Weeks after opting out of a California dining guide, French tire company Michelin is carrying on with its international fine-dining ratings. This week, it revealed the 2021 stars for Beijing.
Michelin Announces 2021 Stars for Beijing
Vegetarian restaurant King’s Joy gets three stars in the new guide
Monica Burton is the former deputy editor of Eater.com where she covered restaurants and food culture from 2017 to 2025.
There’s just one new three-Michelin-starred restaurant in the second Michelin guide to Beijing, joining Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road) in that top tier. Michelin promoted King’s Joy, a vegetarian restaurant helmed by chef Gary Yin, after it earned two stars in the inaugural guide to Beijing last year. The restaurant is also the first-ever recipient of Michelin’s “Green Star” in China. The distinction already features in other countries covered by Michelin, including France, Nordic Countries, Germany, Slovenia, and Japan, and recognizes restaurants vaguely “at the forefront of a more sustainable approach to gastronomy.”
As with its three-star category, Beijing has just two two-star restaurants, with one new entrant this year: Jingji, which serves seasonal, imperial cuisine. The one-star category sees a bit more movement, with seven new restaurants earning their first stars. Poetry Wine (Chao yang gong yuan Road), the Tasty House, and Vege Wonder, another vegetarian restaurant, appear in the guide for the first time with one star, while Country Kitchen, Jing, Zhiguan Courtyard, and Zijin Mansion were moved up from Michelin Plates.
There are a total of 98 restaurants in the guide this year, a slight drop off from last year’s even 100, including 17 Bib Gourmand selections and 51 Michelin Plates. Check out the full list of Beijing’s Michelin stars below.
Three stars
King’s Joy
Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road)
Two stars
Jingji
Shanghai Cuisine
One star
Cai Yi Xuan
Country Kitchen
Cui Hua Lou
Da Dong (Dongsi 10th Alley)
Family Li Imperial Cuisine (Xicheng)
Fu Chun Ju
Huaiyang Fu
Il Ristorante - Niko Romito
In Love (Gongti East Road)
Jing
Jing Yaa Tang
Lao Ji Tang
Lei Garden (Jinbao Tower)
Mio
Poetry‧Wine (Chaoyanggongyuan Road)
Poetry‧Wine (Dongsanhuan Middle Road)
Seventh Son
Sheng Yong Xing (Chaoyang)
The Beijing Kitchen
The Georg
The Tasty House
Vege Wonder
Xin Rong Ji (Jianguomenwai Street)
Xin Rong Ji (Jinrong Street)
Zhiguan Courtyard
Zijin Mansion
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