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Best Restaurants in August in Xining (Updated 2025)

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1. QingZhen Yi Xin Mutton ShouZhua Guan (HuaYuan North Street)

No.2 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.4/5
591 Reviews
£9HalalFilming Locations
WangyuanxiVery good, it's the kind of old restaurant you want to eat at. I chose this place for my first meal in Xining. I'm very satisfied. There are no fancy gimmicks or discounts. It's a real meal and a real life. It's great. I ordered a little too much.

2. DE LU

No.1 of Light Bites in Xining
4.3/5
151 Reviews
£1BakeriesTime-honored BrandAfternoon TeaOpen Late
Adventures of LengDelu's yogurt has several kinds. The dine-in ones are served in porcelain bowls. It is very delicious to eat directly. Then there are plastic bottles and plastic bowls. There are also large gift boxes that can be taken away as gifts. The yogurt has moderate acidity and a mellow aroma. It is absolutely different from the yogurt on the market. Sweet mash is also a specialty snack in Qinghai. It is made with highland barley and has regional characteristics. In terms of taste, it has a little wine aroma. It is sweet overall and the rice inside can also be eaten.

3. Ma Zhong Shi Fu (Mo Jia Jie)

No.4 of Local Restaurants in Xining
3.3/5
92 Reviews
£4Fast Food
天之彼方21Mojia Street is the most famous food street in Xining, and Ma Zhong Restaurant is probably the most popular restaurant on Mojia Street. After a renovation, Ma Zhong Restaurant is now more spacious and brighter. It gathers almost all the famous food in Xining. While respecting tradition, there are also some unique innovations. Here you can taste all the local food one by one.

4. QingZhen De Xiao Kang Rou

No.5 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.3/5
62 Reviews
£8HalalOpen Late
嘲风独行神州大地This restaurant is so popular that it shouldn't be icing on the cake, but as an outsider, I was still shocked! First of all, the environment is too crowded. The small place is full of diners who come to check in. Due to the large number of people, the service is also average. Fortunately, the dishes are served relatively quickly. The focus is on the dishes. Needless to say, they are quite distinctive and the taste is authentic, but it's not as bad as Huocheng. Maybe they do a good job in marketing!

5. Shalihai Catering Food City

No.1 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.3/5
130 Reviews
£11Northwest China CuisineOpen Late
sunvzmmLamb brain, slightly spicy, slightly sour, delicious; lamb neck very tender; dog pee, not a nice name, crispy and tender; okra fried with walnuts, the okra was not fresh, I told the store and immediately replaced it with a fresh one. The dishes were enough, four dishes, the three of us from the south couldn't finish them, and most of the lamb neck was packed. Recommended!

6. 陆记源·青海土火锅(饮马街店)

No.18 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.3/5
67 Reviews
£8Hot PotTime-honored Brand
M36***59This hot pot restaurant is very popular. Basically, as long as it is dinner time, it is full of people. There is a huge pot of super rich dishes. All the dishes taste super good. It is definitely worth recommending. You must come and try it.

7. EAT FOOD

No.16 of Local Restaurants in Xining
5/5
7 Reviews
£8HalalOpen Late
M26***35Come for tourism, the taste is great. The good reviews are indeed good

8. BAOHULU

No.5 of Light Bites in Xining
4.4/5
325 Reviews
£3Snacks
M36***59This shop is doing very well. It is a very popular old brand in the local area. You can basically eat very authentic traditional snacks. There are a lot of people at meal time. We ordered several small dishes, all of which are super delicious. It is definitely worth recommending to try it.

9. 西宁伊尔顿国际饭店·中餐厅

No.15 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4/5
9 Reviews
£14Northwest China Cuisine
陌染MMThis is a restaurant in a four-star foreign-related hotel in the center of Xining. We came here for a tour and our room included breakfast, so we came down to have breakfast early in the morning with great enthusiasm. The restaurant is very small. Although the decoration is quite exquisite, the seats are all European-style palace chairs, and there are several small private rooms. There is no dining hall. The restaurant itself is not big, narrow, and the space is not easy to use. Then we can't find an empty seat at all. Alas, you need to wait for a seat to have breakfast, and you need a table to be crowded with many people. There are not many varieties of food, including noodles cooked on the spot, fried eggs, salads, fruits, fried noodles, bread and some simple dishes. Don't expect too much.

10. 清真·雅居炕羊排

No.9 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.8/5
39 Reviews
£5HalalOpen Late
滇国剑客This place is famous for its lamb chops, but every dish made here has a strong flavor, which makes all the consumers who come here to dine rave about it and become loyal returning customers.

11. Qinghaimingchigazhangwa Barbecue (haihuzongdian)

4.3/5
24 Reviews
£9BarbequeOpen Late
红泥筱垣You can choose braised lamb from large pieces of hand-shredded lamb, and the freshness and fatness of the ingredients are visible. The taste of the chef's preparation is acceptable, with a slight smell of rancidity, and the potatoes and onions are delicious. The tiger skin green pepper is amazing, keeping the green color of the green pepper, soft and tasty, not only has good color, fragrance and taste, but also has a large portion. The quality of the lamb kebab is very good, and the price is surprising. It is only 2 yuan per kebab. Xining people are really happy. It's the first time I've seen steamed buns. It's a bit like sesame cakes, but thicker than sesame cakes. They are flipped and baked in the oven, sprinkled with sesame seeds, brushed with seasonings, cut into small pieces and served on a plate. The taste is fragrant on the outside and soft on the inside. I ate three small pieces in one breath. The store is not big, and there are many tables outside the store. Although it is more than ten o'clock in the evening, it is very popular. The diners are still in high spirits, drinking and eating large pieces of meat. It looks like a night beer stall in the south. The service is enthusiastic, the dishes are served quickly, and the environment inside the store is clean and hygienic.

