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Top 50 Local Restaurants in Chongqing [2025]
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Yang Ji Long Fu Restaurant(Jie Fang Bei Main Store)
4.9
/5
1427 reviews
Szechuan Cuisine
From £9.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.6 km from downtown
Address: No.7, No.32, Linjiang Branch Road
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Spicy deep-fried chicken (6,216 people recommended) | Over 80 years of history
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I was walking on the street in Jiefangbei at noon. I was hungry and wanted to find a place to eat, so I came to this restaurant. The waiter welcomed me with great energy when I entered the door, and took me to my seat to scan the code to order. While the dishes were being served, I observed the whole restaurant. It is Chinese style, with wooden furniture, a bit hard seats, and a large area. The peas are very tender and sweet. The spicy chicken is very fragrant, with small twists in it. The dishes, prices and service are all good, you can go and try it.
The main branch of Yangjilongfu Jiefangbei is definitely a time-honored brand in Chongqing. The address is easy to find, just on Linjiang Branch Road opposite Hongyadong. After eating and drinking, you can go to Hongyadong for a stroll. The store is very large, with traditional and antique decoration. It is clean and tidy, and has private rooms and partitions.
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Mafangwan No.66
4.3
/5
284 reviews
Szechuan Cuisine
From £8.00
Shapingba Area | 10 km from downtown
Address: 杨梨路杨公桥地铁站1B出口西200米
No.1 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Chongqing
Highlights:
Spicy Chicken of Geleshan (531 people recommended) | Nostalgic Hong Kong style super film
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When you come to Ciqikou to play, you must eat and drink enough before playing. I found this popular restaurant. There were still many people after 2 pm. The set meal is more cost-effective. The spicy chicken is the signature. It is delicious but not amazing. Eat it while it is hot. The chicken is very tender. The fried dough twist is also okay, but not so crispy. The blood curd is also a signature. This taste can only be made in Sichuan and Chongqing. The ice jelly is cheap and delicious. Overall, it is still a good store, but I don’t think it’s necessary to check in specially.
The queue is so long! Jianghu style, the best steamed food in the world, sweet potato, pork ribs, pork intestines and beef are steamed together, not too spicy, but very fragrant. Geleshan spicy chicken is delicious, worthy of being a signature dish, the chicken is very tasty
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山城老堂口·1636重庆老菜(解放碑洪崖洞店)
4.5
/5
64 reviews
Szechuan Cuisine
From £8.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.8 km from downtown
Address: 八一路五一天地88号首一层（距解放碑150米）
No.12 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Chongqing
Highlights:
Spicy Chicken of Geleshan (1,631 people recommended) | With the view of Hongyadong | Once visited by Jack Ma
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On the first day of dinner in Chongqing, I wanted to eat homemade tofu, so I searched for this restaurant.
The homemade tofu here is Q. Different from the method in Beijing using bean paste, it is more like a braised sauce, but this method is more special, salty and fragrant
It is soft and tender, but a little thick, probably because of the sauce. The overall taste is amazing! The cauliflower is cooked well, not too soft or hard, and the saltiness is moderate. The small noodles are average, and the white soup noodles don't look appetizing.
I didn't make any mistakes, it's good. Five points
This is a popular Sichuan restaurant in Jiefangbei that is not to be missed. Locals also like it. The set menu is very cost-effective. Several popular dishes such as spicy chicken and blood curd are very well made. The spicy chicken is not particularly spicy, but the chicken is particularly tender and perfect. The other dishes are also of high quality. Overall, I am very satisfied. With the bonus of being an old store, it is a Sichuan restaurant worth visiting.
