The Top 100 Places to Eat Near The Eminent
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Rank 1. The Eminent
Cantonese
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Rank 2. Deli Boutique・Uncle De Abalone
Cantonese
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Rank 3. Delightful House
Cantonese
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Rank 5. 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 7. 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 8. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 9. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 11. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 12. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 13. Yao Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 15. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 18. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 19. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 21. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 24. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 25. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 26. 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 27. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 28. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 29. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 30. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 31. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 32. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 33. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 34. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 35. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 36. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 37. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Nine private rooms tucked inside a building that also contains a furniture showroom and a Japanese tea room, which tells you something about the neighborhood's ambitions. This is a refined Chiu Chow restaurant where the menu bends around seasonal availability and what you actually feel like eating. The kitchen works in the old regional tradition without being precious about it, and the whole thing holds a Michelin star.
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Rank 39. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 41. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 43. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 44. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 46. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 48. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 51. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 52. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 53. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 55. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 56. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 57. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 58. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 59. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 62. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 63. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 64. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 67. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 68. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 69. 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 70. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 72. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 74. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 75. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 77. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 78. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 79. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 81. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 82. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 84. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 85. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 86. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 89. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 90. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 91. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 92. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 94. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 95. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 97. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 98. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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Rank 99. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 100. Ya Yuan
Chinese