The masses have spoken and its pretty much unanimous: Temple Restaurant Beijing remains the city’s top restaurant with its 9 wins in the Beijinger’s 11th Annual Reader Restaurant Awards, announced Monday at the Conrad Beijing.

With a chart-topping 9 awards (every one of them a "Best"), TRB seems an unstoppable force in fine fining in our fair city. Despite (or perhaps because of) its obscure location in a long-disused temple, TRB won your hearts in so many ways, including Restaurant of the Year, Best for Impressing Visitors and Personality of the Year. It’s hard not to recognize it as the cream of the crop.

That’s not to say that TRB is the only place in town to dine — au contraire, other spots with mulitple wins in 2014 include Mosto, Capital M and Da Dong on the fine dining end of things, and Home Plate, Annie’s, Moka Bros and Great Leap on the more casual end.

For those of you counting at home, here’s a list of all the multiple-award winners in the 2014 Reader Restaurant Awards, ranked by number of awards won. You really can’t go wrong at any of them — and if you haven’t been to all of them, can you really call yourself a Beijinger?

Temple Restaurant Beijing (9 awards, all Best)
Best Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Fine Dining)
Best Restaurant Personality (Ignace Lecleir)
Best for a Romantic Meal
Best Value for Money (Fine Dining)
Best French (Fine Dining)
Best for Impressing Visitors
Best Wine List
Best Service (Non-Chinese Cuisine)
Best Place for a Celebration (Fine Dining)

Mosto (8 awards, 3 Best)
Best Steak (Fine Dining)
Best Business Lunch
Best Chef (Daniel Urdaneta)
Outstanding Value for Money (Fine Dining)
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Fine Dining)
Outstanding Wine List
Outstanding Place for a Celebration (Fine Dining)
Outstanding Personality (Alex Molina) 

Home Plate Bar-B-Que (7 awards, 4 Best)
Best Value for Money
Best American
Best Wings
Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)
Outstanding Place for a Celebration (Casual Dining)
Outstanding New Restaurant (Sanlitun Location) (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)
Outstanding Personality (Seth Grossman)

Annie’s (6 awards, 2 Best)
Best Delivery
Best Italian (Casual Dining)
Outstanding Value for Money (Casual Dining)
Outstanding Pizza
Outstanding Salads
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)

Capital M (6 awards, 1 Best)
Best Outdoor Dining
Outstanding for a Romantic Meal
Outstanding French (Fine Dining)
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Fine Dining)
Outstanding for Impressing Visitors
Outstanding Service (Non-Chinese Cuisine)
Outstanding    Place for a Celebration (Fine Dining)

Da Dong Roast Duck (5 awards, 3 Best)
Best Restaurant of the Year (Chinese cuisine)
Best Beijing Duck (Fine Dining)
Best Service (Chinese cuisine)
Outstanding Chef (Dong Zhenxiang)   
Outstanding for Impressing Visitors

Moka Bros (5 awards, 3 Best)
Best New Restaurant (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)
Best Chef (Daniel Urdaneta)
Best Café
Outstanding Salads
Outstanding Personality (Alex Molina)

Great Leap Brewpub (5 awards, 1 Best)
Best Place for a Celebration (Casual Dining)
Outstanding Value for Money (Casual Dining)
Outstanding New Restaurant (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)
Outstanding American
Outstanding Wings

Element Fresh (4 awards, 2 Best)
Best Salads
Best Western Breakfast
Outstanding Sandwiches
Outstanding Business Lunch

Brasserie Flo (4 awards)
Outstanding for a Romantic Meal
Outstanding Value for Money (Fine Dining)
Outstanding French (Fine Dining)
Outstanding Service (Non-Chinese Cuisine)

Opera Bombana (3 awards, 2 Best)
Best Italian (Fine Dining)
Best New Restaurant (Non-Chinese, Fine Dining)
Outstanding Chef (Marino D’Antonio)

O’Steak (3 awards, 1 Best)
Best Steak (Casual Dining)
Outstanding New Restaurant (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)
Outstanding French (Casual Dining)

Hatsune (2 awards, 1 Best)
Best Japanese
Outstanding Business Lunch

La Pizza (2 awards, 1 Best)
Best Pizza
Outstanding Italian (Casual Dining)

Modo (2 awards, 1 Best)
Outstanding Personality (Alex Molina)
Best Chef (Daniel Urdaneta)

Blue Frog (2 awards)
Outstanding American
Outstanding Outdoor Dining

Dali Courtyard (2 awards)
Outstanding Yunnan
Outstanding Outdoor Dining

Duck de Chine (2 awards)
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Chinese cuisine)
Outstanding Beijing Duck (Fine Dining)

Gung Ho! Gourmet Pizza Factory (2 awards)
Outstanding Delivery
Outstanding Pizza

Made in China, Grand Hyatt (2 awards)
Outstanding Service (Chinese cuisine)
Outstanding Beijing Duck (Fine Dining)

