Huayuanda Restaurant, Garden Hotel (花园大饭店)

Huayuanda Restaurant is the hotel restaurant inside the Garden Hotel at 59 Yongtai Street, near the Drum Tower in Pingcheng District, Datong, Shanxi province, China. Datong is a historic northern city known for its Buddhist cave temples and Ming-era walls, and the Garden Hotel sits within the old city, which makes the restaurant a convenient dining option for guests and for visitors exploring the central streets. The venue sits in the moderate price bracket and is praised for a quieter dining room than the busy shaomai houses nearby.

The kitchen is best known for knife-cut noodles, a Shanxi staple in which ribbons of dough are shaved directly from a block into boiling water, producing noodles with thick centres and thin, chewy edges. They are served in broths or with savoury toppings and typify the province's wheat-based cooking. Beyond the noodles, the menu follows the hotel-restaurant pattern of regional Shanxi and Datong dishes, with seating suited to small groups and business meals.

The atmosphere is calm and relaxed, with lower noise than a street-front restaurant and a clientele of hotel guests, business travellers and families. There is no strict dress code, though the setting is somewhat more formal than a snack shop. Beverages include tea, soft drinks and beer.

Reservations are recommended for dinner, particularly for groups or during tourist season, and can be arranged through the hotel. Visitors who stay inside the old city can walk to the restaurant after sightseeing near the Drum Tower. For those wanting to try Datong's knife-cut noodles without the crowds, it is a quieter alternative to the better-known shaomai houses.