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Yueban
4.6
/5
91 reviews
Szechuan Cuisine
From £5.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: 青年路7号时代豪苑D座12-8号
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Highlights:
Enjoy stunning city views from above and savor spicy Sichuan cuisine
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A Sichuan restaurant in a business building, which may be common in Chongqing, the dishes are very cost-effective, six dishes are only 150 yuan, but it may be because it is located in Jiefangbei, it is not spicy at all, which is a bit unlocalized, a little disappointing, the taste of the dishes is okay, but the spiciness is not enough, the spicy chicken is even a little sweet, but for most foreign tourists, this taste may still be very good
"A World of Warcraft Hidden in Spicy Spicy Food"
When it comes to Chongqing cuisine, everyone will definitely answer in unison: hot pot! In fact, Chongqing was once part of Sichuan. As one of the eight major cuisines in China, Sichuan cuisine has a status in the world that cannot be underestimated. At present, there are hot pot restaurants everywhere on the streets of Chongqing, but traditional and authentic Sichuan restaurants are rare.
Yueban is a must-eat restaurant that I found on a certain food website. It is a traditional Sichuan restaurant hidden in an office building. It is said that because the taste is better, there will be more people.
We followed the navigation at night and walked into this office building. It is in the most prosperous Jiefangbei business district in Chongqing. There were a lot of people coming and going waiting for the elevator. Those who didn’t understand thought that they were all diligent white-collar workers working overtime. When we arrived at the store, a group of people were queuing up, and even many foreign tourists came to check in, including us!
The restaurant environment is not gorgeously decorated. It is an ordinary home-style restaurant environment with a feeling of fireworks. If it is not hidden in an office building and recommended by the food network, it is really difficult to find it. However, such a restaurant is so popular. What is its charm?
I ordered a set meal, which is convenient for introducing signature dishes, including Yueban Pepper and Spicy Fish, Yueban Spicy Chicken, Fried Vegetables, Refreshing Small Fungus, etc.
Yueban Pepper and Spicy Fish, one of its signature dishes, has a golden color, which makes people look very appetizing. The soup of the pepper and spicy fish can be drunk before eating the fish, but it is really spicy. The tender fish meat and the fragrant oil sauce are combined together to roll passionately, which is worthy of being an authentic local home-style dish.
Yueban Spicy Chicken, one of its signature dishes, "Looking for chicken in the pile of spicy food", this is the sentence that best describes the appearance of spicy chicken. The smooth chicken is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the green and red peppers are interspersed and matched, which looks full of Sichuan flavor. A full plate is awesome!
Because there were only two of us, we didn't try many other dishes except these two signature dishes. The price was not expensive and the cost performance was quite high. You can also eat by the window while watching the night view of Jiefangbei business district.
Although Yueban is not a popular restaurant, it ranks at the top of a certain food website. Of course, there is a reason for it. It has always been popular with locals and foreign tourists. This is the best answer.
I understand the name Yueban as the split of fat, which may also reflect the good intentions of the boss for home cooking. There are always some flavors that stay in the past, and there is always an old place that carries history. A more authentic Chongqing local flavor home cooking trip!
Tips:
Yueban (Jiefangbei Main Store)
Address: No. 12-8, Block D, Times Haoyuan, No. 7 Qingnian Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing;
Per capita: 60;
Recommendation index: four and a half stars (half point deducted for the environment)
Transportation: The fastest Chongqing Metro Line 2 [Linjiangmen] Station Exit D;
Signature dishes: Yueban Spicy Chicken, Yueban Pepper and Ma Fish, Double Pepper Pepper and Ma Fish, Ciqikou Maoxuewang, etc.
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天棒老火锅(老店)
5.0
/5
524 reviews
Hot Pot
From £8.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: 重庆市渝中区解放碑磨房巷25号1-2(得意世界后面磨房巷大门口)
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Highlights:
Zhu Yilong once visited, authentic spicy hotpot is a must-try
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Chongqing's Pengpeng hotpot is the best...
A friend from Chongqing took me to a Pengpeng hotpot
It's right downstairs in the community residential building, the environment is really down-to-earth!
Business is good, I see many locals love to eat here...
The price is also affordable, only a few dozen per person!
I think the price-performance ratio is good👍🏻
The taste is great!
The spicy beef oil base is more and more addictive!
You can order any dish without hesitation, I recommend the tripe and yellow throat tender meat slices
I recommend their pork intestine fried rice, it's really huge and fragrant!
