Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurants in Beijing

Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (全聚德 Quánjùdé) was founded in 1864. It has a history of 149 years. It is such an old and famous roast duck restaurant that Quanjude Roast Duck is almost the synonym of Beijing Roast Duck.

With branches spanning the globe, Quanjuede is the most famous Beijing Duck restaurant around the world. For over a hundred years, the art of roasting the ducks and selecting the ideal condiments and dishes to be paired with them is still being perfected. Its mid-range price makes Quanjuede the quintessential duck restaurant in the city.

Accolades

Through continuous innovation and development, Quanjude has created special feasts with Beijing Roast Duck as the main course and the dining highlight such as the "Whole Duck Banquet" and more than 400 specialties. It is known as "the first dish to taste in China," and Quanjude Roast Duck is highly praised by heads of state, government officials, and domestic and foreign tourists. Quanjude Whole Duck Banquet has often been chosen for government state banquets.

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Dining in Beijing Quanjude Duck Restaurants

In Beijing, there are about 10 Quanjude branches. The original is the Qianmian branch, and some are huge and can seat 1,000 or more people. See below for a list and details. The typical meal price per person is about 200 RMB or about 30 USD. One whole roasted duck costs about 298 RMB (43 USD), and you can order side dishes. They don't serve only duck. There are other kinds of meat dishes such as fish dishes, but the best dishes are the duck dishes.

It will help to be able to specify to the waiter what sort of duck dish you'd prefer. So here we wrote out the Chinese for common dishes served there in pinyin and phonetically. The Chinese character names on the right might help you identify what is on the menu.

See more on Duck Menus.

Side Dishes and Condiments

Here, the guest is wrapping the duck and condiments in the pancake.

People never eat roast duck only during a meal. The restaurant has standard side dishes and condiments that are now traditional.

Side dishes: thin pancakes 春饼 chūnbǐng, hollow sesame biscuits 芝麻饼 zhīmabǐng.

Condiments: sweet plum sauce 梅酱 méijiàng, scallions 葱 cōng, cucumber and sugar 糖和黄瓜 táng hé huángguā, mashed garlic 大蒜 dàsuàn.

Adding Condiments

A roast duck isn't salted. So you'll want to add the condiments for flavoring. Roast duck can be tasted in three ways with different condiments. The first way is to pick a little sweet sauce with chopsticks and spread it on the pancake. Then place a few slices of duck as well as slices of scallion, cucumber or radish on the pancake, and roll it up. This is the most common way. The second way is to add mashed garlic and soy sauce on the duck slices; radish slices are also a good choice. The third way is to dip the duck slices in sugar, and it is a particularly suitable method for ladies and children.

Accompaniments

There are two kinds of staple food that can be eaten along with the roast duck, lotus-leaf pancakes (a kind of thin pancake) and hollow sesame biscuits. Spread some sweet sauce on two pancakes and put slices of roast duck, scallions and cucumber on them, then roll them up. Alternatively, you can replace the sweet sauce with mashed garlic and soy sauce, then add cucumber or radish slices and roll them up.

There are other side dishes and condiments available.

Best Seasons

According to Chinese medicinal cuisine theory, it is best to eat roast duck in spring, autumn and winter. Normally, duck is tender and fat in winter and spring, and autumn provides a proper temperature and humidity for roasting. In summer, however, people don't like greasy food. What's more, the weather is humid in summer; moisture in the air always makes the duck skin less crispy.

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Branches of Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant in Beijing

Slicing roast duck is an art perfected at Quanjude.

So far, Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant has opened a number of branches in several cities, and about 10 of them are in Beijing, though this keeps changing, as new branches open and others move/close.

Here we have listed seven recommended branches of Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant that are well established in Beijing.

1. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Qianmen Branch)

Qianmen Branch is the original restaurant of Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant with a history of ver 150 years. The restaurant has an area of 2,000 square meters (21,000 sq ft) and can accommodate 1,000 people at a time. Built in a classic style, the whole building is full of traditional Chinese characteristics.

This restaurant has received many politicians and celebrities, such as former US President George W. Bush, former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, Fidel Castro, and so on.

• Chinese name: 全聚德(前门店)
• Open: 11:00-13:30, 16:30-20:00
• Telephone: 010-65112418
• Address: 30 Qianmen Street (near Qianmen Pedestrian Street) 前门大街30号
• Transportation: take bus 20, 17, 53, 22 or the subway, and get off at Qianmen Station, then walk 50 meters southwards.

2. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Tian'anmen Branch)

Opened on May 1, 1979, Tian'anmen Branch has a floor space of 15,000 square meters including a usable area of 4,000 square meters. It can accommodate more than 2,000 consumers at a time. It is also the largest roast duck restaurant in the world.

• Chinese name: 全聚德(天安门店)
• Open: 11:00-14:00, 17:30-21:30
• Telephone: 010-63023062
• Address: 44 Dongjiaomin Alley (near Tian'anmen) 东交民巷44号
• Transportation: take Tunnel Line 1 and get off at Tian'anmen Station, or take bus 67 or 301 and get off at Tian'anmen East Station.

3. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Wangfujing Branch)

Beijing roast duck slices

• Chinese name: 全聚德(王府井店)
• Open: 10:00-20:30
• Telephone: 010-65253310
• Address: 9 Shuaifuyuan Hutong (帅府园胡同9号), Wangfujing Street (opposite Goubuli Dumpling Restaurant)
• Transportation: take Tunnel Line 1 and get off at Wangfujing Station, or take bus 1, 3, 4, 8, 10 or 20 and get off at Wangfujing Station or Dong'an Market Station.

4. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Olympic Village Branch)

• Chinese name: 全聚德(奥运村店)
• Open: 11:00-21:00
• Telephone: 010-64801685
• Address: 1F-3F, Block A, Tianchuangshiyuan, 309, Huizhong Beili, Datun Road. 朝阳区大屯路慧忠北里309号楼天创世缘A座1-3楼(近安立路)
• Transportation: take bus 466, 630 or 653 and get off at Huizhong Beili Station.

5. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Qinghuayuan Branch)

• Chinese name: 全聚德(清华园店)
• Open: 11:30-14:00, 17:30-21:00
• Telephone: 010-82150018
• Address: 1F, Block A, Qinghua Science and Technology Park, Yard 1, East Zhongguancun Road, Haidian District. 北京市海淀区中关村东路1科技大厦A座1层
• Transportation: take bus 307 or 319 and get off at Qinghua Yuan Station.

6. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Shuangyushu Branch)

• Chinese name: 全聚德(双榆树店)
• Open: 11:00-14:00, 17:00-21:00
• Address: Hengrun International Mansion, 32, North 3rd Ring Road, West Avenue, Haidian District 海淀区北三环西路32号恒润国际大厦3层近北三环、双安商场东、华星国际影城东南
• Transportation: take bus 367, 302, 718, 361 or 422 and get off at Sitongqiao East Station, or take Tunnel Line 4 and get off at Exit C of Renming University Station.

7. Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (Sanyuanqiao Branch)

• Chinese name: 全聚德(三元桥店)
• Open: 10:30-21:00
• Telephone: 010-84492760
• Address: 1F, Dongxin Mansion, 2, East 3rd Ring Road, North Avenue, Chaoyang District. 朝阳区东三环北路甲2号京信大厦1楼
• Transportation: take bus 300, 302, 801 or 419 and get off at Sanyuanqiao Station.

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