Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Shenzhen from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Shenzhen
The Bay by Chef Fei holds two Michelin stars, and Ensue and Fumée each hold one, with every award dated 2026.
The Bay by Chef Fei is a refined Cantonese, Chaozhou, and Lingnan restaurant in Futian District. The menu is a la carte and a set menu. In 2026, Michelin awarded two stars and Black Pearl awarded one diamond. Opinionated About Dining included the restaurant as Recommended for the same year.
Ensue is Christopher Kostow's first restaurant in Asia, in Futian District. The kitchen applies a California farm-to-table approach to premium Cantonese ingredients on a tasting menu and a prix fixe. The wine programme is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list and a Star Wine List award from 2024. Michelin awarded one star in 2026.
Fumée is a modern Chinese-French restaurant in Nanshan District. Chef Reina Chen leads an 11-course seasonal tasting menu that uses traditional Chinese ingredients and global techniques. The list is extensive. Michelin awarded one star in 2026.
Yi Pavilion, weeknd*, and Wine Universe Shenzhen each hold a Star Wine List award for 2026. Yi Pavilion has an extensive list, weeknd* pours natural wine, and Wine Universe Shenzhen pours wine by the glass.
Yi Pavilion is a regional Cantonese restaurant with Lingnan influences in Futian District. The menu is a la carte, and architect André Fu designed the room. The wine programme has an extensive wine list. Star Wine List recognised the restaurant in 2026.
weeknd* is a natural-wine bistro in OCT Creative Garden / OCT Loft, Futian, with a wine list and a Cantonese fusion menu. It specialises in organic, biodynamic, and natural wines, and it was among the first natural wine bistros in Southern China, founded in March 2020. Star Wine List recognised it in 2026.
Wine Universe Shenzhen is a wine bar and bistro in Overseas Chinese Town. The bar pours a large range of wines by the glass. Two sommeliers from Shanghai opened it in 2021, and the staff hold sommelier credentials. Star Wine List recognised the bar in 2026.
Futian has the most venues in our Shenzhen guide, with 16 venues. Rose Palace in Futian serves refined Chaoshan cuisine with a wine list and a sake programme. Its menu is a la carte.
Tasting menus in our guide include Ensue in Futian District, Fumée in Nanshan District, AVANT in Overseas Chinese Town, La Tablée in OCT, and GreenSide in Qianhai. Japanese omakase on that list includes Sei ku in Shenzhen Bay and SUSHI SHIZUKA （SHENZHEN） in Bao'an District.
Star Wine List award holders in our guide include Ensue in Futian District, Yi Pavilion in Futian District, Komuro in Nanshan, weeknd* (OCT Creative Garden / OCT Loft, Futian), OTHEROOF Wine House (older neighbourhoods), Wine Universe Shenzhen in Overseas Chinese Town, and The St. Regis Shenzhen Bao'an in Bao'an District. Ensue's award is dated 2024, and the others are dated 2026.
Our Shenzhen guide shows natural wine at weeknd* (OCT Creative Garden / OCT Loft, Futian) and OTHEROOF Wine House (older neighbourhoods), a sommelier-led extensive list at Ensue in Futian District, and wine by the glass at Wine Universe Shenzhen in Overseas Chinese Town. weeknd* pours organic, biodynamic, and natural wines.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Best of Shenzhen
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Selected entries from the current guide for Shenzhen.
Shenzhen, China
Ensue - Shangri La Hotel places Shenzhen’s Chinese contemporary dining in a sharper frame: high-heat Chinese technique, French kitchen discipline, and a wine program with repeated Star Wine List recognition. The restaurant’s award trail includes Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking at #85 in 2025, and La Liste scores across 2025 and 2026.
Shenzhen, China
Located within the Futian in Shenzhen's CBD, Fumée sits at the sharper end of the city's dining scene under Chef Reina Chen. The restaurant draws from a smoke-inflected culinary approach that positions it as a reference point among Shenzhen's growing tier of serious modern restaurants. Advance planning is advisable for anyone visiting the Futian district.
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AVANT, led by Chef Zeyu Tian in Shenzhen's Baoan District, earned a 93-point score from La Liste's Top Restaurants 2026, placing it among a small tier of fine dining addresses in a city better known for speed than culinary ambition. The restaurant operates at a remove from Shenzhen's commercial dining centre, which is itself part of what defines its position in the local scene.
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Black Pearl Restaurant Guide listed restaurant. Award: One Diamond. Cuisine: Cantonese Cuisine. Location: Shenzhen China. Average price: ¥793.
