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Local Restaurants
Top 20 Local Restaurants in Xining [2025]
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Shalihai Catering Food City
4.3
/5
133 reviews
Northwest China Cuisine
From KRW 18214
Ximen/Dashizi commercial area | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: 4 North Street (near Beimenpo)
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Lamb 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!
I entered the store after hearing the shouts. Once inside, wow! The aroma penetrated my nose. They just hung the slaughtered sheep on the pole. You told them how many people were eating, and they would cut and grill them on the spot. The lamb skewers had to be grilled over charcoal to be fragrant.
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QingZhen Yi Xin Mutton ShouZhua Guan (HuaYuan North Street)
4.5
/5
604 reviews
Halal
From KRW 15000
Huangguang/Dongguan Grand Mosque | 1.4 km from downtown
Address: No. 5 Baiyu Lane (50 meters eastbound at the intersection of Huayuan North Street and Baiyu Lane)
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Very 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.
I came here after seeing the recommendation from Ctrip. It's really good. It can be said to be the best beef and mutton restaurant I have eaten in the entire Northwest in recent years. First of all, it has the best cost-effectiveness, the portion is full, and the price is calculated by weight, so you can eat it with confidence. The price of beef and mutton is similar in all parts of the Northwest, but it is more expensive in Xinjiang. Secondly, the quality of the meat is the best. There is nothing sloppy about the beef tendon, and the same is true for the hand-pulled mutton. There is more meat and less bone, more lean and less fat, and the tenderloin under the keel is not less, which is something I have never eaten in other places. You can even tell which part of the meat each piece comes from. See the picture for details. Third, the taste. Everyone has different feelings about this, so I won't comment on it. In fact, you can tell by the quality of the meat. I feel that the main theme is the conversation.
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Yiranxuan Qinghai Special Food
4.6
/5
49 reviews
Halal
From KRW 16785
Xining Railway Station | 3.2 km from downtown
Address: 大众街与杨家一巷交叉口东行150米路南
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I 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.
This review focuses on the quality of the dishes.
Let's talk about whether they are authentic. Although I am a foreigner, I observed that many customers are not tourists after two meals.
For me, the hand-pulled lamb is the most delicious, the price is also affordable, and the stuffed skin is also the best, which is even better than a certain place in Lanzhou. The yogurt is also the best in Xining.
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4
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Ma Zhong Shi Fu (Mo Jia Jie)
3.3
/5
122 reviews
Fast Food
From KRW 7321
Ximen/Dashizi commercial area | 777m from downtown
Address: MoJia Street Market 11-16, Xining China
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Mojia 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.
From Xi'an to Xining, we eat and shop along the way. Every holiday season, we gain three pounds.
[Environment] This place is very big, with a lot of people and many choices.
[Taste] It's good.
[Service] The enthusiasm of the people in the northwest
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5
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QingZhen De Xiao Kang Rou
4.3
/5
63 reviews
Halal
From KRW 14821
Ximen/Dashizi commercial area | 1 km from downtown
Address: 19-1 Xiaoxin Street (Southwest corner of the intersection of Daxin Street and Xiaoxin Street)
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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!
The hand-pulled lamb chops are very delicious. The lean meat is a bit tough, but the fat is fragrant and not greasy. They are delicious together. The milk and egg fermented glutinous rice is also good, but a little expensive. The overall taste is good. But the napkins cost money, which makes people feel not so good.
No.
6
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清真尕穆萨美食城总店
5.0
/5
14 reviews
Halal
From KRW 12678
Ximen/Dashizi commercial area | 1.3 km from downtown
Address: 长江路海悦酒店向东50米
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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.
It's really cheap and affordable. I can still find a store with such a high cost performance. I chose half a catty of hand-pulled lamb, half a catty of braised lamb and some other miscellaneous items for a total of only 136 yuan. It's delicious and not expensive.
No.
7
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ZHONGFAYUAN
4.7
/5
251 reviews
Halal
From KRW 23571
West Area | 5.6 km from downtown
Address: 15 Wenjing Road (Gate 4 of Xinhualian Shopping Center)
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A very classy restaurant in Qinghai. I have also seen this name in Shenzhen. I don't know if it is a chain. The menu is very thick. In addition to local specialties, there are many fusion dishes that can also satisfy the tastes of tourists. The various beef and mutton are very good. Hand-shredded yak beef and hand-pulled mutton are recommended. The eight-treasure tea is very rich and worth trying.
Zhongfayuan Muslim Restaurant is a well-known old Muslim restaurant, located on the second floor of Xinhualian Plaza in Haihu New District. The restaurant is very large, spacious and bright. Zhongfayuan makes daily Muslim food exquisite, colorful, fragrant and delicious, not just beef and mutton as ordinary people think. Muslim restaurants generally do not allow alcohol, but here you can drink your own alcohol.
No.
8
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妥穆洒东乡手抓美食
5.0
/5
6 reviews
Northwest China Cuisine
From KRW 11428
Xining Railway Station | 2.1 km from downtown
Address: 共和路111号1号楼111-08室
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Tuomusha Dongxiang Hand-claw Food is located at the intersection of Dongguan Street and Gonghe Middle Road in Xining City. The store is small but clean. Its hand-clawed front roll is particularly delicious, fat but not greasy, and has no sheep smell. The cold dish okra is well mixed with seasoning and is very pleasant with eight-treasure tea.
A very local shop. Although many tourists come here for its reputation, the decoration and taste are very homely. I have to sigh that the Northwest cuisine is larger than the Northeast cuisine. Two people ordered half a spicy chicken, a portion of stuffed skin, and a portion of noodles, which they really couldn't finish. Even though the tastes vary from place to place, we have to admit that the noodles in the Northwest are indeed excellent.
No.
9
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清真·雅居炕羊排
4.8
/5
39 reviews
Halal
From KRW 9285
Commercial Lane | 2.6 km from downtown
Address: Traffic Lane North Exit 20
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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.
Lamb chops refer to the ribs of sheep, that is, the meat attached to the ribs, covered with layers of thin membranes, with a combination of fat and lean meat and a soft texture. They are suitable for roasting, grilling, braising and stuffing. Lamb chops are not only a regular on the tables of Western restaurants, but also a cooking ingredient commonly used by Western housewives.
No.
10
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Halal · Wang fu dong xiang pilaf food court
5.0
/5
1 reviews
Northwest China Cuisine
From KRW 12678
Xining Railway Station | 2.9 km from downtown
Address: No. 13 Jianguo Road, Building 1 of Qingying Embroidery City.
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The hand-pulled mutton is particularly delicious, without any smell of mutton, and has a mellow taste~
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