As the Beijinger's Tenth Annual Reader Restaurant Awards Ceremony wrap up, it's our great pleasure to announce what you voted as the pick of this year. We've compiled the comprehensive list of Best and Outstanding winners  below. Take a look now for the quick overview, but stay tuned to the blog over the coming weeks for in-depth coverage and analysis of the awards plus the exclusive to the web Experts' Panel selections. Before all of that, on with the 2013 Reader Restaurant Awards results ...

the Beijinger's Tenth Annual Reader Restaurant awards ceremony is underway right now.

To find out the winners live, follow @the_beijinger on Sina Weibo. Or you can check back here at 6pm to learn the winners of every single award.

Keep your fingers crossed that your votes came up trumps. Good luck to everyone involved. If anyone is bored at home, we're pretty sure that there is a drinking game in there somewhere.

Time is ticking until the results of the Beijinger's tenth annual Reader Restaurant Awards are announced this Thursday. Our awards ceremony takes place on March 14, from 2.30pm at the Kerry Hotel, where hundreds of industry figures will be gathered to find out who has won the city's most prestigious reader-decided accolades. Invitations to the event are going out right now: If you were expecting one and have not received it then please contact us. Read on for more on this year's awards or stay tuned to TheBeijinger.com this Thursday to find out who won.

The polls are closing at the end of the day. If you haven't yet put in your vote, make sure to visit here and submit your ballot now for the Beijinger's Tenth Annual Reader Restaurant Awards.

Brooklyn : New York :: ____ : Beijing

a) Sanlitun
b) Qianmen
c) Gulou

That might give you unpleasant memories of standardized tests, but the answer should jump quickly to mind. Gulou, of course. It's a comparison that makes sense in many ways – the neighborhood vibe, hip bars amidst small local shops, gentrification – and I've heard it bandied about in town often. But the New York Times is "discovering" it, finally, and had their wits about them to scoop up a profile on Gulou for their Travel section's "Heads Up" column.  

For followers of Beijing's burgeoning and explosive food scene, China's capital is once again markedly absent from Restaurant magazine's latest list, this time for Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.

We reported on their "World's Best" list back in 2011 when Beijing was nowhere to be found – fair enough. This year for the inaugural Asia list, they've asked 900 "trusted and well-travelled gourmets" to help with the decision making for the task of identifying Asia's premier dining venues. And we still failed to make the cut. Adding insult to injury, one restaurant in Hangzhou did. Well, as a devotee to Beijing dining, it seems dubious enough to me. You may wonder if they've ever even made it up to Beijing or is it the pollution keeping them at bay? Have you not tried my corner chuanr stand?

Though awards season in the rest of the world is winding down, here in Beijing, it's just beginning.

Having cast my vote for the past several years, this is the first year I've had the pleasure of helping to organize the Beijinger's Reader Restaurant Awards. So, as your new Dining Editor, I'm excited to see where you, dear Beijingers, choose for your "Best of's" in our tenth annual Reader Restaurant Awards. While we don't expect you to vote in every category, I've found there's always reason to celebrate in this city, and I expect you have strong ideas to share on where best to revel in Beijing. Look below to see our nominees for "Best Place for Celebration," and write in your own unlisted underdog on the ballot if you don't see your favorite spot featured.

To cast your vote, click here.

The whole point of our Reader Restaurant Awards is that we want to be able to tell you what the public recommends. We use what psephologists call a First Past The Post system, which means that the winner is the nominee with the most votes in that category. This is all well and good, but as any electoral reform advocate can tell you, it doesn't tell the whole story ...

 To cast your vote, click here.
To find out more about previous Reader Restaurant Awards, click here.

Voting is well underway in the Beijinger's tenth annual Reader Restaurant Awards and it's time to focus on your choice for restaurant of the year. Here we've highlighted the two non-Chinese categories for Restaurant of the Year – which this year is divided into both fine and casual dining options. You don't need something to say for every category but these are two where you are more than likely to have an opinion to share. Read on to see the possibilities on the ballot and remember that if your choice is not there then you can use the write-in option for your favorite of the last twelve months.

 To cast your vote, click here.
To find out more about previous Reader Restaurant Awards, click here.

Over the next few weeks we'll be reminding you of the many reasons for you to vote in the Beijinger's tenth annual Reader Restaurant Awards and there's no better place to start than the two categories based on Beijing restaurant personalities. It's the people that make the restaurants and you've both a casual dining and fine dining opportunity to let them know how you feel. This is your chance to declare who gives you the best culinary experience in the city. 

 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 personalities, read on.