Shenzhen, China
CHI CHING CHIU CHOI holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) and sits within Swan Castle Club in Overseas Chinese Town, one of Shenzhen's more considered dining addresses. The restaurant represents the city's appetite for refined Chinese cooking positioned away from the commercial-district cluster. For visitors tracing Shenzhen's serious dining circuit, it belongs on the shortlist alongside the city's other decorated houses.
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China Lodge holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among the recognised tier of fine dining in Luohu District, Shenzhen. Located on Baoan Road South at the edge of the Caiwei commercial corridor, the restaurant represents the kind of deliberate, ceremony-minded Chinese dining that has earned formal recognition in the Pearl River Delta region.
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GreenSide holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among a small cohort of critically recognised dining rooms in Shenzhen's Futian CBD. For travellers calibrating a serious dining itinerary in the Pearl River Delta, it warrants attention.
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La Tablée holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among Shenzhen's formally recognised dining addresses. Located on Hongling Middle Road in Luohu District, the restaurant operates at the tier where advance planning and deliberate booking matter. Travellers covering the Pearl River Delta fine-dining circuit should factor it into their Shenzhen itinerary alongside the city's other decorated tables.
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Rose Palace occupies the third floor of the Sentosa Hotel Feicui Branch in Nanshan, where its 2025 Black Pearl 1 Diamond recognition places it among Shenzhen's more formally acknowledged Chinese dining addresses. The recognition signals a kitchen operating at a level that rewards repeat visits, with the kind of menu depth that regulars learn to read differently than first-timers.
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Sei ku holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) at MIXC Shenzhen Bay in Nanshan District, placing it within the tier of formally recognised dining in one of Shenzhen's most design-forward retail developments. The address positions it alongside Shenzhen's growing concentration of award-calibre restaurants in the city's western tech corridor, making it a credible choice for a considered meal in the area.
Shenzhen, China
Stone Sal Restaurant and Bar sits in Nanshan, Shenzhen's most internationally oriented district, and holds a 2025 Black Pearl 1 Diamond, a recognition that places it firmly in the city's upper tier of destination dining. The address on Taizi Road positions it within a neighbourhood where global technique and local produce frequently converge, and the restaurant-bar format signals a deliberate blurring of the line between serious eating and considered drinking.
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Tian yo Shui holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among the formally recognised dining addresses in Shenzhen's Futian District. Located on Hongli Road adjacent to the Guan Shanyue Art Museum, the restaurant operates at the recognised tier of Chinese fine dining where ceremony and considered cooking align. A reservation here situates you inside one of Shenzhen's credentialled culinary establishments.
Shenzhen, China
Xinrongji at Ping An Finance Center brings the acclaimed Taizhou-rooted Chinese dining group to Shenzhen's Futian District, earning a Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025. The address alone signals where this restaurant sits in the city's fine dining hierarchy: a landmark tower, a serious kitchen, and a format that rewards guests who plan ahead.
Shenzhen, China
Yun Jing Chinese Restaurant occupies a prominent address at One Shenzhen Bay, where it holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), the Chinese fine-dining equivalent of a Michelin star. The restaurant represents a strand of refined Chinese cooking that Shenzhen has quietly developed over the past decade, placing it in a competitive set that reaches across the Pearl River Delta and into Hong Kong's shadow.
Shenzhen, China
Nel cuore di Futian, all’interno del vivace Coco Park di Shenzhen, 90 Seconds si inserisce in uno dei distretti più dinamici della città. Il progetto richiama fin dal nome la cottura tipica della tradizione partenopea: novanta secondi in forno ad alta temperatura. La proposta è centrata su una pizza in stile napoletano contemporaneo, con cornicione pronunciato, struttura ariosa e buona idratazione dell’impasto. Accanto alle pizze, una selezione di piatti italiani completa l’offerta, rendendola adatta a diverse occasioni. L’ordine avviene tramite tablet, con un sistema automatizzato che rende il servizio rapido ed efficiente anche se impersonale. La carta beverage include vini anche al calice e una selezione di spirits di qualità. Nota di merito al personale e ai pizzaioli si percepisce passione, concentrazione e un impegno quotidiano costante, elementi che rafforzano l’identità del locale. In the heart of Futian, inside the lively Coco Park in Shenzhen, 90 Seconds is located in one of the city's most dynamic districts. The project is inspired by the typical cooking of Neapolitan tradition: ninety seconds in a high-temperature oven. The proposal focuses on a contemporary Neapolitan-style pizza, with a pronounced crust, airy structure, and good hydration of the dough. Alongside the pizzas, a selection of Italian dishes completes the offer, making it suitable for various occasions. Orders are placed through tablets, with an automated system that makes the service quick and efficient, albeit impersonal. The beverage menu includes wines by the glass and a selection of quality spirits. The staff and pizza makers deserve special mention for their passion, concentration, and constant daily commitment, elements that strengthen the identity of the establishment.
