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Top 50 Local Restaurants in Ningbo [2025]
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Ninghai Restaurant
4.8
/5
181 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 40.00
Tianyi Square/Town God's Temple/Drum-Tower | 1.6 km from downtown
Address: 望京路96号
No.1 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Ningbo
Highlights:
Ningbo-style Roasted Vegetables (1,370 people recommended) | Over 30 years of history
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Ninghai Restaurant, queued for an hour, but it was worth the trip, the Ningbo flavor is authentic, the small seafood is great! The mantis shrimp is so big, let's go and eat our fill Ningbo City Walk [Eat Melon]
The mantis shrimp is a must-have seafood, it's very delicious.
[Service bell] Service:
Every waiter in the restaurant is so warm and thoughtful. When ordering, they will introduce the dishes and remind us of the quantity. Seeing that there are not many of us, they gave us a small portion. When serving each dish, they even reminded us to add ice cubes to the pear juice, because pear juice does not add a drop of water, adding ice cubes may affect the taste. Before leaving, they chased us out and gave us a big bag of fruit for us to eat on the road.
There is no need to talk about the dishes! We ordered all the must-order dishes recommended by netizens. The ingredients are really fresh, and I am very satisfied with the small seafood. Pomfret rice cake, blood clams, drunken conch, Zhoushan shrimp, honey 18 cuts, every one of them is a thunder. The vegetables are also very fresh. I ordered bean sprouts and dessert red bean coconut cake. The rich coconut fragrance is matched with honey red beans, which is delicious. A portion of Ningbo fried glutinous rice balls was given. Ningbo's glutinous rice products are delicious. Whether it is glutinous rice balls or rice cakes, they are sticky. I just like this bite
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ZhUANGYUANLOU RESTAURANT
4.6
/5
548 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From AU$ 28.00
Tianyi Square/Town God's Temple/Drum-Tower | 574m from downtown
Address: He Yi Lu 88 Hao, Ningbo China
Highlights:
Zhuangyuan Cake (1,031 people recommended) | A century-old store
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The taste is not very good. The service is very good, the food is exquisite, and the price is high. The pastries are a few yuan each. The price is very small, you will be fooled if you don't look carefully, 48 each, you don't pay attention and think it is 48 per serving🤣 The fruit sent is actually a piece of sugar cane🤭 Two people ate 268, basically the price is not dared to order
When visiting Ningbo, you can go to Zhuangyuanlou Hotel to taste the local Ningbo cuisine. The dishes are very good and the restaurant is decorated in a very unique way, especially the hanging list of top scorers as soon as you enter the restaurant, which records the names of top scorers from past dynasties.
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卿家姆小馆·生腌熟醉·宁波小鲜(旗舰店)
4.3
/5
35 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From AU$ 28.00
Tianyi Square/Town God's Temple/Drum-Tower | 1.1 km from downtown
Address: 盛园巷60号（卿家姆小馆·创始店）
No.13 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Ningbo
Highlights:
A retro seafood restaurant with extraordinary and exquisite ingredients
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This is the first time in my life that I have eaten a table of almost all raw meat dishes. When my friends ordered the dishes and presented them one by one, I kept asking myself silently, can you do this? Is your stomach really okay?
In recent years in the fan circle, when someone mentions Ningbo cuisine to you, the first thing that comes to mind must be the "Ning-style 18-cut" crab. This red crab with roe in every cut and smooth pieces has now become the eye-catching top of contemporary Ningbo cuisine. We have mentioned too much about steaming and roasting Ningbo cuisine before. Embracing the rich marine resources, we use the cooking techniques that our Chinese cuisine is good at. One after another fresh and mellow dishes continue to embellish our table!
The name of this restaurant today has a main title "Raw, Pickled, Cooked and Drunk"! Let me tell you straight away that this is another major school in Ningbo. How to describe this school? We have to talk about Ningbo's long coastline first. The abundance of marine resources has created the food culture of eastern Zhejiang, which relies on the sea to eat the sea. Fishing boats returning to the port bring back rich gifts from the sea. Fresh food will be the first to appear on our table, so there will be many pickled delicacies. Just like the raw drunk crab, raw pickled blood clams, raw drunk mud snails, and raw pickled mantis shrimp on our table today. They are all tender and sweet. They are delicious, but people with weak stomachs and spleens should be careful to eat less! Another delicious cooked and drunk dish may become your favorite. After returning from the sea, eat half of the rich seafood and save half. Another delicious dish for wine is born, cooked and drunk pickled. Such as cooked and drunk swamp shrimp, cooked and drunk hairy crab, cooked and drunk snail meat, cooked and drunk crayfish, each of which is fat and has a long wine aroma. Good news for people with weak stomachs and spleens.
