The Tree 隐蔽的树-比利时啤酒花园
43 Bei Sanlitun Nan,
Sanlitun
100 meters west of Sanlitun North Bar Street
北三里屯南43号
三里屯酒吧街西100米
6415-1954
Open 10am-2am
Price Y100-Y199 per couple
Accepts International Credit Cards
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This expansive place gets absolutely packed on the weekends, so arrive early. A wide selection of imported beers (ask which ones are from Belgium) and an extensive drink menu compliment their delicious oven-fired, thin crust pizza, some of the best in Beijing. Don't miss the open kitchen.
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Formerly known as the "Hidden Tree" located in another part of Sanlitun, this wondrous place picked up and relocated to the heart of the Sanlitun back street area around the corner from Kai Bar. And once you find the place you may be surprised to see how packed it can get on a weekend and how expansive the interior is. The centerpiece of the restaurant floor lets you watch the chefs do their thing with rollers, dough, and brick ovens, and the bar stretches long enough to meander and mingle freely. They boast a wide selection of imported beers (ask which ones are from Belgium) and an extensive drink menu, but their food menu mainly serves to compliment their virtually-best-in-Beijing pizzas, which is why you came here hungry in the first place, right? One pizza is small enough for one person and large enough to share, and will cost anywhere from 45-75元 depending on the amount and kind of toppings. And if you make it out on a weekday, 11am-2:30pm they offer a special lunch menu. Highly recommended if you're in the area.
Contributed by robertpowers
1 year, 10 months ago
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great restaurant! great pizza! great beer! just a little salty on the salad but overall it's a great experience to dine at The Tree Belgian Beer Bar. Arrive early for a quieter environment as it gets really busy after a while. side question: will they offer fruit beer?
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Hi cynthjeany:
Thanks for your kind comments.
We do offer a range of Belgian Lambic Fruit beer. Try them and enjoy next time you visit!
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Very nice bartenders, TERRIBLE TABLE SERVICE. I had a waitress leave while I was in the middle of placing an order and since she never came back, I ordered at the bar. I also had a couple slices of pizza left on my plate & I was rummaging through some stuff and the waitress came over, slammed a pile of dirty dishes down, and whisked it away. The bar was not full at the time... perhaps some of the surly waitresses took a break from standing around to make off with a pile of clean dishes, leaving the kitchen in a bind?
Ok, I get that we're in Beijing, I get that there are a lot of rude expat patrons at The Tree (SLT in general) but that still doesn't excuse crappy service. Especially when I'm dropping over 200 yuan on my tab.
I did place a complaint (and compliment to the bar) to the bartender and he said, "yeah sorry about it we know" so I guess I'm not the first one to notice.
Maybe it's part of the ambience? I don't get it. All the bars I frequented in Belgium had very nice servers.
Anyway, since they didn't have De Koninck on tap the three/four times I went and the pizza is ok but nothing to write home about, I've switched to grabbing my drunk grub around the corner at the doner kebab place and getting my Belgian beer at any of the growing number of fine establishments in the city that keep it on the menu.
If you do need a Tree fix, get a seat at the bar.
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The tree is a rather stright forward bar that made me feel like in mid-europe. The italian-style pizza is good, but not outstanding and the prices are steep (70Q for a small pizza). The tree seems to be a hub for 40 year old western people.
All in all, fair enough, but would benefit from lower prices.
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We have been their last night.It was ok but the pizza was so small that we could not satishfied although we had order some lasagne and salads.any way their beer selection were vast and many choices from belgium.
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Nice enough place, good beer selection, and cool decorations. The pizza is a bit bland, though they make it well. I like the place, but its more for the academic then for the 'blue collar' guy/gal.
