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Summary: This 2025 Qingdao halal food map follows an Eid al-Fitr trip, Zhanqiao Pier, Shilaoren Beach, Ma Family seafood hot pot, Ma Family seafood stalls, Huiwei Restaurant, Wagyu BBQ, Pakistani food, and practical notes on halal seafood and family travel.

I visited Qingdao again after 15 years. My car broke down when I arrived, so I stayed for five days and spent Eid al-Fitr here. I was surprised to see so many more halal restaurants than when I came for my college graduation trip, when I could only find hand-pulled noodles (lamian).



For lodging, I recommend staying near Zhanqiao Pier. It has many photogenic alleys, is close to the beach where you can feed seagulls, and has a high concentration of halal restaurants. Another good area is Shilaoren Beach, which is cleaner and quieter, making it perfect for playing in the sand with kids.



The list of halal restaurants featured in this post is as follows:

1. Halal Ma Family Seafood Hot Pot

2. Ma Family Seafood Food Stall

3. Halal Huiwei Restaurant

4. No. 2 Australian Wagyu BBQ

5. Hanbaba Pakistani Restaurant

6. Yipin Seafood Home-style Cooking

7. Minzu Restaurant

1. Halal Ma Family Seafood Hot Pot



You have to eat seafood in Qingdao. This restaurant has been open for 30 years and is currently the largest halal restaurant chain in the city with six locations. Each shop has a slightly different style, and the largest one is built like a yurt.



To eat seafood hot pot, pick your ingredients on the first floor, then go upstairs to the second floor and wait for your meal.



The seafood here is very fresh. The abalone and scallops arrive alive and can even crawl off the plate. The price is quite cheap, costing no more than 200 yuan for two people to have a meal.





The lamb rolls are buy-one-get-one-free. The condiment station has many combinations, and the service is very good. This shop also offers accommodation, with a nightly rate of no more than 100 yuan.



2. Halal Ma Family Seafood Stall



This shop serves seafood barbecue and local Qingdao stir-fry dishes, and it is owned by the same people as Ma Family Hot Pot.



We ordered their signature spoon worm rice (haichang laofan) and mackerel dumplings (bayu shuijiao) to go. After comparing, their versions are definitely better than others.



3. Halal Hui Flavor Restaurant



This shop is only a few hundred meters from the Ma Family Seafood Stall. It is run by Hui Muslims from Jinan and is a small place for seafood and stir-fry.



Try a local specialty, Laoshan Cola, which has a herbal medicine taste.





Spoon worm rice (haichang laofan) is a dish that every local seafood restaurant makes, and it is cooked with Chinese chives.



The mackerel dumplings have a delicate texture, and the wrappers are green because they contain spinach juice.



4. No. 2 Australian Wagyu BBQ Restaurant



This restaurant is inside the Sheraton in Huangdao. It has been open for over a year, has a good reputation, and the food tastes great.



There are a few handsome Uyghur guys in the shop who will help you grill the meat.





I thought this rice ball was meant to be eaten raw, but it turns out you have to grill it a bit more.



My top recommendation is this large slice of Australian Wagyu beef; the meat is very tender.







5. Khan Baba Pakistani Restaurant



This Khan Baba is a branch of the Beijing Khan Baba in Qingdao. The shop is small and has been in Qingdao for several years. The restaurant does not sell alcohol, and not far from Khan Baba, there is a Turkish restaurant called Istanbul Kitchen.



To be honest, the taste at this Qingdao branch is not as good as the one in Beijing, but it is still nice to have another option in Qingdao.



If you bring children, they can eat the pasta and pizza here.









6. Yipin Seafood Home-style Cooking



This is also a seafood stir-fry restaurant, located near Zhanqiao Pier.



The owner is very welcoming, and the food at this shop is quite tasty.





I tried the local bizarre drink Laoshan white flower snake grass water (Laoshan baihuashecaoshui), and it tastes like medicine.



Cold tossed fish skin is a very spicy dish, no matter where you eat it, so be careful if you cannot handle spice.



The owner will recommend which seafood just arrived, and the spicy stir-fried squid tentacles and scallops are both delicious.



7. Ethnic restaurant



This is a restaurant run by the Salar people from Qinghai that does not serve alcohol, located near the Qingdao mosque. There is now a small food street for Hui Muslims around the mosque.



We went on the last night of Ramadan, and it was packed, so the service could not keep up.





In my experience, when you come to a Northwest restaurant, you should eat Northwest specialties and try to avoid dishes that do not belong to the Northwest cuisine, or you might be disappointed.





This Hui Muslim food street around the mosque is basically all Northwest restaurants, with steamed buns (baozi), spicy hot pot (malatang), barbecue, and various noodle dishes.





They say this Deqing steamed bun (baozi) shop is run by people from Dezhou, Shandong.









Also, I found a halal seafood barbecue shop near Zhanqiao on Dazhong Dianping, as shown in the picture below.



When I arrived, I found it was a hand-pulled noodle shop, as shown in the picture below. I asked the owner and learned they used to serve seafood but stopped, though the information online was never updated.



Qingdao Mosque



Qingdao Mosque is built on a hill. It is 20 years old, covers a large area, and sits right next to a Hui Muslim cemetery.



The Eid al-Fitr prayer is held in an outdoor space because there are too many people for the main hall to hold. About half of the attendees are international students.





A halal cafe opened right across from the mosque. It is very relaxing to drink coffee there and feel the sea breeze. view all