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Top 50 Local Restaurants in Xiamen [2025]
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JINJIAGANG
4.9
/5
1070 reviews
Seafood
From €12.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 3.1 km from downtown
Address: 厦门市思明区和凤街19号
No.1 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Xiamen
Highlights:
Unique murals create an oceanic ambiance, with abundant and fresh seafood
Saved by 157 users395 positive reviews
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Xiamen Food｜A Treasure Seafood Food Stall Hidden on Zhongshan Road
🏠Jinjiagang Seafood Food Stall (Zhongshan Road Branch) is located at No. 47 Zhongshan Road, hidden in the alley beside Zhongshan Road. The restaurant is clean and tidy, and the murals of marine life on the wall make me feel the strong ocean style🐟. There is also a huge seafood in front of the store filled with a variety of fish, king crabs, lobsters, and crabs, which makes me feel addicted.
🐠【Green Pepper Spicy Tiger Grouper】The steaming method retains the freshness of the grouper and tastes sweet.
🍽️【Matsutake Stewed Taro Ball Soup】The soup is delicious and sweet, and the ingredients are also very rich, including clams, tendon meat, green vegetables and meatballs. I like taro balls the most. It is full of meat and taro flavor when I bite it. I am so addicted.
🐚【Scallion Oil Conch Slices】The conch is cut into thin slices, crispy and chewy, a very good appetizer.
🍆【Honey Glacier Eggplant】Different from the common eggplant in color, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, soft and sticky, very sweet
🦐【Delicious Shrimp】It is a bit like Thai style, the shape of the skewers is very eye-catching, the shrimp meat is sweet and chewy, and the sauce is slightly spicy.
💰It costs about 100 yuan per person, and the seafood feast is very enjoyable.
Xiamen Food | Enjoy delicious seafood in Jinjiagang during the Chinese New Year
🏮It's Chinese New Year, and I haven't enjoyed a seafood feast for a long time, so I checked in at the Jinjiagang Seafood Food Stall. 🏠The restaurant is located at No. 47 Zhongshan Road, although it is hidden in the alley next to it. It was the peak dining time, and the restaurant was booming. Many people came to dine and had to line up to get a number, and even many customers dined outside the store😌.
👍🏻Although there were many customers in the restaurant, the dishes were served very quickly, give it a thumbs up.
🦐Salt and pepper shrimp mushrooms: A large portion of fresh shrimp mushrooms, not small in size, delicious and chewy in one bite.
🐠Steamed grouper: The freshly killed and cooked grouper tastes fresh and chewy. The steaming method retains the deliciousness of the grouper, with rich onion and soy flavors, and the fish meat is tender.
🍲Black tofu with abalone sauce: Hot black tofu is really heart-warming and healthy, perfect for winter ❤️.
Minnan fried vinegar meat: fragrant and crispy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, paired with pineapple, sweet and delicious.
🥘Hydrangea mushroom stewed taro balls soup: a healthy winter soup, the soup is fresh and delicious, but my favorite is the taro balls, the thick balls are full of fragrance, soft and chewy, full of taro paste, and extremely mellow🌝.
💰100 yuan per person, I feel that the price-performance ratio is OK, it's the New Year, the business is great, remember to arrive at the restaurant early to avoid queuing.
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LIN JIA MIN NAN FLAVOR
4.6
/5
686 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €15.00
Zengcuo'an Area | 7.1 km from downtown
Address: No.308 Huandao Road, Siming District, Xiamen China
Featured in 2024 Greater China 100 - Restaurants for Views & Experiences
Highlights:
Authentic Minnan cuisine
Unobstructed magnificent sea view
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[Taste] Very delicious, especially fragrant
[Environment] Very good environment, large space, especially clean and refreshing
[Service] The service attitude is very good. It was my first time eating Minnan cuisine and I had many questions. I kept looking for the waiter, but the waiter was not impatient 😘
Linjia can be said to be the representative of Minnan cuisine, and this restaurant on Huandao Road is the best among Linjia.
First of all, the environment. This Linjia is right on Huangcuo Beach, facing the unbeatable scenery. The blue sky and the sea are outside the window. You can eat and enjoy the scenery.
