@天***盹41
Sinbad Restaurant
~$9/person
Chouzhou North Road, Yiwu: The Exotic Street Halal Food Guide
38places listed on this page
One road, dozens of Turkish, Yemeni, Afghan, Syrian and Pakistani restaurants, and the place every Muslim trader in Yiwu ends up at dinner. Visitors call it the Middle East Street. Here it is door by door, south to north, with what each kitchen is known for and the traps first-timers fall into.
Listed from public visitor posts, not yet from our own visits.
Names, dishes, price bands and hours below are what visitors reported (rewritten in English, no quotes); halal status is marked reported, never certified, until a local checks in person. Prices, walk times and visit dates fill in after each visit.
South segment
No. 129–243 · Yemeni and Pakistani
The cheap, mostly-foreign end of the street.
Listed from public visitor posts, not yet from our own visits.What that means
Names, dishes, price bands and hours below are what visitors reported (rewritten in English, no quotes); halal status is marked reported, never certified, until a local checks in person. Prices, walk times and visit dates fill in after each visit.
@小***餐1
Taj Mehe Eiman Pakistani Restaurant
Price not reported
Taj Mehe Eiman Pakistani Restaurant
塔弈梅赫迩餐厅 TAJ MEHE EIMAN
@X***O3
Marasim Restaurant
~$11/person
Marasim Restaurant
玛剌希姆餐厅
@阿***🍔1
Malia Restaurant
~$7/person
Malia Restaurant
马利亚餐厅
@乌***瑶1
Saba Restaurant
~$11–16/person
Saba Restaurant
沙巴餐厅 Saba Restaurant
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Meiweide Restaurant (Yemeni)
Price not reported
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AZAL Azhaer Yemeni Restaurant
~$16/person
AZAL Azhaer Yemeni Restaurant
义乌 AZAL阿札迩餐厅（阿拉伯也门餐厅）Middle segment
No. 475–489 · the Turkish corner
Three Turkish rooms within a hundred metres of each other, plus the juice bar and the dessert café everyone stops at.
@白***52
Sultan Turkish Restaurant (Chouzhou branch)
~$20/person
Sultan Turkish Restaurant (Chouzhou branch)
苏坦土耳其餐厅（稠州店）
@门***e47
Beyti Restaurant
~$20/person
Beyti Restaurant
贝迪餐厅
@阿***🍔36
Bosphorus Turkish Restaurant
~$18/person
Bosphorus Turkish Restaurant
搏斯土耳其餐厅（宾王店 / 新光汇店 / 义乌之心店）
@查***表4
Razan Turkish Restaurant
~$8–11/person
Razan Turkish Restaurant
蕊赞土耳其餐厅
@快***o3
Jianghe Yuan
Price not reported
Jianghe Yuan
江河源
@幸***粥2
Xinjiang Banmian Wang (Laghman King)
~$6/person
Xinjiang Banmian Wang (Laghman King)
新疆拌面王（稠州北路店）
@晚*13
Leifeng Juice (Egyptian)
~$5/person
@m***啦6
MADO Turkish Ice Cream & Café
~$12/person
MADO Turkish Ice Cream & Café
MADO 土耳其冰淇淋
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Sham Restaurant (Syrian)
~$11/person
Sham Restaurant (Syrian)
沙姆餐厅 Sham Restaurant
@和***施2
Istanbul Cafe
~$4/person
Istanbul Cafe
ISTANBUL CAFE（国际大厦）
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Suodigu International Restaurant
Price not reported
North segment
No. 590 and Yiwu Tiandi · Afghan
@乌***瑶26
Ariana Restaurant (New Era branch)
~$15/person
Ariana Restaurant (New Era branch)
阿里亚娜 / 阿丽亚娜餐厅（新纪元店）
@小***🥕2
Amanka
~$16/person
Amanka
阿曼卡
@快***5
Caucasus Muslim Restaurant
Price not reported
Caucasus Muslim Restaurant
高加索穆斯林餐厅 Caucasus RestaurantAlso on and around the street
Syrian, Lebanese and the locals' grill
@好***卡1
Zhongxu Shawarma
~$5/person
Zhongxu Shawarma
众蓄沙威马
@杉***1
Shadi Sham Arabic Fast Food
~$10/person
