The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Lai Heen
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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. 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 3. BingSheng Mansion (Xiancun Road)
Cantonese
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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 8. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 9. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 10. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 12. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 13. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 14. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 15. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 16. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 19. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 21. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 22. 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 23. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 24. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 26. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 27. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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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. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 31. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 33. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 35. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 36. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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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 47. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 50. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 51. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 52. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 53. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 54. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 57. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 59. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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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. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 67. Summer Palace
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. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 72. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 74. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 75. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 76. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 77. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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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. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 84. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 85. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 86. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 87. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 89. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 90. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 91. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 92. 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 93. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 94. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 95. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 96. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 98. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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Rank 99. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 100. The Eminent
Cantonese