Beijing, China — Modern European
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TRB Forbidden City

Beijing's most photographed dining room — modern European inside a Forbidden City courtyard.
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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.

9.4Food
9.7Ambience
7.5Value

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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