Mercante (2 awards)
Outstanding Italian (Casual Dining)
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Non-Chinese, Casual Dining)

Pinotage (2 awards)
Outstanding New Restaurant (Sanlitun location) (Non-Chinese, Fine Dining)
Outstanding Wine List

The Rug (2 awards)
Outstanding Café
Outstanding Western Breakfast

Transit (2 awards)
Outstanding Sichuan
Outstanding Restaurant of the Year (Chinese cuisine)

Union Bar and Grille (2 awards)
Outstanding Steak (Casual Dining)
Outstanding Wings

Vineyard Cafe (2 awards)
Outstanding Café
Outstanding Western Breakfast

For the complete list of winners in the Beijinger’s 2014 Reader Restaurant Awards, see this post.

This post first appeared on the Beijinger on March 19, 2014.

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the Beijinger‘s Eleventh Annual Reader Restaurant Awards Ceremony was held yesterday afternoon (March 17), it’s with great pleasure to announce what you voted as the top picks of the past year. We’ve compiled the comprehensive list of Best and Outstanding winners below. Take a look now for the quick overview, but head to the Beijinger blog over the coming weeks for more in-depth coverage and analysis of the awards. But before all of that, on with the results of the 2014 Reader Restaurant Awards …

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR (NON-CHINESE, FINE DINING)
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Mosto
Capital M

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR (NON-CHINESE, CASUAL DINING)
Home Plate Bar-B-Que
Outstanding
Mercante
Annie’s Italian Restaurant

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR (CHINESE CUISINE)
Da Dong Roast Duck
Outstanding
Duck de Chine
Transit

BEST NEW RESTAURANT (NON-CHINESE, FINE DINING)
Opera Bombana
Outstanding
Pinotage (Sanlitun)
Okra

BEST NEW RESTAURANT (NON-CHINESE, CASUAL DINING)
Moka Bros
Outstanding
Home Plate Bar-B-Que (Sanlitun)
O’Steak
Great Leap Brewpub

BEST NEW RESTAURANT (CHINESE CUISINE)
Jing Yaa Tang, The Opposite House
Outstanding
Diaoye Niunan
My Humble House (Parkview Green)
Big Bowl Small Plate

BEST AMERICAN
Home Plate Bar-B-Que
Outstanding
Blue Frog
Great Leap Brewpub

BEST BEIJING DUCK (FINE DINING)
Da Dong Roast Duck
Outstanding
Duck de Chine
Made in China, Grand Hyatt

BEST BEIJING DUCK (CASUAL DINING)
Xiao Wang Fu
Outstanding
Jing Zun
Li Qun

BEST BREAD/BAKED GOODS
Kempi Deli
Outstanding
South German Bakery
Tavalin Bagels

BEST BRUNCH BUFFET
Bubbalicious Sunday Brunch, The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
Outstanding
Feast (Food by EAST), EAST Hotel
The Sunday Zone, Kerry Hotel

BEST BUSINESS LUNCH
Mosto
Outstanding
Element Fresh
Hatsune

BEST CAFÉ
Moka Bros
Outstanding
Vineyard Cafe
The Rug

BEST CHEF
Daniel Urdaneta (Mosto, Modo Urban Deli, Moka Bros)
Outstanding
Dong Zhenxiang (Da Dong Roast Duck)
Marino D’Antonio (Opera Bombana)

BEST DELIVERY
Annie’s Italian Restaurant
Outstanding
Gung Ho! Pizza
Pizza Plus

BEST DIM SUM
Crystal Jade
Outstanding
Lei Garden
Tang Palace

BEST FRENCH (FINE DINING)
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Brasserie Flo
Capital M

BEST FRENCH (CASUAL DINING)
Cafe de la Poste
Outstanding
O’Steak
La Taverne

BEST FOR IMPRESSING VISITORS
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Da Dong Roast Duck
Capital M

BEST ITALIAN (FINE DINING)
Opera Bombana
Outstanding
Tavola
Mio, Four Seasons Beijing

BEST ITALIAN (CASUAL DINING)
Annie’s Italian Restaurant
Outstanding
La Pizza
Mercante

BEST JAPANESE
Hatsune
Outstanding
Yotsuba
Sake Manzo

BEST KOREAN
Iki
Outstanding
Bibigo
Saveurs de Coree

BEST LATE-NIGHT DINING
Jin Din Xuan
Outstanding
Bellagio
The Den

BEST MALAYSIAN/SINGAPOREAN
Nyonya Kitchen
Outstanding
Cafe Sambal
Lau Pa Sak

BEST MEXICAN
Luga’s Villa
Outstanding
Cantina Agave
Q Mex

BEST MIDDLE EASTERN
Rumi
Outstanding
1001 Nights
Biteapitta

BEST OUTDOOR DINING
Capital M
Outstanding
Blue Frog
Dali Courtyard

BEST PERSONALITY
Ignace Lecleir (Temple Restaurant Beijing)
Outstanding
Seth Grossman (Home Plate Bar-B-Que)
Alex Molina (Mosto, Modo Urban Deli, Moka Bros)

