Lonely Planet Beijing (City Travel Guide)
by Damian Harper, David Eimer
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Author: Damian Harper, David EimerBrand: LONELY PLANET
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-02-01
ISBN: 174104877X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Book Reviews of Lonely Planet Beijing (City Travel Guide)
Book Review: Standard sightseeing and hotel B+, Restaurants and bars F
Summary: 2 Stars
The standard tourist destinations are well described. The hutong hotel I stayed in was good and I found it through this guide. There isn't much off the beaten track advice.
What is really bad in this book is the restaurant and bar advice. It is a typical white man's view of eating in restaurants. Several Western restaurants listed. That could be forgiven because some people don't like Chinese food. But the Choice of Chinese restaurants is just awful. None of the great places with regional food found in modern shopping centres are described. This is how many locals eat. Also missing are the great restarants in the office buildings for the different regions of China. They often have a great regional cuisine restaurant closeby, e.g. Sichuan. Instead we get Chinese restaurants that try to replicate the cosiness of a quaint small European restaurant or some big Chinese places were business people go and order dishes with expensive ingredients. These places do not provide much value add for most tourists.
The choice of bars is really odd. Several of them seems to have western owners and I'm sure they're in the book because of friendships with the owners. I visited a couple of places on a Wednesday and they were empty. So much for hipness! The description of other places like Susie Wong's as a hangout for prostitures is slighty ridiculous. When I went there they were giving out free salsa lessions.
Sadly I don't think there is a better book. My advice is to go to the websites .
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