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Was there on 28APR'08 evening. I agreed with "amyvicious "(see her above review)with regards to the poor service.No one bothers to light my candle on my table when we sat. My gf & my plates looks normal but I got a habit to wipe my plates with serviettes b4 i start using them.OMG, the serviettes turns black after I wipe them...I told the waitress to change it and she stiill use the serviette to clean again to ensure that I am not lying!! Oh by the way, can the Management of The Tee pls clarify if credit card are acceptable? If it is acceptable, why did the waitress rejects both my cards(International & local cards)? If it is not acceptable, Cityweek-end guys pls remove the clause above "Accepts International Credit Cards". Besides I am unhappy with the service, I really feel that the pizza here is not impressive enuff for a big "who-haa". It taste normal...very pub style..a little too salty but I like the soft crust.Portion is not value for money. And the chairs here are scary! The 1st chair I sat on, had a loose nail that nearly tore my jeans. The 2nd chair(after I changed) had loose joints and legs....Luckily I am aleart enuff to change for a 3rd chair which barley passed-off. I do agree that they serve many different kinds of Belgium beer...however, the prices is not cheap. a 250ML(no indication on the menu that it is 250ml...i feel that I got cheated) hoegarden draft cost RMB35? I can get a 500ML hoegarden draft for RMB55 or lesser at many good pubs & restaurants in Beijing. I give 2 out of 5 stars for Tree being a good "down-to-earth" ambience boozing place...but I do not think that it is a place for you to travel just to have the pizza...it just taste normal.
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One of the unfortunate realities of seeing a restaurant nominated for an award is that it often inflates said individual's opinion of the establishment even before setting foot in the door — people sit down with too many opinions.
Try as one might to remain optimistic about The Tree, the "virtually-best-in-Beijing" pizzas are average. The Tree does an excellent job with the ingredients, and there is no denying the near-perfect flavor they cook up via those big brick ovens. But the pizzas fall flat on the ground when it comes to the crust.
Charred black pizza bottoms can put a hamper on anyone's eating experience. One individual a table over had the unfortunate experience of receiving their meal with the center of the pizza missing — we're talking a few centimeters of diameter cut out of pizza.
While I can't knock The Tree on its beverage selection — anyone serving Chimay has amazing taste in beer — there are other alternatives throughout Beijing with properly baked pizzas.
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It's for sure a nice pub style restaurant, especially during summer and because of their fabulous selection of beer, but i don't get why so many people go there again and again for the pizza. I am not a big fan of pizza anyways but it was just a boring piece of dough with tasteless toppings and and even more tasteless chess. The salad was drowned in dressing.
The beer is good.
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beer selection is good. terrible service-- our waitress came over to our table when we were in the middle of dinner and asked us to change tables because there was another party waiting for ours. Don't know why they couldn't given them another table... Pizza was bad, something in that tomato sauce tasted real funky.
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pizza is ok laaa... not so wow. why they keep boasting about the pizza? the beer instead is a treat. every time i go there, i try different kind of beers. great taste! i tried their lasagna, which is better than their pizza. really good lasagna. and also their steak is really good. tender. cooked exactly like what i asked them to.
the ambience is nice. sort of like a pub. i like it. the service at the other hand was just oh-so-not-good. a fuwuyuan came in hurry when i called her, didnt say anything just dropped the menu on our table and left, while we were in the middle of ordering food she left again. finally we got all of our orders fixed. whew... bad service bad service...
but will go back again for the beer and ambiance.
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I stumbled upon The Tree on a rainy Friday evening after a particularly challenging yoga class. Needless to say, I was soaked and starving and finding The Tree seemed like a godsend at the time. Tucked behind the raucous Sanlitun Bar Street, The Tree offers weary customers (such as myself), families, and partygoers alike a refuge from the craziness of the city outside. Frank Sinatra plays softly in the background, the smell of wood-fired pizza fills the air, and the congenial clink of beer glasses can be heard throughout the restaurant.
In addition to its charming ambience, The Tree also boasts some of the best pizza in Beijing. Baked in a wood-fired oven located in the center of the restaurant, the pizza comes out perfectly crispy, packed with flavor, and oozing with real mozzarella cheese (not the fake, stringy type that I’ve come to associate with Pizza Huts in China). Wash down the delicious pizzas with a tall glass of Hoegaarden or one of the many other Belgian-brewed beers listed on their extensive drink menu. If you ever find yourself needing to get away from the tacky, loud clubs and crowds of drunken expats in Sanlitun, head straight to The Tree.
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