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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Guangzhou from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Our guide counts 17 Michelin-starred restaurants in Guangzhou and 20 Michelin stars in total, citywide. Cantonese cuisines lead our cuisine counts, and the starred kitchens also include Teochew, Sichuan, French, and Franco-Japanese rooms. Service runs from a la carte and family style to set menus, tasting menus, and counter dining. Dim sum, claypot dishes, and private-kitchen menus sit among the Cantonese rooms. Five restaurants in our guide carry exceptional wine programmes. Catch holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, with a 2,200-bottle inventory and particular depth in Champagne, Burgundy, and Italian selections. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn holds the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Sommelier-led lists also appear on starred Cantonese tables, and sake is poured at a smaller set of restaurants. Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE in Haizhu District pours natural wine on an exceptional, sommelier-led list. Jumeirah Guangzhou, in Guangzhoushi, holds a Star Wine List.

Starred Cantonese restaurants

These Cantonese restaurants hold Michelin stars in their latest dated awards, in Guangzhoushi and in Panyushi. Wine at the tables runs from sommelier-led lists at Jiang by Chef Fei and Yu Yue Heen to a standard list with sake at Lei Garden (Yuexiu).

  • Jiang by Chef Fei

    Jiang by Chef Fei is a modern Cantonese fine-dining restaurant in Guangzhoushi. The cooking draws on older Cantonese traditions and contemporary ideas, and the menu is served a la carte, as a set menu, and as a tasting menu. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led. Michelin awarded two stars in 2026, and Tatler included the restaurant in Best Restaurants Asia-Pacific for 2025.

  • Lingnan House

    Lingnan House is a Cantonese restaurant in Panyushi, with a la carte Lingnan cooking, local ingredients, and private dining rooms, including garden villas. Chef Stéphan Bernhard leads the kitchen. The bar pours craft cocktails. Michelin awarded a star in 2025, and the Chinese Restaurant Awards ranked it 7th on the Elite 15 Asia list.

  • Jade River

    Jade River is a Cantonese restaurant in Guangzhoushi. The latest Michelin award is one star in 2026, and Black Pearl awarded two diamonds in the same year. The menu is a la carte. Chef Ryan Nuqui leads the kitchen. The restaurant has a traditional garden with water features and a koi pond. The kitchen serves steamed sunflower-seed-fed chicken.

  • Yu Yue Heen

    Yu Yue Heen is a modern Cantonese fine-dining restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Michelin awarded one star in 2026. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led. Menus cover a la carte, a tasting menu, and family style. Dim sum includes oversized shrimp dumplings, and the room looks over the Pearl River. Chef Yongsheng Li leads the kitchen.

  • Lei Garden (Yuexiu)

    Lei Garden (Yuexiu) is a traditional Cantonese restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Michelin awarded one star in 2025, and Black Pearl awarded a diamond in 2026. The wine list is standard, and the restaurant pours sake. The kitchen's dishes include crispy roast pork belly, long-boiled soups, and dim sum.

Wine lists

Our guide counts five exceptional wine programmes citywide, plus one Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and one Award of Excellence. This section's restaurants are in Guangzhoushi, Yuexiu, and Haizhu District.

  • Taian Table

    Taian Table is a chef's-counter restaurant in Yuexiu. The wine list is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led, with craft cocktails as well. An open kitchen serves a seasonal tasting menu and prix fixe, using European technique with Asian influences. Michelin awarded two stars in 2026, and SCMP included the restaurant in 100 Top Tables for that year.

  • Catch

    Catch is a seafood fine-dining restaurant in Guangzhoushi. The wine list is exceptional and sommelier-led, with a 2,200-bottle inventory and particular depth in Champagne, Burgundy, and Italian selections. Wine Spectator gave it a Best of Award of Excellence in 2025, and Michelin's latest award is a Plate from that year. Menus include a tasting menu, a la carte, and a set menu. Chef Hennadii Honchar leads the kitchen.

  • Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE

    Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE is a modern Cantonese fine-dining restaurant in Haizhu District. The wine programme is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led, and the restaurant pours natural wine. Menus run to a tasting menu, a la carte, a set menu, and small plates. A young kitchen reworks classic Cantonese flavours with ingredients from outside the region. Black Pearl awarded two diamonds in 2026.

  • Bingsheng Mansion (Zhujiang New Town)

    Bingsheng Mansion (Zhujiang New Town) is a refined Cantonese restaurant in Guangzhoushi. The wine list is exceptional, extensive, and sommelier-led, and service is a la carte. The kitchen is built around hand-crafted dim sum and double-boiled tonics. Black Pearl awarded one diamond in 2026, and Opinionated About Dining included the restaurant as Recommended for that year.

  • Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn

    Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn is a contemporary Chinese restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Wine Spectator awarded an Award of Excellence in 2025, and Michelin's latest award is a Plate from that year. The menu is a la carte. A Beijingese kitchen slices Peking duck at the table and sets it beside Cantonese flavours.

Tasting menus

These tasting menus include Cantonese fine dining in Guangzhoushi, French and Franco-Japanese menus, a Chiuchow menu in Tianhe, and a vegan menu paced to the solar terms. Wine runs from a sommelier-led list at Yu Yue Heen to sake at Chōwa and a minimal pour at Tian Shui.

  • Yu Yue Heen

    The tasting menu at Yu Yue Heen in Guangzhoushi serves modern Cantonese cuisine from Chef Yongsheng Li's kitchen. A la carte and family style menus are also available. The wine list is extensive and sommelier-led. The restaurant holds a Michelin star from 2026, and its dim sum includes oversized shrimp dumplings.

  • Rêver

    Rêver is a modern French fine-dining restaurant in Guangzhoushi, with Cantonese influences and a wine list. The format is a tasting menu. Michelin awarded one star in 2025. Chef Julien Xu leads the kitchen. The Best Chef awarded One Knife in that same year. The dining room looks onto the Pearl River, under a ceiling shaped to suggest the river's movement.

  • Chōwa

    Chōwa is a Franco-Japanese restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Chef Louis Tam, from Hong Kong, cooks a seasonal tasting menu entirely from scratch. The restaurant pours sake. The format is a tasting menu. Michelin awarded a Plate in 2024 and one star in 2025.

  • Howard's Gourmet

    Howard's Gourmet is a Chiuchow-influenced Chinese fine-dining restaurant in Tianhe. The kitchen uses temperature-and-time control, and ingredient selection sits at the centre of a high-end set menu and tasting menu. Black Pearl awarded two diamonds in 2026.

  • Tian Shui

    Tian Shui is a vegan restaurant in Guangzhoushi. The menu is a monthly tasting of peak-season produce with light seasoning, arranged around the 24 solar terms. Wine service is minimal. Michelin awarded a Plate in 2026, and Black Pearl awarded a diamond in the same year.

Teochew, Sichuan, and seafood

These restaurants hold Michelin stars in their latest dated awards, across Teochew, Chao Zhou, Sichuan, and Cantonese seafood. They are in Guangzhoushi and Zengchengshi.

  • Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine

    Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine is a Teochew restaurant in Guangzhoushi with a wine list and an a la carte menu. Opinionated About Dining ranked the restaurant 147 in Asia for 2025. Chef Alfred Leung cooks Chaozhou dishes such as chilled flower crab and stewed pomfret.

  • Suyab Courtyard・Pickmoon Gourmet

    Suyab Courtyard Pickmoon Gourmet is a Chao Zhou restaurant in Guangzhoushi, inside a furniture showroom complex. Chef Fai cooks bespoke Chao Zhou menus a la carte. Michelin awarded one star in 2024 and one star in 2025.

  • Song Chinese Cuisine

    Song Chinese Cuisine is a modern Sichuan restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Michelin awarded one star in 2025. The wine list is standard, with craft cocktails and beer, and the menus are a la carte and family style. The dining room hangs over 300,000 glass feathers above an open kitchen. Chef Robin Song leads the kitchen.

  • Yong

    Yong is a modern Sichuan fine-dining restaurant in Guangzhoushi. Michelin awarded one star in 2025. The formats are prix fixe and set menu. Chef Lan Guijun supervises cooking that uses classical Sichuan technique with Cantonese inflections, including house-made pickles and five-colour noodles. The kitchen commits to sustainable sourcing.

  • Xin Ji

    Xin Ji is a traditional Cantonese seafood restaurant in Zengchengshi. Michelin awarded one star in 2026. The wine list is standard and the menu is a la carte. The restaurant has over 30 years of service, with a live seafood selection and signature dishes of eel and fermented pork.

Planning FAQ

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Guangzhou in your guide?

Our guide counts 17 Michelin-starred restaurants in Guangzhou and 20 Michelin stars in total, citywide. Published starred kitchens include Jiang by Chef Fei in Guangzhoushi, Taian Table in Yuexiu, Lingnan House and Hongtu Hall in Panyushi, and Xin Ji in Zengchengshi. The cuisines among those starred rooms include Cantonese, Teochew, Sichuan, French, and Franco-Japanese.

Which neighbourhoods have the serious wine lists?

Serious wine lists in our guide include rooms in Yuexiu, Guangzhoushi, and Haizhu District. Taian Table, with an exceptional sommelier-led list, is in Yuexiu. Catch and Bingsheng Mansion (Zhujiang New Town), both exceptional and sommelier-led, are in Guangzhoushi. Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE, exceptional, sommelier-led, and pouring natural wine, is in Haizhu District. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, is in Guangzhoushi.

