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De Fa Chang Restaurant

28 Pingan Market, Bell Tower Square, Xi'an, China
029-87676615
Ranked #5 of 41 restaurants in Xi'an
3.5 of 5 stars 23 Reviews
Cuisines: Chinese
Dining options: Reservations
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New York City, New York
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30 reviews 30 reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
39 helpful votes 39 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

Our tour guide from the Shangri La hotel recommended this place for local cuisine, so we took a taxi there with no problem. Finding it was quite a challenge, but we had the name written in Chinese & found helpful locals who pointed us in the right direction. There is a huge golden dumpling at the entrance so we knew... More

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Seattle, Washington
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55 reviews 55 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
23 helpful votes 23 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 April 2012

Located right on beautiful Bell Tower Square, this very old restaurant is loved by visitors and locals alike (though they often are on the upper floors in private rooms). The dumplings are just fun to try...brown ones shaped like walnuts filled with...walnut paste! And little 'duckling' dumplings filled with sweet duck, fish shape with shrimp, and green leaves filled with... More

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Clearwater, Florida
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97 reviews 97 reviews
Reviews in 64 cities Reviews in 64 cities
175 helpful votes 175 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2012
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This is called the best dumpling restaurant in Xian. You can get better elsewhere. It is close to a wonderful market street. Parking is not close. The dumplings are little but the assortment is huge. Ate with a large group so 18 different dumplings brought to table. Something for everyone. Good food. Very crowded big rooms and the dumpling baskets... More

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Beijing, China
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27 reviews 27 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 March 2012

On recommendation from a friend, I went to this dumpling restaurant with expectations of decent dumplings. What I got instead was very pushy and abrasive service, my waitresses insisted that there was only one dumpling degustation (for want of a better description) available to me and the price of it was 368 RMB. When I scoffed at the ridiculous price,... More

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Mebane, North Carolina
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118 reviews 118 reviews
Reviews in 93 cities Reviews in 93 cities
105 helpful votes 105 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 January 2012
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person found this review helpful

I loved this place. As soon as we arrived, they told us "Dumplings Only!". This was not the case, however, as they also had some wonderful side dishes consisting of vegetables and cold noodles. The dumplings are the main draw, and they were amazing. The staff did not speak English, so we ordered using the point at the pictures method,... More

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Calgary, Canada
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81 reviews 81 reviews
Reviews in 33 cities Reviews in 33 cities
59 helpful votes 59 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 November 2011
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Our tour guide called and arranged the dinner, since the staff speaks limited English. There was a non stop flow of dumplings in the shapes of different animals. We really enjoyed this place.

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Denver, Colorado
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 November 2011

We had intended to have the dumpling banquet upstairs. But we got to the restaurant after 8pm and the wait was still extremely long. Wished they take reservations. Instead of waiting, we headed downstairs for the a la carte menu. We had our private tour guide with us, so he stayed and helped us select the dishes at the counter.... More

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Washington, DC
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47 reviews 47 reviews
Reviews in 21 cities Reviews in 21 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 November 2011

A wonderful meal. We were there for lunch. Having been there 24 years ago, we knew to expect a lot of food and only had fruit for breakfast. We were right... we had so much we didn't eat dinner either. Photographing the dumplings is as much fun as eating them.

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canada
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67 reviews 67 reviews
Reviews in 22 cities Reviews in 22 cities
44 helpful votes 44 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 October 2011

My experience is very different than tsome of he other TA reviews. First this was exxpensive (370 Rmb for two) and the waitress insisted we pay in advance. That should have tipped us off on what was in store, you do get an awful lot of food but the dumplings were not that great (so who cares that there was... More

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Denville, New Jersey
2 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 October 2011

You need to learn how to order. The place is decent, not so great in western standard. But the dumpling is good. I still do not know how to do with the so called "soup". One basket (about 12 pieces) is 36RMB. Beer 12-13RMB, cold vegetable 18 RMB more pricy

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