It's too cold to leave your apartment, you're too busy to cook, or maybe you're just too hung-over to go anywhere. Whatever the reason, the convenience of a food delivery service is the best invention since sliced pizza. Beijing is seeing great advances in the industry, with new services popping up all the time, so here's a look at the best ones in town.

1) Jinshisong

Jinshisong delivers from over 60 different restaurants to customers on the east side of the city, extending their coverage north to Shunyi and east past the 5th Ring Road. The beverage menu offers five or six wine choices and an impressive variety of reasonably priced beers. Non-drinkers can also choose from lots of other soft drinks.

Ordering from the website is quite simple. You can choose a restaurant from the list, or search for a certain type of cuisine. Then choose the dishes you want, and check out. When you enter your address, the delivery price and final total are displayed. After clicking to submit the order, someone will call or text in the next few minutes to confirm it.

Jinshisong is relatively new and is still working out occasional kinks like long delays or cold food, but they make up for it with superb customer service. In past experiences they've reduced the price or delivered a brand new order at no charge to resolve customer dissatisfaction. Communication over the phone is really easy in English or Chinese. Occasionally, they offer good deals in the form of promotional codes, coupons and special deals with specific restaurants to keep customers coming back.

Language Requirements: Fluent English and Chinese on the phone and website

Delivery range: Currently Jinshisong is concentrating on the east side of the city, delivering to CBD, Chaoyang, Dongcheng and Shunyi

Tel: 010 6417 3066

Hours: 10:30 - 22:30, but keep in mind specific restaurant operating hours

Price: 15 RMB for the first 3 km, but some restaurants have deals on the delivery fee. Minimum 68 RMB per order

Website: jinshisong.com