Guangzhou Dining

The main representatives of Cantonese Cuisine include Guangzhou dishes, Chaozhou dishes, and Dongjiang dishes. Cantonese cuisine is good in color, fragrance, taste and presentation. In addition, the delicate Cantonese pastry is also well-known for its wide range of varieties, delicious flavor and beautiful color. Cantonese cuisine is among the most famous four in the country.

Some people favor the famous Guangzhou cuisine are Roast Suckling Pig, Dragon Fighting Against the Tiger which consists of stewed snake and wild cat, Taiye Chicken, and Stewed Wild Dog Meat.

Tianhe District has the largest immigrant population and it is a district that contains the largest variety of foreign delicacies. Well known restaurants include the Thai restaurant, Niuqiao (Cow Bridge), and Italian restaurants such as the Mamamia. For excellent American food of the chicken and steak variety, and good beer, try Lucy's on Shamian Najie. The Banana Leaf Curry House on Luhu Lu serves moderately priced Singaporen and Indian food. For quality French food try La Seine, situated in Xinghai Concert Hall on Ersha Island.

Cantonese Dimsum

This kind of food ranks the best in the whole country. Exquisitely made dim sums attract your eyes and stomach. Panxi Restaurant (Panxi Jiujia) creates 1,000 kinds of dim sums. Among the various choices of dim sums, you may choose the most typical ones: Shrimp Dumpling, Streamed Shaomai, Steamed Vermicelli Roll and so on.

The Panxi restaurant on the lake in Liwnhu Park offers classic dim sum and Cantonese dishes. Datong on Yangjiang Xilu is another popular restaurant with dim sum on the menu. There are also several decent eateries on Jianshe Lu near the Garden Hotel.

Panxi Restaurant
Address:No. 151 Long Jinxi Road, Guangzhou
Tel:(8620) 8181-5718
Opening Hours: 11:30 am 2:30 pm; 5:30 am 9:30 pm, everyday

Nanxin Shuangpinai (Double-Skin Milk)

Nanxin Shuangpinai is the specialty of Nanxin Milk Store on the Xiajiu Lu. Simmered milk has a frozen cover made of the mixture of egg white and milk, hence the name Double-Skin Milk. When finished, this food appears to be pure white and semisolid. It tastes soft and sweet. Most importantly, it is good for your health because it has much nutritional value.

Jidizhou (Jidi Porridge)

Jidizhou is a type of porridge and some of this best porridge is served at the Wuzhan Ji Restaurant, which has been a noted snack bar since the early 1900s.

Yuntun Mian (Wonton Noodle)

Go to Shangxia Jiu Lu, Xihua Lu and Renmin Lu. You will find many eateries that serve Wonton Noodles. Cantonese like to have the delicious Yuntun Mian for breakfast.

 Chang Fen (Steamed Rice Roll)

This featured snack of Steamed Rice Roll is popular among local people. It is now a must-serve in nearly all the teahouses and night markets in Guangzhou.

 Guiling Gao

Being afraid of suffering from excessive internal heat, Cantonese love to have Guiling Gao. Guiling Gao is a kind of brown jelly that holds the shape of the vessel. It is said the Guiling Gao can clear internal heat, and the more bitter the Guiling Gao is, the better.

Fruits

Fruits are not in short supply in Guangzhou. Litchi, mangos, bananas, carambola, longans and pineapples come into the market in season.

Herbal Tea Drink

Drinking Herbal tea is a longtime habit for Guangzhou people. Herbal tea can eliminate summer heat from the human body and cure the sore throats caused by winter dryness. Wang Laoji Herbal Tea is the most famous tea in Guangzhou. Guangzhou people like drinking tea, especially in the morning. Teahouses are all filled up before 11 am in the morning.

Tangshui

Tangshui literarily means Sweet Water, but actually it is somewhat like a soft drink with the ingredients being fruits and vegetables. Guangzhou people are partial to Tangshui. They regard it as nutritious food. Boiled Tangshui is a hot drink and the frozen one is the soft drink. The most popular Tangshui store is the Taiping Guan Icehouse on Beijing Road in Guangzhou.

