Venue list

Xinfeng Snack, Qingchun Branch
新丰小吃，庆春店
5:15am – 9pm
Our editor and art director don’t agree on much, but they both do love this place. While it’s not too clean and not better than average on many other...

Daniang Dumplings, Yan'an Branch
大娘水饺，延安店
9am – 9pm
For a huge variety of dumplings at a little slower than your ready-made fast food joint, get down to Wudaniang. They have branches all over town, and a meal...

Dongbei Restaurant, Wen'er Branch
东北老家菜馆，文二店
9am - 12am
For great food at a great price, avoid those newly-opened, super fancy restaurants. The trick is knowing which restaurant in Hangzhou started as a single...

Hundred Families Chicken
百家鸡味馆
9:30am – 10:30pm
It’s not a striking place, but they do some really yummy soups and congees and a fantastic steamed pork bun (鲜肉小笼 xian rou xiao long). If you like...

Dongbei Restaurant, Jiaogong Branch
东北老家菜馆,教工店

For great food at a great price, avoid those newly-opened, super fancy restaurants. The trick is knowing which restaurant in Hangzhou started as a single...

Daniang Dumplings, Hubin Branch
大娘水饺

For a huge variety of dumplings at a little slower than your ready-made fast food joint, get down to Wudaniang. They have branches all over town, and a meal...

Haihua Ge Chinese Restaurant
海华阁中餐厅
11.30am - 2pm, 6pm - 10pm

Dairy Queen, Huaguang Branch
奶品皇后
10am - 10pm
We don't usually put chain restaurants in, but there really is no other place to get a good hot dog in town, and come on, this is DQ! Go, get a couple of...

Xinfeng Snack, Zhongshan Branch
新丰小吃，中山店
5:15am – 9pm
Our editor and art director don’t agree on much, but they both do love this place. While it’s not too clean and not better than average on many other...

Xixi Ziwei
西溪滋味
9am - 11pm
Xixi Ziwei’s specialty comes in the form of roast pork with gravy served in a pumpkin (金盅千层肉 jin zhong qian ceng rou). The pork is not too fatty...

Xinfeng Snack, Wensan Branch
新丰小吃，文三店
5:15am – 9pm
Our editor and art director don’t agree on much, but they both do love this place. While it’s not too clean and not better than average on many other...

Xinfeng Snack, Yan'an Branch
新丰小吃，延安店
5:15am – 9pm
Our editor and art director don’t agree on much, but they both do love this place. While it’s not too clean and not better than average on many other...

Daniang Dumplings, Wensan Branch
大娘水饺，文三店
7am – 11pm
For a huge variety of dumplings at a little slower than your ready-made fast food joint, get down to Wudaniang. They have branches all over town, and a meal...

Daniang Dumplings, Tiyuchang Branch
大娘水饺，体育场店
7am – 1am
For a huge variety of dumplings at a little slower than your ready-made fast food joint, get down to Wudaniang. They have branches all over town, and a meal...

Bieyinju Restaurant
别饮居大酒店
9am - 9pm
This is a favorite restaurant amongst the locals as a place to get authentic Hangzhou cuisine. It's usually crowded at dinnertime, so you might have to wait...

Jusenkazen Japanese Restaurant
十千花前
11:30am - 1:30pm, 5pm - 10pm
Sometimes you need to get away from the reality of life in Hangzhou, with its insane traffic, and that lake everybody keeps yammering on about. Why not take...

Rain Restaurant & Bar
云水餐厅酒吧
7am - 3am
They call the owner Lao Da, or Old Big. He has put many different types of cuisine under the same roof: Japanese, Thai, Teppanyaki, Continental and...

Bifengtang, Pinghai Branch
避风塘，平海店
9:30am - 5am
Gone are the days when everyone had to go to Hong Kong and Canton to do their business, but not gone is the food. Alright, nothing is as good as having a...

Maya Bar
玛雅酒吧
noon - 2am
If we only put this place in the bar section, you might miss it and miss out on some damn good grub. Every time we've been there, they have chicken burritos...

Macau Street Restaurant
澳门街
10:30am - 10pm
This place offers comfy wood tables and chairs with soft greens and yellow, and the lighting is pleasantly softer than in most restaurants. If restaurants in...

Little Cook, Baijingfang Branch
小厨师, 百井坊店
9am - 4am
They sell fresh seafood dishes from the famous island of Zhoushan. As you walk in, it’s displayed in several tanks – obviously fresh since the fishies...

