The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Dai Yong Town
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Rank 1. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 2. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 5. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 6. Lingnan House
Cantonese
Stained-glass windows and stripped wooden floors give this fifth-floor Cantonese restaurant in the Rosewood Guangzhou the feel of a very grand old house that happens to serve roast goose. The kitchen works closely with named farms across Guangdong, which is the kind of supply chain that shows up on the plate rather than just the menu. It holds a Michelin star.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Chinese Restaurant Awards #7 · Elite 15 Asia
- South China Morning Post 2026 · 100 Top Tables
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Rank 7. Lai Heen
Modern Cantonese
Perched on an upper floor of the Ritz-Carlton with Pearl River views, Lai Heen is a Cantonese fine dining restaurant that holds a Michelin star and a Forbes Five Star. The cooking follows the classical Cantonese tradition, where precision and restraint do more work than showmanship. The room is formal without being stiff, the kind of place where a Sunday dim sum lunch feels like a proper occasion rather than a casual outing.
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Rank 9. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 11. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 12. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 13. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 14. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 15. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 18. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 19. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 20. Emmelyn
Contemporary French
A sourdough made from a starter the kitchen has kept alive since day one is a quiet statement of intent. Emmelyn is a contemporary French restaurant in Zhujiang New Town, running seasonal set menus and à la carte, with ingredients that move between Qiandao Lake caviar, French oysters, and Iberian ham. The chef trained across New Zealand and Australia before landing here, and the cooking sits squarely where French tradition meets a lighter, modern hand.
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Rank 21. Chao Yue
Chaozhou
A wave sculpture runs the full length of the ceiling, which tells you something about how seriously this place takes its own idea. Chao Yue is a fine-dining Chaozhou restaurant where the kitchen reinterprets Chiu Chow culinary tradition through prix fixe menus built to feel like a single continuous argument. The service is unusually considered, and the room is quiet enough that it actually matters.
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Rank 22. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 23. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 24. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 25. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 29. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 30. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 31. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 32. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 34. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 35. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 36. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 38. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 39. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 41. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 42. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 43. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 44. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 46. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 49. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 51. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 52. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 55. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 56. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 57. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 59. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 60. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 61. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 62. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 64. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 66. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 67. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 68. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 69. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 71. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 72. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 74. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 75. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 76. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 78. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 81. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 82. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 84. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 85. Song
Sichuan
Thousands of glass feathers hang from a mirrored ceiling above stainless-steel pillars, which is not what most people picture when they think of a Sichuan restaurant. The chef has appeared on Chinese food television, and the menu runs from Sichuan street food classics to wood-roasted aged Peking duck, all inside a room that seems to be auditioning for a science-fiction film. GT Land Plaza, fourth floor, Zhujiang New Town.
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Rank 86. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 87. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 88. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 89. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 90. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 91. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 93. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 94. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 95. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 96. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 98. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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Rank 99. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 100. Yao Ji
Cantonese