The best Cantonese restaurants in town feature both traditional dim sum feasts- a selection of steamed delicacies- and bigger dishes. A good place to try exquisite dim sum is the Banxi Restaurant. Dim sum is best eaten with lots of friends! Traditionally the dishes are served in small baskets and in groups of four. If you come with other people you get to try a bit of everything! For those seeking a more formal atmosphere, the Guangzhou Restaurant prepare wonderful palatial style banquets. The Beiyuan Restaurant and the Dasanyuan Restaurant are also nice places to introduce yourself to Cantonese food. Most restaurants in Guangzhou are open from morning through till midnight and they tend to be very good fun, lively and noisy places!

Guangzhou also has a few good European style restaurants scattered about the town including Kathleen's. Most of these places are concentrated on Shamian Island. There are numerous cafes and bars here serving up adequate western style cuisine and the big hotels such as the White Swan also feature some nice international restaurants for those who need a break from Canton cuisine.

Famous Restaurants in Guangzhou

Pan Xi Restaurant
Pan Xi Restaurant is a large-scale garden-style restaurant. It is located on the bank of beautiful Li Wan Lake of Guangzhou.

Pan Xi Restaurant, ranking No. 1 of the three garden-style restaurants of Guangzhou, has many specialties such as Steamed Whole White Gourd Soup, Garden Herbs Chicken and Assorted Platter. The most famous are its pastries.

The famous pastry is Fresh Shrimps Dumpling, Nest Dasheen, Water Chestnut Cake, and Crisp Three-flavored Rolls. About 40 dishes and pastries of Pan Xi Restaurant won prizes in the cooking contests of various levels.

Adress: No.151, Longjin Rd., West, GUangzhou
Tel: 020-81815718

Guangzhou Restaurant

Guangzhou restaurant is located on Wen Chang Street. It is a garden-style restaurant. It has been praised "The No.1 restaurant in Guangzhou".

Wen Chang Chicken is the representative dish of Mr. Liang Duan. From 1980 archaizing services and royal banquet have been offered.

By the end of 1997, Guangzhou Restaurant owned 19 subsidiaries. The specialties include Wen Chang Chicken, Kapok Duck, Deep Fried Duck Palm, and Three-colored Lobster. Besides, the moon cakes of Guangzhou Restaurant are also very famous.
Guangzhou Restaurant has trained many famous chefs.

Address: No.2, Wenchang Rd., Guangzhou
Tel: 020-81888388

Da Tong Restaurant

Da Tong Restaurant is located on the Changdi Avenue, a bustling section of Guangzhou.

The famous dishes of Da Tong Restaurant are Crisp-skinned Chicken and Golden Roasted Sucking Pig. The Da Tong Custard Tart is the most famous among its pastries.

Adress: No. 63, Yanjiang Rd., West, Guangzhou
Tel: 020-81885933

Nan Yuan Restaurant

Nan Yuan Restaurant is located on the Qianjin Street, Haizhu District of Guangzhou.

It is one of the three garden-style restaurants in Guangzhou. It was founded in 1958 and opened in 1963 with an area of approximate 10,000 sq. meters including a garden of 4,500 sq. meters.

Its specialties are in Cantonese style and Chaozhou style. The Crispy Lotus Seeds Mousse Dumpling won the "Golden Tripod" prize in 1990 awarded by the Ministry of Commerce.

Adress: No.142, Qianjin Rd., Guangzhou
Tel: 020-84449211

Bei Yuan Restaurant

Bei Yuan Restaurant is located on Xiao Bei Street of Guangzhou.It is one of the three largest garden-style restaurants in Guangzhou.

The layout is very classical with pond, mini-mountain, bridge, grass and flowers.

The cuisine pays much attention to clearness, freshness, tenderness, and smoothness. The cuisine is served at all charge levels.

The specialties of Bei Yuan Restaurant are Oiled Shelled Shrimp. Suburbs Fish Head, Duck Palm in Oyster Sauce, Fried Chicken Breast, Sweet-Scented Balls Roasted Goose, Sauted Chicken in Rice Wine, Fish with Pine Nuts, and Fragrance Fulfill the Jug. The special pastry include Lingnan Litchi, Mint with Lotus, Jade Pineapple, and Watermelon Cream Jelly. The flavor is really wonderful.

Adress: No.202, Xiaobei Rd., Guangzhou
Tel: 020-83330087

Snake Restaurant

It is located in Jianglan Street of Guangzhou. Its predecessor was "Snake King Man", founded in Guangzhou by Mr. Wu Man, It specialized in the purchase of snakes for medical factories or making Chinese medicine by using snake gall.

It is mainly engaged in snake dishes, snake galls, snake drinks and concurrently engaged in games and seafood in Cantonese style.

The special dish is Chrysanthemum Dragon-Tiger-Phoenix Soup, etc.

Adress: No. 318, Xianlie Rd., East, Guangzhou
Tel: 020-87705998

The Dong Jiang Restaurant

Do Jiang Restaurant is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Fourth Street and Wende Street, which is the most bustling section in Guangzhou.

The typical dishes in Dong jiang style are Dong Jiang Salted Baked Chicken, Dong Jiang Stuffed Bean Curd, Duck Stuffed with Eight Treasures, Seven Delicacies Braised in Clay Pot, Dong Jiang Pork Feet, Steamed Pork with Salt-dried Mustard Cabbage and Dong Jiang Fried Spring Rolls all of them best in Guangzhou.

Adress: No. 337, Zhongshan 4th Rd., Guangzhou
Tel: 020-83335343