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The Best Zhejiang Food in China

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The best Zhejiang food in China, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, The 50, and the Chinese Restaurant Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ru Yuan comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Hangzhou and Shanghai.

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Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road) and Jie Xiang Lou hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. Ru Yuan

    Zhejiang

    Ru Yuan sits inside the Hangzhou Botanical Garden, its floor-to-ceiling windows pulling the trees and stillness directly into the dining room. This is refined Zhejiang tasting-menu territory, the kind where dim lighting and low seating signal that the food is doing the talking. The chef's project is revival, not reinvention, bringing patience to heritage recipes that shortcuts had flattened elsewhere. Two Michelin stars and a spot on Asia's 50 Best at number ten.



  2. A fine dining room inside a resort hotel, set within a bamboo grove and built around the idea that Jiangnan cuisine carries an emotional charge, not just a flavor profile. The kitchen works with seasonal regional ingredients and traditional techniques, nudging them just far enough that the food feels familiar and slightly surprising at once. Thirteen private suites handle the banquet crowd. It holds two Michelin stars.

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  4. Rank 5. Jin Sha

    Refined Zhejiang


  5. Rank 6. Carved Dragons (Jiaojiang)

    Taizhou Zhejiang Seafood

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  8. Rank 6. Jin Sha

    Modern Zhejiang

    The dining room sits inside the Four Seasons on West Lake, which sets certain expectations, and Jin Sha mostly ignores them in the best way, leaning hard into Zhejiang soul food rather than globe-trotting hotel cuisine. The chef builds a modern Cantonese-adjacent menu around seasonal local ingredients, and what arrives at the table looks architectural but eats like something a grandmother would have strong opinions about. It holds a Michelin star.


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  11. Rank 6. Song

    Ningbo Zhejiang

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  12. Rank 6. Xin Rong Ji

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  14. Rank 6. Xin Rong Ji (Jiaojiang)

    Taizhou Zhejiang Seafood

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  16. Rank 6. Yong Fu (Hongkou)

    Ningbo Zhejiang

    Ningbo cooking occupies a specific lane: intensely briny, fermented-forward, and proud of it. This upscale restaurant on the 56th floor of Raffles City The Bund leans into that tradition, anchoring the menu around wild seafood pulled from the East China Sea that morning. The room runs to aubergine walls, linen, and chandeliers, which creates a pleasant contrast with dishes built around deliberately pungent ingredients. It holds a Michelin star.


  17. Rank 6. Yong Fu (Huangpu)

    Ningbo Zhejiang Seafood

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  18. Rank 20. A Cheng

    Zhejiang

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  21. Rank 20. Chi Man

    Zhejiang

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  22. Rank 20. Datou Yingshi Xiaoguan

    Modern Zhejiang

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  26. Rank 20. Fang Lao Da (Shangcheng)

    Zhejiang Noodle Shop

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  30. Rank 20. He Jiu Jia

    Zhejiang

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  32. Rank 20. Jiu Wei

    Zhejiang

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  37. Rank 20. Li Ji Gu Tou Tang

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  38. Rank 20. Little Pigtail Noodle Shop

    Zhejiang Noodle Shop

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  40. Rank 20. Mr. Liang Seafood

    Zhejiang Seafood

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  42. Rank 20. Ning Hai Shi Fu

    Ningbo Zhejiang Seafood

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  43. Rank 20. Ou Yue Zun Xian

    Wenzhou Zhejiang

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  45. Rank 20. Qing Tao

    Zhejiang

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  51. Rank 20. The Taste of Huzhou

    Zhejiang Noodle Shop

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  53. Rank 20. Wu Zi Mian Guan

    Zhejiang Noodle Shop

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  57. Rank 20. Xiao Shan Wei Dao

    Xiaoshan Zhejiang

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  59. Rank 20. Xin Liu He

    Zhejiang

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  60. Rank 20. Xun Wei Jiang Nan

    Ningbo Zhejiang

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  61. Rank 20. Yan Ji Gao Tou Pu

    Wenzhou Zhejiang

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  64. Rank 20. Yu Ji Seafood

    Wenzhou-style Zhejiang

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  67. The Grand Hyatt's flagship dining room sits right on the edge of West Lake, and the kitchen leans into that geography, building its menus around the fish and seafood at the heart of Hangzhou cuisine. It's a formal, elegant space where the cooking is careful and precise, the service polished, and the whole experience reads as a special-occasion destination rather than a casual drop-in.


  68. Rank 69. A Wai Lou

    Zhejiang

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  69. Rank 69. Arch

    Taizhou Zhejiang Seafood

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  72. Rank 69. Dining Room

    Zhejiang

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  73. Rank 69. Dining Room

    Zhejiang

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  74. Rank 69. Du Ji Mai Bing

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  75. Rank 69. Fu Quan Shu Yuan

    Vegetarian Zhejiang

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  76. Rank 69. Golden Silk

    Zhejiang

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  77. Rank 69. Gongxi Gongxi (Pudong)

    Zhejiang Seafood

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  79. Rank 69. Gui Yu Jia Mian

    Hangzhou-style Zhejiang

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  81. Rank 69. Hu Ge Si Fang Cai

    Hangzhou Zhejiang

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  83. Rank 69. In Villa

    Zhejiang

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  84. Rank 69. Jiang Nan Yu Ge

    Ningbo Zhejiang

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  92. Rank 69. Ou Ju Hai

    Cantonese Zhejiang

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  93. Rank 69. Pudi

    Traditional Zhejiang

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  94. Rank 69. Qian Li

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  95. Rank 69. Qian Li

    Taizhou Zhejiang

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  96. Rank 69. Qingguo Art Restaurant

    Modern Zhejiang

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  97. Rank 69. Shuiyang

    Zhejiang

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  98. Rank 69. Song Yun

    Zhejiang

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