The Top 100 Restaurants Near Lingnan House
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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. Song
Sichuan
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Rank 4. Yu Yue Heen
Cantonese
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Rank 5. BingSheng Mansion (Xiancun Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 7. Wenjian Hainan Cuisine
Hainanese
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Rank 8. Chōwa
Japanese
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Rank 9. Tao Tao Ju · Ya Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 10. He Yuan (Tianhe)
Cantonese
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Rank 11. Fa Sing Garden (Jinsui Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 12. Soodle
Vegetarian
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Rank 13. Tongtown
Cantonese
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Rank 15. Yue Jing Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 16. Jiang by Chef Fei
Cantonese
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Rank 17. Qi Cun Da Tou Hui
Cantonese
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Rank 19. The Penthouse
Cantonese
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Rank 20. Xing Fu Yi Zhan (Yulei Third Street)
Chongqing-style Sichuan
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Rank 21. 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 22. Yun Pavilion
Cantonese
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Rank 23. Plant-Based Kitchen
Vegetarian
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Rank 25. Ease (Yuexiu)
Sichuan
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Rank 26. Tao Gie Mie Zhou
Chaozhou
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Rank 28. 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 31. Dai Yong Town
Chaoshan
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Rank 32. Mamak
Malaysian
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Rank 34. Tung Fook Superior Cuisine
Cantonese
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Rank 37. Taozui Guan
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 38. 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. Xin Ji
Cantonese
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Rank 42. Wisca (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 45. Ersha No.1
Cantonese
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Rank 47. The Legend
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 52. Nan Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 53. Gu Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 55. Mian Ji (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 57. Dayang (Wenming Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 58. Stay Here
Chaoshan
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Rank 60. FT · Bak Kut Teh (Yuexiu)
Malaysian
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Rank 61. Hui Xing Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 63. Zijin Shi Fang
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Wei Shi Jia
Cantonese
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Rank 66. Ze 8 (Haizhu)
Cantonese
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Rank 67. Summer Palace
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. Hai Xian Jie Cai Guan
Cantonese
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Rank 72. The Peach Blossom (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 73. Yong Zuo
Chaoshan
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Rank 74. Jia Yuan
Vegetarian
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Rank 75. Zen Tea
Vegetarian
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Rank 76. Rong Yi Fa Niu Za Dian (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 77. Guo Fan Jia Yan
Hunanese
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Rank 78. Wing Lee Restaurant (Yuexiu)
Cantonese
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Rank 79. Chuang Fa
Cantonese
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Rank 80. Tian Shui
Vegetarian
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Rank 81. Hua Ge Si Chu
Cantonese
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Rank 82. Xiang Qun (Longjin East Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 83. Beiyuan Cuisine
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. 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. Hunan Cuisine
Hunanese
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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. 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 94. Tang Shi Meishi
Cantonese
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Rank 95. Song Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 97. Flavors of China
Sichuan
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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