Best Restaurants Open Monday in Beijing 2026

Beijing's tasting rooms keep Monday hours where Western cities go dark. Book Lamdre or King's Joy; the duck houses never close.

Why a Monday list matters in Beijing

The Michelin Guide Beijing 2026 keeps two restaurants at three stars, Xin Rong Ji on Xinyuan South Road and Chao Shang Chao in Chaoyang, with six at two stars and twenty-four at one. Both three-star rooms run phone-only bookings and publish no fixed weekly schedule, so this list leaves them off rather than guess a Monday seat. What it leads with instead are the rooms whose Monday hours are published and confirmed: two two-star kitchens, a one-star European table, and the duck houses that anchor any Beijing visit.

Beijing dines on a seven-day rhythm. Chinese restaurants and hotel dining rooms rarely take a weekly closure at all, and the chef-driven tasting counters that do rest tend to choose Tuesday, the way Lamdre does. That makes Monday one of the most open nights in the city for serious food, the opposite of Paris or New York. The order below leads with the two-star rooms, runs through the one-star and the duck institutions, and lists every Monday window. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule, and every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Beijing dining guide.

The Monday list

Lamdre

Plant-based Himalayan · Sanlitun, Chaoyang · about ¥1,280 tasting

Monday hours: Monday, 11:30am–1:30pm and 6:00pm–10:00pm (closed Tuesdays)

Lamdre is the hardest seat in the city, and one of the few that treats Monday as a full service, since its one dark night is Tuesday. It took two Michelin stars in the 2026 Beijing guide and is the only Beijing restaurant on Asia's 50 Best, ranked seventeenth in 2026. The cooking is plant-based and Himalayan, a tasting drawn from Tibetan and Yunnan ingredients at around ¥1,280 a head, served on Gongti North Road in Sanlitun. The booking window runs eight to twelve weeks, so a Monday here still needs planning.

King's Joy

Vegetarian fine dining · Yonghegong, Dongcheng · about ¥800–1,500

Monday hours: Monday, 11:00am–10:00pm

King's Joy is the two-star vegetarian room beside the Lama Temple on Wudaoying Hutong, and it carries a Michelin Green Star for sustainability alongside its two stars. The kitchen builds a meat-free tasting on mushrooms, stocks and seasonal vegetables that converts sceptics, for roughly ¥800 to ¥1,500. The room is calm, the courtyard setting quiet, and the service unhurried. It keeps a full seven-day week, with Monday running 11am to 10pm, so it is the easiest two-star Monday table to land in Beijing.

TRB Hutong

Modern European · Dongcheng, near the Forbidden City · about ¥800–1,400 set

Monday hours: Monday, 11:30am–2:30pm and 5:30pm–10:00pm

TRB Hutong sets a one-star European tasting inside a 600-year-old temple courtyard at No. 23 Songzhu Temple, a few minutes from the Forbidden City. The set menus run roughly ¥800 to ¥1,400, modern and precise, with a wine list deep enough to justify a long evening. The courtyard, lit at night, is the reason to book it over a hotel room. Monday service runs lunch and dinner, which makes it the Monday choice for a client dinner with a setting no boardroom can match.

1949 - Duck de Chine

Peking duck · Gongti, Chaoyang · about ¥400–700 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 11:00am–2:30pm and 5:00pm–10:00pm

Duck de Chine carves its signature Peking duck tableside in the 1949 courtyard near Workers' Stadium, announced by a small brass bell before each bird. The duck, the house hoisin and the dim sum run around ¥400 to ¥700 a head, in a brick-and-steel room that suits a date or a small group. The Michelin guide lists it, and it keeps a seven-day week, so Monday lunch and dinner are both on, the easy night to take the duck without the weekend queue.

