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The 100 Best Places to Eat and Do in Guangzhou

The best places to eat and do in Guangzhou, according to the experts: Forbes Travel Guide, Michelin Guide, and Chinese Restaurant Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Lai Heen comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Guangzhou Shi.

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Lingnan House and Taian Table hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with South China Morning Post next.

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  1. Rank 1. 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.


    Address
    3 Xing An Lu, Tian He Qu, Guang Zhou Shi, Guang Dong Sheng, China, 510623 · Guangzhou Shi
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  2. 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.


  3. Eighteen seats around a U-shaped counter, with nothing between you and the open kitchen, is the whole premise at Taian Table. It's a tasting-menu restaurant, European with an Asian lean, and the menu rotates every few weeks so the kitchen never coasts. The setup is theatrical without being showy: you watch each course assembled in front of you, which makes the meal feel more like a collaboration than a transaction.

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  6. Rank 6. 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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  7. 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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    Address
    348 Yingbin Road, Panyu, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Chinese Mainland · Guangzhou Shi
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  10. Rank 8. Chōwa

    Japanese

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  11. Rank 8. Hongtu Hall

    Cantonese

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  14. Rank 8. Jade River

    Cantonese

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  16. Rank 8. Stiller

    Seasonal German

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  18. Rank 8. Xin Ji

    Cantonese

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  19. Rank 8. Yong

    Sichuan

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  21. Rank 8. Yu Yue Heen

    Cantonese

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  22. Rank 22. Chao Yue

    Teochew

    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.


  23. Rank 22. Chuang Fa

    Cantonese

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  33. Rank 22. Hua Ge Si Chu

    Cantonese

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  34. Rank 22. Hui Xing Yuan

    Cantonese

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  37. Rank 22. Jian Ji (Liwan)

    Cantonese Noodle Shop

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  41. Rank 22. Mamak

    Malaysian

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  43. Rank 22. Nan Yuan

    Cantonese

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  47. Rank 22. Song Yuan

    Cantonese

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  48. Rank 22. Soodle

    Vegetarian Chinese

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  49. Rank 22. Stay Here

    Teochew

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  50. Rank 22. Temple Street

    Cantonese

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  51. Rank 22. Tong Ji

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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  52. Rank 22. Wei Shi Jia

    Cantonese

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  56. Rank 22. Xiguan Zhuyuan (Shiba Fu)

    Cantonese Noodle Shop

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  60. Rank 22. Ya Yuan

    Chinese

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  61. Rank 22. Yao Ji

    Cantonese

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  62. Rank 22. Yong Zuo

    Teochew

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  63. Rank 22. Ze 8 (Haizhu)

    Cantonese

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  64. Rank 22. Zhou Men

    Noodle Shop

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  70. Rank 67. Catch

    Seafood

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  75. Rank 67. 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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  76. Rank 67. Ersha No.1

    Cantonese

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  79. Rank 67. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn

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  83. Rank 67. Li Château

    European

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  86. Rank 67. Sing Wan Loi Noodle (Yuexiu)

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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  87. Rank 67. Summer Palace

    Cantonese

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    Address
    2F, Shangri-La Hotel, 1 Huizhan East Road, Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Chinese Mainland · Guangzhou Shi
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Thursday 9 AM–11:30 AM, 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  91. Rank 67. Taozui Guan

    Contemporary Chinese

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  93. Rank 67. The Eminent

    Cantonese

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  94. Rank 67. The Legend

    Cantonese

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  96. Rank 67. The Penthouse

    Cantonese

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  98. Rank 67. Tongtown

    Cantonese

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