Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
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39 Beijing restaurants in our directory have 5-star ratings from you, the users of this website.
Are all of these restaurants 5-star?
http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Restaurants?sort=desc&order=Rating
Don't agree? Post a review of your own
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RemmyM
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Clearly no. It seems only owners/workers of said restaurant ever give it 5 stars.
Oh, I won restaurant vouchers, woo hoo! Thanks!
Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!
the_remedy (not verified)
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Is that a serious question?
I was operating under the assumption this had nothing to do with Micheline stars and was merely a scale for rating Beijing's restaurants based on the amateur advice and opinions of patrons.
Is Bocata a 5 star restaurant? No. But it serves arguably the best sandwiches in town and has a great outdoor seating courtyard, so on the TBJ scale of restaurant reviews it deserves 5 out of 5 stars, points, horseshoes, hermit crabs, or whatever the rating system is.
If you keep taking yourself and your website too seriously, people are going to make fun of you, admin.
otto
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
I wonder where BeijingRob/Beerojuana went?
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
admin
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
did i say anything about Michelin stars?
Of course I'm talking about the tbj scale
If you keep taking me and this website too seriously, people are going to make fun of you, remedy.
PS Michelin's star rating system only goes to 3.
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justace
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
tell him like it is remedy, if its the best its 5 stars hands down. Unless he is talking about service and food combined.
If its the best around it should be 5 stars.I might open a resteraunt fried fish sandwiches, bbq samwhiches. and a big ass bowl of rice with every purchase.maybe some fried turtle too.beaver smothered in gravey, and chicken livers ,bisquits and gravey in the mourning. dam Im gettin hungry
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alex the droog
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
LOL
otto
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
seriously, it's like he just disappeared...maybe his rotting corpse is hanging by a belt in his closet with what's left of his d*** in his skeleton hand.
oooohh
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
otto
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
haven't heard anything out of him since mid-january.
maybe he lost his mind
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
alex the droog
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Yeah, on january 10th he just seemed to disappear off the internet.
I hope he's ok and not buried underneath some new road.
He was my huckleberry
otto
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Well, if it's just a matter of him completely losing his mind and being a total f***wad freakboy, perhaps he'll come around
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
UFCtrainer
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
This whole restaurant rating system is completely flawed.
If there are 39 five star rated places rated by 1-2 people can you really compare it to a 3 or 4 star rated place that has 20-50 ratings?
Furthermore, in many surveys, KFC is rated one of the best restaurants and dining experiences among Chinese in China. Is someone qualified to critique a Thai, Vietnamese, or even a Burger joint if they never ate that food, and have no frame of reference?
I am not into travelers guide ratings, but at least the consumer is under the impression that someone qualified is rating these places.
Does someone really care what a Chinese Mainlander’s impression are on these places? Chinese bakeries use the least possible amount of sugar in their pastries (but Chinese Whitbread seem to have more sugar than a Halloween bag of Pixie sticks). From my experience, I have heard nothing but complaints from Mainlanders whether they are in a French bakery in China, or an Italian bakery in NY that everything is too sweet. Hell, they complain that imported fruit is too sweet too.
BTW, HK and Taiwan people don’t seem to complain about sugar like Mainlanders.
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alex the droog
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
I hope so. It would be a shame if he'd undergone some Lawrence-esque transformation. I'm sure he'll see sense though.
alex the droog
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Shut up, or I'll batter the living daylights out of you.
Show some f-ing respect for admin.
longdongsilver
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
BeijingRob converted to Hari Krishna and spends his days at the airport.
RemmyM
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Has anyone been to that fish 'n' chip place near Luga's?
I forget the name.
Is it real fish 'n' chips?
Or crap?
Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!
otto
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Fish Nation?
I always thought it was good, but I never ate there sober.
the UK types think it's sh*t, apparently
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
tefl-dan
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Beerojuana is working to perfect the Texanan chili recipe, or so I've heard...and something about socializing with Swiss *bleeps*...whatever that means...
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admin
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
my post is to hopefully stimulate people to cast their opinions on these places so we can reach that 20-50 ratings level ... going to take a while
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admin
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
from this week's 7 Days in Beijing newsletter
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UFCtrainer
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Admin,
I have seen the ratings to Outback steakhouse on that other site. Those with English names give it descent ratings while those with Chinese names give it bad ratings; though they all rate the food as good-superior.
To a Mainlander, there is no justification to pay 400-1000 RMB for a steak, while a foreigner would never pay 2000 RMB for a sea-cucumber or some shark fin soup without feeling extorted.
A lot of foreign restaurants have been deemed "over-priced" by locals. The same people would never complain that a bowl that looks and taste like a bumpy turd in it is priced at 2000 RMB ! In fact, the inflated price more likely to impress them.
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RemmyM
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
That's it! I've gotta try it out...
I'm guessing the fish 'n' chips aren't wrapped in newspaper...
Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!
the_remedy (not verified)
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Chinese don't know anything about food. They can't appreciate or even detect subtle and layered flavors.
Riddle me this:
Why are shark fin and bird nest so popular among Chinese? They are flavorless and worthless as food items.
the_remedy (not verified)
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
It's ok, if you like fish and chips. But the fish is pretty flavorless. Sorry flavourless.
justace
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
No not worthless, we could have the girls alternate, shark
fishing and haveating sea cucumbers. the salt water will
clean them up for next days work. 2000 for shark fin. thats some serious cash. it 36. usd a kg in florida.
if you cant beat them join em
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the_remedy (not verified)
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Let's beat them.
admin
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
these restarants currently have a 5-star rating:
Abella
Agua
Alba Restaurant
Awana
Biteapitta
Blu Lobster
Bocata
Cafe Cha
Camoes
Club Camp
Comptoirs de France
Da Dong Roast Duck
Din Tai Fung
Domus
Exquisite Bakery
German Food Center
Haiku by Hatsune
Hatsune
Kafe Peranakan
Lau Pa Sak
Med
Mrs Shanen's Bagels
Pili Pili
Pinot Brasserie
Punjabi Restaurant
Ri Chang
Saffron
Shang Palace
Thai Thai
The Bar and Grill
The Coffee Lobby
Tokugawa-Ya
Tribute North
VIC
Vineyard Cafe
Wenyu Nailao
Xinjiang Islam Restaurant
YellowStone Restaurant and Bar
Yuxiang Renjia
Yu Xin
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zhenlai
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Have you ever eaten food in Shanghai or Jiangsu province?
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zhenlai
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Those aren't chips. They are French Fries which is Belgium food. Chips are just greasy round slices of fried potatoes.
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longdongsilver
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Count Zero's review of Let's Burger is the best one so far.
Chinese people should be prohibited from offering restaurant reviews as they only end up confusing the situation.
"I like it, have nice taste and atmosphere."
UFCtrainer
Re: Beijing's 5-Star Restaurants
Your point?
I agree with Herojuana, I am not qualified to rate certain types of Chinese food, so I DON'T. Can we have a button identifying what nationality is recommending a place?
Is a North Korean qualifies to rate an Italian restaurant? Is someone who never left their province able to seriously rate international cuisine?
Do you see the garbage Pizza Hut puts on its Chinese pizzas; does going there a few times with a handful of Chinese coupons really make a local a Italian cuisine expert?
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