Guangzhou Restaurant (广州酒家)

Guangzhou Restaurant (广州酒家), founded in 1935 on Wenchang South Road, is the restaurant most associated with Guangzhou's culinary identity — its mooncakes (广州酒家月饼) are the best-selling mooncakes in China and are flown to Hong Kong, Singapore, and San Francisco every Mid-Autumn Festival. The yum cha service is a Guangzhou institution, with bamboo steamer trolleys loaded with hundreds of varieties of dim sum circling the vast dining hall. Budget CNY 80-160 per person (HKD 86-172). Dianping: 4.6/5. Must-orders: crispy taro dumplings (芋角), prawn dumplings (虾饺皇), and BBQ pork buns (叉烧包). Photo menus available; some English-speaking staff.