This is the first time in my life that I have eaten a full raw and cold meal! In our Loess Plateau table culture, this is a table without any dishes related to stir-frying. The atmosphere of a meal is close to freezing point. My friend noticed that in order to enhance the atmosphere, he urgently added a few expressions of fireworks! This eased my embarrassment at the time. The stinky tofu, pig intestines, and braised pork were also amazing, and the atmosphere turned around and gradually rose. This is my favorite and my taste. It is my cinnabar mole and my regret.
I have to admire the cooking methods of raw, pickled, cooked and drunken, which are indeed a very important part of the traditional food culture in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Nowadays, it is also constantly iterating and developing, developing more safe ingredients for table selection, and bringing diners a richer dining experience.
Shrimp, crab and sea monsters are not surprising
Ningbo flavor, new taste of raw food
Raw, pickled, cooked and drunken, eat as much as you want without getting drunk
Matching with wine, I am not worthy
Qingjiamu Restaurant (Tianjingxiang Branch) is a famous local restaurant in Ningbo. Although it is located next to a small street, the taste is really extraordinary, especially for someone like me who loves to eat raw food.
The store specializes in local raw, pickled, cooked and drunken dishes. Each dish is very distinctive, fully reflecting the "fresh" characteristics of Ningbo cuisine. Even the taste of cherry tomatoes is amazing!
The store has two floors. Because of the epidemic, there are not many customers, so only the seats on the first floor are open. The service staff are thoughtful and enthusiastic, and the response is quick. The needs of the guests can be met in the first time.
I will come to this store next time I come to Ningbo!
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香鲜阁·弄堂里的海鲜排档
4.3
/5
43 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 21.00
Ningbo Railway Station/South Bus Station | 1.8 km from downtown
Address: 254 Mayuan Road
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Highlights:
Classic restaurant in the alley with a menu sample display
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The scallion oil razor clams and baby cabbage in soup were very good. The steamed hairtail fish was not as good as expected, but it was very fresh and tender. As a northerner, it was the first time I could eat such fresh hairtail fish. The environment is average, it's just a small street shop, the price/performance ratio is OK. It's definitely not comparable to a big restaurant.
This small restaurant in the small street north of Mayuan Building has been open for a long time. For me who hangs out in the Ximenkou area, it is definitely not unfamiliar. But in the past, my colleagues in our unit often went to the Comrades Restaurant opposite it for dinner. Later, we rotated between Aying Restaurant, Xujun Pai Stall, Sister Restaurant, Renhe Restaurant and this restaurant. The common feature of these restaurants is that they are down-to-earth.
As time goes by, my impression of this restaurant is also increasing day by day. The boss is enthusiastic and the dishes are cost-effective. Although the environment is as simple and noisy as before, we ordinary people like this atmosphere.
The restaurant has two floors, and the dining seats are a bit crowded. There are two private rooms on the second floor, one large and one small. The ordering is the open stall that Ningbo people like. You can just point your finger at what you like. The kitchen is fast in serving dishes and the waiters are also quick.
Of course, it is unrealistic for a small restaurant to order high-end dishes and drinks. Budweiser beer and Warren Buffet red wine are the top choices here. Therefore, last night, we brought a few bottles of dry red and dry white wine to the dinner. Beer and Budweiser are also acceptable. For 6 people, I booked a small private room a few days in advance. The bill for 16 hot and cold dishes, plus a box and a half of beer, was only 930 yuan. We had a great time and returned home with great satisfaction.
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Guo Ju Seafood
4.1
/5
40 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 22.00
Ningbo Railway Station/South Bus Station | 1.7 km from downtown
Address: 柳庄巷51号城市广场A座1楼
Highlights:
Simple and elegant decor with fresh and tender seafood
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To eat seafood in Ningbo, you must rely on recommendations from locals to find the most suitable restaurant. It is really unexpected that there is an affordable seafood restaurant here. Good Brothers has achieved affordable seafood by relying on a large number of returning local customers.
The seafood is fresh and reasonably priced, and it feels like home cooking.
Garlic Vermicelli Seafood Platter
There are many types of seafood, including scallops, clams, mussels, small blue dragons, and abalone. The flavor is not overpowering, the meat is very full, super fresh, and very chewy. The disadvantage is that it is a bit large, suitable for many people.
Pan-fried fish
Different types of fish + river shrimp, the fish is fried with a crispy and golden skin, the taste is great, and the meat is floating inside, and you need to dip it in sauce.
Pickled Jiangbai shrimp, porcelain oven beef ribs, and pepper shrimp, I love it so much, the taste can't be made at home, and the whole table has been praising it.
Multi-grain cake
People who like to eat staple food should try it, it is lightly sweet, the skin is a little crispy, and the inside is very soft.