Little Cook, Baochu Branch
小厨师,保俶店
9am - 4am
They sell fresh seafood dishes from the famous island of Zhoushan. As you walk in, it’s displayed in several tanks – obviously fresh since the fishies...

Dairy Queen, Hubin Branch
奶品皇后
10:30am - 10pm
We don't usually put chain restaurants in, but there really is no other place to get a good hot dog in town, and come on, this is DQ! Go, get a couple of...

360º Revolving Restaurant
西湖360º旋转餐厅
10am - 11pm
Don’t know if how many of you have ever eaten in a revolving restaurant, but if you haven’t, it’s time to try. Your table will do a full 360º tour of...

Donghong Private Cantonese Restaurant, Kaiyuan Branch
东鸿私房菜
9am - 10pm
Unlike most of the other Cantonese places, this one has pictures. The deep fried tofu stuffed with pork is particularly fine. Private dining areas are...

Liu Family's Spicy Restaurant, Baochu Branch
刘家香辣馆,保俶店
24 Hours
This is one of our favorite late night/lunchtime spots. The logo on the front indicates fire, but they do a wide range of food from both high and low spice...

Veranda
*******
11am - 12am
Road-weary gourmands will be thrilled to see that there is indeed good Italian food here, and we’re certain that things will only get better from this...

A Simple Diet, Qingchun Branch
粗菜馆，庆春店
9:30am - 9pm
Getting back to traditional farmer food is all the trend at the moment in large cities. A Simple Diet caters to those willing to taste millennium-old...

Alaska Seafood Hot Pot
阿拉斯加海鲜火锅
0571 8717 2590
While the fast food dynamo Zhiweiguan has done very well with it’s upscale restaurant on Gaoyin street, we’re not sure how well their hot pot spot on...

Banana Leaf Curry House
蕉叶咖喱屋
10am - 10pm
What? Two Banana Leaf restaurants in Hangzhou? The story goes that these guys are the chain outlet of the original from Hong Kong. Who knows? We know that...

Sichuan Pickle Restaurant
川味泡菜馆
10am - 10pm
If you can find this place tucked in an alley off Baishaquan, you are in for a treat. All of the spices are shipped in from Chonggqing, as the local chilies...

Banana Leaf
蕉叶
11am - 2:30pm, 5pm - 11pm
Having started the Thai trend in Guangzhou, there are now Banana Leaf restaurants in tons of cities throughout China, and the staff come in not only from...

Crystal Jade Restaurant
翡翠花园酒家
10:30am - 10:30pm
The name conjures up thoughts of richness and sumptuousness, and so it should. There's a huge, high-flying menu that includes shark's fin, abalone and a...

Ding Shang Tai Guo Yu Chi
顶上泰国鱼翅
5pm - 10pm
Thai food is on the menu and it is advertised as a Thai restaurant, but it is most famous for shark fin soup and abalone. Picture menu available.

Gold Chino
金玲珑
7am - 11pm
This place has Southeast Asian-styled decorations – even the doorway to the elevator is Thai-esque. It's pretty shocking to the senses. However, there’s...

Butterfly Laguna
湖蝶
11:30am - 11:30pm
At the Butterfly Laguna, dump a nice green chicken curry (45RMB) over the rice and order a napkin to wipe the sweat off your brow; it has got some heat. They...

The Oriental
婆逻湾亚洲餐厅
11:30am - 2:30pm, 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Like the other Landison restaurants, The Oriental offers up some fine cuisine in an intimate setting. On the menu you’ll find select dishes from India,...

Da Chik Mun
大宅门
8:30am - 11pm
Even if you really know Beishan road, Da Chik Mun is easy to miss. It’s sits a little off the road, but this recess does make it seem a little more...

Ri Qing Hong Saloon Bar
日清红酒楼
9am - 2am

Bifengtang, Tiyuchang Branch
避风塘，体育场路店
9:30am - 3:00am
They've just changed locations and the new place is fab and spacious. The menu is so loaded that it takes some time to figure out which boxes to tick....

Chuang Wei Tang
创味堂
9am - 9pm

Li Fu, Nanshan Branch
丽府粤菜
10am-10:30pm
While there are plenty of Cantonese restaurants around town, this one has garnered quite the reputation. Its location right across from Leifeng Pagoda...

