Voting Now Open in Our 10th Annual Reader Restaurant Awards!

Roll up, roll up, one and all. It's that time of the year again. The time for you to dust off your taste buds and decide which are the best restaurants in Beijing. The time for you to tell us what you really think.

Yes, it's time for the Beijinger's tenth annual Reader Restaurant Awards. It's a simple enough process. You tell us what you think. We count up the votes. The restaurants with the most votes from those cast by our readers is declared the winner. That's how we've done it for the last decade and we wouldn't dream of changing the basic process. But that's not to say we aren't doing some things differently this year.

To go straight to the ballot and cast your vote, click here.
To find out more about previous Reader Restaurant Awards, click here.
To learn more about this year's changes, read on.

This year, we have split some categories into "fine" and "casual" venues. For over a decade, as we've been here watching the city (and our waistlines) grow, we have noticed that some cuisines have developed more than others, diversifying to appeal to diners of all price points. That's why we feel it's time for both Best Value Casual Dining and Best Value Fine Dining. Why compare apples and oranges? (No reason, unless you're a fruit seller looking for maximum profitability.)

Here are the categories in which you'll see both a Fine and Casual option:

  • Personality
  • Chef
  • Italian
  • French
  • Restaurant of the Year
  • Service
  • Steak
  • Sichuan
  • Outdoor Dining
  • Celebration
  • Value

Having tested out this split on our panel of nominators, we truly believe that this year's categories do a better job of reflecting the diversity of Beijing's dining scene in 2013.

To this end, we've also added a few new categories this year. Wow, shiny!

  • Best "Green" Restaurant
  • Impressing Visitors (Chinese)
  • Impressing Visitors (Non-Chinese)
  • Southeast Asian
  • Desserts
  • Restaurant Entrepreneur

Ready to vote? Click here to go to the ballot.