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Gem Garden holds a 2025 Black Pearl 1 Diamond recognition, placing it among Shenzhen's credentialed dining tier in the Nanshan district. Located on Liyuan Road in the Nanyou neighbourhood, it represents the kind of destination that earns regional critical attention rather than relying on tourist footfall. For visitors and residents tracking Shenzhen's serious restaurant scene, it belongs on the shortlist.
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An eight-seat omakase counter in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, Komuro 小室 operates at the tightest end of the city's sushi market. A single menu, no substitutions, and a booking queue that regularly stretches weeks ahead place it in a different tier from the broader Japanese dining scene in Guangdong. For serious omakase diners in South China, the conversation usually starts here.
Shenzhen, China
Mitorikura 三酉藏 occupies the lower ground level of OCT Park in Shenzhen's Qiaohu district, running robatayaki grills alongside authentic Taiwanese snacks until midnight. The format sits within a broader wave of late-night Japanese-Taiwanese hybrid dining that has found a steady foothold in China's southern cities. A practical choice when the evening runs long and the appetite remains.
Shenzhen, China
A Shenzhen restaurant carrying a Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 one-diamond distinction belongs to a dining culture shaped by supply chains as much as chefs. In a city built on speed, capital, and cross-border appetite, ingredient quality becomes the signal: seafood, Cantonese technique, and regional Chinese sourcing define the serious end of the table.
Shenzhen, China
Qi Wu holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among Shenzhen's recognised tier of serious Chinese dining. Located in Futian's 1979 cultural district, it operates in a city where fine dining ambitions have accelerated sharply over the past decade. For visitors tracing the Pearl River Delta's restaurant scene, it represents a meaningful data point alongside the neighbourhood's broader creative and cultural energy.
Shenzhen, China
Sansheng AFFINITÉ sits in Shenzhen’s Black Pearl-recognised dining tier, where sourcing discipline matters as much as polish. With a 2026 one-diamond listing, it belongs to the city’s serious restaurant conversation rather than the casual special-occasion circuit, and the draw is the way ingredient quality anchors the experience in a fast-moving city.
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen’s high-end Chinese dining scene increasingly rewards restaurants that can make sourcing feel disciplined rather than decorative. Shan Hai Zuo · Chinese Cuisine sits in that conversation with a Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 one-diamond distinction, a useful signal for diners tracking Chinese restaurants through a local critical lens rather than imported fine-dining categories.
Shenzhen, China
Snshiyi holds a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), placing it among Shenzhen's recognised fine-dining addresses. The restaurant sits within a city whose premium dining tier has expanded rapidly alongside its tech-driven economic growth, offering a meal structured around careful progression rather than spectacle.
Shenzhen, China
SUSHI SHIZUKA （SHENZHEN） belongs to Shenzhen’s small, serious tier of Japanese counters, where ingredient provenance matters more than theatrical dining-room narrative. Its Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 one-diamond recognition gives it a clear trust signal in a city where premium dining increasingly splits between Cantonese heritage rooms, international tasting formats, and tightly controlled Japanese menus.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Shenzhen.
Shenzhen, China
Occupying the upper floors of Shenzhen's 79-storey UpperHills tower in the Futian business district, Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen opened in January 2022 with 178 rooms, eight dining venues, and a full-floor wellness zone on the 68th floor. Scored 90.5 points in the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking, it represents the group's measured entry into one of China's most competitive luxury hotel markets.
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The St. Regis Shenzhen Bao'an opened in February 2025, bringing the brand's House of Astor heritage to the western side of the city, where Bao'an District's rapid commercial development has created fresh demand for flag-level hospitality. The property holds a Star Wine List recognition for 2026, signalling a wine program that positions it above standard business hotels in the corridor.
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Occupying the top 25 floors of the 100-story KK100 tower in Luohu District, The St. Regis Shenzhen places guests above the 75th floor with panoramic views reaching Hong Kong on clear days. Six dining outlets, a 7,535-square-foot spa, and the brand's 24-hour butler service anchor the property within Shenzhen's upper tier of internationally affiliated luxury hotels.