Bi Feng Tang Restaurant
Address: Meishi Street, Fangcun District, Guangzhou
Opening Hours: 11 am 4 am, daily

Datong Jiujia (Datong Restaurant)
Specialties:Roast Suckling Pig
Address:No. 63 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou

Flory City Restaurant
Address 1: 1-2/F, Merchandise Hotel, 8/111 Luihua Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8650-3188

Address 2: 3/F, Dong Shan Plaza, No. 65 Xianlie East Street, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8732-0428
Opening Hours: 7:30 am 11 pm, daily

Food Street
Address: 1/F, China Hotel, Liuhua Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8666-6888 Ext. 3156
Opening Hours: 7 am 1:30 am, daily

Guangzhou Jiujia
Specialties:Jiaji Duck, Wenchang Chicken and Fried Duck Palm
Address:No. 2 Wenchang South Road, Guangzhou

Guangzhou Restaurant
Address 1: Corner of Shangjiu Road and Wenchang Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8138-9840

Address 2: No. 86 Yishisan Hang Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8187-0138

Address 3: No. 20 Binjiang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou
Tel 3: (8620) 8442-3123

Address 4: Baifu Square, No. 112 Tiyu East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Tel 4: (8620) 3880-9138

Address 5: No. 93 Jixiang Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Tel 5: (8620) 3880-9138

Address 6: No. 1 Chagao Road, Fangcun District, Guangzhou
Tel 6: (8620) 8157-9828

Opening Hours: 7 am 3 pm; 5 pm 9 pm, daily

Lucky Fellow
Address 1: 5-6/F, No. 111 Taikang Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8339-3800

Address 2: No. 643 Longjin Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8191-1388

Address 3: No. 322 Renmin Road, Guangzhou
Tel 3: (8620) 8188-8318

Opening Hours: 6:30 am 12 am, everyday

Lianxiang Lou Restaurant
Specialties:Vegetable Spring Roll
Address: No. 67 Dishifu Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8139-1191; (8620) 8139-8297
Opening Hours: 6:30 am 12 am

Qiao Mei
Address: No. 52 Shamian South Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8191-3018
Opening Hours: 11 am 3:30 pm; 5 pm 4 am, everyday

Taotao Ju Jiujia Restaurant
Address:No. 20 Dishifu Road, Guangzhou

Xi Guan Ren Jia
Address: 4/F, LiwanPlaza, No. 9 Dexing Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8138-0308
Opening Hours: 7 am 10 pm

Xiang Xia Zai Countryside Restaurant
Address: HongFengPlaza (basement), No. 13 Songbai East Street, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8639-5533
Opening Hours: 9:30 am 3:30 am

Yong Ya Shan Fang
Address: Huanshi Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8666-6626
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 6 am, everyday

Zhengda Fangyuan
Address 1: Xiuxian Huisuo, No. 300 Luhu Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8349-4333
Opening Hours: 9:30 am 2:30 pm and 5 pm 10 pm (for dishes); 2:30 pm 5 pm and 10 pm 12 pm (for dimsum)

Address 2: Yunshan Xiangcun, No. 12 Luhu Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8358-5200

Chao Gang Chun
Address: 6/F, Time Square, No. 28 Tianhe North Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 3882-0539
Opening Hours: 11 am 3 pm; 5 pm 11 pm, everyday

Chao Tai Ju Mei Shi
Address: No. 35 Tianhe Tiyu West Road, Heng Street, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8758-5995
Opening Hours: 11 am 10:30 am, everyday

Guangdong Chuang Fa Restaurant
Address: 4/F, CITIC Hotel, Huanshi East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8331-2688; (8620) 8331-2791
Opening Hours: 7:30 am 3 pm; 5 pm 10:30 pm, everyday

