Restaurant
name_zh / name_en
Dual-language restaurant name in Simplified Chinese
(简体中文) and English. Traditional Chinese variant also available for Taiwan and Hong Kong cross-market
analysis applications.
"浙江人家" / "Grandma's Kitchen"
Restaurant
restaurant_id
Unique stable identifier per Chinese establishment,
consistent across Meituan, Ele.me, Dianping, and direct sources — enabling long-term tracking across
China’s vast and rapidly evolving restaurant landscape.
"rd_cn_6634821"
Cuisine
System
cuisine_system
Classification across all 8 major Chinese culinary
systems (八大菜系): Sichuan 川菜, Cantonese 粤菜, Shandong 鲁菜, Jiangsu 苏菜, Zhejiang 浙菜, Fujian 闽菜, Hunan 湘菜,
Anhui 徽菜 — plus 60+ regional sub-cuisines.
"浙菜 (Zhejiang)"
SAMR
Licence
samr_licence_number
Food operating licence number issued by the State
Administration for Market Regulation (国家市场监督管理总局). Unique per establishment, verifiable against
SAMR’s National Enterprise Credit Information System.
"JY14482021000302"
SAMR
Licence
samr_status
Current food operating licence status: Valid (有效),
Expired (过期), Revoked (取消), or Under Review (审核中). Critical for supplier compliance platforms, B2B
procurement risk tools, and food safety monitoring systems.
"Valid" / "Expired"
SAMR
Licence
samr_expiry_date
Expiry date of the SAMR food operating licence. Enables
proactive compliance alerts, licence renewal monitoring, and risk scoring for food safety platforms and
cross-border import teams sourcing from Chinese food operators.
"2026-11-30"
Restaurant
dianping_rating / review_count
Dianping (大众点评) star rating (1.0–5.0) and total
review count — China’s primary restaurant review platform equivalent to Yelp. Also includes
Meituan and Ele.me in-platform ratings as separate fields for comparison.
4.7 / 12,840 reviews
Restaurant
outlet_type
Chinese restaurant format classification: Full Service
Restaurant, Fast Food (快餐), Hotpot (火锅), Street Food / Night Market, Cloud Kitchen (云厨房), Dim Sum House,
Tea House, or Convenience Store Food.
"火锅 Hotpot Chain"
Restaurant
operating_hours
Full weekly schedule including Golden Week and Spring
Festival closures, late-night hotpot hours (many open until 2–4am), and separate lunch/dinner
service split schedules common in Chinese restaurants.
"Daily: 11am–2am"
menu_item_name_zh / en
Bilingual menu item names in Simplified Chinese and
English. Pinyin romanization also available as a third field for cross-lingual search, transliteration
apps, and export market menu translation tools.
"东坡够额的红烧肉" / "Dongpo Pork"
description_zh / en
Full bilingual item description as written on the
Chinese menu. Valuable for NLP-based food AI models, Chinese cuisine ingredient parsing, and
cross-border menu translation tools for import/export teams.
"东坡肘红片谢满蒸..."
spice_level
Spice intensity classification unique to the Chinese
market: None (不辣), Mild (微辣), Medium (中辣), Spicy (辣), Very Spicy (高辣), and Numb-Spicy (麻辣 — Sichuan
mala). Critical for Chinese food discovery and dietary apps.
"麻辣 (Mala/Numbing)"
category / subcategory
Chinese menu section hierarchy covering all formats:
Cold Dishes (冷盘), Hot Dishes (热菜), Soups (汤菜), Dim Sum (点心), Noodles (面食), Rice (米饭), Hotpot (火锅),
Skewers (串串), Desserts (甜点), and Drinks.
"热菜 > 猪肉"
portion_size
Chinese menu portion sizing classification: Small (小份),
Medium (中份), Large (大份), and family/group sizes for shared dish formats common in Chinese dining
culture. Includes number of recommended diners per dish.
{"size": "中份", "serves": 2}
in_stock / seasonal
Real-time item availability including seasonal Chinese
dishes (Spring Festival specials, Mid-Autumn mooncakes, Dragon Boat dumplings), limited-time hot items,
and dishes unavailable outside specific meal services.
true / "spring_festival_special"
Pricing
price_cny
Current menu price in Chinese Yuan (CNY / 元). Tracked
with timestamps to monitor China’s food inflation trends, Golden Week surge pricing, and platform
promotion cycles across all city tiers from Shanghai Tier 1 to inland Tier 4 cities.