Pearl Of Oriental
东方之珠
11am - 9:30pm

Yong Jin Lou
涌金楼
9am - 9pm
You have to make a reservation 24 hours in advance. Tables go for 5,000RMB. 1,000 a head for a couple.

West Lake Spring, Nanshan Branch
西湖春天
9am - 3am
Right in the middle of the many bars on Nanshan road is a great location. Need it be said that this place stays open almost all night? They serve a mix of...

Linglong Town Restaurant
玲珑小镇
11am - 2am
There is no denying that a bucket of creativity was dumped all over this corner spot. The menu is loaded with great snacky snacks, but the food is only a...

Promising Restaurant, Nanshan Branch
锦香来,南山店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm

Promising Restaurant, Huanglong Branch
锦香来，黄龙店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm

Yi Jia Xian, Baochu Branch
伊家鲜,保俶店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm
The interior is very hard to describe but it's worth mentioning. It is almost as if the inside were an outside. The inner wall is like the outer wall of...

Yunyuan Xiaozhen
筠园小镇
9am - 2am

Guo Zhuang Hot Pot Restaurant
锅庄火锅餐厅
11am - 11pm

Hai Gang Macau Chaffy Dish Restaurant (Old)
海港澳门豆捞(老店)
11am – 5am
This place is too hoity toity to call itself a hot pot restaurant. Instead, they opt for chaffy dish, but it is hot pot – granted it's upscale, but huo guo...

Little Sheep, Wen'er Branch
小肥羊,文二店

Expelling the flames of a hot pot into the toilet the morning after is not on some people’s agenda. And when they want the pot and not the hot, they go to...

Tan Yu Tou Hot Pot
谭鱼头火锅
9:30am - 9:30pm

A Simple Diet, West Huancheng Branch
粗菜馆,环城西路店
9:30am - 9pm
Getting back to traditional farmer food is all the trend at the moment in large cities. A Simple Diet caters to those willing to taste millennium-old...

Oriental Favourites Restaurant
彩云轩
9am - 11pm
Most every point on Beishan road is a postcard. Just near the start of the Broken Bridge, dining next to the postcards is possible in this narrow, old-time...

Chamber Rouge
江南红楼
10:30am - 2pm, 5pm - 9:30pm

Dasong Dynasty Tavern
大宋坊
11am - 9pm

Dragon Century Plaza Happiness Restaurant
黄龙世纪喜乐酒店
11am - 10pm
Like many local restaurants this place is huge, but what makes it special is its high number of private rooms with outward facing windows: Make sure you...

Dragon's Palace Restaurant
龙宫大酒店
9:30am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Fei Le Restaurant, Baifu Branch
菲乐餐厅,白傅店
11am - 2pm, 4pm - 4am
An old favorite of Hangzhouvians, this restaurant features special dishes such as la yu tou (spicy fish head), sou zi xie fan qie dou fu tang (tomato crab...

Fei Le Restaurant, Nanshan Branch
菲乐餐厅,南山店
10am - 9pm
An old favorite of Hangzhouvians, this restaurant features special dishes such as la yu tou (spicy fish head), sou zi xie fan qie dou fu tang (tomato crab...

Golden Sunshine
金色阳光大酒店
11:30am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Hangzhou Renjia Restaurant
杭州人家大酒店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Hong Ni Garden
红泥花园
10:45am - 2am
Hongni is the epitome of a 'Hangzhou Big Restaurant'. It is massive: four floors with balconies and rooftop walks, a reputed 400 staff, 1000 settings and a...

Hong Ni Jia Chang Fan
红泥家常饭
9am - 9pm

Hong Ni Sha Guo
红泥砂锅
9am - 9pm

28 HuBin Road
湖滨28
11:30 - 2pm, 5:30pm - 9:30pm
On the way into this place you will notice how modern design has been fused with memories from old China an ox cart loaded with yellow wine urns and...

Jufengyuan Restaurant
钜丰源海鲜鲍翅馆
11am - 1:30pm, 5:30pm - 9 pm

Ju Jia Le Restaurant
居家乐酒家
24/7

Lou Wai Lou
楼外楼
10:30am - 2:30pm, 4:30pm - 8:30pm
Known to have been visited by some of the most influential leaders in recent Chinese history, this common household name must be tried at least once if not...

Kui Yuan Guan, Jiefang Branch
奎元馆, 解放店
10am - 10pm
Kuiyuan Guan is a noodle shop with a history. It was founded in 1867 by a businessman from Anhui province. It became famous with students taking the...

