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Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Beijing 2026

Photo: Google Places. Hero: the courtyard dining room at King’s Joy, Wudaoying Hutong Beijing.

Unlike Paris or Bordeaux, Beijing barely closes on a Sunday. The Michelin Guide arrived here in 2019, and almost every starred room it lists trades seven days a week, because Sunday is the busiest family table of the week rather than a rest day. So the Beijing problem is the opposite of the European one: the rooms are open, but they are full. This list is about which upscale tables are worth a Sunday and how to get into them, from a two-star vegetarian courtyard to the city’s defining roast-duck houses. Six of them confirm Sunday hours below, ranked by what each is for, in renminbi where it helps.

Why a Sunday list matters in Beijing

Beijing earned its first Michelin Guide in 2019, and the city’s starred rooms keep a habit foreign to Europe: they open on Sunday. King’s Joy holds two stars and trades every day; TRB Hutong and Jing Yaa Tang each hold one and serve a Sunday brunch and dinner; the roast-duck institutions never close at all. The reason is cultural. Sunday is the day Beijing families book the big round table, so the kitchens that close in Paris are at their fullest here. A visitor who assumes the best room in town is shut on a Sunday has the calendar exactly backwards.

That makes the reservation, not the closure, the thing to plan around. The order below leads with the two Michelin courtyards you should book a week out, runs through the roast-duck houses that define the city, and closes with the seafood room that fills with Sunday lunch parties. A note on timing: Sunday lunch is the prime family slot, busier than dinner, so a 1pm table needs more notice than an 8pm one. Hours are checked against each restaurant’s published schedule. For the wider week, start with the Beijing dining guide.

The Sunday list

1

King’s Joy

Vegetarian · Wudaoying Hutong, Beijing · two Michelin stars

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:30–14:00 and 17:00–21:30

King’s Joy is the two-Michelin-star vegetarian courtyard at 2 Wudaoying Hutong, directly opposite the Lama Temple, and the most refined Sunday table in the city. The kitchen builds long lacto-ovo menus from matsutake, bamboo and aged soy, all of which can be made fully vegan, with a meal running into the high hundreds of renminbi a head. It opens for Sunday lunch and dinner both, every day of the week. Book a week ahead for a seat in the lantern-lit courtyard, and take the full tasting menu rather than the carte to see what two stars without meat can do.

2

TRB Hutong

European fine dining · Forbidden City, Beijing · one Michelin star

Sunday hours: Sunday brunch 11:30–15:00, dinner 17:30–22:00

TRB Hutong sets a one-star European kitchen inside the 600-year-old Songzhu Temple, a short walk from the Forbidden City, with a courtyard that is one of the prettiest dining rooms in Beijing. The set menus run modern European with Chinese touches, and Sunday brings both a long brunch and a full dinner service. Expect a serious bill for the tasting menu. Book the courtyard in warm weather and the temple hall in winter; either way it is the city’s strongest Sunday table for a Western tasting menu.

3

Da Dong

Roast duck · Nanxincang, Beijing · ¥300–600 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–22:00

Da Dong is the roast-duck house that rewrote the dish for the modern city, its lean, crisp-skinned bird the benchmark every rival is measured against. The flagship at Nanxincang International Plaza is a vast, glossy room, and the menu runs well past duck into refined Shandong cooking. A full meal lands around three hundred to six hundred renminbi a head. It opens every day, eleven to ten, so Sunday is no obstacle. Order the duck, the sea cucumber and a few of the artfully plated vegetable dishes, and book ahead for a weekend lunch table.

4

Duck de Chine

Roast duck · Jinbao Street, Beijing · ¥400–700 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–14:30 and 17:00–22:30

Duck de Chine roasts its birds over jujube wood in a converted courtyard at 1949 The Hidden City off Jinbao Street, and the gong that sounds before each duck is carved is a piece of Beijing theatre. The cooking is Franco-Chinese, the duck the headline, the Bollinger bar next door a draw of its own. A meal runs about four hundred to seven hundred renminbi a head. It opens daily for lunch and dinner. Book the main courtyard room, order the signature duck, and arrive in time to hear the gong.

