4 Corners — Restaurant in Beijing

Finally a place that serves legit pho in China! I'll get to that in just a bit.

We visited 4Corners twice last weekend; first for dinner/drinks and the next day again for a late lunch. That particular night the place was packed because there was a live band playing - pop song covers with a swing twist; pretty interesting! - so we had to wait a bit for a table. We sat outside in their lovely courtyard, where the tree branches open just enough to see the sky - this is Beijing, don't expect to see stars. We ordered a chicken curry dish - I ordered it with noodles and my husband ordered it with rice; much better with rice!. We also ordered the spicy wings; they were good, but we've had better. The next day he ordered the Namburger - he said it was okay - and I had the pho with flank steak, which we both agreed was ON POINT. Drinks are plentiful and decently priced - some of the beers may or may not be cold enough - and they have some beers on tap from a local brewery which are pretty good. A great place to hang out with friends and mingle with the super diverse expat...

Away from the main walking path around Houhai lake. At lunch, there were no other patrons; just me. The manager at the door recommended the Vietnamese bánh mì sandwich. There's a good selection of different Vietnamese offerings. The menu is in English, but no pictures. The food is great. It's a bar setting, and it's laid out well. The back room has a stage and more seating. The staff speaks English. Around 1:30p, the staff get together for their own lunch. So it feels a bit awkward to call the server away from their own lunch to...

Wonderful food & bar in the Ya'er Hutong about 10 mins walk from Houhai Lake. Drinks and beer are nice and the food is tasty. Taste like real Vietnamese which wifey and I welcomed after 9 days of only having Chinese cuisine. Great staff and tasty food. Nice that they are open late because a lot of restaurants in Beijing close early and the walk there was nice and quite, good way to get away from all the masses of people at Houhai Lake and...