Qingchun Renjia
庆春人家
10am - 11pm

Revolving Restaurant
旋转餐厅
11:15am - 2pm, 5:15pm - 8:30pm

Sanhuayuan Restaurant
三华园大酒店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Shang Palace
香宫
11:30am - 2:00pm, 5:30pm - 9:30pm
When sick of deciphering menus, sorting through pictures and failing to get a cold beer at other restaurants, try the Shang Palace. Set in the Shangri-La, it...

Shishang Fengjing Restaurant
食上风景酒楼
9am - 11:30pm

Songlingju
松岭居
9:30am - 9:30pm

Tianxinglou Restaurant
天兴楼大酒店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Xi Yang Yang Restaurant
喜洋洋大酒店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Xin Kaiyuan, Jiefang Branch
新开元, 解放路店
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Sunshine Restaurant
阳光大酒店
9:30am - 2pm, 4:30pm - 9pm

Zhi Wei Guan, Renhe Branch
知味观,仁和店
8am - 9pm
Zhi Wei Guan has many different types of restaurants varying from high-class to fast-food. We've got the fast-food one here because when you’re in...

Zhi Wei Guan, Gaoyin Branch
知味观,高银店
0571 8783 1638

Bojia Wild Fish Restaurant, Baochu Branch
杭州卜家野鱼馆, 松木场店
10:30am - very late
With three branches around town, it won’t be hard for you to get you a fish fix. Try the Spicy Fish Head (秀水鱼头 xiu shui yu tou). But these places...

Chenyi Shifu, Hangda Branch
尘依食辅,杭大店

These places are always full, but the food is worth the wait. What they are really known for are their lamb dishes. Try the roasted lamb leg (羊棒子 yang...

Chenyi Shifu, Gaoyin Branch
尘依食辅,高银店

These places are always full, but the food is worth the wait. What they are really known for are their lamb dishes. Try the roasted lamb leg (羊棒子 yang...

Huang Fan Er
皇饭儿
11am - 9pm

Jinxiu Jiangnan Restaurant
锦绣江南酒楼
6:30am - 9:30am, 11am - 1:30pm, 5pm - 9pm

Ming Yang Jade Restaurant
铭扬玉如意大酒店
10am - 10pm

Crystal Garden
玉麒麟
11:00am - 10pm
What? No MSG? Little oil? So they say, though we find it hard to believe. What we do know about the food at Crystal Garden is that it doesn’t disappoint....

Shipu Seafood
石浦海鲜
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9:30pm
Now there are restaurants with this name all around town (even one less than 50 meters down the road from this one), but Hangzhouvians come from the other...

Xiao Shao Xing Restaurant
小绍欣酒楼
10am - 1am

Zhen Shang Zhen Restaurant
珍尚珍餐厅
10:50am - 2pm, 5pm - 9:30pm

Cha Tea, Jiefang Branch
一茶一座, 解放路店
10am - 12am

Cha Tea, Nanshan Branch
一茶一座, 南山路店
10am - 12am

Daqian Renjia
大千人家
9am - 9 pm

Jiweitang
集味堂
11am - 1am

Mingjianlou Restaurant
明鉴楼
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Pian Yi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant
便宜坊烤鸭馆
11am - 1:30pm, 5pm - 9pm
Duck-duck-duck-Beijing! These little quacking fajitas are great after eating rice every day for the last century. The duck, cut and served at the table, is...

Chuan Stream
川流不息
10:30am - 11pm

Chuan Wei Guan, Qingchun Branch
川味观, 庆春店
11am - 4am
We don't like to get on the chain restaurant bandwagon, but if hot pot is what you want, then this is one of the best. Particularly nice is the really big...

Chuan Wei Guan, Fengqi Branch
川味观, 凤起店

We don't like to get on the chain restaurant bandwagon, but if hot pot is what you want, then this is one of the best. Particularly nice is the really big...

Chuan Wei Guan, Huansha Branch
川味观, 浣纱店

We don't like to get on the chain restaurant bandwagon, but if hot pot is what you want, then this is one of the best. Particularly nice is the really big...

Gan Guo Ju, Hefang Branch
干锅居, 河坊店
11:00am - 10:00pm
If you don’t mind cooking your own food, this place is great. Each table comes equipped with a hot plate on which to put the wok containing the gan guo...

