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Light Bites
Top 50 Light Bites in Xi'an [2025]
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Ziwulu Zhangji Roujiamo (Cuihua Road)
4.5
/5
541 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 4.00
Dayan Pagoda/The Grand Tang Mall | 4.4 km from downtown
Address: 翠华路227号
Selected for 2 years in a row
Highlights:
Signature premium jiamo bursting with savory meat aroma
Over 20 Years of History
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A popular Roujiamo chain store on Cuihua Road. You have to queue up to order and find a seat by yourself. You will probably have to share a table with others. They mainly sell various types of Roujiamo, standard, lean, and high-quality. In addition, you can also pair it with some noodles, such as rice noodles, cold noodles, and sauerkraut noodles. There are also more soups to choose from, such as raw meatball soup and wontons. There are all kinds of options to ensure you are full. Zhangji Roujiamo on Ziwu Road has Xi'an flavor, which is not inferior to Laotongguan Roujiamo at all.
If it is on the must-eat list, it must be a good place.
An old restaurant that all local gourmets in Xi'an like to eat.
My favorite is the raw meatball soup.
The meatballs are firm, the ingredients are fresh, and they are paired with tofu, green vegetables, pork skin, and vermicelli. A bowl of soup is enough for a small appetite lady!
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HU ZI SHUI PEN YANG ROU
4.4
/5
91 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 7.00
Dayan Pagoda/The Grand Tang Mall | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 翠华南路229号擎友大厦综合楼临街商铺
Featured in 2025 Asia 100 - Light Bites
Highlights:
Authentic water basin mutton with a lingering flavor
20 years of brand heritage
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On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I queued for half an hour in the cold wind, and it was worth it.
Very authentic, the soup is clear and the meat is tender, the mutton is a big piece, very fresh, and the taste is very soft. It can also be sandwiched in the steamed bun, with spicy oil, it is absolutely amazing. The steamed bun is freshly made and the heat is just right.
Spicy garlic lamb blood, foreigners feel very fresh, taste good, not smelly at all, the sauce tastes very special, it is worth trying.
The skewers are delicious and delicious, and they are served quickly. You can order a few to fill the stomach first.
The best dining experience in a few days was because the dining companion who shared the table was a very enthusiastic and cheerful Xi'an brother, who kept recommending it to us. He also brought his wife from other places to eat. His sister was also very beautiful and enthusiastic, and they were a good match, making this meal very happy and worth queuing in vain.
It is said to be the No. 1 Shuipen mutton restaurant in Xi'an. It is located on Cuihua Road, not far from Shaanxi Museum and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The restaurant is clean and tidy, with self-service small dishes. The Shuipen mutton is quite filling and delicious when eaten with steamed bun.
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Xi an Jiasan Stuffed With Juicy Pork Baoziguan
4.3
/5
2548 reviews
Northwest China Cuisine
From AU$ 7.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 432m from downtown
Address: 北院门93号
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Highlights:
Signature Halal Soup Dumplings with tender filling and rich soup
A Tangbao shop founded in 1987
Saved by 131 users156 positive reviews
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Enter Huimin Street from the Drum Tower. This Jia Sanqing Halal Soup Dumpling Restaurant is on the right hand side, and it takes less than 7 or 8 minutes to walk to it (Huimin Street is crowded and you can't walk fast). The shop is quite large. When I went there, only the first floor was open. Business was also good. The shop has a water dispenser and you can get cold and hot water for free. The shop's brothers and sisters are also very warm and thoughtful. Once you sit down, 4 or 5 waiters come forward to confirm your order, for fear of being missed. If you tell the staff that you are in a hurry, they will also help me keep an eye on it. It's really considerate. I ordered the mutton soup dumplings. The skin is thin and the soup is rich. The filling has the taste of spices. I can accept it. It's not bad. The hexagonal steamer has 8 pieces per set, which is a lot. In addition to beef, mutton, and three fresh soup dumplings, there are also soup dumplings. I hope the store can introduce mixed dishes, such as beef and mutton (4+4), or beef and mutton (3+3+3), so that it can better meet the needs of out-of-town tourists.
