China · LUNCH EXPERIENCES

15 Lunch Experiences in China Worth Booking

29 tours  ·  from $18 a head

Every trip has one free day too few. These 15 lunch experiences justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.

Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch - The ride from central Beijing to the mountains
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Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch

1.Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,056 reviews · 9 hours · from $18Our pick

Meet your English-speaking guide at Zhangzizhonglu Subway Station at 8:00 AM for a nine-hour Mutianyu outing. Guides such as Kevin and Linda help you choose a route, arrange optional cable-car or toboggan tickets, and explain the Wall’s story. You get round-trip transport, admission, park shuttle service, and five hours around Mutianyu, with lunch available as an option.

“Definitely one of the best things you can do in Beijing. Our guide Kevin is a really nice guy, ready to help you. Choose the option which offers food, it's really good.”

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Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing - The seven-hour day from Beijing
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Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing

2.Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Full-Day Tour Including Lunch from Beijing

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 565 reviews · from $79

Spend about seven hours visiting Mutianyu, one of Beijing’s most scenic Great Wall sections. Your English-speaking guide, with names such as Mary, Jenny, Michael, or Vanessa reported for this service, handles transport, history, tickets, and lunch. Expect steep steps, fine mountain views, and possible tea and jade shopping stops.

“Jenny was a great tour guide, giving a lot of information about Beijing, the local area and the Great Wall.”

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Xi'an: Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch - Getting there from your Xian hotel
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Xi’an: Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch

3.Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 484 reviews · 6 hours · from $24

Visit all three Terracotta Army pits with guides such as Andy, Min, or Willow, using included tickets and hotel transport on selected options. Afterward, drive to Lintong for a homemade Shaanxi lunch at a local family home. Choose a small-group or private tour, or buy a ticket-only option without guiding, transport, or lunch.

“Traveling with Andy felt like traveling with a friend. Communication was super easy as Andy speaks excellent English. He was very knowledgeable and answered all questions. Another highlight was lunch at his family's place, cooked with love by his Dad. They also considered all dietary restrictions. We had so much fun!”

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Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Small-Group Tour with Lunch - Meeting at Dongzhimen at 8:30 am
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Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Small-Group Tour with Lunch

4.Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Small-Group Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 316 reviews · from $186

Meet your English-speaking guide at Dongzhimen and visit the Summer Palace before heading to Mutianyu. You get lunch, transport, entrance tickets, and about three hours on the wall. Guides such as Emma, Li, and May have helped visitors with history, routes, photos, and chairlift or toboggan choices. The group is limited to 14 people.

“Excellent experience!!! Lee, the guide, was wonderful!!! She told everything about the histori and the most important thing in Beijing. Small group was the best.”

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Xi'an in A Day: Terracotta Army+City Highlights+Family Lunch - The Terracotta Army: the mornings big event
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Xi’an in A Day: Terracotta Army+City Highlights+Family Lunch

5.Xi’an in A Day: Terracotta Army+City Highlights+Family Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 304 reviews · 1 day · from $24

See the Terracotta Army, Xi'an City Wall, and Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in one full day with an English-speaking guide such as Andy, Willow, Min, or Maryam. The highlight is lunch at a local family's home near Lintong. Choose carefully between the $24 ticket-only option and the fully guided tour with transport, lunch, and entrance fees.

“Best tour I’ve ever taken in China so far. Andy is amazing, he’s very knowledgeable, always ready to answer any questions, he also knows the right and good spots for photos. The lunch at his parent’s house was incredible, authentic and delicious, we also got the chance to meet with his wife and kids. I truly recommend this tour. Everything was perfect!”

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Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Day Trip with Lunch - Choosing between the cable car and chair lift
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Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Day Trip with Lunch

6.Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Day Trip with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 209 reviews · from $185

Spend 8 to 9 hours with a private guide and driver visiting Mutianyu Great Wall and the Summer Palace. You get hotel pickup, lunch, entrance fees, cable car or chair lift access, and a toboggan ride down. Guides such as Kelly, Violet, and Pietro have been praised for clear explanations and smooth timing.

“Great! In addition to the wall and summer palace, the lunch spot was the best food I had the entire trip.”

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Hong Kong City Tour + Lunch + Peak Tram - Tai Kwun and the story of the former police compound
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Hong Kong City Tour + Lunch + Peak Tram

7.Hong Kong City Tour + Lunch + Peak Tram

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 154 reviews · from $48

Walk Hong Kong Island with a licensed guide such as Joe, Amy, Grace, Monica, or Gary. See Tai Kwun, PMQ, Cat Street, Man Mo Temple, and Sheung Wan, then eat dim sum with an egg tart and tea or coffee. Depending on your option, add the Peak Tram and Star Ferry.

“Monica was very knowledgeable about HK history bringing each location to life. The stories about the history of the food shops was fantastic. Great introduction to HK for a quick stopover or to begin a more thorough journey.”

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Shanghai: Private Shanghai & Zhujiajiao Tour with Lunch - Zhujiajiao, where canals replace city streets
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Shanghai: Private Shanghai & Zhujiajiao Tour with Lunch

8.Private Shanghai & Zhujiajiao Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 115 reviews · 8 hours · from $255

Spend eight hours with a private English-speaking guide and driver, visiting Zhujiajiao water town, Yu Garden or Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund, and Shanghai Tower. Guides such as Snow, Caroline, Berlin, and Queena are praised for clear explanations and flexible planning. Lunch, admissions, bottled water, and hotel transport are included.

