There are three famous restaurants in Guangzhou, namely Nanyuan Restaurant, Beiyuan Restaurant and Panxi Restaurant. There is also Luming Restaurant in Luhu Park. But as times change,... These few restaurants have gone through different changes. Regarding reopening, some have been acquired by other companies, and some have changed their operating models.
"Nan Yuan Restaurant"
Nan Yuan Restaurant started construction in 1958 and opened in July 1963. The entire restaurant covers an area of ??approximately 10,000 square meters. There are bamboo forests and artificial pools inside. The green area accounts for about 4,500 square meters of the total. In the 1990s, due to various reasons, Nanyuan's business began to decline. But in 1997, it was still awarded the title of "National Premium Restaurant". But in April 2004, Nanyuan still had no choice but to close down. Not long after it closed, it was taken over by the Guangzhou Lucky House Restaurant Group in Guangzhou. At the same time, the name South Park was retained. It opened again in July 2005 and added about one-third of the building area to the previous building. New South Park is bigger than before. It can accommodate more guests. As soon as you enter the door, you can see a small bridge and flowing water, surrounded by bamboo trees.
Nanyuan Restaurant mainly serves Chinese food, and will introduce some innovative Cantonese dishes from time to time. Their Teochew cuisine is also a specialty. In addition to Chinese food, there are also Western food, Japanese food, Vietnamese food and Thai food. Their morning tea snacks are also quite famous.
Address: No. 142 Qianqian Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou
"Beiyuan Restaurant"
The history of Beiyuan Restaurant is even longer. As early as the late 1920s, Zou Dianbang, the then president of the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce, opened the current Beiyuan Restaurant in a villa on the right side of the No. 17 Middle School. Because the Beiyuan Restaurant at that time was located in the northern suburbs of Yangcheng, adjacent to the current Yuexiu Mountain. The environment is quiet and surrounded by woods. It was very popular with wealthy businessmen, politicians and some social celebrities, doctors and Cantonese opera artists at that time. But in 1947, the original site of Beiyuan was destroyed when Guangzhou was invaded and occupied. Later, it was rebuilt and opened at the current Xiaobei Huankou near the original site. In 1957, the state invested in reconstruction. It was the first garden restaurant in Guangzhou with antique flavor and Lingnan courtyard characteristics. In the following days, many celebrities visited Beiyuan Restaurant and wrote inscriptions for it.
Beiyuan Restaurant also specializes in Chinese and Cantonese cuisine. The chicken here is quite famous. Today, morning tea is also visited by many customers. Considerable efforts have been made to maintain the traditional Lingnan architectural style and preserve traditional Cantonese cuisine.
Address: No. 202, Xiaobei Road
"Panxi Restaurant"
Panxi Restaurant In 1947, it was originally a small restaurant. Of course, there were 5 creeks near the restaurant. The closer one among them is called Panxi, so it was named Panxi. After reconstruction and expansion, in the late 1960s, Panxi Restaurant became the largest garden restaurant in the country at that time. Most of Panxi Restaurants are located in Liwan Lake Park. The layout of the restaurant is well-structured, with rockeries and small lakes. The tea pavilions on the lake are clearly laid out. The major teahouses are located in different locations, surrounded by corridors. You can see different scenery in Liwan Lake Park. During the period of opening, it has also undergone many business transformations, from public-private partnership to state management and now it is acquired and operated by Hong Kong's Sizhou Group. But no matter how it is changed, it cannot change its unique garden features and the traditional taste of Cantonese cuisine.
Pantang’s dim sum is quite famous now because they have their own dim sum chef. We will introduce new products and introduce more special snacks.
Address: No. 151, Longjin West Road
"Luming Restaurant"
Luming Restaurant It is a relatively young restaurant among them. Located in Luhu Park, Baiyun Mountain, Guangzhou, the environment here is quiet and the air is fresh by the lake. With a construction area of ??5,500 square meters, there are various restaurants inside, offering morning and afternoon tea, lunch and dinner. The price is also for civilian consumption.
Luming Restaurant mainly specializes in Cantonese cuisine, and is most famous for their sika deer feast. Their sika deer dishes have also won many awards. Known as the first deer restaurant
Address: No. 11 Luhu Road
There are three major garden restaurants in Guangzhou, and each restaurant offers diners more than The delicacies are so simple. They are Panxi Restaurant, Beiyuan Restaurant and Nanyuan Restaurant, all designed by Mr. Mo Bozhi, a master of Lingnan architecture. They are all characterized by the style of Lingnan gardens, with water diversion for landscaping, jade railings, pavilions, plantain flowers, and golden carps playing in the water, which are full of interest.
1. Panxi Restaurant
Panxi Restaurant was formerly the "Changhua Garden", the imperial garden of Emperor Liu Qian of the Southern Han Dynasty. The hometown of Guangdong Province, Li Wenlun, a Cantonese, founded a small restaurant with a rustic style here in 1947. It was named after "Pan River" because there was a nearby creek called "Pan River". In 1960, Panxi underwent large-scale renovation along with the city construction and became the largest garden-style restaurant in the country.
The restaurant covers an area of ??12,000 square meters, with about 40 rooms and nearly 2,000 dining seats. It has the most beautiful window view when visiting Liwan Lake. The pavilions, courtyards, water corridors, gallery boats, century-old banyan trees, and rockery waterfalls highlight the majesty of Lingnan architecture and are known as the "symphonic poetry of Oriental architectural art."
