Perfect date night: Editors' picks for Chinese Valentine's Day dinner

4. If you crave Italian cuisine, you must try:

CéPE, The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street

意味軒餐廳，北京金融街麗思卡爾頓酒店

Helmed by an award-winning Italian chef, Cépe is one of Beijing's finest dining rooms featuring haute Italian style cuisine. Wine aficionados will delight in an extensive wine menu featuring 200 types of wines.

The five-course menu specially designed for Chinese Valentine's Day is a precious collection of house specialties and innovative dishes. With top-level ingredients such as Spanish red prawn, caviar, fresh oyster, Italian wagyu and blue lobster, the summer-seafood themed set menu is filled with the affection and blessings of the chef's team. Extravagant roses and fancy chocolate are also on the house.

Located on lobby level, CéPE was named Best Restaurant in 2017 by UK luxury lifestyle magazine Tatler; Best Hotel Italian Dining in 2017 by cutting-edge lifestyle and media outlet The Beijinger; and the Best Western Restaurant at 2016-2017 Reward of Best Restaurants Beijing of the Food Report.