Shang Palace (Shangri-La Hotel Xi'an)

Shang Palace is the Cantonese fine-dining restaurant inside the Shangri-La Hotel Xi'an, located in the city's High-Tech Industrial Development Zone southwest of the old city walls. The kitchen runs a full Cantonese program: roasted meats including a Cantonese-finished duck, a rotating steamed dim sum service through lunch, and seafood and braised dishes priced by market rate for premium ingredients like abalone. As a five-star hotel restaurant, the dining room is quiet and formal, with private rooms available for business entertaining and family celebrations, muted lighting, and a noise level well below the average Xi'an street restaurant. The wine and tea program draws on the hotel's broader cellar, offering a more developed pairing selection than most standalone Chinese restaurants in the city. Dress leans smart-casual to business, in keeping with the hotel setting, and the crowd mixes local business diners, hotel guests and visitors marking a special occasion. Reservations are recommended, especially for weekend dim sum service and for private rooms, which are frequently booked for corporate entertaining and family gatherings.