The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou
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Rank 1. 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 2. BingSheng Mansion (Xiancun Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 3. 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 5. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 6. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 7. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 9. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 10. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 11. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 13. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 15. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 16. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 18. 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 19. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 20. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 21. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 22. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 23. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 25. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 26. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 28. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 29. 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 30. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 31. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 32. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 33. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 37. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 39. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 40. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 41. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 42. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 43. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 44. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 45. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 48. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 52. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 53. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 55. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 57. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 60. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 61. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 62. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 66. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 67. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 68. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 70. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 71. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 72. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 73. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 74. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 75. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 76. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 77. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 78. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 81. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 82. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 84. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 85. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 86. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 87. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 88. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 90. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 91. 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 92. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 93. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 94. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 95. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 96. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 97. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 98. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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Rank 100. The Eminent
Cantonese