Secondly, the dishes, adhering to the consistent style of Linjia, taste excellent and the dishes are exquisite.
In addition, the service is warm and polite from beginning to end, which makes the diners very satisfied.
I will come to this restaurant next time I go to Xiamen!
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TANGYAN 1988
5.0
/5
646 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €12.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 3.1 km from downtown
Address: 思明南路老虎城购物中心3层B1号商铺（麦当劳楼上）
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Highlights:
Many celebrities come to sample authentic Xiamen cuisine
Saved by 112 users320 positive reviews
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This restaurant is a must-try for old Xiamen people and tourists when they come to Xiamen!!! I was very surprised when I first ate it many years ago. It is full of some rare old-fashioned classic dishes in Xiamen. It perfectly reproduces the taste of the 1980s and 1990s!! ✔️Crispy Taro Duck
You really can't miss Taro Duck when you come to Xiamen! The soft and delicate taro paste wraps the salty and fragrant duck meat. It is so delicious that I want to pack a portion to take away after eating it! ✔️Yellow Croaker Boiled Noodles
The home-style taste that Xiamen people have eaten since childhood. The soup is really super delicious!! The fish meat is tender and the boiled noodles are suitable for all ages. ✔️Almond Lotus Tofu
Almost everyone must order the dessert! If you like almond flavor, don't miss it. The strong almond aroma
There are also some special dishes like traditional hand-made five-spice rolls and Heart of the Ocean
It can be said that there is no need to step on thunder even if you have a blind spot! !
Business is really good. If you don't want to queue, come early.
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The first bullet of the 2021 New Year travel ~ Xiamen, Fujian Province. This Tangyan is on the second floor of Tiger City on Zhongshan Road. It is on the must-eat list in Xiamen. Maybe due to the impact of the epidemic, there were still seats at 6 o'clock. The staff was very enthusiastic and served tea and water in a timely manner. I ordered his signature yellow croaker New Year's line. The soup was very thick, very fresh, and the quantity was very good. One portion was enough for two people.
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Xiao Cheng Xi
4.9
/5
49 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €19.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 3.6 km from downtown
Address: 鹭江道3号和平码头4楼(乘1号电梯)
Featured in 2024 Greater China 100 - Restaurants for Views & Experiences
Highlights:
Don't miss the Steamed Rice Cake with Red Crab
Distant sea and city skyline view
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It carries two different elements of Wabi-sabi style and Minnan ancient house, but they are perfectly integrated together. Every detail is very attentive, and the characteristic elements of traditional Minnan architecture are reflected everywhere. In these items with a strong sense of age, you can feel the beauty brought by time itself. The color matching is elegant, the materials are natural, and the space also gives people a simple and Zen feeling.
There are also outdoor terraces on the first and second floors! When night falls facing Gulangyu Island, it is so comfortable to enjoy breakfast or dinner with the sea view. The store also very considerately prepares heaters and scarves for guests, so there is no need to worry about being cold even outdoors in winter!
Drinking afternoon tea, looking at Gulangyu Island, eating traditional snacks from the southern Fujian region, it seems like I have returned to the days when I was a child, drinking tea and chatting with my grandparents.
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Ginger Duck Aqiang Fried Crab·XINAQIANG
4.7
/5
461 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €15.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 2.7 km from downtown
Address: No.78, Siming East Road
Highlights:
Signature ginger duck with tender and flavorful meat
Over 10-year-old seafood restaurant
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The seafood food stall hidden in Zhongshan Road is super delicious😋
Before the National Day holiday, my classmate came to Xiamen to play, and I took her to this Aqiang fried crab hidden in the old city of Zhongshan Road. It was so delicious that everyone praised it👏🏻;
The owner and waiters in the store are very enthusiastic. It's as comfortable to eat here as to go home. It's really nice💯
🦞 Sichuan-flavored Boston lobster
The lobster is very big, the meat is tender and it tastes very satisfying. I'm used to eating steamed lobsters. This time I tried the Sichuan-flavored one, which was unexpectedly delicious.