Shadi Sham Arabic Fast Food
沙迪沙姆阿拉伯快餐厅
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Al-Arabi Restaurant
~$16/person
Al-Arabi Restaurant
AL-ARABI 阿拉伯餐厅
@开***菜1
Kenzi Lebanese Restaurant
~$14/person
Kenzi Lebanese Restaurant
肯滋黎巴嫩餐厅
@P***历2
Lutus (Rutus) Arabic Grill
~$15/person
Lutus (Rutus) Arabic Grill
鲁吐斯 / 鲁图斯
@S***n4
A Hot Chilli (Hou Chun Li), Binwang branch
~$10/person
A Hot Chilli (Hou Chun Li), Binwang branch
侯纯里印度餐厅（宾王2店）
@义***🍚6
Yipin Lanzhou Beef Noodles
~$5/person
Yipin Lanzhou Beef Noodles
伊品兰州牛肉面
@无***4
Senator Arabic Restaurant
~$9/person
Senator Arabic Restaurant
赛纳塔 SENATOR 阿拉伯特色清真主题餐厅（宾王市场店）
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Miwan Restaurant (Iraqi)
~$10/person
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@和***施4
Sweet Life Turkish Sweets (Binwang Road)
~$8/person
Sweet Life Turkish Sweets (Binwang Road)
Sweet Life 土耳其特色甜品（宾王路店）
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Dahab Sweets / Dahab Cafe
Price not reported
Dahab Sweets / Dahab Cafe
Dahab Sweets 达哈布（宾王路158文创园）
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VATAN RESTO (Binwang Market)
~$10/person
VATAN RESTO (Binwang Market)
瓦坦餐厅 VATAN RESTO（宾王市场）
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Abulaiti Lamb Soup and Pilaf (Binwang)
~$8/person
Abulaiti Lamb Soup and Pilaf (Binwang)
阿不来提羊肉汤手抓饭(商贸城店)Where it is
A road, not a district: how Exotic Street is laid out
Chouzhou North Road (稠州北路) runs north from the city centre through the Binwang trade district. The stretch locals call Exotic Street (异国风情街) — and visitors call the Middle East Street, the foreigners' street or the world food street — is where the international restaurants, shisha cafés, Arabic-signed supermarkets and juice bars concentrate. Binwang night market and Santing Road night market are both within walking distance, and the Yiwu Tiandi mall sits at the Huagong Road end.
Street numbers run roughly south to north, which gives three walkable segments. Walk times between them and from the International Trade City are being measured on foot.
- South segment · No. 129–243 — Yemeni and Pakistani: Sinbad (129–135), Taj Mehe Eiman (243)
![Sinbad Restaurant — Dish]( "Photo: @天使打盹 via Xiaohongshu")
![Taj Mehe Eiman Pakistani Restaurant — Dish]( "Photo: @小鹿的一日三餐 via Xiaohongshu")
- Middle segment · No. 475–489, near Binwang Road — the Turkish corner: Sultan (475), Beyti (479), Bosphorus (489 Street), MADO, Leifeng Juice, Jianghe Yuan, Xinjiang Banmian Wang in the lane
![Sultan Turkish Restaurant (Chouzhou branch) — Dish]( "Photo: @小小杨葱头 via Xiaohongshu")
![Beyti Restaurant — Dish]( "Photo: @page.seoljoan via Xiaohongshu")
![Bosphorus Turkish Restaurant — Dish]( "Photo: @想吃烧冬瓜 via Xiaohongshu")
![Leifeng Juice (Egyptian) — Dish]( "Photo: @金金🥨 via Xiaohongshu")
![Jianghe Yuan — Dish]( "Photo: @叮 via Xiaohongshu")
![Xinjiang Banmian Wang (Laghman King) — Dish]( "Photo: @幸运之o粥 via Xiaohongshu")
- North segment · No. 590 and Yiwu Tiandi — Afghan Ariana (New Era Building), Amanka
![Ariana Restaurant (New Era branch) — Dish]( "Photo: @黄豆在旅行哦！ via Xiaohongshu")
![Amanka — Dish]( "Photo: @一只招财 via Xiaohongshu")
![Yiwu Tiandi mall — Inside]( "Photo: @旋木 via Xiaohongshu")
Exotic Street and the restaurants on this pageThe interactive map needs JavaScript — every address is also written on the cards.