“amazing day, snow was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. food was fabulous too, would absolutely recommend!”

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Small-Group Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Tour with Lunch - Cable car, chair lift, and the famous toboggan
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Small-Group Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Tour with Lunch

9.Small-Group Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 90 reviews · from $142

Spend about eight hours visiting Mutianyu Great Wall and the Summer Palace from Beijing. Ride a chair lift or cable car, try the toboggan, eat a Chinese lunch in a local village, and travel by air-conditioned minivan with an English-speaking guide such as Alice, Jack, Kevin, or Lucy.

“Our guide for this tour was Cindy. Her and her driver were amazing. Cindy was very knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions. She made this tour fun. The Mutianyu was my favorite part of the wall I have visited and the summer Palace was just amazing. I would defiantly recommend this tour.”

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Xi'an: Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch - Getting there from your Xian hotel
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Xi’an: Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch

10.Exclusive Terracotta Army Tour & Local Family Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 90 reviews · from $22

Spend 6 to 7 hours visiting the Terracotta Army with an English-speaking guide, then share a home-cooked Xi'an lunch at a local family home near Lintong. Hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport, museum admission, and drop-off are included in the full tour option. Groups are capped at nine, with guides such as Andy, Amber, Willow, and Mike leading recent departures.

“Andy the tour guide provided a personal service, pick up and drop off from/to the hotel. The history and details were explained clearly and after the tour the lunch at the family's place was quite nice.”

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Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch - The ride from central Beijing to the mountains
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Beijing:Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch

11.Mutianyu Great Wall Daily Tour with Ticket & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 87 reviews · from $20

Travel from central Beijing to Mutianyu Great Wall in an air-conditioned bus with an English-speaking guide such as Kevin or Linda. Choose transport only, add entrance tickets, or include lunch. You get free time on the wall, with cable car and slideway tickets available at extra cost.

“I appreciated the tour guide. She gave us the information we needed without being too verbose. She got us through the hawkers at the bottom really quickly. Plenty of toilet stops. My young family members climbed all of it. I could still enjoy as much climbing as I could handle. This was an excellent tour. The food was great.”

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From Guilin: 4 Star Luxury Li River Cruise with Buffet Lunch - The 8:00 AM Guilin pickup and ride to Zhujiang Pier
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From Guilin: 4 Star Luxury Li River Cruise with Buffet Lunch

12.4 Star Luxury Li River Cruise with Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 80 reviews · 4 hours · from $92

Start with downtown Guilin hotel pickup around 8:00 AM, then cruise from Zhujiang Pier to Yangshuo for about four hours. You’ll pass karst peaks, farms, villages, bamboo groves, and waterfalls while enjoying a Chinese or Western buffet lunch. There is no English-speaking guide, but a QR code provides multilingual commentary.

“Beautiful river! But really overpriced, we have paid 3 times more than the actual price of the tickets! The first class toilet was broken.”

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Panda House, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Summer Palace & Lunch - Panda House: start with Beijing’s most charming residents
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Panda House, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Summer Palace & Lunch

13.Panda House, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Summer Palace & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 77 reviews · from $148

Spend 7 to 8 hours with a private guide visiting Beijing’s Panda House, Summer Palace, Lama Temple, and Temple of Heaven. Guides such as Lucy, Jun, Bobo, and Linda Shi are praised for clear explanations and flexible help. Expect a full day, plenty of walking, private transport, entrance fees, and an optional Chinese lunch.

“Great tour! Our guide, Bobo, took us around the city from the Temple of Heaven, to the Summer Palace, the panda bears in Beijing zoo and the Llama Temple. The tour was very informative and we would have felt absolutely lost without her. She took care of everything and all we had to do was enjoy the experience - thank you very much. Bobo!”

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Xi'an: Terracotta Army, Lunch, City Wall, Pagoda, Bazaar - What lunch at the museum is really like
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Xi’an: Terracotta Army, Lunch, City Wall, Pagoda, Bazaar

14.Terracotta Army, Lunch, City Wall, Pagoda, Bazaar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · 5 - 9 hours · from $48

Spend a full day seeing Xi’an’s essential sights with an archaeology-trained guide, hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport, buffet lunch, entrance fees, and headsets. The small group option holds about 12 people, while private tours offer flexible pickup and multilingual guides. Guides such as Carol, Lily, Roger, and Celine are known for clear explanations and smart crowd navigation.

“Celine was a very nice guide. She was very kind and helpful throughout the whole tour. She also provided many useful informations and curiosità about everything we visited. She definitely provided us the best experience we could desire. I truly advice anyone to book a tour with her.”

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Dujiangyan Panda Volunteering Experience with Lunch - Getting ready at the panda base
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Dujiangyan Panda Volunteering Experience with Lunch

15.Dujiangyan Panda Volunteering Experience with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 66 reviews · from $279

You’ll spend about eight hours at Dujiangyan Panda Base near Chengdu, helping clean an enclosure, break bamboo, prepare panda cakes, watch feeding and training, and learn about care for older pandas. A private guide and driver accompany you, with hotel pickup, lunch, photos, videos, and a volunteer certificate included.

“Top visit on my list, this was my 2nd time and was as good as the 1st time if not better. 2nd time around they have more guides available. They have geared up to receive visitors and the panda experience. This time with Viator I only booked the taxi return, he was a non english speaker but it was ok, he drove well!”

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