🍛 Oyster rice with oysters
As an oyster lover, I was really fascinated by it; the rice was soft and delicious, with a layer of plump oysters on top, a big bowl full, I could show off 3⃣️ bowls of rice to others
🍡 Baked squid with salted egg yolk
The fried squid was fragrant and crispy, wrapped in a layer of rich salted egg yolk, and the sandy texture was really nice.
🔥In addition, their specialty dishes, ginger duck, fried clams and signature refreshing earthworm jelly are also not bad. You can order them at will; especially the ginger duck🦆 is delicious, the meat is tender, and the dry fragrance is rich, it is really a great dish to go with rice.
Sisters who come to Xiamen🉑 must not miss it!
🏠: Ginger Duck Aqiang Fried Crab·Xin Aqiang Seafood Food Stall (Zhongshan Road Main Store)
📍: No. 78 Siming East Road
After eating this time, I want to come to Xiamen Seafood Food Stall 78910 times
No one in southern Fujian doesn't love this authentic seafood food stall
After all, even many Internet celebrities have come to check in
It's delicious and authentic🔥
The store is located on the 3rd floor, the environment is very good, and the dining is very comfortable in a private building. The first floor is a large seafood pool, and you can order whatever you want, which is very convenient;
✅ Sichuan-flavored Boston lobster
The lobster is freshly caught from the seafood pool, and it is fresh and visible. The spicy Sichuan flavor is particularly flavorful, and the shrimp meat is also chewy and delicious, and the taste is absolutely amazing.
✅Ginger duck and fried clams
A dish that must be ordered every time you eat. When it is served, you will be confused by the fragrance; the tender duck meat is delicious with ginger and sesame oil🈯; they also add clams to stir-fry, which is so delicious that you can't stop eating.
✅Baked squid with salted egg yolk
I never thought squid could be so delicious. I couldn't stop eating the squid with salted egg yolk.
✅Signature refreshing earthworm jelly
A dish with southern Fujian characteristics, the chewy and icy earthworm jelly is really delicious😋, and it tastes even better with the special sauce!
✅Freshly squeezed golden mango juice
The mango🥭 juice is freshly squeezed, sweet and delicious. A cup of it to cool off in the summer is really a good way to open the door;
🏠: Ginger Duck Aqiang Fried Crab Xin Aqiang Seafood Food Stall (Zhongshan Road Main Store)
🔍: No. 78 Siming East Road
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ASHORE TO KULANGSU
4.8
/5
153 reviews
Seafood
From €12.00
Gulangyu Scenic Area | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: NO.124 SHICHANG ROAD
Highlights:
Minnan baked seafood awakens the palate
Seafood restaurant in business for over 20 years
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The most famous seafood restaurant on Gulangyu Island is said to be owned by Mr. Lin, just like many famous places on the island.
The restaurant has an elegant environment, a strong Japanese style of otaku, simple and low-key, which is in line with the current popular aesthetic concept.
The food is first-class, and the seafood is impeccable in terms of ingredients and cooking methods, fully integrating the traditional style of southern Fujian, especially the baked crab.
The service is in place, even if there are many guests waiting for a seat, they can be arranged in an orderly manner, so that every guest is impeccable.
The reputation of the first restaurant in Gulangyu Island is well-deserved! I will go there again next time I go to Gulangyu Island!
When I came to Gulangyu for a meal, there were people everywhere and I had to line up everywhere. Then I chose a restaurant with the best business. I was really hungry and had to wait for a seat. The restaurant was very big, but there were still so many people that there were not enough seats. The taste was really good. It was really delicious. I couldn't finish this set meal. No wonder everyone came here to eat.
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ZUIYIHAO
4.6
/5
860 reviews
Seafood
From €11.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: Shop No. 1-3, Siming North Road, Fourth Market
No.3 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Xiamen
Highlights:
Steamed grouper is fresh, flavorful, and tender
Traditional restaurant in business for over 10 years
Saved by 166 users309 positive reviews
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🏠Er Shu Zui No. 1 Seafood Food Stall, the restaurant is located at Shop 1-3, the Fourth Market, Siming North Road, with convenient transportation. As soon as I entered the store, the huge seafood pool attracted me. The king crab and grouper looked so tempting.
🥘Garlic black tofu: Eat while hot, the thick-cut black tofu is fragrant, tender and nutritious.