Visitor voices
What visitors say about the street
Quoted from public Xiaohongshu posts, translated by us; more under each card's Details.
Quoted from public Xiaohongshu (小红书) posts and comments, translated by us; authors are shown as Xiaohongshu masks them. Our own visits and reader reviews come after launch. How we choose quotes
老板是也门人，饭馆的客人基本都是阿拉伯人，中国人很少，刚进餐厅还有点不习惯 不过也说明菜品很地道。The owner is Yemeni and the customers are almost all Arab; very few Chinese — a little disorienting at first, but it also says the food is authentic.
@小*** · Xiaohongshu · 2023-12Sinbad Restaurant
Been there
也门软饼 10元，超大的一块，软软的，有一点点咸，感觉当零食也可以吃，手撕，直接吃，蘸免费送的鸡汤，蘸汤汁羊肉味道都很不错，关键便宜啊Yemeni soft bread, ¥10: a huge, soft, slightly salty sheet you could snack on by itself — tear it by hand, dip it in the free chicken broth or the lamb gravy; all good, and the key thing is it's cheap.
@天***盹 · Xiaohongshu · 2024-06Sinbad Restaurant
Been there
最早也要12:30去，那边做米饭的厨师要11:30才到店里我们今天早上去的太早根本吃不到饭和其他好吃的血的教训分享给大家Don't go before 12:30 — the cook who makes the rice only arrives at 11:30. We went too early this morning and couldn't get rice or the other good stuff. Lesson learned the hard way.
@十* · comment under @蛋***基’s post · Xiaohongshu · 2024-07Sinbad Restaurant
Been there
第一次吃巴基斯坦美食的我，这份量，惊到了我！My first Pakistani meal — the portion size stunned me!
@小***餐 · Xiaohongshu · 2022-01Taj Mehe Eiman Pakistani Restaurant
Been there
焖地米饭里一根羊脊骨，肉很嫩，香蕉大饼好吃的，也门小饼也很大 中东人的菜量为什么都这么大。The pit-baked rice comes with a lamb spine bone, the meat very tender; the banana flatbread is good and even the 'small' Yemeni bread is big — why are Middle Eastern portions all so huge?
@X***O · Xiaohongshu · 2026-03Marasim Restaurant
Been there15块钱一张大饼，我们两个人都吃不完打包了，相比苏坦贝迪那些店这里的菜品便宜很多，但是香料味道有点重，口味清淡的人估计吃不来的A large flatbread is ¥15 and the two of us couldn't finish it; compared with Sultan and Beyti the dishes here are much cheaper, though the spices are heavy — people who like mild food probably won't take to it.
@欣***6 · Xiaohongshu · 2026-05Marasim Restaurant
Been thereOnline reviews are not open yet. You can send a listing correction through the contact page or its WhatsApp link. See the planned Community Guidelines.
Mandi or kebab?