12. ma er sha

No.2 of Light Bites in Xining
4.7/5
67 Reviews
£3Snacks
沁沁 沁沁The price tag is clearly visible on the store, and the price is super affordable, but it is a little expensive compared to other places. But overall it is still a good deal. I really want to order all of them, because each one is so cheap, but my stomach is only so big! ! Seeing the full pot, the aroma is overflowing, and my saliva is about to drip onto the screen. It is full of soup. Fennel, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, tangerine peel, sand ginger, cardamom and other spices are prepared, commonly known as the "Thirteen Spices", none of which can be missing. Pure beef offal and tripe, mixed with hot sauce and Lao Gan Ma is really great, the beef offal is well-seasoned, the beef offal is soft and rotten, the gravy is rich, spicy and chewy. But the negative point is that there are too many lungs, which will make people quite dissatisfied.

13. Qingya Loumian Pian Kangyangpai

No.17 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4/5
9 Reviews
£6HalalOpen Late
_We***16To be honest, this is the most delicious lamb skewers I have had in Xining. It has a strong lamb flavor and is sprinkled with local spices. It is really delicious. I ate one skewer after another!

14. Yiranxuan Qinghai Special Food

No.3 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4.6/5
49 Reviews
£10Halal
ScorpioFI went there on the day I arrived in Xining. Fortunately, there were few people after 8 o'clock so I didn't have to wait. I ordered hand-pulled lamb. Even with a simple dip in chili powder, it didn't taste muttony. I have to say that the lamb in Qinghai is really good. Fortunately, I can order half a portion, otherwise I really can't finish it by myself. The milk and egg fermented glutinous rice is quite delicious. It tastes different from what I thought it tasted like. It's just a big bowl that I had to take away. In comparison, the shepherd's yogurt is quite ordinary and too sweet. The salty milk tea is not as delicious as I thought. I thought it would be the same as Mongolian milk tea, but it turned out not to be. It is just salty milk tea as the name suggests. Maybe because one person can't try too many dishes, the taste is okay, but it's not amazing.

15. BNP

No.4 of Light Bites in Xining
4.5/5
38 Reviews
£1Fast FoodTime-honored Brand
蓝莓奶油冻You guys are eager to recommend the niangpi to me. This one is relatively better. Is the niangpi made of flour? It tastes like the rice jelly in Sichuan. This one is definitely better than Ma Zhong's. There is also boiled jelly with a sour taste. The sweet mash is made from highland barley, just like the fermented glutinous rice in Sichuan. It is an iced drink. Children like it more. I think the taste is not bad. If you want to eat niangpi, come to this one. No. 20, Xinghai Road, Xining City.

16. 清真尕穆萨美食城总店

No.6 of Local Restaurants in Xining
5/5
13 Reviews
£7HalalOpen Late
游侠半仙After three days of visiting Qinghai Lake, Chaka Salt Lake and Ta'er Temple, we checked into the Mercure Yile Hotel and came to this restaurant founded in 1990. The operation is flexible. We ordered two skewers of roasted lamb, lamb blood sausage and beef tripe, and a small piece of hand-pulled lamb. The above dishes tasted very good. Good quality and low price. We also ordered Xunhua Ga noodles to see what ingredients they are made of. There were many people dining, and the tables were full. Other diners were invited to the second floor.

17. 伊帆食府地方特色美食

No.12 of Local Restaurants in Xining
4/5
3 Reviews
£9Northwest China Cuisine
猩猩知倪心On the first night in Xining, I felt something like altitude sickness. My friend said it was because I was hungry, so we drove to this highly rated ethnic restaurant in the old town. The decoration of the restaurant was also very ethnic, but in order not to violate taboos, we did not take pictures inside. The most recommended dishes were fine. The waiter saw that we were from other places and enthusiastically introduced the characteristics and taboos. In particular, the local beef and mutton were excellent and must be tried.

18. Guchengmuqiao Beef Noodles

No.13 of Light Bites in Xining
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£1Snacks
阳光马步鱼I had breakfast here before leaving for Qinghai Lake in the morning. There were quite a lot of people in the restaurant. It seems that they are open all the time from breakfast to supper. There are many kinds of noodles. In addition to the basic Qinghai beef noodles, there are dry ramen, tripe noodles, lamb intestine noodles, vegetarian noodles, flower noodles, etc. There are also some simple stir-fried dishes, similar to the stir-fried dishes in the mainland ramen restaurants. I ordered the most basic beef ramen and dry ramen, plus a portion of beef. The soup of beef ramen is more fragrant than that of the mainland, but the noodles are not very chewy, not as delicious as Lanzhou beef noodles. The dry noodles are also average. Although there is a lot of beef, the taste is a bit dry, and it is okay to eat it in the noodles. The dining area is quite clean~

19. 祁记手工面片坊(力盟店)

No.11 of Light Bites in Xining
4/5
4 Reviews
£4Snacks
欣悦看景The noodles were indeed delicious. The portion of roasted meat was a little small, but it was roasted very well, very fragrant and tasty. The dry-fried lamb intestines were a little greasy.

20. Yajunyanggaorou (haihu)

5/5
18 Reviews
£15
gz当地向导伊妹儿Xining has rich and varied food. Friends in Xining are very welcoming and the food tastes great. The ingredients are fresh, the mutton is delicious and has no strong smell. The environment is also good, warm and comfortable, and the service attitude is very good.