The distinct fried rice with sticky braised pork intestine
I had a big bowl for myself😭
And they also made their own roasted sweet potato skin
The taste is no worse than outside
The skin is crispy and full of ingredients~
Listen to the locals, you can't go wrong with this community hotpot
👀I came to Chongqing for a trip these days. I didn’t want to go to those popular hot pot restaurants with strong winds❌ so I asked a Chongqing friend to show me the way to an authentic Chongqing hot pot✔️Knowing that I love cheap restaurants, especially those hidden in the alleys, she told me to go to Tianbang Old Hot Pot‼ ️She said that she didn’t want to tell me if we were not good friends! She was afraid that there would be too many tourists coming to Chongqing, and she would have to queue up haha! This old hot pot hidden in a residential building is usually eaten by native residents of the surrounding communities.
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The essence of Chongqing hotpot lies in the base of the pot🔥I chose a slightly spicy base. As a Cantonese who started the spicy challenge, I felt that I would lose if I ordered the 雞陽锅🤩The chili base of this red oil hotpot is very rich, and it is really spicy, and it will get spicier the more you eat it. So for those who can't eat spicy food, listen to my advice and just order a slightly spicy one. Next, I will share with you the taste of the signature dishes:
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🤎Fresh tripe from slaughterhouse: As soon as it comes up, you can tell that it is fresh tripe. The portion is very large, and it is super refreshing to blanch it up and down!
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🧡Tianbang Sanbao: Friends who want to order a little bit of everything but can't eat so much can order a portion of Sanbao, which contains yellow throat duck intestine tripe, which is fresh and crispy when blanched!
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❤️Handmade brown sugar ice jelly: This ice jelly is super authentic, not the kind of hand-made ice jelly, the crystal clear ice jelly that can see the bubbles is the good fresh ice jelly, the ice jelly is sweet and super smooth.
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💙Chongqing fried rice: Many people don’t order staple food when eating hot pot, but I will definitely order rice to fill my stomach! This Chongqing fried rice is served with onions, dried bean curd and carrot shreds, which are very flavorful and taste very mountain city.
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❣️Rice soup squid: A bowl of rice soup with a big squid. This squid is very different from what I have eaten before. After being dipped in the red soup, it still has the fragrance of rice, which is fragrant and chewy.
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💜Tianbang Shuilu Rou: This Shuilu Rou is very special, the signature dish of the store. The meat is super tender after being dipped, and it is so smooth that it can dance on the tip of the tongue.
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Poached egg glutinous rice balls: OMG! There is a soft and sticky egg in the glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice balls are soft and sticky. When you poke the poached egg next to it halfway through, the egg liquid will naturally melt into the soup. It is too spicy and you can take a bite of the glutinous rice balls to relieve the greasiness.
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🌟Store name: Tianbang Old Hotpot (Jiefangbei Old Store)
📍Address: 1-2, No. 25, Mofang Lane, Jiefangbei, Chongqing
🎏Business hours: 10:00-24:00
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LIZIBA LIANGSHANJI
4.6
/5
277 reviews
Szechuan Cuisine
From £9.00
People's Square Area | 2 km from downtown
Address: 李子坝正街60号（近轨道2号线李子坝站1号口,李子坝公园正对面）
No.9 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Chongqing
Highlights:
A popular local restaurant and creator of Liangshan Chicken dishes
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When eating Liangshan Chicken in Liziba, what I fear most is saying RI Ma. Since I am here, I will eat too much without being careful. The red soup is spicy, and it also contains Adenophora, Codonopsis, jujube and the like. It has a medicinal taste and a sweet aftertaste. It tastes really good. Try to eat it when you come to Chongqing. Thanks to Miss Wu for the hospitality and for taking me to see the night view of Chongqing. When you come to Chengdu, please also see the Funan River.
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There is a second floor and the seats are comfortable. It is said that this restaurant is very popular. We arrived at about 1300 at noon. We were lucky. After taking the number, we asked someone to wait. Then I took two photos nearby and got a seat.