How to choose between the Yemeni and Turkish tables
| Yemeni / Arabic | Turkish | |
|---|---|---|
| Signature | Mandi: spiced rice with slow-cooked lamb; the giant layered soft bread torn by hand and dipped in lamb gravy | Mixed grill (karışık), pide, lentil soup, rice pudding, black tea in tulip glasses |
| Best for | Groups of 3–6 sharing; a cheap, real meal; afternoon mandi | A client dinner where each person orders; photos; dessert |
| Menu language | Arabic and Chinese, some English; staff speak basic Chinese | Turkish, Chinese, English; thick picture menus |
| Price band (per person, visitor-reported) | ¥50–80 | ¥100–150 (à la carte can reach ¥250) |
| Halal status | Reported halal | Reported halal |
| Watch out | Slow service; holiday queue numbers loosely followed; bread sells out | Queues of 60+ tables on holidays; grills cooked over lamb fat; bottled water charged |
Price bands are what visitors report paying; we publish what we paid, with the date, after each visit.
Buyer pitfalls
What visitors say went wrong — and how to avoid it
Holiday queues at Sultan and Beyti
Visitors report 60+ tables waiting at 13:30 and queue numbers in the hundreds at Beyti. Take an online number before you arrive — people do it from the train — or walk fifty metres to Bosphorus, Razan or a Yemeni room.
‘No lamb’ does not always land
Turkish grills here are cooked over lamb fat, so beef and chicken sets taste of lamb. If you avoid lamb, say it in Chinese (不要羊肉) and order pide, chicken or fish.
Water is not always free
Some rooms charge ¥6–12 for bottled water and do not offer tap water unless asked. Ask for free drinking water (免费的水) — several visitors found it exists.
Set menus vs à la carte
Group-buy sets are good value at Sultan and Bosphorus, but regulars advise ordering à la carte at Ariana. Confirm whether a voucher is valid on public holidays before you sit down.
Yemeni lunch runs late
At Sinbad and its neighbours the local lunch is 13:00–14:00; arrive at noon and half the menu is not ready. Mandi is best in the afternoon.
Parking
On holidays the side streets fill; park at the night market and walk, or take a taxi.
Timing
When the street is at its best
Exotic Street is a dinner street. Visitors describe it filling from about 7 pm and staying busy past 11, with the terraces, shisha cafés and juice bars at their liveliest after 8. Friday evenings after Jummah are the busiest of the week. During Ramadan the rhythm flips to iftar and late-night — see the Ramadan page.
Opening hours per restaurant are recorded on each review with the date checked.
After dinner: the café-type shisha rooms (IMAX Homie, Purey 24 h), the 24-hour Arab cafés at the International Building corner and the Turkish barber are on Where Muslims hang out in Yiwu — with closing times and which ones serve no alcohol.
@WhiteDew
IMAX Homie Lounge (shisha)
Price not reported
IMAX Homie Lounge (shisha)
IMAX HOMIE LOUNGE 水烟馆Mostly foreign crowd, ¥70 a pot, open till 4:30.
Shisha lounge158宾王文创园C区1063-1065 Amap-verified18969388884 Amap listing14:30–04:30 Amap listingOpen until 04:30 Amap listing≈ 32 min walk to District 1 · 2.4 km Amap est.Alcohol: not checked yet — ask before you sitA visitor describes friends and family groups inside — not a bar crowd~¥70 a pot (visitor, Apr 2026) visitor-reportedNamed in 2 public Xiaohongshu postsHalal not checked café / dessert venue — halal not checked; no post mentions halal
A visitor in April 2026: mostly foreign customers, friends and family groups, ‘lively but not loud’; about ¥70 a pot against ¥300+ in Shanghai. Amap lists it as a café, 14:30–04:30.
Not visited by us yet · based on 2 public Xiaohongshu posts + Amap listingWhere Muslims Hang Out in Yiwu →
@教主
M Cafe (International Building, 24 h)
Price not reported
M Cafe (International Building, 24 h)
M CAFE 咖啡（国际大厦店）Turkish and Arabic coffee, shisha, open all night.