Shenzhen, China
Andaz Shenzhen Bay occupies a glass-and-steel corridor in Nan Shan district, where designer Tony Chi translates Hyatt's boutique-luxury concept into 220 rooms shaped by clean lines, leather chairs, and marble baths. Starting from approximately $309 per night, it positions itself a tier below the traditional five-star palaces of the city centre while delivering bay views and twin restaurants with distinct culinary identities.
Shenzhen, China
Park Hyatt Shenzhen holds a Michelin One Key distinction for 2025, placing it among a select tier of hotels recognised for hospitality quality in one of China's fastest-growing business and design cities. Located at 5023 Yi Tian Road in Futian District, the property sits at the centre of Shenzhen's commercial and cultural concentration, making it a considered address for both corporate and leisure travellers.
Shenzhen, China
Occupying the central tower of the One Shenzhen Bay mixed-use complex in Nan Shan, Raffles Shenzhen positions itself at the intersection of the brand's colonial-era heritage and the city's forward-facing architecture. With 168 rooms, universal butler service, a 25-metre indoor pool, and a spa flanked by Cantonese, Japanese, and Western dining, the property makes a case for Shenzhen as a destination rather than a stopover.
Shenzhen, China
At the centre of Shenzhen's Futian financial district, The Ritz-Carlton occupies one of the city's landmark towers and delivers the brand's most precise version of attention: a seven-option pillow menu, Asprey amenities, and the 4,800-square-foot Ritz-Carlton Suite with 270-degree skyline views. The property holds Shenzhen's largest ballroom, five dining outlets, and a spa grounded in Chinese wellness traditions.
Shenzhen, China
Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen sits in Futian District at 138 Fuhua Third Road, anchoring the city's business and leisure circuit with three distinct dining venues, a full-service spa, and accommodations ranging from 463-square-foot Deluxe Rooms to a 5,113-square-foot Presidential Suite. The hotel holds its place in Shenzhen's upper tier of international luxury addresses alongside peers such as the Ritz-Carlton and Mandarin Oriental.
Shenzhen, China
On Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen's glass-and-steel commercial spine, The Langham occupies a position that few hotels in the city can match for both address and atmosphere. The 352-room property layers Langham's European heritage against deliberate Eastern detailing, from Chinese latticework to teak furniture, while housing one of the city's most respected Cantonese fine-dining rooms in T'ang Court.
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The Intercontinental Shenzhen Dameisha Resort occupies a coastal position in Yantian District, separating it from the city's dense commercial core and placing it in a different category from Shenzhen's CBD-anchored luxury hotels. Recognised by the 2025 Michelin Selected Hotels guide, it offers a resort scale rarely found in the Shenzhen market, making it the practical choice for stays that prioritise coastline access over urban proximity.
Shenzhen, China
NOA Hotel Shenzhen occupies a converted industrial site on Baogang Road, positioning itself as a design-led address for creative professionals, younger travellers, and families drawn to heritage architecture reframed through contemporary materials. Where the established luxury tier in Shenzhen defaults to gleaming towers and corporate formats, NOA trades in metal, marble, and reclaimed wood within a setting that carries the texture of the city's manufacturing past.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Shenzhen.
Shenzhen, China
Positioned on the 79th floor of Shenzhen's Sino OCT Tower, Obsidian Bar earned the #51 ranking on Asia's Best Bars 2025 list, placing it inside a small tier of mainland China bars with genuine regional recognition. The programme runs above the Pearl River Delta skyline and draws a crowd that treats the elevation as context rather than the point.
Shenzhen, China
OTHEROOF Wine House occupies a seventh-floor address in Futian's older residential fabric, running coffee through the morning hours before pivoting to natural wine in the evening. It represents a distinct strain of Shenzhen drinking culture: low-key, neighbourhood-rooted, and built around producers working outside the conventional. The format rewards those willing to look past Shenzhen's more obvious bar destinations.
Shenzhen, China
Founded in March 2020, weeknd* is among the first natural wine bistros to open in Southern China, occupying a second-floor space inside OCT Loft, Shenzhen's creative and culture-focused district. The bar draws a younger, design-conscious crowd to a neighbourhood already shaped by galleries and independent studios. For natural wine in the Pearl River Delta, it sits at the early end of a still-forming category.
Shenzhen, China
Founded by two of Shanghai's leading sommeliers and opened in Shenzhen in 2021, Wine Universe occupies a distinctive position in the city's drinking scene: a bar where every member of staff holds sommelier credentials and wine anchors the entire program. Located in OCT Park's Huanle Shiguang mall in Nanshan, it offers a reference point for how serious wine culture is quietly taking hold in a city better known for its tech ambitions.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Shenzhen.
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