Old Pingyao Restaurant

老平遥饭馆

A small, very highly rated Shanxi restaurant doing home-style cooking at local prices.

About ¥52 per person≈ US$7.75No. 5 on Dianping's Pingyao county local-flavour restaurant list (平遥县当地风味餐厅榜), rated 4.9Pingyao Old Town (平遥古城)

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Inside the restaurant

See the room. Meet the food.

Diners post photographs of the room and the food, taken this month rather than years ago, on Dianping and Amap. We only publish images we hold a licence for, and theirs stay current in a way ours never could.

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Find it on Amap Address, opening hours and directions, in the map app that works inside China.
Ratings on Dianping China's own review site, where the live score and recent photos live. In Chinese.
Its history on Baike Worth a look for the old houses — several of these are over a century old.

Your meal, at a glance

Getting in & ordering

Typical spend: About ¥52 per person · ≈ US$7.75
Neighbourhood: Pingyao Old Town (平遥古城)
Booking: Walk-in; small, so go early
As a foreign diner: Chinese photo menu; little English. Point-and-order works fine.

Dollar figure is approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-08.

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Sources & updates

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Last checked 2026-10-07.

Worth a quick look at Dianping before you cross town — we have not re-confirmed this one is still open and still listed.

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