Country Kitchen

Northern Chinese · Rosewood Beijing, CBD · about ¥450–700 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 11:30am–2:30pm and 5:30pm–10:00pm

Country Kitchen runs an open kitchen of northern Chinese cooking at Rosewood Beijing, with a wood-fired Peking duck as the order and hand-pulled noodles beside it. Expect around ¥450 to ¥700 a head in a warm, contemporary room built for a CBD business dinner. The Michelin guide lists it, and as a hotel dining room it keeps a full seven-day week. Monday lunch and dinner both run, which makes it a dependable Monday table when the meeting runs late.

Da Dong Roast Duck

Peking duck · multiple branches · about ¥300–550 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 11:00am–10:00pm

Da Dong is Dong Zhenxiang's lean, crisp-skin take on Peking duck, the version that broke from the fattier classic and built a small empire of branches across the city. The duck, the refined Chinese plates and the theatrical presentation run about ¥300 to ¥550 a head, the most affordable serious duck on this list. The rooms are large and the kitchen runs all day, with Monday open 11am to 10pm. It is the Monday for a duck dinner without a reservation battle.

How to book a Monday table in Beijing

Beijing books through Chinese apps and phone lines more than Western platforms, so a hotel concierge or a WeChat booking is often the fastest route. Lamdre is the exception that needs real planning: its Monday tables sit inside an eight-to-twelve-week window, so reserve as far ahead as you can. King's Joy and TRB Hutong usually hold same-week Monday tables and both suit a quiet dinner, with TRB the stronger room to close a deal in Beijing and King's Joy an easy Beijing solo dinner. The duck houses, Duck de Chine, Country Kitchen and Da Dong, take Monday walk-ins more readily than the weekend, and Country Kitchen handles a Beijing business lunch or a Beijing team dinner well. The two three-star rooms are phone-only; confirm a Monday before counting on one.

Frequently asked questions

Are any Michelin restaurants open on Monday in Beijing?

Several. Lamdre and King's Joy both hold two Michelin stars in the 2026 Beijing guide and keep Monday service, and TRB Hutong runs its one-star European menu at Monday lunch and dinner. The city's two three-star rooms, Xin Rong Ji on Xinyuan South Road and Chao Shang Chao in Chaoyang, take phone-only bookings and do not publish a Monday schedule, so call ahead if those are the target rather than assuming a Monday seat.

Is Lamdre open on Monday?

Yes. Lamdre's single closed night is Tuesday, so Monday runs a full lunch from 11:30 and dinner from 6pm. It took two Michelin stars in the 2026 Beijing guide and is the only Beijing restaurant on Asia's 50 Best, ranked seventeenth in 2026, with a plant-based Himalayan tasting around ¥1,280. The booking window runs eight to twelve weeks, so a Monday table here still needs planning well ahead.

Where can I get Peking duck on a Monday in Beijing?

All three of the city's serious duck rooms on this list carve on Mondays. 1949 - Duck de Chine serves its bell-rung duck near Workers' Stadium, Country Kitchen runs a wood-fired duck at Rosewood Beijing, and Da Dong sends out its lean crisp-skin version from 11am. Each keeps a seven-day week, so Monday is the easy night to land a duck table without the weekend wait.

Do Beijing restaurants close on Mondays?

Most do not. Unlike Paris or New York, where the kitchen's quiet night is Monday, Beijing's Chinese restaurants and hotel dining rooms keep seven-day weeks, and the tasting rooms that do rest tend to pick Tuesday, as Lamdre does. That makes Monday one of the most open nights in the city for fine dining, with only the smallest chef-driven counters likely to be dark.

Where can I take a client to dinner on a Monday in Beijing?

TRB Hutong is the move for a Monday client dinner. Its 600-year-old temple courtyard near the Forbidden City sets a tone no boardroom can, and the European set menu runs Monday lunch and dinner. Country Kitchen at Rosewood suits a CBD business night, and Duck de Chine handles a duck-led table well. All three take Monday bookings, which makes them reliable for closing a deal in Beijing.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.