Jia San Baozi is world-famous, haha. Almost all friends who come to Huimin Street will go there to taste it. In fact, locals rarely go there to eat now.
The store is getting more and more magnificent now, which is good.
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Ma hong xiao chao pao mo guan(hui min jie dian)
4.3
/5
292 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 6.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 972m from downtown
Address: 红埠街46号（莲湖区城市管理局对面)
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Light Bites
Highlights:
Innovative stir-fried bread in lamb soup with a unique flavor
Popular pao mo restaurant opened for many years
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High-quality raw meat stir-fry The difference between high-quality and ordinary is the amount of meat. High-quality meat will have more. Raw meat stir-fry is also beef, but it is not cooked meat. The meat must be stir-fried in the pan first, and the taste is more fragrant. I want the steamed bun cut by the machine, which is very fragrant and full of flavor. Sesame sauce cold skin is very fragrant and the taste is very fusion. Sugar garlic is mainly to relieve greasiness. [Mint] Environment: The place is actually very large and orderly. [Service bell] Service: Good, wait for your number to be called to eat
The taste is just average, but the price is still quite reasonable. You can eat quite well for just over ten yuan. The staple food here is quite filling. It's just that the place is not easy to find.
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AI HUA KU DAI MIAN GUAN
4.1
/5
85 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 4.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 697m from downtown
Address: 端履门城市之心1层6号
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Light Bites
Highlights:
Oil Spill Noodles (1,058 recommendations) | Recommended by online celebrity Wulala
Saved by 118 users100+ recent views
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Biangbiang noodles taste really good. Biangbiang noodles are actually four-in-one belt noodles. The four-in-one is meat sauce, tomato sauce, potato sauce and two quail eggs. I think the three-in-one is good. There are no quail eggs. This noodle is added with a spoonful of hot oil before it comes out of the pot. The noodles are very fragrant. The noodles in this store are very chewy, and the bowls for noodles are big enough so that the noodles can be mixed. As for the quantity, I think it's okay. It's not as exaggerated as it is said. The problem of quantity should be like a pony crossing the river. It is true that you have to queue up. [Mint] Environment:
General, mainly because there are many people. [Service bell] Service:
Ok
This is a very popular noodle shop. There were quite a lot of people at noon. I saw that there was a bad review, so I was a little worried. I ordered biangbiang noodles. The noodles were very wide and shaped like a belt. I took a bite and it tasted pretty good. It was not amazing, but it still had the unique chewy texture of Shaanxi noodles. Overall, it is worth a try.
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Qinyu Roujiamo Restaurant
4.5
/5
638 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 3.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 450m from downtown
Address: 兴正元广场骡马市步行街南区1层3号
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Light Bites
Highlights:
Famous for its authentic Shaanxi Rou Jia Mo
Over 20 years of classic heritage flavors
Saved by 137 users100+ recent views
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When you come to Xi'an, you can't miss Roujiamo🥙
🏷️Qinyu Roujiamo
⏰Time: 07:00-13:00
📍Address: No. 19, Dongmutou City, Beilin District, Xi'an
🚌Transportation: Not far from the Bell Tower
📅Date: 2023.09.24
Roujiamo is a famous snack in Xi'an
Qinyu Roujiamo is a time-honored brand in Xi'an
Once appeared on "A Bite of China"
Many foreign tourists come here to check in and eat Roujiamo
In fact, Zhangji on Ziwu Road is also delicious, but it may not be as famous as Qinyu
Roujiamo🥙 pays attention to the crispy bun and tender meat
The freshly baked bun is crispy, and the meat is soft and juicy
I personally feel that fat and lean meat is better than pure lean meat
It will be more fragrant
Pure lean meat feels a bit dry
The cold noodles at the door feel a bit like outsourcing
You need to pay separately, which feels inconvenient
You can also check in at the noodle shop next door
It's also delicious
I came to the Bell Tower to check in Qinyu Roujiamo, which is also a very popular store. Since I had always eaten Roujiamo on Ziwu Road before, my expectations and requirements were also very high. The overall appearance of high-quality Roujiamo was still good. I couldn't wait to try it. The quality was good, but I felt that the meat was a little dry. Of course, it was also very delicious. The most important thing was that I had already eaten Roujiamo on the ceiling Ziwu Road. In comparison, this place was still a little worse.
