Located near the grocery market of Dali old town, difficult to find, you might need to ask local people.  It is a family style restaurant, offer all types of local dishes.

The restaurant is named  MeiZhiJin in Chinese, Meizhi is the name for plum, Jin is the name for well in Chinese.  Meizhijin Restaurant is famous for two things: The Plum wine and the ancient well.

Beatiful surrounding of flowers and trees decorate the restaurant, brick carvings of figurines on the wall are lifelike, possessing both the common features of figure creation in Dali and the unique features of the Bai artists, with bow-shaped crossbeams, bracket-inserted columns, and gargoyles representing people, flowers and birds created with the open carving method, shows the excellent workmanship of the Bai people.

The plum wines served in this restaurant are home-made, known as the best in the town.  We are told that the secret is the water, digging from an ancient well in the courtyard.  The plum wine is tasty and sweet, easy to drink more with delicious Dailly local foods, while you are sharing personal experience, local stories with the restaurant owners, eventually you will get lost in the lazy atmosphere.

China tours inclusive of visiting Dali