Sichuan Cuisine

Guoli Renhe
Gaoxin Branch: 1/F and 2/F, Youzheng Dasha, Keji Lu, Xian
Shaanxi Trade & Industry Exhibition Center Branch: 1, Chang'an Bei Lu Average cost per person: about 50 Yuan

Chuanyu Renjia (Nan Erhuan Branch)
Address: 366, Nan Erhuan Dongduan, Xian
Average cost per person: about 50 Yuan
Hours: 10:00 - 22:00

Hot Pot

Zhu Yuan Cun (Village of Bamboo) Hot Pot Restaurant is one of the local famous-brand enterprises. With its many outlets, it is popular with locals who often line up for seats. The decoration style is unsophisticated with a spacious and bright dining environment. Service is hospitable and food is delicious.
Laodong Nan Lu Branch: 19, Laodong Nan Lu (west suburb);
Heping Branch: 105, Heping Lu (east part of downtown);
Xiao Zhai Crossing Branch: 103 Chang'an Zhong Lu, Xiao Zhai (south suburb).
Average cost per person: 30 - 50 Yuan

Locals also favor Hai Di Lao Hot Pot City for Sichuan flavor. Besides the tasty food and economical price, the service is worth mentioning. Waiters and waitresses are warm and thoughtful offering excellent service.
Shangqin Lu Branch: 88 Jian Guo Lu
Jianshe Xi Lu Branch: 2 Jianshe Xi Lu
Shangjian Branch: 65 Dongwu Lu, 100 meters east of the Wu Lu Kou cross
Yanta Lu Branch: 101 Yanta Lu Nanduan
Xiguan Zheng Jie Branch: 30, Xiguan Zheng Jie
Average cost per person: about 30 Yuan

Vegetarian restaurants

With the fashionable dining style, vegetarian dishes also spring up in Xian and are popular with Xian people. But the cost is more than meat dishes presently.

Datang Sushi Fang (Tang Vegetarian Garden)
Address: 207, 5, Yannan Yi Lu, Xian

Tianlong Baoyan
Address: 1, Ci'en Xi Lu, Xian (located in the west of Big Wild Goose Pagoda)

Suxiang Zhai of Daxingshan Temple
Address: 55, Xingshan Xi Jie, Xian (inside the Daxingshan Temple)

Fast Food

There are about 20 KFCs in Xian. The branches on Nan Dajie and Dong Dajie near the Bell Tower are the two most popular. In addition, it is easy to find KFCs in almost every commercial block in the city.

There are presently only two McDonald's in Xian, both in the city center. One is in the northeast corner of the Bell Tower Square, the other in front of the Drum Tower on the roadside of Xi Dajie.

Kenny Rogers Roasters' three restaurants offer traditional American-style food.
Address: 1, Xi Dajie, Ginwa Plaza

The cheap fast food restaurant in the May First Hotel is good for travelers who want to taste local Shaanxi food, including many kinds of dumplings, noodles, porridge, casseroles, ravioli, soybean milk, etc.
Address: 351, Dong Dajie

It is easy to find Yong Ming Qishan Noodles Restaurant near the Nan Men (South Gate). Serving traditional fast food in Xian, it is popular with local people. The noodle is pliable and thin, served with sour soup and savory minced meat. The flavor can't be expressed in words. The restaurant has many branches around Xian city.
Nanguan Branch: 12, Nanguan Zheng Jie
Gaoxin Branch: 128, Youyi Xi Lu
Changle Branch: 262, Changle Xi Lu

Western Restaurants

Customers line up outside a Pizza Hut branch opened recently on south Dajie opposite KFC.
Nan Dajie Branch: 8, Nan Dajie
Xiao Zhai Branch: 1/F, Parkson, Chang'an Lu

In No. 6 on the east side of Huancheng Nan Lu Dongduan is the famous Xiaoshijie Restaurant (Small World Restaurant). Specialties include Italian pizza, pasta, sandwiches, hamburgers, beefsteak, fried chicken, pork chops, coffee, and cake. Decor is bold European; prices are reasonable, attracting foreigners who like to hang out there. The restaurant opens from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Aside from the five-star hotels and the KFCs, Xian has few purveyors of Western food; Highfly Pizza is an exception with its superb four-cheese and pepperoni pizzas, real oven-baked penne, tuna sandwiches, chocolate brownies, even Texas stew. There are vegetarian options; the kitchen is spotless; the entire restaurant is nonsmoking.
Heping Men Branch: southwest corner outside Heping Men
Zhuque Men Branch: 73, Huancheng Nan Lu, outside Zhuque Men
Hours: 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Besides, Nan Erhuan Lu, a restaurants massed area, is also worth mentioning. Most restaurants here are upscale; some are national chains.

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