Quanjude (Qianmen Branch)
全聚德（前门店）
The original Quanjude restaurant founded in 1864, preserving its historic storefront wall, making it a landmark for learning about the history of hung-oven roast duck.
Located at No. 30 Qianmen Street, this is the original Quanjude restaurant founded in 1864. Its open-oven, fruitwood-fired roast duck technique was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. The historic storefront wall has been restored on-site and is designated as a Beijing municipal cultural relic, with a roast duck culture exhibition on the second floor. It attracts a high percentage of tourists, and some reviews note that queues start as early as 10:30 AM and a 10% service charge is applied in the main dining hall. The average cost is about 160–300 CNY per person. You can take Subway Line 2 to Qianmen Station and walk over.
Opening hours
11:00–14:30, 16:30–21:00, sources vary slightly, please confirm before visiting
Nearby sights
- Qianmen Street & Dashilar
- Zhengyangmen (Qianmen)
- Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
- Lao She Teahouse
- National Museum of China
- Tiananmen Square
- National Centre for the Performing Arts
- Zhongshan Park (Beijing)