Beijing Royal Cuisine Museum Experience | Qing Dynasty Court Feast Performance + Optional Costume Experience + Visit to the Royal Cuisine Museum

We absolutely loved our experience at the Beijing Royal Cuisine Museum / Imperial Feast (Yu Xiandu). Highlights: • The performance and theatrical segments were exceptional. There were many different moments of dance, storytelling, and drama, with a large cast of performers. Their costumes were beautifully varied and richly detailed. • With first-row tickets, the experience was even more immersive. The performers served guests directly and individually, and the view was unbeatable. • Service was impeccable throughout. The staff were attentive, graceful. • For just 100 yuan, guests can borrow a costume to dress up. This added immersion and many memorable photo opportunities. • The food was intriguing. Some dishes were outside what we’re used to in Europe, but that’s part of the charm. Tips for future visitors: • The show and dinner happen together, so you might find yourself multitasking between eating, watching, and snapping photos - a fun little challenge!

Absolutely mesmerizing. So much to see, and food is good! They do serve a bit quickly so may have to eat a bit faster cos there’s constantly smth to watch! The whole experience takes 1.5hrs. There’s also a museum to visit and take photos at before the meal so do arrive early to enjoy it.

The cuisines are awesome and the restaurant explained each imperial dish’s history to us both on their menu and on screen. The performances are also great and really made us feel that we had travelled back to the imperial years attending imperial feasts.

We do enjoy the imperial feast lunch with my friends. Its lovely and flamboyant. The servers and manager are also accommodating. The play and presentation was definitely a must to see. My friend also one of the lucky winner for their raffle game. Perhaps next time will try to have a full costume and make-up.

I think it was definitely value for money and worth every penny! The variety of costumes and accessories was fantastic, and the makeup service was high quality—they were incredibly fast and efficient! Each of us took less than 30 minutes from costume fitting to makeup and hairdo. The ladies at work were absolutely helpful and so rofessional!

We celebrated my wife’s birthday here. it will definitely be hard to top next year. My wife did the makeup, hair, and clothing. i also did the clothing. it was amazing! very hard to explain unless you are there. i will definitely, definitely, definitely recommend going here. The food was delicious, and the staff super friendly. they where patient since we fo not know any Chinese, English is our first language. They really took care of us and helped us the entire way. oh, and we did a photo shoot 😊. definitely a 10 out of 10 experience.

When I first entered, I thought, "Wow, this is so over the top, haha!" It's a feast for all the senses, including sight. There are eight courses in total, so you'll definitely be full. The tableware is all beautiful! The performances have both Chinese and English explanations, so I saw quite a few foreigners in the audience. Plus, every performance was very well-prepared; the costumes and dances perfectly matched the theme, and even from the fourth row, I could see everything quite clearly. After dinner, there's a lucky draw, and the prize is free admission tickets to Yuxiandu. Actually, there are also photo spots upstairs and a museum section, which are worth checking out after your meal. Overall, it was a fantastic experience!

We had a very memorable, delicious and filling royal cuisine meal. The service staff was kind, friendly, and attentive. Love the storytelling and performances that accompany the cuisine because they helped us better understand the different periods of China’s history and its influence on their food. We arrived about 1.5 hours before the show, so we were also able to rent traditional costumes and the staff also did up our hair, so that we could attend the dinner in costumes.

Amazing experience! Highly recommended. The place is beautiful, the staff is friendly and helpful and the performances are very entertaining. I joined the Imperial Lunch, it starts 12:00 sharp so, be there at 11:00 to get your paper ticket with your seat assignment, explore the museum and be taken to your seat. Once you arrive at the venue, you are greeted by the staff, it is so sweet, then you go to the ticket office, grab your ticket, now you are free to explore (2nd and 4th floor are really nice), then, you go to the main hall and the staff will take you to your seat. By the way, front row seats are really worth it! As a foreigner, I thought I would miss out on the speaking content but they have subtitles, which made a lot of difference. Food was delicious and the performances were very beautiful. It was over around 13:30.

We had a wonderful experience at YuXianDu Beijing. We opted for the costume/makeup with photos and the lunch banquet. It was definitely worth the effort and time. Everyone was very friendly and went out of their way to give us the best experience. The show was colourful and spectacular and the food was surprisingly good!