The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Yu Garden
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Rank 1. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 3. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 6. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 8. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 9. 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 10. 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 11. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 12. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 14. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 15. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 16. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 17. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 18. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 19. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 20. 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 21. 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 23. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 24. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 25. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 27. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 28. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 29. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 30. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 31. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 32. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 34. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 36. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 37. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 38. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 39. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 40. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 42. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 43. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 44. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 46. 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 47. Catch
Seafood
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Rank 48. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 50. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 51. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 52. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 53. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Ya Yuan
Chinese
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Rank 59. Yao Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 60. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 62. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 63. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 64. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 65. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 66. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 68. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 69. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 70. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 71. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 72. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 76. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 77. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 78. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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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. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 85. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 86. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 87. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 89. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 91. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 92. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 94. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 95. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 96. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 97. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 98. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 99. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 100. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese