect. Even the complimentary black tea was subtle and distinguished.The bill for all this was around £15 ($25). It's a beautiful setting in a traditional style, obviously popular with local Dalians, staff friendly and helpful.Five stars.
7. Duan's Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By HappyDragon0201
A part from taking order and paying bill, the people work there do not care about the customer even call them many times. This was the only one restaurant served low quality food in Dali while we were the town. No wonder the customers were all tourists and no locals. Very poor service and food. Not recommended.
6. YiRan Tang Vegetarian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By LuffyDeska
Food is great here, used to be vegan for years and still appreciate quality vegg food when I can. You only pay 5 yuan for all you can eat but please be respectful and finish when you put in your bowl, that is chinese customs that we laowai do well respecting .One annoying thing is the chanting on the speakers which is constant
5. Guxiangyuan Hot Pot
Overall Ratings
5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By blessingcloud
This is an excellent hot pot recommended by my homestay owner. We never know this restaurant until the owner show us the way and translate the menu to us. This is one of the best Chinese we ever had with fresh ingredients...especially the Yak which is highly recommended. Also you must try the local beer as well. Thanks.
4. Bad Monkey
Overall Ratings
3 based on 133 reviews
Welcome to Bad Monkey, Bad Monkey is Dali's longest running foreign owned bar (open since 2003) Located in the heart of Dali Old Town, Yunnan, southwest China but set away from the jostling crowds of shoppers, Bad Monkey Brew Pub is a real gem. Bad Monkey
Reviewed By TheOExpress
There are some other decent bars in Dali that I visited but these two spots, several doors apart, are the best. By some way. Good music, excellent food (their delicious pizzas are worth visiting for alone) and a superb atmosphere. They even have proper beer, over 4%! Plus, both bars are just undeniably cool places to be: the grimy decor, the staff drinking along with the guests, the genuinely talented cover bands. If you're in Dali for a while, this could well become your second home.
3. Kaiyi's Kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By crosswycke
We had lunch here. The menu seems to be mostly Bai food but also has some western dishes. The setting was very pleasant but the food was just okay. The location is very good - on Foreigner Street - and was convenient to our hotel. Because the food is so inexpensive, it's probably worth a try.
2. No.3 Korean Restaurant
No.3 Korean Restaurant is run by Korean and Chinese couple. We make traditional Korean popular food.
Reviewed By Michelfoucault
We were actually headed for Mulan Restaurant, which is also reviewed on TA, but this restaurant's storefront caught our eye. We had read the reviews of it here, but weren't sure we wanted Korean while soaking up (touristy) Chinese culture. The clean, bright, comfortable feel that radiated from the windows made us look closer. We saw fresh and attractively presented food on people's plates. My partner showed the staff her note in Chinese characters that says, "I don't eat beef, pork, lamb, chicken, duck or any other meat. I do eat fish and shellfish and all vegetables." The hostess and a waitress, with some interest and excitement, paged through their menu pointing to their picks for her. We took a cozily stylish seat and ended up each choosing BiBimBop, with squid for my partner and traditional beef for me. We agreed that it was an exemplary interpretation of the dish. Our orders came with three different kinds of pickles and generous bowls of seaweed soup on the side. We shared a large bottle of the local Dali beer, which is clean and light. It was the best meal of our three days in Dali. Go. You'll like it.
1. Emma
Overall Ratings
5 based on 86 reviews
This is a restaurant of Chinese home-style cuisine based on the local flavor and Yunnan ingredients with less oil and less additive. We are in the center of Dali ancient town against Yu'er park back door . We serve dishes for non-vegetarian and vegetarian
Reviewed By Oren A
A very cozy restaurant with English spoken and extremely friendly staff.We ordered the seasonal tree bark dish and it was fenomenal! Donât miss it! Also, the beef stir fry with mushrooms and chili was delicious, as well as the pumpkin with goat cheese.The prices are reasonable, the beers are cold and the food is fantastic!