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SEAFOOD SPECIAL KITCHEN
5.0
/5
6 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 48.00
East New City/International Convention Center | 6 km from downtown
Address: 2F, Building 2, Poly Youyuehui, Lane 365, Shubo Road
Highlights:
Ingenious, elegant, and simple design, authentic Zhoushan seafood cuisine
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The small fishery private chef suddenly became famous in Ningbo, and its reputation spread throughout the Yangtze River Delta. If you are visiting Ningbo on the weekend, you must check in solemnly to show your respect. The dishes are indeed extremely fresh. There are top restaurants in popular cities along the East China Sea, claiming that the seafood is caught on the same day, ensuring freshness and locking in quality. A table full of fresh and high-quality seafood, coupled with Ningbo’s traditional and excellent cooking skills, the product is truly extraordinary. Traditional Ningbo handmade black foreign crispy glutinous rice balls are delicate, soft and glutinous, and extremely delicious. Although the fresh scallion oil snails have shrunk in size after processing, their umami flavor is not weak at all and is outstanding.
The environment is quiet, the quality of the spring water beef is very good, the taste is slightly spicy and very appetizing
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TOP POT TALE
4.5
/5
100 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 19.00
Tianyi Square/Town God's Temple/Drum-Tower | 240m from downtown
Address: 开明街星巴克后门
Highlights:
Stylish decor with creative flair, specializing in meat hotpots
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Ala Mingzao Yuehu Branch
4.5
/5
84 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From AU$ 22.00
Tianyi Square/Town God's Temple/Drum-Tower | 1 km from downtown
Address: 镇明路近水楼台底商324、326、328号（近月湖盛园停车场）
No.4 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Ningbo
Highlights:
Experience classic Jiangnan charm and authentic Ningbo cuisine
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The Ala Ming Zao restaurant is not big, the tables and chairs are a bit crowded, and the decoration is a bit old, but there is a sense of fireworks. It can be seen that it should be a restaurant frequented by residents in the surrounding area.
I ordered several dishes that are at the top of the store's sales list. Dongpo pork, with a fragrant sauce and soft glutinous, fat but not greasy, melts in the mouth; the sauced blue crab, pickled raw, has a thick sauce and fresh taste, and the crab is sweet and fat, very delicious; bean curd wrapped yellow croaker, I thought it was a wet dish, but when it came up, I found out that it was bean curd wrapped with boneless yellow croaker meat and fried, which was crispy and fragrant, and should be a good dish to go with wine.
These dishes are very consistent with the description of Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine in literary works, and it can also be said that they meet the imagination of the taste of Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. Ningbo cuisine should taste like this.
[Taste]: I will comment after I have eaten it. I highly recommend it. Friends from all over the world can get used to its taste.
[Environment]: The environment is also very good, with an antique style.
[Service]: The service is impeccable. It is very good.
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A MAO RESTAURANT
4.6
/5
644 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From AU$ 19.00
East New City/International Convention Center | 6.1 km from downtown
Address: Building 4, Culture Square, No. 1999 Zhongshan East Road
No.6 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Ningbo
Highlights:
Highly-rated restaurant serving authentic Ningbo cuisine
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I have been eyeing this restaurant for a long time.
I heard that it is a small restaurant that makes people feel happy like going home for dinner.
The facade is low-key. It really looks like a hidden alley shop or treasure canteen.
However, probably because of the off-season fishing moratorium, I felt bad when I walked in. The store was deserted and the aunt was indifferent. She didn't want to introduce the dishes when I ordered them.
Roasted vegetables are not in season. I ordered kaodaidou.
Eel shreds with fried bean paste, passed.
The addition of leeks, bean sprouts, and bean paste made this heavy and greasy dish refreshing instantly. The hot oil stimulated the aroma of white pepper and it was very good with rice.
Sweet and sour spare ribs, the sauce was thin and the vinegar taste was too weak. It became a layer of "soup with oil floating" at the bottom of the plate. I guess it was a mistake that day.
Taro spare ribs, Fenghua taro and spare ribs were stewed together until they were sticky and sticky. The meat aroma was completely infiltrated into the taro paste. Occasionally, I bit into the crispy and fragrant lard residue. (Affordable Yongfu oil residue taro soup!
And Ningbo cuisine really loves white pepper and thickening
White crab fried rice cake, Ningbo rice cake are all fried well. They can always control the best taste. Soft, smooth, elastic, not sticky or burnt
Although I know that crabs at this price must be frozen, but the crab meat has become slightly sour. In the end, I can only abandon the crab and eat the rice cake
The local friends who crazily recommended this store also think that the quality is not as good as before. You can see the obvious difference by comparing the photos. It’s a pity... I really don’t want the old store to end in legend
The small building in the Cultural Square is his, with a total of 4 floors, which is quite domineering.