Traditional famous dishes: Panxi has the best team of dim sum chefs. The restaurant is famous for its dim sum banquets. The most famous ones are the eight famous dishes: Green White Rabbit Dumplings, Snow Pear Fruit, Crane Quail Thousand Layers Crispy, honeycomb egg yolk horns, Pantang water chestnut cake, deep-fried soup dumplings, crystal prawns, and fragrant apple leaf horns. Other dishes include golden dragon-skinned suckling pig, eight-treasure winter melon cup, Buddha jumping over the wall, clay pot water fish, peony shrimps, etc.
Panxi Restaurant is adjacent to Liwanyong and Souvenir Street. After dining, you can stroll along the river bank and shop.
Address: No. 151, Longjin West Road, Liwan District
2. Beiyuan Restaurant
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Beiyuan Restaurant was founded in 1928. It was redesigned in 1958 and became the first typical Lingnan garden-style restaurant in Guangzhou. The entire courtyard changes scenery with each step, and is gorgeous and elegant, with koi fish ponds and stone mountain bridges. , winding paths and corridors, exotic flowers and vegetation, make people feel relaxed and happy.
The biggest feature of Beiyuan Restaurant is the etched "Manchurian windows" of tinted glass collected from the folk, mahogany carved screens, edged stair handrails and other decorations. These "living" decorations "The antique Lingnan elements have become the biggest highlight of the restaurant's architecture.
Traditional famous dishes: Signature Huadiao Chicken, Fried Duck Breast with Lemon, Taishi Braised Snake Soup, Splendid Winter Melon Cup, Flaming Drunkard Shrimp, Guangzhou Chicken, Cloud Legs and Hundred Flowers Stuffed Bamboo Fungus, etc.
Compared with Panxi’s high-quality refreshments, Beiyuan is even more famous for its dishes. The art master Liu Haisu once gifted him with the four characters "its flavor is endless", so in the early years there was a reputation among the public. There is a saying that "go to Beiyuan to eat and Panxi to drink tea".
Address: No. 200, Xiaobei Road, Yuexiu District
3. Nanyuan Restaurant
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The relatively youngest restaurant among the three major restaurants, it was founded in 1963 on the side of Xiaogang Park in Haizhu District, covering an area of ??more than 10,000 square meters. Blue bricks and tiles, cornices, gilded painted buildings, fish ponds with stone steps, bamboo forests, birds chirping and flowers fragrant. However, many modern elements such as glass roofs and mosaic brick walls have also been added, so the South Garden of the three major restaurants is a traditional one. A relatively splendid and fashionable restaurant.
Traditional famous dishes: Featuring Chaozhou cuisine, there are Buddha Jumping over the Wall, Chaozhou Bean Sauce Chicken, Chaozhou Roasted Wild Goose, Chaozhou Braised Big Wings, etc., gold medal suckling pig, braised suckling pigeon, fresh shrimps soaked in oil, coconut Baked egg dumplings with soy sauce, etc. Cantonese famous dishes include colorful shrimps, fish skin dumplings, cocoa milk layer cake, crispy lotus paste buns, barbecued pork cakes, glutinous rice chicken, XO sauce carrot cake, custard buns, quicksand buns , papaya and sago cake, Pantang double treasure, etc.
Address: No. 142 Qianqian Road, Haizhu District
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Panxi Restaurant is good, as well as Liwan Lake Park
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The second is Nanyuan Restaurant,
The third is Beiyuan Restaurant.
It is easy to argue about what is the biggest, because in everything, benevolent people have different opinions and wise people have different opinions.
I think there are two most representative garden restaurants in Guangzhou now: one is Luming Restaurant and the other is Panxi Restaurant.
Luming Restaurant is located by Luhu Lake. It has always been a favorite place for locals to visit and dine on weekends. It is next to Jufang Garden and Xinghai Garden. The scenery is beautiful, and the lake and mountains are standard. Above is the Garden Restaurant. In addition to retaining the authentic flavor of Cantonese cuisine and exquisite refreshments, Guangzhou people know that Luming's "Shishi Chicken" has also maintained a certain standard. It's just that not many outsiders know about it, so Luming Restaurant seems not as famous as Panxi.
Panxi Restaurant is one of the few remaining time-honored restaurants. It was already a famous garden restaurant 30 years ago. Panxi is located in Xiguan, on the banks of Liwan Lake and Litchi Bay. Its classical garden architectural style has been preserved to this day and is deeply loved and cherished by compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao. Panxi's "Garden Chicken"
was formerly known as the three white-cut chickens in Guangzhou together with Qingping Chicken and Shishi Chicken.
Guangzhou’s Garden Restaurants all have stories, and their history will not disappear with the passing of time.
Panxi Restaurant is not only the largest garden restaurant in Guangzhou, but also the largest garden restaurant in China during Luo Kun's era.
I just went there last month, but now Panxi has become a name in vain.
Of course Banxi Restaurant has the largest garden, and there is also a lake. But in terms of beauty, I think the garden scenery in the South Garden is the most beautiful! The North Garden is probably the smallest of the three gardens, but it is also very exquisite. You can go for a walk when you have time!
It used to be Nanyuan, but now it is Chimelong Hotel.
There is another place, Fong Tsuen Treasure Garden near Wong Tai Sin. It is worth going there to experience the characteristics of Garden Restaurant.