Fomo Crawfish, Youdian Branch
复茂小龙虾
10am - very late

Lao Qi Malaxiang
老戚麻辣香
9am - 9pm

Little Chili Pepper Restaurant
小辣椒

One of the hard things about ordering food is that sometimes you just can’t tell what it is no matter what language the menu is in. Solution? Have no menu...

Zhenyuantang Big Bowl Dish, Tiyuchang Branch
真缘堂大碗菜,体育场店
10:30am - 9:30pm

Fomo Crawfish, Huanglong Branch
复茂小龙虾
11am - 10:30pm
At Fomo it’s okay to get down and dirty. Think of it as a down-home country crawfish fest sans the Zydeco music. Everyone gets a metal bowl to throw away...

Phoenix Mosque Xinjiang Restaurant
凤凰清真饭庄
6am - 2am
This is definitely the oldest Muslim restaurant in town (note it's location next to the nearly seven hundred year old mosque). Yes, it's a little grimy, but...

Nine Hundred Bowls, Baoshu Branch
九佰碗,保俶店
9am - 10:30pm

Nine Hundred Bowls, Renhe Branch
九佰碗,仁和店
9am - 10:30pm

Yindu Noodle House
银都面馆
8am - 9pm

Bullfighter Steakhouse
斗牛士牛排馆
11am - 10:30pm

Brasilia South American Restaurant
巴西利亚南美音乐餐厅
11:30am - 9pm

Caribbean Restaurant
加勒比海餐厅
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 9pm

Tan Huo Gong Fang
炭火工坊

Lunch:48RMB/person, Dinner: 68RMB/person

Hemingway Steakhouse
海明威扒房
11:30am - 10:45pm
This is the first private room for steak we have ever seen. Granted, we aren’t in the heart of cow land, but it is. There are only a handful of tables...

Coffee Garden
咖啡苑
6:30am - 11pm
Coffee Garden is the Shangri-la's all-day-dining restaurant, which has a lovely terrace on which to dine (weather permitting of course).

Café at the Hyatt
凯悦酒店自助餐厅
6am - 11pm
One of the best buffets in town. The food is shown in small amounts, an obvious sign that it hasn’t been sitting there for a couple hours as in most...

Le Paris
巴黎阳光
6:30am - 10:45pm
Breakfast: 103.5RMB/person, included surcharge. Dinner: 168RMB/Adult, 84RMB/Children no surcharge.

The Solmer Western Restaurant
沙利文西餐厅
7am - 10m
There are two buffets in this hotel, but the one on the 8th floor open-air roof is worth mentioning because it's the only place in town that has Boddington's...

Windows Pavilion Café
云天阁

The Narada Grand has really been working to improve things. Windows Pavilion is now a proper hotel buffet with a bar, a long wine list, great divided...

Presidential Lounge & Fine Dining
总统酒廊 扒房
3pm - 1am

Le Paris
巴黎阳光
6pm - 9:30pm
They've got a little of everything at this place. Don't let the name fool you: there's no real French food here, but it's good nonetheless.

Haveli
天度
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 2am
These cozy premises, situated just near the lake in a free-standing building, are decorated with hand carved wood beams and sheer pastel curtains. The menu...

Indian Kitchen
印度小厨
9am - 1am
The menu here is complete with authentic regional food that is Halal for those Muslims out there. The price for a group of four is reasonable (250-300RMB)....

Peppino
巴比诺
5:30pm - 10:30pm
Rare is it that we put any restaurant at the top of any category, but for this one it's unavoidable. Brick oven-baked pizzas put the chain stores to shame....

Pictures Bar
印象吧
11am - 2am
They do a great burger, but bit pricey - 88 kuai!

Pizza Hut, Times Square Branch
必胜客, 时代广场店
10:30am - 10:30pm

Pizza Hut, Dongpo Branch
必胜客,东坡店
10:30am - 10:30pm

Pizza Hut, Qingchun Branch
必胜客, 庆春店
10:30am - 10:30pm

Pizza Hut, Jiefang Branch
必胜客, 解放店
10:30am - 10:30pm

Due Forni
都芳霓
12pm - 11:30pm (Mon. - Thurs.), 12pm - 12:30am (Fri. - Sun.)
Due Forni is located at Xihu Tiandi, taking up residence in what was formally known as Pizza Pazza. Aesthetically the interior has changed little, but why...

Valentino
华伦天奴意式餐厅
5:30pm-10:30pm
Italian restaurants here always seem to be hit or miss. One that has always been consistently good is Valentino’s. Located on the 26th floor of the...

