Location: Qingdao
Top Things to do in Qingdao
Top Restaurants in Qingdao
- 1. Bei LvDao Italian MingCai Restaurant
- 2. Din Tai Fung (Marina City Branch)
- 3. Diner 22
- 4. Quanjude Roast Duck
- 5. HaiDao YuCun Restaurant
- 6. Italiano Doc
- 7. ChuanGe YuShui Jiao (MinJiang Road)
- 8. The Flying Catch Mediterranean Restaurant
- 9. Milano Italian Restaurant
- 10. Knuckles Sports Bar and Grill
Countries
Top 5 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Qingdao, Shandong
Qingdao ([tɕʰíŋtàu]; also spelled Tsingtao) is a city in eastern Shandong Province on the east coast of China. It is the largest city in its province. Administered at the sub-provincial level, Qingdao has jurisdiction over six districts and four county-level cities. As of 2014 Qingdao had a population of 9,046,200 with an urban population of 6,188,100. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow Sea, it borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.
Restaurants in Qingdao
1. Qingdao Site Museum of the Former German Governor's Residence
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 179 reviews
Reviewed By 390ScottM - Tacoma, United States
A very European museum, furnishings, and architecture in the middle of China. It was a fantastic house and loved learning about the rich history.
2. Qingdao Beer Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 897 reviews
Reviewed By deanosaur89 - Edmonton, Canada
The museum was very well thought out and they have lots of memorabilia saved from decades of operations in Qingdao. I enjoyed the museum at the beginning of the self guided tour with its many advertisements, export records and bottle collection (everything from 1903 to KFC). The museum also goes through a thorough history of German ownership, Japanese era, Chinese takeover and modern day expansion. Tsingtao may not be the best beer but the beer museum was a lot of fun, well maintained and clean. Halfway through the tour there is a little pub where you can grab a small beer and a bag of honey roasted peanuts just after the history area. After the small pub there is the vats and bottling areas. Three quarters the way through there is a large gift shop which had some well made Tsingtao novelties, boxes of beer and ice cream (which included a beer flavoured ice cream which was pretty good). After you pass the gift shop there is the 1903 restaurant where you can grab another free beer. The regular ticket price was 50 RMB which includes two 200 ml beers and 1 bag of peanuts. There are quite a few different ticket prices which you could pay for depending on your inclination to drink Tsingtao at the beer museum. An option that seemed like an ok deal was spending 80 RMB to get the regular admission plus a 2 L bag of beer. We saw a few couples where one purchased the 80 RMB ticket and they split the beer at the restaurant at the end using the small glasses. There were other tickets which included a pint glass, beer flights or other souvenirs. If you don't get the extra beer but decide you want more during the tour it will cost double for the beer bag (60 RMB) during the tour. You could also get beer in a bag for pretty cheap at a plethora of restaurants accross the street from the beer museum. In addition to the displays and beer there is a nice open area between the museum and the brewery to take pictures. We would recommend this museum if you want to learn a bit about Qingdao's history, beer history in China or are a fan of beer. We figured the closest metro is Lijin Road but it is a bit of a hike from there. Didi is cheap in Qingdao and the drop off is "Tsingtao Brewery Museum - Ticket Office".
3. MIXC Shopping Mall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By Sillypiggys - Sydney, Australia
Largest MixC mall in China. One of 3 in the world with an indoor rollercoaster. A huge modern mall with a lot of activities for young to older kids with an indoor rollercoaster, Olympic size skating rink, half basketball court and a really interesting supermarket on B1. I saw a Thomas the Tank Engine train travelling through the mall on L4!! There are also a large food court and restaurants on L5 and a few more restaurants at the basement level. Plenty of high end retailers and various international retailer brands including ZARA, H&M, Adidas etc.
4. Hisense Plaza (Hisense Plaza)
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By HeatherBallantyne - Tauranga, New Zealand
This is a high end department store in downtown Qingdao - luxury world brand shops, multiple excellent restaurants and an international supermarket in the basement - with coffee shops, european bakery, ice-cream, tea etc. A great place to people watch and wander looking at what the rich can afford, then eat or drink reasonable priced food and coffee (inc Starbucks). Surrounded by other international dept. stores and very close to the marina/harbour.