ImperialPalace
Address 1: 3A/F, Guangzhou International Trade Center, No. 1 Linhe West Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 3878-3888

Address 2: 3/F, Guangzhou Foreign Businessmen Hotel, No. 293 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8739-8922

Opening Hours: 11 am 3 pm and 5 pm 11 pm on weekdays; 10 am 3 pm and 5 11 pm on weekends

Royal Spring Restaurant
Address: 1-3/F, New International Mansion, No. 737 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 3761-0023; (8620) 3761-0003

Ke Jia Restaurant
Address: No. 338 Hengfu Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8359-2881
Opening Hours: 7 am 10 am; 11 am 3 pm; 5 pm 10 pm, everyday

Ke Jia Wang
Address: Jiangnan Dadao Zhong (next to HaizhuShopping Center), Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8563-8311
Opening Hours: 10 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9:30 pm, everyday

Hunan Home
Address: 6/F, Time Square, No. 28 Tianhe North Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 3882-1850; (8620) 3882-1837
Opening Hours: 11 am 2 pm; 4 pm 10 pm, everyday

My Home
Address 1: 2/F, No. 77 Tiyue West Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8559-2101

Address 2: No. 19 Taojin North Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8358-0544

Address 3: No. 181 - 187 Tianhe East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 3881-0808
Opening Hours: 11 am 11 pm, everyday

Tong Xiang Hui
Address: 1/F, Huizhou Building, No. 315 Huanshi Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8350-5614
Opening Hours: 10 am 10 pm

Xiang Cun Guan
Address 1: No. 23 Xianlie South Road (opposite Huatai Hotel), Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8778-9888 Ext. 86128
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9: 30 pm; 9:30 pm 12 am for drinking

Address 2: Room 888, Tower 28, Guofang Building, Huangpu Dadao, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8551-1888 Ext. 7081
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9:30 pm

Address 3: No. 1 Tiyu East Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Tel 3: (8620) 8751-5882
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9:30 pm

Address 4: No. 77 Tiyu West Road, Guangzhou
Tel 4: (8620) 8559-4727
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9:30 pm

Address 5: Baoxin Building, Siyou Sinma Road, Wuyang Xincheng, Guangzhou
Tel 5: (8620) 8737-5526
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9:30 pm

Xiang E Buiding
Address: 2/F, C Wing, Dongdu Dashi Street, No. 415 Huanshi East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8761-9439; (8620) 9761-3533
Opening Hours: 11:30 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 10:30 pm, everyday

Xiang Li Xiang Qin
Address: 2/F, Yiyuan Building, No. 840 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8767-3629
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 10 pm, everyday

Xiang Yue Ren Jia Hunan Restaurant
Address: No. 13 Xihu Road (opposite GuangzhouDepartmentStoreBuilding), Guangzhou
Tel: (8620)8319-0356
Opening Hours: 11 am 11 pm

1998 Restaurant
Address: 1/F, Huanghua Gang Theatre, No. 96 Xianglie Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8761-4967

Dong Hao Seafood
Address: 1-2/F, No. 898 Guangzhou Dadao South, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8421-4657
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 9 pm, everyday

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
Address 1: Dabao Square, No. 109 Liuhua Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8669-5528; (8620) 8669-538

Address 2: 3/F, CITIC Plaza, No. 233 Tianhe North Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8752-0533

Opening Hours: 11 am 3 am on weekdays; 9 am 3 am on weekdays

JiangNanFishingVillage
Address: 2/F, No. 108 Jiangnan West Road, Henan District, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8448-0238
Opening Hours: 7:30 am 2:30 am; 5 pm 12 am

Meiji
Address 1: Zhuying Building, Zhuxigang Er Ma Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8777-8253

Address 2: Chengdu Building, Zhongshan Ba Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8193-3185

Address 3: Jincheng Hotel, No. 168 Donghua North Road, Guangzhou
Tel 3: (8620) 8762-9135