BEST PIZZA
La Pizza
Outstanding
Annie’s Italian Restaurant
Gung Ho! Pizza
The Tree

BEST PLACE FOR A CELEBRATION (FINE DINING)
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Mosto
Capital M

BEST PLACE FOR A CELEBRATION (CASUAL DINING)
Great Leap Brewpub
Outstanding
The Big Smoke Bistro
Home Plate Bar-B-Que

BEST FOR A ROMANTIC MEAL
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Capital M
Brasserie Flo

BEST SALADS
Element Fresh
Outstanding
Annie’s Italian Restaurant
Moka Bros

BEST SANDWICHES
Wagas
Outstanding
Element Fresh
Bocata

BEST SERVICE (NON-CHINESE CUISINE)
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Capital M
Brasserie Flo

BEST SERVICE (CHINESE CUISINE)
Da Dong Roast Duck
Outstanding
Din Tai Fung
Made in China, Grand Hyatt

BEST SICHUAN
Chuan Ban
Outstanding
Transit
Zhang Mama

BEST SOUTH ASIAN
Ganges
Taj Pavilion
Outstanding
Indian Kitchen

BEST SPANISH/TAPAS
Migas
Outstanding
Agua
Carmen

BEST STEAK (FINE DINING)
Mosto
Outstanding
Morton’s The Steakhouse
The Cut, Fairmont Beijing

BEST STEAK (CASUAL DINING)
O’Steak
Outstanding
Flamme
Union Bar and Grille

BEST THAI
Purple Haze
Outstanding
Lime Café
Serve the People

BEST VALUE FOR MONEY (FINE DINING)
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Mosto
Brasserie Flo

BEST VALUE FOR MONEY (CASUAL DINING)
Home Plate Bar-B-Que
Outstanding
Annie’s Italian Restaurant
Great Leap Brewpub

BEST VEGETARIAN
Pure Lotus
Outstanding
Veggie Table
Lily’s Vegetarian Restaurant

BEST VIETNAMESE
Susu
Outstanding
Pho La La
Va Va Voom

BEST WESTERN BREAKFAST
Element Fresh
Outstanding
The Rug
Vineyard Cafe

BEST WINGS
Home Plate Bar-B-Que
Outstanding
Union Bar and Grille
Great Leap Brewpub

BEST WINE LIST
Temple Restaurant Beijing
Outstanding
Pinotage
Mosto

BEST YUNNAN
Middle 8th
Outstanding
Dali Courtyard
Lost Heaven

Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to everyone who took the time to vote.

This post first appeared on the Beijinger on March 17, 2014 and has been slightly modified.

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It’s that time of year once again — time for you to dish it out on the capital’s cuisine in our annual Reader Restaurant Awards. This is your opportunity to dust the cobwebs off your taste buds and tell us what you really think about the city’s dining scene.

It’s a simple enough process. You, dear readers, tell us what you think the best restaurants in the city are and we count up the votes. The restaurant with the most votes from those cast in each category is then declared the winner. That’s how we’ve done it for the last 11 years and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

To go straight to the ballot and cast your vote, click here.
To find out more about last year’s Reader Restaurant Awards, click here.

To learn more about this year’s awards, read on.

This year we’re also sticking with last year’s successful addition of “fine” and “casual” options in certain categories to best reflect the diversity that we’re now lucky enough to enjoy.

You may notice that we’ve streamlined the number of categories that you can vote on this time around but as ever, in a city that changes as fast as our smoggy metropolis, there are a few new additions to the ballot this year: 
 


Best Bread/Baked Goods

Best Malaysian/Singaporean

Best Delivery

Over 200 dining spots around town were named to the ballot by our specially convened panel of over 100 Beijing foodies.

Longtime Western favroites such as Mosto, Temple Restaurant Beijing and Capital M are back with multiple nominations, alongside popular Chinese eateries Da Dong, Haidilao and Dali Courtyard.

Nominated for the first time this year include newbies such as Opera Bombana, Moka Bros, Great Leap Brewing, O’Steak, Jing Yaa Tang and Brian McKenna @ The Courtyard.

So there you go, Beijingers. Get your mouse hand ready so you can get your vote counted and make sure that your favorite establishment gets the recognition it deserves. And if you haven’t tried some of these nominated restaurants, let the ballot serve as your "where to go" list for late winter/early spring dining in the ‘Jing.

If being cool for voting is not incentive enough, then you also stand a chance to win some terrific prizes. Get voting!

Ready to vote? Click here to go to the ballot.

This post first appeared on thebeijinger on February 12, 2014.

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