¥68
Pricing
delivery_price_cny
Platform-specific delivery pricing on Meituan and Ele.me
in CNY. Tracks markup above in-restaurant pricing, platform surge pricing during peak hours, bad weather
surcharges, and subsidy-driven promotional periods.
{"meituan": 72, "eleme": 74}
Pricing
city_tier_price_index
Price tier index relative to Chinese city classification
(Tier 1: Beijing/Shanghai/Shenzhen/Guangzhou, New Tier 1: Chengdu/Hangzhou etc., Tier 2–5).
Essential for cross-city market segmentation and pricing strategy studies.
{"city_tier": 1, "price_index": 1.42}
Pricing
price_history
Historical CNY price snapshots going back up to 24
months. Track China’s food CPI trends, how platform subsidy wars affect consumer prices, and
Spring Festival/Golden Week seasonal premium pricing patterns.
[{"date":"2024-02","price":58}]
Nutrition
calories
Per-serving calorie count in kcal per GB 28050 Chinese
national standard for pre-packaged food nutrition labelling. Coverage focused on chain restaurants,
hotpot brands, and major cloud kitchen operators with disclosed data.
620 kcal
Nutrition
macronutrients
Protein, fat, carbohydrates, fibre, sodium, and energy
per serving — following China’s GB 28050-2011 food labelling national standard. NRV (Nutrient
Reference Value) percentage fields also included where disclosed.
{"protein": 28, "fat": 42, "carbs": 14}
Nutrition
allergens
Key allergen flags per item including gluten
(wheat/barley), shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, soy, fish, and sesame — mapped to China’s GB
7718 pre-packaged food label standard allergen disclosure requirements.
["gluten", "peanuts", "soy"]
Nutrition
dietary_flags
Boolean dietary classification flags including
vegetarian (素食), vegan (全素), pork-free (不含猪肉), gluten-free, and low-sodium — important for the growing
Chinese health-conscious and Muslim minority consumer segments.
{"vegetarian": false, "pork_free": false}
Delivery
delivery_platforms
All active Chinese delivery platforms per restaurant:
Meituan (美团), Ele.me (饿了么), Meituan Flash (美团闪购), JD Fresh (京东到家), and brand-owned mini-program delivery
— with live listing status per platform.
["meituan", "eleme"]
Delivery
delivery_fee_cny / min_order
Per-platform delivery fee in CNY and minimum order
threshold. Tracks Meituan and Ele.me promotional zero-fee periods, membership discount impacts, and rain
or peak-hour surcharges in real time.
{"fee": ¥5, "min_order": ¥30}
Delivery
estimated_delivery_time
ETA range in minutes per platform. Reflects
China’s highly optimized last-mile delivery infrastructure — typically 25–40 min in Tier 1
cities. Accounts for platform SLA differences between Meituan and Ele.me per district.
"25–35 min"
Location
geo_coordinates
Verified WGS-84 lat/lng coordinates with sub-50m
accuracy across all Chinese provinces. GCJ-02 (China’s encrypted coordinate system used by
Gaode/Baidu Maps) also available as a separate field for Chinese map integration.
{"lat": 31.1128, "lng": 121.3816}
Location
city / district / sub-district
Four-level China location hierarchy: province (省), city
(市), district (区), and sub-district/community (街道). City-tier classification (Tier 1 through Tier 5)
included for market segmentation and expansion analysis.
"Shanghai > Minhang > Xinzhuang"
Location
shopping_mall / landmark
Chinese mall and commercial complex context: which
shopping centre or landmark a restaurant is located in — e.g., Wanda Plaza (万达广场), Raffles City, Kerry
Centre, or Mixc (万象城) — critical for F&B density and retail analysis.
"万达广场 B2, Unit 205"
Ownership & Corporate
parent_company / legal_entity
Restaurant brand owner and registered legal entity (法人主体) as recorded in Chinese business registration records. Includes Unified Social Credit Code (统一社会信用代码) linkage where available.
"外婆家餐饮集团" / "Grandma's Home Restaurant Group Co., Ltd."