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Chengcheng Chongbin Shuipen Mutton
4.6
/5
114 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 7.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 1.5 km from downtown
Address: 后宰门与北新街交叉口向西20米路南（筑梦幼儿园对面）
No. 13 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Xi'an
Highlights:
Authentic Chengcheng water basin mutton
Over 10-year-old restaurant
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Ordinary water basin mutton. Group purchase, the price is quite reasonable, the taste is good, the mutton is tender, soft, no peculiar smell, the soup is very clear, vermicelli is added. Crescent moon sesame cake. The sesame cake is not freshly baked, which is a little worse, but it is not bad overall. First add mutton, side dishes and peppers, the taste is very fragrant, and finally the edge is soaked in the soup. Bowl dumpling is mutton dumpling, there are three sizes, the smallest is a bowl, the larger is a small portion, and the largest is a large portion. This mutton is very fragrant and tasty. Chengcheng Yijue is like a bowl dumpling, mixed with cold sauce
[Mint] Environment:
Ordinary store
[Service bell] Service:
General
I wandered to Chengcheng Chongbin in Houzaimen to eat some mutton in a basin. It was past breakfast time at around 10 o'clock, but people were still coming in an endless stream. I had a high-quality basin, a big bowl with four or five big pieces of fat mutton floating in it, and vermicelli underneath. I also had two steamed buns, a bottle of iced rice, and two spicy side dishes. The steamed buns can be soaked in the soup, or you can put the side dishes in it like I did, and then pour the chili on it. I ate the steamed buns and drank the soup, and soon my forehead was covered with sweat. Hey, it's so comfortable to eat on this day. After a bowl of soup and two steamed buns, it was perfect.
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CHONG HUI
3.7
/5
47 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 6.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 384m from downtown
Address: 西一路189-1号（西一路与案板街丁字路口北侧,钟楼地铁站D口东200米,钟楼地铁站H口北200米）
Highlights:
Authentic Chengcheng water basin mutton
The brand was established in 1996.
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This is another super satisfying restaurant. I must give it a thumbs up and recommend it to my friends!
After returning to Xi'an, I naturally wandered around. After coming out of Yisu Society, I was so hungry. There are many well-received restaurants on the platform. I believe in the recommendations of my friends and decisively check in!
One of the three business cards of Xi'an cuisine, it is indeed well-deserved! I have lived in Xi'an for 10 years, but I don’t actually understand the difference between Shuipen and Paomo. For friends from other places, the most intuitive feeling may be that Shuipen is a dry cake eaten with soup, and Paomo is a dry cake eaten with soup, one dry and one wet.
I actually like Shuipen more. I always feel that it is easier to eat, and it won’t be a mess! Back to the point, this store is indeed a time-honored brand, with countless medals on the wall, countless celebrity photos, and no fancy publicity. It is a store that sells Shuipen honestly.
The soup is fresh and the meat is delicious. It tastes good. The mutton is not smelly at all, and the sugar garlic is super greasy. Crescent-shaped sesame cake with green chili peppers is really YYDs.
I love Shaanxi cuisine too much, and I love Shuipen very much. This is a restaurant that I can praise highly!
