The Top 100 Restaurants Near Emmelyn
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Rank 1. 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 2. 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 3. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 4. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 5. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 6. 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 7. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 9. BingSheng Mansion (Xiancun Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 10. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 11. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 13. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 15. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 16. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 17. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 18. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 19. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 20. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 21. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 22. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 23. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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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 28. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 31. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 33. 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 35. Yong
Sichuan
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Rank 38. Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Cantonese
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Rank 39. Stiller
Seasonal German
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Rank 40. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 41. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 42. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 43. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 46. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 47. Hongtu Hall
Chinese
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Rank 48. Jade River
Cantonese
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Rank 49. Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road)
Chao Zhou Chinese
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Rank 50. Temple Street
Cantonese
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Rank 52. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 53. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 54. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 55. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 56. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 61. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 62. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 63. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 64. The Legend
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Xin Wen Ji (Panfu Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 66. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 67. Xin Tai Le (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 69. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 70. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 71. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 74. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 75. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 76. Summer Palace
Cantonese
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Rank 77. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 78. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 80. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 81. Jian Ji (Liwan)
Noodles
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Rank 82. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Tong Ji
Noodles
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Rank 84. Beiyuan Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 85. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 86. Liang Jia Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 88. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 89. Wen Ji Yixinji
Cantonese
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Rank 90. Zhou Men
Noodles
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Rank 91. Chao Ji Claypot Rice (Liwan)
Cantonese
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Rank 92. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 93. Song Yuan
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 96. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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Rank 97. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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Rank 98. Yu Garden
Fujian
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Rank 99. The Eminent
Cantonese
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Rank 100. Yao Ji
Cantonese