Local Chinese seem to rate Lao Beijing, Quanjude and Ya Wan (Duck King) about the same. The prices don't differ drastically either, generally 80-140RMB/head, although Lao Beijing is slightly more expensive.

Lao Beijing: http://en.57575777.com/shanghai/restaur ... 3514.shtml

Quanjude is in Pudong (3rd Floor, Purple Mountain Hotel, 778 Dongfang Road (near Zhangyang Road/东方路778号紫金山大酒店3楼近张杨路 ) and Zhabei (547 West Tianmu Road (near Chang'an Road) / 天目西路547号近长安路 ) and Ya Wang has branches all over, including a fairly convenient one in Jing'an (77 Jiangning Road (near Fengxian Road) /江宁路77号近奉贤路)

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VX, what's you favourite Beijing duck restaurant?

careerexpat wrote:
Quanjude is in Pudong (3rd Floor, Purple Mountain Hotel,

Oic, I was there once. Found it disappointing. Prefer King Duck at west Nanjing rd because find service to be better and they don't waste bones but spice them and fry them and serve them back for additional 20 rmb....very tasty with beer.

I've been extremely pleased both times I went to Quanjude in the Purple Mountain Hotel.

I just signed up to this site to save everyone from making the mistake of going to Lao Beijing for Beijing Kaoya. I went there once just for some Zha Jiang Mian, and the place was packed. The service was decent though. After Chinese New Year I went there again to get some duck. I showed up at 8pm, the last customer was leaving, and the place was empty. Even though they had an abundance of waiters, it still took forever and about 5 times calling out to them. They kept sitting in groups chatting, and when I'd call out to them, they'd give me a dirty look and go back to their conversation. After the 5th time, one of them gave an exhasperated sigh and came over to my table to give me a menu then took off again before I could even stop her. I'd have told her to **** off, and walked out if I hadn't been on a date at the time. After finally getting them back to order, I ordered half a duck since it was only two of us. When the duck finally came out, it was a half of a decrepid looking duck that looks like the person who got the first half ordered it a week ago. It tasted horrible, and I even complained to them and they just walked away without saying anything. I'll never go back there again!

I've had Beijing Duck in different cities all over China and even in the US. This was the absolute worst (even over the crap they passed off as Beijing duck in the US), and the best is still Da Dong in Beijing (the branch by Tuanjiehu).

I remember Lao Beijing wraps up quite early, what can you do, it happens often at chinese restaurants. Even though the official closing time of the kitchen might be 9pm for instance, if you 're the last table at 8:30, they ll get the brooms out and put all the chairs on the tables around you to sweep the floor...

Of course there's no excuse for the attitude they gave you and the days-old duck.

Anyway, I like the duck there, the prices are good and I like their other dishes even more! I remember an amazing fried rice in a wooden bucket (no not the hollow bamboo tube).

jay_dee wrote:I would say a good place to find Beijing Duck is in....
Beijing - duh.
DA DONG is THE place to go in all of China, forget Liqun.

You need to hit up 那家小馆...