Zun Bao Pizza
尊宝比萨
9:30am - 10pm

Dongying City Japanese Restaurant
东瀛城日本料理
11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm

Fu Gang, Nanshan Branch
福港日本料理
11am - 10pm
Fu Gang has unbeatable specials. Set deals start at an astoundingly low 28RMB and are filling enough for most, save the elephants at the zoo. Single diners...

Imarigawa
伊万里川日本料理
Mon.-Fri. 11am - 2pm, 5pm - 10pm. Sat.-Sun. 11:30am - 10pm
Inside the Grand Metro Park Hotel lies Imarigawa, arguably one of the most traditional Japanese restaurants in Hangzhou. Don’t expect to find any of those...

Jinpin Japanese Restaurant
金品日本料理
11am - 10pm

Kirei Minoru Japanese Restaurant
绮丽日本料理
11am - 2pm, 4:30pm - 9pm

Mu Zhi Lan Japanese Restaurant
木の兰怀石料理
10am - 11pm

Purple Sakura
紫樱花日本料理
11:30am - 1:30pm, 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Every city in the world has a Japanese restaurant named Sakura; and why not? Cherry blossoms are one of nature’s most beautiful creations. Like other...

Shangjin Japanese Restaurant
上井日本料理
10am - 11pm
Over the years lots of all-you-can-devour Japanese restaurants have sprung up around town. Shangjin is the granddaddy of them all, and the grandest as well....

Shen Tian Chuan Japanese Noodle, Dongpo Branch
神田川日式拉面,东坡店
10am - 10:30pm

Shen Tian Chuan Japanese Noodle, Qingchun Branch
神田川日式拉面,庆春店
10am - 10:30pm

Unkai Japanese Restaurant
云海日本料理
11am - 2pm, 5:30pm - 10:30pm
Teppanyaki at Unkai is as much about stage as it is about cuisine. The head chef knows all the tricks of the trade, effortlessly flipping shrimp from...

Warakute Japanese Restaurant
和乐亭日本料理
10am - 11pm
If cozy could be written fifty times in a row without being offensive, that is what this introduction would be. Everything about this place makes you wish...

You Mei Jia, Zhongshan Branch
友美佳日本料理,中山店
10am - 10pm
Many of the all-you-can-eat places are very similar, but we found that the menu here is bigger than most. Well, at least it looked a lot bigger, and that’s...

You Mei Jia, Pinghai Branch
友美佳日本料理,平海店
10am - 10pm
Many of the all-you-can-eat places are very similar, but we found that the menu here is bigger than most. Well, at least it looked a lot bigger, and that’s...

De Shou Gong
德寿宫酒家
11am - 10:30pm
It’s hard to remember a time when this place wasn’t here. This family-run establishment serves up barbeque and hot-plate cooked meats complemented with...

Korean Village
韩国村
10am - 10pm
It began as a small part of the Zhongshan hotel, but when it started to take over the whole restaurant, they moved onto the side. Now it enjoys a location...

Subway, Hangda Branch
赛百味, 杭大店
8am - 11pm
For those who have never had the opportunity to have a Subway sub, you've been missing out. Sure, it's one of those chain restaurants, but few places here...

Music Kitchen
音乐厨房
10:30am - 10pm
While the other places on Lvyang road have kept with the tradition of loud outdated music and cheap beers, Music Kitchen decided to change things up a couple...

Zheng Dian
蒸点
8am - 10:30pm
While not a high-level spot in the downtown area, it will surprise you with the variety of dumplings and other steamed goods they have on offer. Most are...

Lao Matou Hot Pot, Baochu Branch
老码头,保俶店
10:30am - 5am
Well, some of us just can’t live without spicy food, we’ve heard so many times when a green horn first came to China, and couldn’t stand hot pot, then...

Isagaya Japanese Restaurant (a.k.a Abu Café)
日本桥亭
10am - 12am
Our sister publication, Navi, enlightened us to the fact that Abu Café, one of our old favorites, is back up and running at a new location. The new environs...

Butterfly Laguna
湖蝶
11:30am - 11:30pm
This is a buffet that you leave feeling satisfied but not uncomfortably stuffed because they give you a little taste of everything. Some may be annoyed by...

Sawasdee Thai Restaurant
萨瓦迪泰国餐厅
1:30am - 2:30pm, 5:30pm - 10:30pm
We'd like to start by pointing out that Sawasdee won’t break the bank, which is nice considering this place could probably get away with charging...