🥩Fried vinegar meat with taro shreds: The fat and lean vinegar meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the fried taro shreds make the vinegar meat taste more like.
🦐Egg yolk baked shrimp: The portion is super large, the salted egg yolk flavor is fragrant, the shell has a salty and fragrant texture, and the inside is fresh shrimp meat, which is chewy and refreshing.
🥭Mango juice: Refreshing and greasy, it is very enjoyable to match with big fish and meat.
💰100 yuan per person, it is very suitable to come and enjoy a seafood feast.
Seafood food stall. In this weather, you don't need to use the air conditioner in the store. It's very comfortable to sit outside and enjoy the natural breeze. I ordered a table of dishes. There are all the regular varieties. The taste is pretty good. The price is really expensive.
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8
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Qingcai Restaurant
4.2
/5
50 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €7.00
Zhongshan Road Area | 2.9 km from downtown
Address: No.243-257 2/F, Nanzhong Plaza, No.51-53 Siming West Road, Siming District, Xiamen China
Highlights:
Red brick and wood lattice highlight Minnan charm with authentic and delicious cuisine
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The taste is very good, the quality of the dishes is good, I recommend everyone to try it. The portion of pork lard fried rice is very large, two people can't finish it, the pork offal shacha is a major feature, and the meatballs are also very delicious.
Eating local food is something that all tourists must do when they go to a city.
Zhongshan Street’s old pedestrian street, Minnan cuisine: | Ginger Duck^ This ginger duck is good. The flavor of ginger and duck is perfectly combined, and it is not as spicy as ginger itself. It is absorbed by the duck meat, and other dishes are also good.
The price-performance ratio is good.
Store location: Due to the current maintenance of the pedestrian street, it will be a bit noisy. This store is on the 2nd floor of the mall and has a direct elevator.
Qingcaijia·Old Xiamen Restaurant
| Qingcaijia·Old Xiamen Restaurant^
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MINNAN MINNAN
4.7
/5
56 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €16.00
Xiamen Railway Station Area | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: Shop 328, 3 / F, Vientiane City, Hexiang East Road
Highlights:
Authentic Minnan cuisine
Founded in 1989
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A very exquisite and authentic Minnan cuisine restaurant, with very high-end decoration, cultural style design, great service, professional waiter, and unique dishes.
"Camellia ginger duck" is a little hard to chew, but tastes very good
"Minnan earthworm jelly" has sandworms inside, tastes very good
"Qiaoxiang scallion bun" is sweet and salty and tastes great
"Crispy belly sea fish soup" is crispy
"Crispy bamboo shoot sausage enema"
In the Mixc, there is a store with a long queue. [Taste] The local flavor of southern Fujian is very strong, especially the chicken, which has a very good texture. [Environment] The store is not big, but the seating layout is very compact. [Service] The water is poured actively and the dishes are served quickly.
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Niuniu Fujian Cuisine Seafood Restaurant (Xiamen University Branch)
4.8
/5
190 reviews
Fujian Cuisine
From €11.00
Xiamen University Area | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 猫街顶澳仔10号之3（思明区演武小学旁）
Highlights:
Featuring Minnan specialty dishes and live seafood
Popular restaurant open for over 20 years
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Xiamen and Shenzhen, the rising stars of the southeast coast, are good in every way, but they don’t have much cooking experience. They can’t imitate the cuisine of the old cities in their own province. Compared with the exquisiteness and layering of Guangzhou, Chaoshan, Fuzhou and Quanzhou, Xiamen cuisine is a bit laissez-faire.
But it’s okay this way, at least the taste is straightforward, simple and refreshing. There is no expectation and no burden, but it is sweet and comfortable to eat~
🏠After the lockdown was lifted, I went to eat seafood with my boss. This time, I chose Niuniu Restaurant again. The strong red brick old house and southern Fujian style are very distinctive.
🐟Eel: I was very satisfied with the whole eel, and the tender eel tasted good.
🥩Beef: The beef was fragrant, chewy and the portion was quite large
🥬Seasonal vegetables: After eating a lot of fish and meat, I had some seasonal vegetables to relieve the greasiness.
💰The average cost per person was about 50 yuan, and the food was served very quickly👏🏻.
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