Best Tasting Menus in Hangzhou

28 Hubin Road

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A Michelin Plate recipient and consistent Opinionated About Dining Asia Top 50 presence, 28 Hubin Road delivers Zhejiang cuisine from a lakeside address in Hangzhou's Hubin district. Under Chef Colin Cheng, the kitchen works within the restrained, ingredient-led conventions of the regional tradition. Open daily from 9am to 10pm, with pricing in the mid-range ¥¥¥ tier for the city.

Ambré Ciel

1 Michelin star · Deep wine list

Holding a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025 alongside a Black Pearl Diamond, Ambré Ciel sits at the upper tier of Hangzhou's innovative dining scene. Located on Qingtai Street in Shang Cheng, it pitches creative cooking at the ¥¥¥¥ level, placing it in direct conversation with the city's most considered fine-dining addresses. For Hangzhou, that combination of sustained recognition and ambitious format carries real weight.

Breeze

Breeze earned a Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025, placing it among a select group of Fuyang District restaurants to receive independent critical recognition. Located in Hangzhou's Fuyang area, the restaurant operates in a city where Zhejiang culinary tradition commands serious critical attention. For travellers tracking China's broader fine dining circuit, Breeze represents a credentialed stop outside the more trafficked West Lake corridor.

CHIU by Howard

On the 48th floor of the Park Hyatt Hangzhou, CHIU by Howard earns a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) for Chinese cooking that reads the city's Zhejiang heritage through a precision-led, collaborative kitchen. The address alone situates it among Hangzhou's most seriously positioned fine-dining rooms, looking out over the Qiantang River while the kitchen works to a standard the region's most critical guides have begun to take notice of.

Datou Yingshi Xiaoguan

A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in 2025, Datou Yingshi Xiaoguan sits in Hangzhou's Xiacheng District and serves traditional Hangzhou cuisine at mid-range prices. The progression from Michelin Plate (2024) to Bib Gourmand recognition signals a kitchen operating with consistency and value that the city's higher-priced Zhejiang restaurants rarely match at this tier.

Guiyu (Xihu)

1 Michelin star

Positioned along Nanshan Road on the southern bank of West Lake, Guiyu (Xihu) holds a Michelin star for consecutive years alongside a Black Pearl Diamond, making it one of the more formally recognised addresses for Zhejiang cuisine in Hangzhou.

Jie Xiang Lou

2 Michelin stars

Among Hangzhou's Michelin-starred Zhejiang dining rooms, Jie Xiang Lou operates at the intersection of classical technique and lakeside retreat, set within the Zixuan Resort on Bapanling Road.

L'éclat 19

1 Michelin star

L'éclat 19 earned a Michelin star in 2025, making it one of the few French Contemporary addresses in Hangzhou operating at that recognition tier. Under chef Pablo González, the restaurant sits on Manjuelong Road in the Xihu district, priced at the summit end of the city's dining market. For those tracking contemporary European cooking across mainland China, it belongs in the same conversation as Amber in Hong Kong and Odette in Singapore.

La Villa

La Villa sits in Hangzhou's Yuhang district at the ¥¥¥¥ price tier, earning a Michelin Plate recognition in 2025 for its innovative kitchen. It holds a firm position among Hangzhou's serious contemporary restaurants, a city whose dining scene increasingly bridges classical Zhejiang technique with modern format.

Longjing Caotang

Longjing Manor holds a Michelin star earned in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among the few restaurants in Hangzhou where classical Zhejiang cooking meets consistent critical recognition. Set along Longjing Road in the Xihu district, it occupies the kind of address that connects the food directly to one of China's most celebrated tea-growing corridors. A ¥¥¥ price point positions it as a serious but accessible entry into Hangzhou's fine-dining tier.

MANSHU KAISEKI

Manshu Kaiseki holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) on Hangzhou's Zijin'gang Road, positioning it among the city's more considered fine-dining addresses in the kaiseki register. The format draws on Japanese multi-course sequencing applied to a West Lake setting, making it a natural choice for occasion dining where the meal itself is the event. Reservations are advisable well in advance.

Puzhu - Plant - based

Puzhu holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) and occupies a distinct position in Hangzhou's dining scene as a dedicated plant-based restaurant, a format still rare at this recognition tier in mainland China. Located on Dadou Road in the Gongshu district, it represents the broader shift toward ingredient-led, vegetable-forward fine dining that has gained traction across China's upper-tier restaurant circuit.

Qing Tao

A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient for 2025, Qing Tao sits on Nanshan Road in Hangzhou's Shangcheng District and serves traditional Zhejiang cuisine at a ¥¥ price point that puts Michelin-recognised cooking within reach of most budgets. For visitors exploring the city's regional food scene, it represents one of the clearest cases for eating well without the spend of the higher-tier Zhejiang tables.

Tian Lun Inn (Xihu)

A two-time Michelin Plate recipient on Xixi Road, Tian Lun Inn sits within the Hangzhou dining tier that treats traditional Hang Zhou cuisine as a serious culinary discipline rather than a nostalgia exercise. The mid-range price point positions it accessibly against pricier Zhejiang fine-dining rooms, while its consecutive Michelin recognition from 2024 and 2025 signals consistent kitchen standards.

TUNG FU RESTAURANT

Located in Hangzhou's Binjiang District, Tung Fu Restaurant holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among the city's recognised addresses for Chinese dining. For travellers seeking a credentialled table on the south bank of the Qiantang River, Tung Fu is a considered choice.

Xin Liu He

Operating from a fixed address on Yile Road since 1987, Xin Liu He holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025) for traditional Hangzhou cooking at mid-range prices. The kitchen centres on freshwater river fish, with Huadiao wine-braised river shrimps and steamed river eel among the dishes regulars return for. Daily specials extend the menu beyond what's printed.

Yu Zhi Lan

1 Michelin star

Yu Zhi Lan brings Lan Guijun's Sichuan cooking to Hangzhou's Shangcheng District, earning a Michelin star in 2025. The restaurant sits at the upper end of the city's fine dining tier, positioning Sichuan cuisine not as a regional import but as a fully considered formal tradition. For a city defined by Zhejiang restraint, that distinction matters.

如院

如院 occupies a measured position within Hangzhou's upper-tier Zhejiang dining scene, where classical regional technique and considered service converge. The name itself gestures toward a courtyard sensibility: contained, deliberate, unhurried. For visitors tracing the city's serious restaurant circuit, 如院 sits alongside the ¥¥¥¥-tier tables that define Hangzhou's current fine-dining conversation.

帆影·鮨无忌·Omakase

In Hangzhou's growing omakase tier, 帆影·鮨无忌 occupies a niche where Japanese counter discipline meets a city audience that has moved well past novelty. The format is structured around the rhythm of a traditional omakase sitting, with a regulars-driven clientele that returns for the counter experience rather than spectacle. For those tracking where premium Japanese dining is taking root in eastern China, this address is part of that conversation.