Café Le Rendezvous
绿荫咖啡厅
6:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm
Café Le Rendezvous is definitely worth a visit. This large dining room has been decked out in maple and teak floors with tons of space between the tables,...

Chenyi Shifu, Baochu Branch
尘依食辅,保俶店
11am - 9:30pm
These places are always full, but the food is worth the wait. What they are really known for are their lamb dishes. Try the roasted lamb leg (羊棒子 yang...

Dongbei Old Family Restaurant, Moganshan Branch
东北老家菜馆
9am - 12am
For great food at a great price, avoid those newly-opened, super fancy restaurants. The trick is knowing which restaurant in Hangzhou started as a single...

Dongyang Restaurant, Changsheng Branch
岽阳餐馆，长生店
10:30am - 10pm
You know it's good when Dongyang folk rave about the food. This chain of restaurants has been in Hangzhou for a while. They are so popular that they are...

Hangzhou Jiangnanyi International Youth Hostel
杭州江南驿国际青年旅社
11am - 8pm
This is such a popular place that reservations are absolutely necessary. What makes it worth the trip out to Manjuelong road is the food. It's not local....

Dongyang Restaurant, Macheng Branch
岽阳餐馆，马塍店
10:30am - 10pm
This restaurant has been on Macheng road forever and has recently gotten a much needed facelift. It has some mighty tasty grub. Linguistically impaired folks...

Yu Xiang Long Chongqing Hot Pot
渝香隆重庆火锅
10am - 5am
There is hot pot, and then there is hot pot, and where best to get a taste of the really good stuff but at a restaurant with the dish’s place of origin (at...

The Residence
凯府

Posh, posh, posh. This is the place that you take your very, very important clients when you want to impress them. Each private room has great, big tables...

Yiting Restaurant
逸蜓餐厅
11:30am - 2pm, 5:30pm - 10pm

Across the Bridge Noodles
阳光小吃王
9:30am – 2am
If you haven’t been to Yunnan to taste their prized noodles, you can try them here. This restaurant gives you a chance to grab a quick, filling bite....

Shangdu Chinese Restaurant
香都酒楼
10am - 10pm
You've got a little surprise here. Not only do they stay open a bit later than usual, but it's very clean, centrally located, and cheap enough to take out...

Baoqing Villa
抱青会馆
11am - 10pm
They have done a very good job of giving this place an authentic feel with lots of leather and wood. We all thought the Lotus Stuffed with Shrimp...

A Liu Tou Private Kitchen
阿六头私房菜
10am - 9pm

Sihai Soy Bean Milk, Wulin Branch
四海豆浆, 武林店
24 hours

Shanhe Teppanyaki, Hubin Branch
山禾铁板烧, 湖滨店
11am - 1:30pm, 5pm - 10pm
Shanhe is located on the basement floor of the Lixing Department Store, which itself is sandwiched between Dongpo Road and West Lake. It offers up a full...

Florence Dining Hall
翡冷翠民庐
11:30am - 2:30pm, 5:30pm - 9:30pm
Just a few minutes walk from the great lake you will find this modern/space age restaurant set amongst the hutong-esque style buildings. The interior is...

Subway, Zhongshan Branch
赛百味, 中山店
10am - 10pm
For those who have never had the opportunity to have a Subway sub, you've been missing out. Sure, it's one of those chain restaurants, but few places here...

Summer Palace
夏宫
11:30am - 2:30pm, 5pm - 10pm
Some local folk proclaim this to be the finest dining you can get in town. There are reasons for this. It’s one of the only places that serves authentic...

Mt. Korean Fried Spicy Chicken Restaurant
山专门韩国烤辣鸡
10am - 10pm
This beauty just outside the back gate of Zhejiang University is a pleasant place to dine from top to bottom. You might want to avoid ordering too much; we...

Fengdu Restaurant
枫都酒家
24 hours
We've got a hidden local favorite in Fengdu. It's cheap, the food is consistent, the menu never bores the regulars, and they've got some dishes that match...

Tian De Fang Wonton
天德坊
24 hours

Friendship Hotel, Hangzhou
杭州友好饭店
6:30am - 9pm
These days there are quite a few quality buffets, and the latest one to join the ranks is on the top floor of the Friendship Hotel on Pinghai Road. One of...

Honglin Teppanyaki
鸿霖铁板烧和汉料理
5pm - 9:30pm
Wang Kui has been running restaurants and bars since the early 90's and has made all of them successful. Honglin is the most recent addition to his fleet of...

