The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Soodle
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Rank 1. Soodle
Vegetarian
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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. 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 4. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 5. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 6. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 8. BingSheng Mansion (Xiancun Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 9. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 10. 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 11. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 14. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 15. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 16. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 17. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 18. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 19. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 20. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 21. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 22. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 23. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 24. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 25. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 27. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 30. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 32. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 34. 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 36. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 39. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 40. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 41. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 42. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 43. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 44. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 47. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 48. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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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 53. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Dayang (Wenming Road)
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. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 60. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 62. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 63. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 64. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 65. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 66. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 67. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 68. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 70. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 71. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 72. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 74. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 75. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 76. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 77. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 78. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 81. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 82. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 84. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 85. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 86. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 87. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 89. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 90. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 91. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 92. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 93. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 94. 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 95. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 97. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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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