When we arrived, there were already quite a few customers eating, which is rare in such a deserted place as the Cultural Square.
The first floor is for ordering dishes, a bit like an old grandmother. The second floor has scattered seats and private rooms. The third and fourth floors are private rooms. The private rooms here are named after dynasties. Our private rooms are named after the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
The decoration also took some thought. The cement wall was made into some patterns when the wall was built. The walls and ceilings were decorated with various decorations in different styles. It's dazzling. The dining table and chairs are highly saturated red, bright and colorful, and are matched with small fresh Japanese-style tableware.
There are many varieties of dishes, and the prices are very affordable. It's no wonder that there are so many customers following the route of the grandmother's house.
The appetizer kelp is a little sour, the kelp is good, and the price of 3 yuan a plate, the boss will lose money
The secret crab is an authentic Ningbo dish. I haven't eaten it for a long time. It tastes very familiar.
Ningbo roasted food, roasted well, is also a representative of Ningbo cuisine
Big roasted squid, the squid is very tender and tastes good
Smoked fish, the fish meat is good, but too sweet
Pickled radish, very crispy, tastes good, but also too sweet
Celery seafood soup, a lighter soup
Stir-fried okra, the okra looks a bit old, but tastes okay, a healthy dish
Russin crab, made with white crab, potatoes, and tomatoes, the potatoes are too hard and not cooked soft, the taste is average
White crab steamed fish eggs, this dish must be served with rice, the rice hammer is salty and fresh, Of course it is very salty if eaten alone
Dry pot roasted assorted seafood, I have eaten something similar before at the old grandmother fishing village, but the method is a little different, clams, round clams, razor clams, small crabs, and mantis shrimps are roasted in a dry pot, which retains the freshness, but is a little salty, and the salt is not dissolved
Snail roasted chicken feet, a mixed dish, the chicken feet are delicious, and the snails are a little sandy
A large plate of minced croaker meat, a super large plate, the croaker is very fresh, and the minced meat tastes very good, not bad
Braised squid with paste, the squid with paste and green onions are braised, the squid is very tender and roasted well
Stone pot beans Tofu, exclusive secret recipe, one side of the tofu is black, similar to stinky tofu, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the sauce tastes very good, a bit special, recommended
Eggplant rice cake, the eggplant is well cooked, the rice cake can be softer, maybe I like to eat soft
Pepper and salt potato cake, this dish must be recommended, the potato tastes very good, the outer layer of pepper and salt is very delicious, you can't make it at home, ate 3 or 4, it's so delicious, if you go there yourself, you will order it
Special steamed egg, the characteristic is that the steamed egg is topped with a layer of fried salted egg yolk , the egg was steamed tender and tasted good
Amao fish head, the fish was quite fresh, those who can't eat chopped pepper fish head can try this
Three fresh soup, a very substantial big bowl, the soup was very fresh, the meatballs and cabbage were good
Freshly ground soy milk, this soy milk is quite special, the production method seems to be different, the soy milk is a bit like tofu pudding, the taste is between sweet and salty, I don't know whether to say it is special or strange
Beauty braised pork, also a signature dish, the meat is cut into small pieces, cooked very tasty, tastes good and not greasy, just a little sweet
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ZHOU SHAN OLD ANGLER
5.0
/5
9 reviews
Seafood
From AU$ 21.00
Yizhou Wanda/Incity Commercial Zone | 5.8 km from downtown
Address: 顾家支路十里街区2号楼一楼、二楼（门口可停车,提供代客泊车服务）
Highlights:
A popular restaurant with many repeat customers. Seafood directly from Zhoushan
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The recommended dishes are very rich and varied, and the taste is very authentic. Their garlic-flavored spareribs and salt-and-pepper shrimp are especially recommended, the meat is tender and tasty; handmade sugar cakes and eggplant rice cakes are not to be missed among the desserts; lamb rib pot, steamed crayfish and Zhoushan grilled mixed dace all show the store's excellent skills in seafood. Dining here allows you to enjoy a variety of delicacies and feel the infinite surprises brought to people by traditional flavors.
Thanks for showing me the way! My first meal in Ningbo! Small seafood from Zhoushan! Fresh and bone-penetrating!
You must try the yellow croaker with pickled mustard greens! The favorite of locals
The fish is fresh and tender! Scoop a spoonful of soup and mix it with rice. Jue! !
Ahuan Zhoushan Old Fisherman·Affordable Small Seafood·Old Ningbo Home Cooking
1st and 2nd floors of Building 2, Shili Street, Gujia Branch Road
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