5

Jing Yaa Tang

Cantonese · Sanlitun, Beijing · one Michelin star

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–14:30 and 18:00–22:30

Jing Yaa Tang sits in the basement of The Opposite House in Sanlitun, a one-star room designed by Chen Hao around reclaimed temple doors and a glassed-in duck oven. The kitchen ranges across China, but the wood-fired Peking duck and the dim sum are the order, with a polished à la carte rather than a tasting menu. Sunday runs a long lunch and a full dinner. It is the design-hotel Sunday, smart and central, and an easy pairing with a Sanlitun afternoon; book the duck ahead, as the daily roast sells out.

6

Xin Rong Ji

Taizhou seafood · Beijing · Michelin-starred

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–21:30

Xin Rong Ji brought the seafood cooking of Taizhou to Beijing and earned Michelin stars across its branches, the yellow croaker and the braised abalone among the dishes that made its name. The rooms are plush and corporate, built for the long Sunday lunch party, and a meal can run high once the seafood is on the table. It opens daily, lunch and dinner. Go for a group, order the signature braised yellow croaker in noodle soup, and let the staff steer you through the day’s catch.

How to book a Sunday table in Beijing

Because Beijing’s best rooms open on Sunday, the table, not the closure, is the thing to plan. King’s Joy and TRB Hutong both take reservations and both reward a week’s notice for a Sunday seat in the courtyard, the slot worth the planning. Da Dong, Duck de Chine and Jing Yaa Tang all sell their daily roast ducks down to nothing on a busy Sunday, so book the duck when you book the table. Xin Rong Ji fills with Sunday lunch parties, so reserve a private or semi-private room for a group. Sunday lunch runs busier than dinner across the city, so an early evening table is the easier grab. For a solo Sunday, the counter and bar seats at Duck de Chine and Jing Yaa Tang are the friendliest perches and a fine solo-dining move. Hosting clients over a weekend? The temple courtyard at TRB Hutong is built for it; see more options for impressing a client in Beijing.

Frequently asked questions

Are Michelin restaurants open on Sunday in Beijing?

Yes, most are. Unlike European cities, Beijing’s Michelin-starred rooms largely trade seven days a week, because Sunday is the busiest family-dining day rather than a rest day. King’s Joy holds two stars and opens Sunday, while TRB Hutong and Jing Yaa Tang each hold one and serve both Sunday brunch and dinner. The harder part is the reservation, not the opening hours, so book a week ahead for the prime courtyard tables.

Is King’s Joy open on Sunday in Beijing?

Yes. King’s Joy, the two-Michelin-star vegetarian restaurant at 2 Wudaoying Hutong opposite the Lama Temple, opens for both Sunday lunch and dinner and trades every day of the week. Its long lacto-ovo menus can all be made vegan, and a meal runs into the high hundreds of renminbi a head. Book about a week ahead for a seat in the courtyard, and take the full tasting menu.

Where can I get the best Peking duck on a Sunday in Beijing?

All three of the city’s defining duck houses open on Sunday. Da Dong at Nanxincang serves its lean, modern bird from 11am to 10pm, Duck de Chine roasts over jujube wood off Jinbao Street, and the one-star Jing Yaa Tang fires its duck in a glassed-in oven at The Opposite House. Each sells a limited number of ducks a day, so order the duck when you reserve the table.

Do I need a reservation for Sunday lunch in Beijing?

For the better rooms, strongly yes. Sunday lunch is the prime family slot in Beijing and the round tables fill fast, especially at Xin Rong Ji and the duck houses. King’s Joy and TRB Hutong book up about a week out for weekend seats. A solo diner or a couple can often find a counter or bar seat at Duck de Chine or Jing Yaa Tang without much notice, but a group should reserve well ahead.

What is the dress code at Beijing’s upscale restaurants on Sunday?

Smart casual covers almost everything on this list, even on a busy Sunday. The Michelin courtyards at King’s Joy and TRB Hutong and the design-hotel room at Jing Yaa Tang lean a little smarter, so a collared shirt or equivalent is sensible, but jackets are not required. The roast-duck houses are relaxed. Comfortable shoes help, as the hutong courtyards involve a short walk from the gate.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Beijing dining guide, or by occasion: impress a client in Beijing, a Beijing team dinner, and solo dining at the counter. By cuisine, see the best Chinese restaurants worldwide, the best dim sum worldwide and the best vegan restaurants worldwide. Travelling on through China? Compare with the Shanghai dining guide, the Chengdu dining guide and the Hong Kong dining guide. For the global view on closing nights, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of May 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.