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The waiter brother and sister are very nice
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☀️It is said that each chicken has an ID card and must be selected from yellow-feathered chickens that are 90 days old and weigh more than 2 kilograms. The Chinese medicine soup base can taste Adenophora, wolfberry, red dates, and angelica... The soup is bright red, thick but not agitated, the skin is glutinous and the meat is tender, fragrant but not woody.
|Liziba Chestnut Chicken^Big bones, Guizhou pheasant, farm-raised ecological chicken, 24 hours of careful slow cooking to make soup, paired with Kuancheng chestnuts from the depths of Yanshan Mountain, only the most authentic taste of the ingredients, fresh soup and sweet chestnuts, nourishing the body
💡Tips: Continue walking up to the 3-story road, stop in front of the riverside Xunhua Coffee House, there are not many people, but it is very close to the light rail, and you can watch the three-dimensional light rail from multiple angles, and not far up is Eling Second Factory
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7
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李串串老店·李杰一家三口(解放碑总店)
4.5
/5
122 reviews
Hot Pot
From £8.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.1 km from downtown
Address: 宏声巷5号1-3-5(重庆市聋哑学校旁)
Highlights:
A classic flavor of skewers in a residential area
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My brain is full of numbness
There is no problem that a Chongqing hotpot can't solve
[Taste] An old-fashioned store, a popular online store,
[Service] Haha, very enthusiastic, and will remind outsiders that it is spicy.
[Taste] Not bad, not bad.
I also wanted to try the flavor. Seeing that they had too many people lining up, I looked online and saw that there was a hot pot restaurant called Yangmaer nearby that was quite popular, so I went there. I hope I can have a chance to try it next time. [Flavor] I smelled the fragrance
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Guaxixi Hot Pot
5.0
/5
199 reviews
Hot Pot
From £9.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.7 km from downtown
Address: 铁板巷6号地下层自编号2号
No.7 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Chongqing
Highlights:
A long-standing restaurant serving healthy hotpot
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I ate at Guaxixi Hongyadong last year and it was OK. Recently I heard that a new store opened and it was quite popular, so I went there to order a plate. To avoid the long queue, I arrived at Cotton Street at 11 o'clock. The store was easy to find and much bigger than the old one. There was no queue, so I found a window seat.
Slightly spicy is my minimum standard. The wooden nine-square grid is pressed with pebbles, which looks funny.
The dishes were served in small plates. I thought it was not enough, but I didn't finish it at all. The freshly braised dishes were good, and the tendons and pig's trotters were delicious. But at noon, the braised chef was lazy and the braised lotus root didn't come out until 13:30 when I left. It was a pity that I didn't get to eat it.
The freshly shredded tripe and fish and shrimp paste were also good. The shrimp paste might be better in the clear soup of the shuangyang pot.
This is the most authentic hotpot restaurant in Chongqing, with good service and reasonable price. The only drawback is that the queue is too long.
No.
9
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GENERAL BA
5.0
/5
318 reviews
Hot Pot
From £8.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: 民权路17号附3楼（督邮街巷内，人民解放纪念碑南行100米）
Highlights:
Famous intangible cultural heritage cuisine, showcasing the soul of Chongqing hotpot
Saved by 168 users109 positive reviews
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#Local people know the food
I didn't expect that there is such a time-honored intangible cultural heritage hot pot hidden in Jiefangbei. It has been open for nearly 300 years and is a veritable Chongqing hot pot!
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You may not have heard of this time-honored brand called Quanba General•Intangible Cultural Heritage Original Hot Pot, but this does not mean that it is not famous. Although its location is a bit hidden, many foodies come here every night because their hot pot is really delicious!
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In addition to using the fresh and fragrant beef dregs that have been passed down for a hundred years as the hot pot base, it also needs to be simmered for four hours over a slow fire and fermented in a pottery jar for 15 days to ensure that the soup base is fresh and sweet. Not only that, we can also add Maotai Town's special sauce-flavored liquor to the soup base, so that you can enjoy the food spicy but not dry.