Provence French Restaurant
普罗旺斯法国餐厅
11am - 10:30pm
The central concept of Provence is uncomplicated food made with the freshest ingredients. With this in mind, dishes change depending on what is available...

The Ballroom, Hyatt Regency
杭州凯悦酒店宴会厅
9am - 11pm

Blue Mountain
蓝山咖啡
10am - 10pm

Liu Family's Spicy Restaurant, Baijingfang Branch
刘家香辣馆,百井坊巷店
24 Hours

Macau Doulao
澳门豆捞
9am - 1:30am
The word, “unique,” gets thrown around a lot these days, but at Macau Hot Pot, this particular adjective is warranted. On top of the standard hot pot...

Dongyang Famous Dish Restaurant, Huanggushan Branch
东阳名菜馆,黄姑山店

We just love Dongyang food, so here’s another chain were you can chow down on some. The beauty of these places is that you don’t have to decipher the...

Old Man's Oil Fried Shrimp
老头儿油爆虾

30RMB-40RMB/person.

Big Yard Restaurant
大宅院
10:30am - 11pm

Zao Feng Nian Jian
灶丰年间
10:30am - 9pm
We were walking down Ding'an road and noticed an old-looking wooden building with these huge urns of wine sitting out front. We decided to take a gander and...

Zhou's Restaurant
周记靓菜馆
10am - 10pm
Their famous dish is Oil Fried Shrimps in Soy Sauce 油爆虾. Make sure you order this dish. Also their dumplings and snacks are quite famous too.

Gan Guo Ju, Wensan Branch
干锅居, 文三店
11：00 am－10：00 pm
If you don’t mind cooking your own food, this place is great. Each table comes equipped with a hot plate on which to put the wok containing the gan guo...

Qianwang Meilu
钱王美庐101会所
10:30am - 9pm
This place has got a choice piece of real estate by the lake. The seating at the windows is stellar – people wandering slowly by are far enough away not to...

Tian Jie Restaurant
天街花园餐厅
10am - 10pm
There are only a handful of restaurants around the city with fantastic views from up above, but this one has got one. Tian Jie (Sky Road) has got a nice...

Tea & Wine Chapter
茶酒年代
11:30am - 12am
How many times have you walked by this place and wondered what went on in there? From the name you can guess that they’ve got tea and wine. Which is true....

Jamaica Coffee Shop
牙买加咖啡
9:30am - 2am
Yes, this is a coffee shop, but they do pretty good food as well. There is a selection of sandwiches which are done up on fresh bread. They’ve also some...

Nasubi
纳思比日本料理
11am - 1:30pm, 5:30pm - 10:30pm
We’ve heard time and time again from our Japanese friends that this is by far the best spot to get Japanese food. But, such authenticity comes at a price....

Honeymoon Dessert, Yan'an Branch
满记甜品,延安店
10am - 10pm
GDA Plaza has been mixing it up since its changeover from Lane Crawford by including some food amongst the shops. Not only do they have a bakery on the third...

Hai Gang Macau Chaffy Dish Restaurant (New)
海港澳门豆捞(新店)
11am – 9:30pm
This place is too hoity toity to call itself a hot pot restaurant. Instead, they opt for chaffy dish, but it is hot pot – granted it's upscale, but huo guo...

Changood
战锅策
10am - 10am
At Changood there are a few more options of "pot juice" than other restaurants. Then, they've got a well-stalked sauce and spice bar where you can flavor...

3Royalty 3House
3皇3家 茶与锅
10:30am - 9pm
This place provides quite a relaxing hot pot experience. As its mouthful of a name suggests, it brings together all the good parts of a teahouse and a hot...

Café Royale
咖啡厅
11:30am - 2pm, 5:30pm - 10pm
This is one of the best places to get your western food fix when looking for a buffet that will leave you full of good feelings, without emptying out your...

Chuan Wei Guan, West Lake Branch
川味观西湖店
11am - 4:30am
When it comes to hotpot chains, few, “do it up,” the way Chuan Wei Guan so consistently, “does it up.” Their new branch, though a bit swankier than...

Daiji Haonongzhuang
戴记好农庄
9am - 4am

Chuan Wei Guan, Zhongbei Branch
川味观, 中北店

We don't like to get on the chain restaurant bandwagon, but if hot pot is what you want, then this is one of the best. Particularly nice is the really big...