Which places hold Wine Spectator awards?

Catch and Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn hold the Wine Spectator awards in our guide. Catch holds a Best of Award of Excellence, with a 2,200-bottle inventory and particular depth in Champagne, Burgundy, and Italian selections. Four Seasons Pavilion · Rùn holds an Award of Excellence. Both awards are dated 2025. Both restaurants are in Guangzhoushi.

Where are the tasting menus?

Tasting menus in our guide include rooms in Guangzhoushi, Yuexiu, Tianhe, and Haizhu District. Yu Yue Heen, Rêver, Chōwa, and Tian Shui are in Guangzhoushi. Taian Table is in Yuexiu and serves a seasonal European tasting menu with an exceptional wine list. Howard's Gourmet is in Tianhe and serves a Chiuchow-influenced set menu and tasting menu. Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE is in Haizhu District.

What are the strongest wine list styles?

The strongest list styles in our guide are exceptional programmes and sommelier-led lists. Our guide counts five exceptional wine programmes citywide. Catch's inventory runs to 2,200 bottles, with particular depth in Champagne, Burgundy, and Italian selections. Yue CREATIVE CANTONESE CUISINE pours natural wine on an extensive sommelier-led list. Sake is poured at Chōwa and at Lei Garden (Yuexiu).

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine restaurant in Guangzhou

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Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine

Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine holds a Michelin star and consistent OAD Asia rankings in Guangzhou's Yuexiu District, making it one of the city's most credentialed addresses for Chao Zhou cooking. The kitchen operates under Chef Alfred Leung, working within a tradition that prizes subtlety, precise seasoning, and unhurried pacing over spectacle. Priced at ¥¥¥, it sits in the upper-mid tier of Guangzhou's formal dining bracket.

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BingSheng Private Kitchen (Tianhe East Road) restaurant in Guangzhou

Guangzhou, China

BingSheng Private Kitchen (Tianhe East Road)

A private kitchen in Tianhe that reconstructs the grandeur of Guangzhou's Xiguan mansion era through decor, seasonal ingredients, and a Cantonese menu anchored by braised Doumen mud crab, lemongrass-scented squab, and ginger milk custard with bird's nest. Recognised on La Liste's 2026 Top Restaurants list with 77 points, BingSheng Private Kitchen operates at the ¥¥¥ tier and requires reservations two to three days in advance.

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Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou hotel in Guangzhou

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Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou

One of only three Mandarin Oriental properties in mainland China, the Guangzhou outpost brings Tony Chi's minimalist design language to the Tianhe business district, where entry-level rooms start at 646 square feet. Recognised by Forbes Travel Guide's Four-Star award and included in Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Hotels 2025 list, it positions itself at the upper tier of the city's international hotel set alongside the Conrad, Four Seasons, and Rosewood.

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The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou hotel in Guangzhou

Guangzhou, China

The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou

In Pearl River New City, Tianhe District, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou positions classic European elegance against the district's hypermodern skyline, threading Chinese decorative detail through every public space and guest room. Rated 98 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking, it operates with a full-service spa, 24-hour fitness facilities, and the Cantonese dining room Lai Heen as its flagship. The property draws business travellers and families in roughly equal measure, with programming designed to accommodate both.

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Park Hyatt Guangzhou hotel in Guangzhou

Guangzhou, China

Park Hyatt Guangzhou

Occupying floors 53 through 70 of a Goettsch Partners-designed tower in Zhujiang New Town, Park Hyatt Guangzhou positions itself at the upper end of the district's luxury hotel tier. Copper, wood, and brick interiors designed by Super Potato contrast sharply with the glass exterior, while 208 rooms and suites start from 560 square feet and climb to a 2,799-square-foot Presidential Suite. The Roof Bar on the 70th floor draws those who want Pearl River views with their evening drink.

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InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center hotel in Guangzhou

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InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center

A Michelin Selected hotel on Guangzhou's Haizhu waterfront, InterContinental Guangzhou Exhibition Center occupies a prominent position near the city's main convention precinct. The property carries the InterContinental brand's international service standards while placing guests within reach of Haizhu District's Pearl River dining and commercial corridors. Michelin's 2025 hotel selection adds a credentialed reference point in a city with a competitive upper-tier accommodation market.

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Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun Airport hotel in Guangzhou

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Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun Airport

Positioned directly within the Baiyun Airport complex, the Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun Airport sits in a different competitive tier from the city-centre luxury properties like the Rosewood or Mandarin Oriental. Its primary value is operational: zero-transfer airport access in a hub that handles over 40 million passengers annually. For transit travellers or early-departure business guests, that proximity changes the calculus significantly.

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