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You must not miss the must-order tripe, goose intestines, and dragon beef. The dishes are extremely fresh. Whether it is tripe or freshly cut beef, people feel full of happiness. And the tender and slag-free hand-torn fresh tripe sent directly from the slaughterhouse! With garlic sesame oil, it is really wonderful! Every bite has a great taste impact. Not only can you taste high-quality food, but you can also enjoy the wonderful Sichuan Opera face-changing performance.
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Eating hot pot here will definitely not disappoint you! You will truly feel the joy and satisfaction of being a "foodie" here!
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🏠 General Quanba•Non-material Heritage Original Hot Pot (Jiefangbei Store)
📍9 No. 17 Minquan Road, 3L
⏰10:00-01:00
Intangible cultural heritage inherits good taste | General Ba Hotpot
Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Chongqing and taste Chongqing food. Do you know what is the authentic Chongqing hotpot? Then let's check in the hotpot with a century of history today~
In the Jiefangbei business district, there is a hotpot restaurant named after a patriotic general, General Ba Manzi - General Ba Intangible Cultural Heritage Original Hotpot. His base is spicy and fresh. As a famous intangible cultural heritage base, it needs to be slowly fried for four hours, and then naturally fermented in a pottery jar for 15 days. His pot base is unique! Moreover, his family also used clay sculptures to show the entire base material production process in great detail and clarity~🉑️
🏘Store name: General Ba•Non-legacy original hot pot
⛩Address: In the Jiefangbei business district, No. 17 Minquan Road, 3rd floor. In fact, you can find his store after you see the big sign of Duyou Street~
🚇Transportation: Buses are very convenient, and subway lines 1/2 can be reached. You can drive in the nearby shopping mall parking lot🅿️Parking is very convenient.
🌟Environment: Spacious and bright, comfortable and clean, the store is large, divided into indoor and outdoor areas and has private rooms.
Dishes recommended🥘
General Ba Bowl: A blessing that satisfies choice difficulties at one time, 8 different dishes, meat and vegetable combinations, tripe, duck intestines, meat slices, etc.
Hot pot first dish: This is really highly recommended to everyone! A large portion of braised beef offal, the aroma of the braised beef offal is overflowing and it is braised very well, even the elderly can eat it, 🉑️ directly eat it 🉑️ hot pot.
General's Loin King: thick loin slices larger than the palm, just like the straightforward Chongqing people, full of portions, each piece is large and thick; one bite, spicy and refreshing, without a trace of peculiar smell.
Bullish: When a golden "cow" comes up with his meat, it makes people's eyes light up, and the fairy air is tender and refreshing beef, the meat is firm and fresh.
Not only does his restaurant taste good, but the service is also very good. Fried rice, ice jelly, small desserts, etc. are all taken at the self-service counter~.
A happy day of eating and drinking, 🌜 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵🌛 The stars are blinking, the moon is looking at me, a beautiful day ends perfectly, see you next time👋
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在渝里·重庆火锅(解放碑好吃街店)
4.5
/5
455 reviews
Hot Pot
From £7.00
Jiefangbei Area/Hong Ya Dong | 2.6 km from downtown
Address: 八一路218号解放碑好吃街如家精选酒店2楼
Highlights:
Award-winning hot pot with a rich, spicy, and tempting broth
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I went there on purpose. I don't know if it can be considered a foodie restaurant. Several chain stores are in popular areas with convenient transportation. It was past mealtime when I went there, so the restaurant was empty. It is said that Chongqing's hot pot is spicier than Chengdu's. I conservatively ordered medium spicy, but found that I made a mistake. I don't know if it was because I asked for a nine-square grid for the sake of the sense of ritual, but it didn't feel as spicy as the medium spicy hot pot I had in Chengdu. Among the dishes, I like the salted egg yolk shrimp and luncheon meat the most, but what surprised me the most was the milk tofu purchased in the group. I thought it was a sticky pudding, but it tasted very smooth and not greasy at all. It was very comfortable to eat this after eating spicy food.
A new hot pot restaurant opened near Jiefangbei. The decoration style is modern, simple and comfortable, with a transparent kitchen, clean and tidy. There are robots delivering food and transporting plates, which is quite fun. The hot pot tastes good and the dishes are fresh.
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