About TRB Forbidden City
TRB Forbidden City opened in 2014 inside a restored imperial-era courtyard adjacent to the Forbidden City — likely the most photogenic dining room address in mainland China. The dining floor occupies a historic single-story pavilion with hand-painted ceiling beams; the main room runs forty covers and four private rooms accommodate eight to sixteen each.
Chef Yann Klein's menu is modernist French-European with East Asian ingredient touches — a langoustine carpaccio with yuzu kosho oil, a pigeon roasted in hay over pine smoke, an aged-rice dessert that closes the menu with theatrical restraint. The seven-course tasting is the most-ordered format; à la carte is available for guests who want shorter pacing.
The wine cellar is one of the deepest in northern China — six hundred-plus labels, a strong Burgundy and Bordeaux backbone, a meaningful Champagne programme, and a small selection of premium Chinese wines (Ao Yun, Silver Heights). Tea service is its own ritual; the team runs a curated single-source programme.
Bookings four weeks ahead via the TRB website. Private rooms book three months out and require minimum-spend guarantees. Dress is business smart for the main room, jacket-required for the private rooms at dinner. Allow three hours; the courtyard architecture is part of the experience.
Best Occasion Fit
When the visiting client expects 'memorable Beijing' to mean both heritage and refinement, TRB Forbidden City is the answer — an imperial courtyard, a French-trained kitchen, a wine list that signals seriousness, and an address that the photograph will earn the firm relationship dividends.
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