Unwittingly, winter is already well underway. Take a look at these palatable mutton restaurants, which will certainly warm your stomach.

• Lamb Spine Hot Pot

Xie Wang Fu (Hufangqiao)

The mutton meat is tender, while the soup is full-bodied. Even vegetables boiled in the soup taste great. In the end, you could order some sliced noodles. When the noodles are ready, they taste salty and tasty with a flavor of the mutton soup. If the mutton is a bit greasy for you, try some vegetables, like Chinese cabbage or baby cabbage.

Average Spend: 87 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-63131997

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 10:00-22:00

Address: No. A4, Hufang Road (Exit C of Hufangqiao Station, near Huguang Guild Hall and the Workers' Club) 虎坊路甲4号(虎坊桥地铁站c口湖广会馆、工人俱乐部)

Lao Feng Kao Lamb Spine (Beitucheng)

A characteristic restaurant, located in a big yard, makes people feel like they are sitting in a farmyard. The roasted lamb spine is free from mutton odor since the lamb spine has already been stewed for a long time before roasting. It smells great and is not oily. Roasted lamb's tail is oil-rich and fresh with crusty pancake wrapped in red sauce on the top; rose willow kebab is quite unique since the mutton is threaded on tree branches; roasted chicken wings are crispy outside but tender inside.

Average Spend: 87 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-59476868, 010-62380635

Address: No. 2 Qijiahuozi (near the east of Jiandemen Bridge) 祁家豁子2号院(近健德门桥东)

• Mutton Barbecue

Jiu Shi Jiu Mongolian Yurt (Qinghe)

The roasted whole mutton is awesome. Waiters will introduce their restaurants as they divide the roasted whole mutton professionally. The mutton is transported here from Xilingol League. Without any mutton smell, it is delicate and fresh instead. The lamb leg is lightly burnt, crispy outside and soft inside. The beer is just as delicious as the mutton, and the wheat fragrance will linger in your mouth after you drink it. Besides, it's cozy to enjoy the yummy mutton in Mongolian yurt in Beijing.

Average Spend: 214 yuan per person.

Surname: 99 Mongolian Yurt

Phone: 010-62991888, 010-62995888

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 10:00-21:00

Address: No. 9 Yongtaizhuang North Road, Mafang Village, Dongsheng Town (Turn left at the fourth traffic light at the Lincui Road in the North Fifth Ring Road) (800m away from the northeast exit of Yongtaizhuang Station of Metro Line 8) 东升乡马坊村永泰庄北路9号（北五环林萃桥北第四个红绿灯左转）(地铁8号线永泰庄站东北口800米)

Zhen Di Dao Jing Wei Fu (Xidan)

Here you can take a bite of Beijing braised mutton coated with flour. Dip it in the sauce, and eat with some chilies and onions, plus fresh fried lamb sticks, wonderful! The restaurant is situated in a small Hutong, so hardly could it be found. But it is so popular that everyday it's full of foodies. It is a restaurant of Beijing tastes, specializing in traditional Beijing cuisines.

Average Spend: 85 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-66013188, 010-66068268

Address: No. 42 Wenchang Hutong (get off the metro at Xidan Station, walk out from the Exit J2, and go straight) 文昌胡同42号(地铁西单站J2西口出，直行)

Barbecue Liu (Flagship)

There are many barbecue restaurants around Hufang Bridge, especially Lazhu Hutong, a street of barbecue restaurants. And Barbecue Liu, opening for a long time, is one of the most authentic barbecue restaurants. The meat is fresh and in good measure. Roasted corn-bread slice is matched with stinky tofu, surprisingly delicious. It's easy to splash oil though, grilled meat has more Chinese flavor.

Average Spend: 84 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-52464623

Opening Hours: 10:30-24:00

Address: No. 80 Lazhu Hutong, across the Workers' Club in Hufang Bridge 虎坊桥工人俱乐部对面腊竹胡同80号

• Lamb Skewers

Xinjiang Bingtuan Restaurant

The restaurant is good at making Xinjiang cuisine. The rose willow kebab is tender and tasty, crispy outside and soft inside. It is said their mutton is delivered here by air, with the grass on saline-alkali soil as the main food of mutton, so the meat doesn't have any unpleasant smell. The mutton is strongly recommended. The mutton soup is also good. Well-marbled mutton melts in your mouth, and the soup is added little ingredients in order to maintain the original tastes of mutton and carrots.

Average Spend: 85 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-58363898, 010-58363988

Surname: Bingtuan Building Restaurant

Address: Building 2, Yard No. 6, Maliandao South Street (on the west side of Carrefour) 马连道南街6号院2号楼(家乐福西侧)

Damoloulan Xinjiang Cuisine (Dongzhimen)

The rose willow kebab is awesome and the meat is so delicious. The chef is a native of Xinjiang, so rest assured that the dishes are authentic. Also the services are considerate. The mutton skewer has a big portion. You must feel so good with every bite of the fresh mutton.

Average Spend: 64 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-57727584

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 10:00-24:00

Address: No. 13 Xinzhong Street (20m on the south of Dongzhimen Police Station) 新中街13号(东直门派出所南20米)

Mutton Hot Pot

Ju Bao Yuan (Niujie Beikou)

You have to be prepared to line up since it's of great popularity. Hand cut mutton and shank meat is of premium quality and excellent slicing techniques. Beijing instant-boiled mutton will have a little bit mutton smell, but it's acceptable. The mutton is well-marbled and tender.

Average Spend: 102 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-83545602

Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday 11:00-22:00

Address: No. 5-2, Building No. 1, Niujie Xili (next to the Muslim market) 牛街西里商业1号楼5-2号(清真超市旁)

Manhengji Hot Pot

This restaurant is good at making mutton oil pancakes. The brown sugar is stuffed inside the pancake, sweet and crispy. Be careful not to burn your mouth. The restaurant is of high quality and of reasonable price, which is definitely worth your presence.

Average Spend: 83 yuan per person.

Phone: 010-66517188

Opening Hours: 11:00-23:00

Address: No. 14 Ping’anli West Street (the southwest of Zhao Dengyu Road) 平安里西大街14号(赵登禹路口西南)