Café稠州北路458号M咖啡(国际大厦B座1楼) Amap-verified18268819690 Amap listing24小时营业 Amap listingOpen until 24 h Amap listing≈ 30 min walk to District 1 · 2.21 km Amap est.Alcohol: not checked yet — ask before you sitNamed in 2 public Xiaohongshu postsHalal not checked café / dessert venue — halal not checked; no post mentions halal
‘Turkish coffee and Arabic coffee, quite a lot of grounds; smoking and shisha allowed inside, so it gets hazy’ (Feb 2025); another visitor found it ‘full of foreigners smoking shisha’. Amap: 24 h.
Not visited by us yet · based on 2 public Xiaohongshu posts + Amap listingWhere Muslims Hang Out in Yiwu →
@桃子桃子么么哒
7% Coffee (Binwang Road, 24 h)
Price not reported
7% Coffee (Binwang Road, 24 h)
7% COFFEE（宾王路218号）World Cup on the screen, Turkish coffee, shisha.
Café宾王路218号7%COFFEE Amap-verified15126667418 Amap listing24小时营业 Amap listingOpen until 24 h Amap listing≈ 28 min walk to District 1 · 2.12 km Amap est.Alcohol: not checked yet — ask before you sitNamed in 2 public Xiaohongshu postsHalal not checked café / dessert venue — halal not checked; 1 post mentions halal
Two 2026 visitors: a café ‘many foreigners frequent’, Turkish and Arabic coffee, Turkish cakes and shisha; in June the World Cup was playing loud on the screen. Service described as slow and confused. Amap: 24 h.
Not visited by us yet · based on 2 public Xiaohongshu posts + Amap listingWhere Muslims Hang Out in Yiwu →
Three of the after-dinner places on this road — the full list (shisha / cafés / desserts / barbers / football) is on Where Muslims hang out.
Getting there: show the driver
Taxi from the International Trade City is a short ride; Didi works too. Show the card, or say "Chóuzhōu běi lù".
Show the driver · 给司机看
稠州北路 异国风情街
Chóuzhōu běi lù · Yìguó fēngqíng jiē
Chouzhou North Road, Exotic Street, Yiwu
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~¥14–24 estimated
Taxi benchmark: International Trade City → Exotic Street
estimate · Amap road distance × official tariff; not our own metered ride · how to avoid overcharging
Ask a local
Planning a group dinner on Exotic Street?
Send the restaurant name, your preferred time and party size. Ask about a local call to check seating or explain a request in Chinese. A table or halal claim is confirmed separately by the restaurant. Availability and any fee are agreed before the task begins.
Nearby
After dinner
The night market for local snacks, or the mosque for Isha.
FAQ
Questions visitors ask
Where is Exotic Street in Yiwu?
On Chouzhou North Road (稠州北路), north of the city centre in the Binwang trade district, a short taxi ride from the International Trade City. The Turkish corner is at No. 475–489 near Binwang Road; the Yemeni end is at No. 129–135; Ariana is at No. 590. Show a driver the card on this page.
Which is better, Sultan or Beyti?
The most-asked question on the street. Visitors lean to Beyti for a wider, more home-style menu and to Sultan for the room and the desserts; both queue on holidays. Bosphorus, fifty metres away, is the usual no-queue answer, and Ariana up the road is the one first-timers find easiest to like.
Is Chouzhou North Road walkable from the market?
From Districts 1–2 it is a long walk or a short taxi; visitors report Bosphorus's Xinguanghui branch about 400 m from the market and Ariana about five minutes on foot from District 1. Exact walk times are being timed and will be published with the date.
Which Yemeni restaurant is best in Yiwu?
Sinbad is the one visitors name, for the soft bread with lamb gravy and afternoon mandi at ¥50–80 a head; Marasim and a few unnamed neighbourhood rooms are cheaper and quieter. We will publish our own pick with a price and a date after the visits.
What time do restaurants on Exotic Street close?
Visitors report Sultan open 08:00–24:00, Sinbad 10:00–23:00, and A Hot Chilli (Indian) until about 03:00; most rooms are dinner-focused and stay open late. Hours are recorded per restaurant on each review.