Address 4: 2/F, No. 2 Tongxin Road, Guangzhou
Tel 4: (8620) 8359-3328 Ext. 2131

Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 11 pm

NanhaiVillage
Address 1: Tianhe Sports Center, Tiyu East Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 3879-6988
Opening Hours: 11 am 3 pm; 5:30 pm 11 pm, everyday

Address 2: No. 903 Liuhua Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8666-8668
Opening Hours: 11 am 3 am, everyday

Tang Yuan
Address 1: Inside Liuhua Park, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8667-2933
Address 2: No. 95 Chebei Duan, Zhongshan Dadao, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8231-6298

Opening Hours: 8:30 am 2:30 pm; 5 pm 10 pm, everyday

Peace Restaurant
Address: 2/F, Parkview Square Hotel, No. 960 Jiefang North Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8667-1731; (8620) 8667-1736
Opening Hours: 7 am 11:30 pm, everyday

Shanghai Tan
Address: 1/F, Xinlong Building, No. 133 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8736-1138
Opening Hours: 7 am 3 pm; 5 pm 10:30 pm, everyday

Ba Shu Bu Yi
Address: No. 113 Shuyin Road (opposite Haojing Hotel), Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8725-1866
Opening Hours: 10 am 3 am, everyday

Ba Shu Lao Tang
Address: No. 139 Tianhe Zhi Street (opposite Time Square backward), Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8753-9023
Opening Hours: 11:30 am 2 pm; 5:30 pm 12 am, everyday

Ba Shu People Delicacies in Sichuan
Address: 5/F, Huihua Building, No. 80 Xianlie Zhong Road, Ou Zhuang District, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8732-3388
Opening Hours: 10 am 9:30 pm

Ba Shu Xuan
Address: 5/F, Shangye Cheng, Zhong Shanwu Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8336-2650; (8620) 8327-8012
Opening Hours: 10 am 10 pm, everyday

Chuan Guo Yan Yi
Address: 2-3/F, Huaxin Building, Guangzhou
Opening Hours: 10:30 am 10:30 pm, everyday

Lao Shu Ren Hotpot
Address: 2/F, Jianshe Dama Building, No. 2 Hengma Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8380-6853; (8620) 8386-7067
Opening Hours: 10:30 am 1:00 am, everyday

Pu Li Chuan Restaurant
Address: No. 744 Dongfeng Road (intersection between Dongfeng Road and Nonglinxia Road), Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8730-0619
Opening Hours: 11:30 am 2:30 pm; 5:00 pm 9:30 pm, everyday

Tan Fish Head Hot Pot Restaurant
Address: 1-2/F, Huasheng Building, No. 102 Xianlie Zhong Road, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8761-0088
Opening Hours: 11 am 2:30 pm; 5:00 pm 9:30 pm, everyday

Yunnan Noodle House
Address: No. 72 Tiyu Heng West Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8750-0359
Opening Hours: 8 am 12 am, everyday

Over Bridge Yunnan Noodle House
Address 1: 2/F, No. 287 Beijing Road, Guangzhou
Tel 1: (8620) 8338-6563

Address 2: 2/F, No. 38 Shangjiu Road, Guangzhou
Tel 2: (8620) 8190-1229

Opening Hours: 10 am 11 pm, everyday

Niuqiao
Address: Floor 2, Xianglong Garden, No. 175 - 181 Tianhe North Road, Guangzhou

Mamamia
Address: Rihang Hotel, No. 196 Linhe Xiheng Road, Guangzhou

Banana Leaf (Shimao Branch)
Address: Floor 5, Shimao Mansion, No. 371 - 375 Huanshi East Road, Guangzhou

Lianhua Vegetarian Restaurant
Address: No. 76 Jinghui Road, Guangzhou

Shangshi Zhai Vegetarian Restaurant
Address: No. 38 Jinghui Road, Guangzhou

NOTE: Although this information is correct at the time of our web publication, it is still advised that you call the phone number and confirm the address before going to the venue because some venues may have changed their telephone numbers or address locations.