Water Basin Lamb - High-quality lamb soup set meal, the portion is indeed large and generous. The vermicelli at the bottom is smooth, crispy and elastic, and each strand is distinct; the lamb is said to be stewed in hot lamb clear soup, which is lean but not dry, and there are two pieces of lamb with skin, which are stewed soft and sticky. I thought the lamb was the highlight, but I didn't expect the soup to be the king. The soup is clear and transparent, and it can definitely be called the folk version of lamb Consommé! It is also served with crescent cakes, which are squeezed to form pockets, and a few pieces of crispy lamb, spicy and sour homemade pickles, a piece of sugar garlic, and finally a spoonful of lamb soup are poured into the bag. This is the authentic way to eat here.
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YONG SHENG ZHAI
4.7
/5
39 reviews
Snacks
From AU$ 6.00
Xi'an Jiaotong University/Lijaicun | 2.6 km from downtown
Address: 东关南街103-105号
Highlights:
Xi'an specialty pita bread soaked in beef and lamb soup
Founded in 1997
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On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I arrived at the restaurant at 11 o'clock to grab a favorable position. If I lined up later, I would have to turn the corner at the door. The dishes were served quickly. The egg soup was unexpectedly good. The name was too plain. In fact, there were vegetables and tomatoes in the soup, and the taste was very rich. The beef soup steamed bun I ate was normal and not spicy, and the stir-fried steamed bun he ate was spicy. The quantity was too large! Two people could eat a bowl. The beef was so tender that it seemed to melt in the mouth, and the steamed bun absorbed the soup and was soft and sticky. It was super delicious. In the end, there was a little oil left in the soup. The self-selected cold dishes of radish and celery were quite refreshing, but the belly was too salty and it was not good to eat a bite. The waitress sister was very good. Seeing that we got up and left the cold dishes without moving, she asked us if we needed to pack them in bags. Indeed, we also felt it was a waste. The steps were given here. Okay, pack them for the family to rinse them with water when they go back. I think the sister has a high EQ and cherishes food without embarrassing us.
A Muslim Pao Mo restaurant in the alley of Dongguan South Street
It has a large area
Two floors
There are many private rooms on the second floor
All are decorated in a neo-Chinese style
The environment is much better than that of ordinary Pao Mo restaurants
|Ordinary beef Pao Mo^You need to break the steamed bun by hand, but fortunately the steamed bun is not too hard, otherwise your hands will hurt before you eat it. The beef flavor is just right, not so greasy, and you won't feel so thirsty after eating it.
|Beef stir-fried Pao Mo^There is a lot of meat in it, it feels very solid, but it feels like there is too much vinegar. My family has a heavier taste and they all say it tastes sour.
|Vegetarian platter^The appearance of their cold dishes is good, and the seasoning is relatively refreshing, with three vegetarian dishes in one.
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Zhiliang Guantang Zhengjiao
4.7
/5
133 reviews
Halal
From AU$ 5.00
The bell tower The drum tower/The Xi’an Circumvallation | 1.3 km from downtown
Address: No.200 Miaohou Street, Lianhu District, Xi'an China
No. 15 of Must-Visit Restaurants in Xi'an
Highlights:
Steamed soup dumplings with a thin wrapper and tender filling
A 40-year-old, time-honored steamed dumpling restaurant
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It's been almost two years. During the epidemic, I went to Xi'an with my friends. Many people searched for this steamed dumpling and recommended it. The entrance of the store is narrow, and it's quite large inside. I ordered the signature beef soup steamed dumplings, which come in 10 pieces. The skin is not thick, and there is soup when you bite it. It tastes good. You can try it when you go to Xi'an.
The signature beef soup steamed dumplings are delicious, with a peppery taste, very fragrant, the beef signature should be beef and green onions. The beef and chive soup steamed dumplings taste good, in fact, very similar to the signature, the seasoning is the same, the taste is very good, there is soup in it. The chili dipping sauce is given by the store, which is very suitable for eating with dumplings, and it relieves greasiness. The sesame sauce cold skin tastes good, sesame sauce, vinegar, chili. The secret eight-treasure porridge has a sweet and sour taste. [Mint] Environment: Clean [Service bell] Service: After ordering, the waiter will deliver it.
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