Address: 270 Binjiang Xilu, Haizhu District, Guangzhou

Description: I discovered this little Cantonese restaurant just walking along the south side of the river and it quickly became a favorite. Like Rendezvous, it's right by the Haizhu Bridge and up close to the water. Though ...

Address: 198 Yanjiang Zhonglu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: Though you might not know the name, or be able to pronounce it, Hongxingyidu is one of Guangzhou's most well-known restaurants and is featured in nearly every guide to the city. It's long riverside corridor, bu...

Address: Shamian Park, 3 Shamian Nanjie, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Description: The Rose Garden Club in Shamian Park has one of Guangzhou's best riverside views, and the quiet shade of the park's Banyan trees along with it. Their mix of Chinese and international food includes steak, baked ...

Address: Baiyun Mountain Mingzhulou Tour Area, 1128 Baiyun Dadao, Baiyun ...

Description: Songfeng Xuan Restaurant is one of a few places where you can literally combine eating and sight-seeing and get good results at both. Located about a forty-minute walk from Mount Baiyun's west gate, their secon...

Address: 475 Huanshi Donglu, Dongshan District, Guangzhou

Description: This cute bistro has a great atmosphere, and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. There are full-length floor to ceiling windows and outdoor seating, so it’s the perfect spot to sit, eat, and talk the day away wh...

Address: 65 Taojin Donglu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: Le Paris is a nice upscale option for dining, and has a trendy little wine bar which is open until 2am. The bar is often packed with expats seeking something a bit classier than the gamut of Western-themed pubs...

Address: 76 Jinghui Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: This restaurant looks a bit like a guest house from the outside – just a small wooden entryway. A decorative pastry case is the only evidence that the narrow staircase in the back leads to an eatery. For most ...

Address: A107, 1 Yale Jie, Shangdu Lu, Haizhu District, Guangzhou

Description: Out in the Haizhu District you’ll find Tai Lai, small vegetarian eatery and tea house. They don't do much in the way of meat substitutes, preferring to serve foods which are naturally tasty such as vegetables,...

Address: 2F, Shangri-La Guangzhou, 1 Huizhan Donglu, Haizhu District, ...

Description: If you want to pull out all the stops, go to Il Forno in the Shangri-La Hotel. This is one of Guangzhou’s best Italian restaurants, serving up fresh seafood, steaks, oven-baked pizza, pasta, antipasti, and sou...

Address: Zhongfu Mall, Panyu District, Guangzhou

Description: For some good coffee in Guangzhou, and a taste of Western food while you are at it, a nice place to check out is the Garden Café. This little coffee shop is a great place to sit back, relax, and drink some dec...

Address: Basement, Citic Plaza, 233 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Description: A place that feels a bit more like a franchise than the others is Le Vila. This café is located under the Citic Plaza in a mall setting. It suffers slightly from this, and you probably won’t want to spend too...

Address: 17 Tian Sheng Cun, Huan Shu Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (this is on ...

Description: Lotus Garden, not far from the Garden Hotel area and the old zoo, is actually associated with the aforementioned Rendezvous. Their two menus, though similarly focusing on and fusing French and Vietnamese cuisin...

Address: Baosheng Commercial Building, 8-10 Wen Ming Lu, Yuexiu District ...

Description: Though it’s marketed as a primarily Vietnamese restaurant, Vietnamese Cuisine Inn, though it has a number of Vietnamese main and side dishes, has even more dishes from Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand and ...

Address: 5F, Tianlun Garden, Jian She Si Malu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: Alberto's Miami salsa dance group, which had been without a permanent location for its first two years, recently acquired a dance center near Garden Hotel. Alberto expects an explosion in Latin dance in Guangzh...

Address: 179 Dongfeng Xilu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: This modest diner and cafe on Dongfeng Xilu, is one the best. That's not because the food is more spectacular than any of the others scattered among the nearby streets, but because of its quite wonderful settin...

Address: 1F, Hutian Hotel, 156 Dongfeng Xilu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description:

The staff told me that Basha, Khalil's Syrian owner, also owns this restaurant, which serves Arabic, Thai, and Chinese cuisine. However, they disavowed Basha's ownership the very next day over the phone.

Address: 875 Renmin Beilu, Guangzhou

Description: An ornate fountain greets you as you enter this palatial space, a luxurious eatery which, if emptied out, would seemingly be large enough to function as a sports arena. Orient Palace has an appropriately volumi...

Address: 272 Huanshi Zhonglu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: Sinbad's food is authentic and very tasty and the place deserves more than one visit. They offer Arabic and Yemeni plates with a smaller selection of Chinese dishes. They also carry breakfasts, various salads, ...

Address: 2F, Zhaoqing Building, 304 Huanshi Zhonglu, Guangzhou

Description: Further along Huanshi Zhong Lu is Shami House, a restaurant which blends Lebanese, Turkish and Syrian cuisine: think olive salad, kebabs, and lamb with yogurt. Their international fare is ambitious enough to in...

Address: 2F, Panfu Building Jiefang Beilu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: People say that ‘all chefs come from the Phoenix City’, a reference to the so-called origins of Cantonese food being the city of Shunde. As you walk through the door you here the chefs talking in their Shunde...

Address: 1F, Zhongyi Hotel, 21 Linhe Jie, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Description: A good soup restaurant needs an expert TCM doctor who knows about how to make soups that are beneficial to the customer and their individual needs. All the soups are made freshly on sight and With other 30 diff...

Address: Bld. 1-2, 27-29 Liu Yun Liu Jie, Tianhe Nan’erlu, Tianhe District, ...

Description: This is a tea house with the theme of ‘water’ at its heart. Come to this teahouse to experience the full works when it comes to a traditional ‘tea ceremony’. The selection of snacks and dim sum that accompa...

Address: 1190 Tianyuan Lu, Tianhe District (inside South China Botanical ...

Description: Nestled in Guangzhou's Botanical Gardens, alongside a lake and surrounded with trees, Qi Lin Xuan provides one of the nicest outdoor environments in Guangzhou and a reasonably-priced menu as well. During peak h...

Address: 1/F, 195 Yanjiang Zhonglu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Description: This eclectically-decorated bar features a small, outdoor riverside section and a menu assortment of pizzas, pastas, steak and baked rice. They even serve up burritos. Popular mostly at night, when they light c...

Address: 1 Samian Beijie, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Description: Built inside of an actual train, with nostalgic furniture and lamps, the indoor section of The Original German Restaurant is more popular than the outdoor. However, while not providing much of a riverside view,...