Guilin Restaurants: Where to Eat in Guilin

Shang Palace (Shangri-La Hotel Guilin)

Shang Palace belongs to the super 5-star Shangrila-La Hotel. The food there is exquisite, with a good mix of different Chinese specialties like flavorful chili pork, delicious local Guilin noodles and excellent soup options. The staff are friendly, welcoming and always ready to help you with any issues, regardless of whether you asked or not. Sitting at the tables near windows if possible, so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery outside when dinning.

Lijiang Waterfall Hotel Restaurant

This restaurant is settled inside the 5-star Lijiang Waterfall Hotel, in an excellent location within walking distance to lake, pagodas and Elephant Trunk Hill. Most of the staff there are multi-lingual, making you worry free about ordering any dishes. The cuisines are flavorful but rather inexpensive, hence a good choice for family and friend groups.

Guilin Park Hotel Restaurant

The restaurant in Guilin Park hotel is located in a beautiful lake area away from the hustle and bustle of the business district, but within walking distance to Solitary Beauty Peak, Diecai Hill and Fubo Mountain.

Kali Mirch (black pepper) Indian Cuisine

Located on the liveliest and most busy Zhengyang Pedestrian Street in Guilin downtown area, this India restaurant chain is highly recommended if one is looking for great India cuisine or some vegetarian options. It is also on the top list of the Guilin restaurants suggested by Lonely Planet and Trip Advisor. The owner is an Indian man so all the ingredients are imported from India. Kali Mirch (black pepper) Indian Cuisine also has a branch on West Street in Yangshuo.

Rice Noodles Pub (Luanle Rice Noodles)

Whether you are a Chinese or an overseas tourist, Rice Noodles Pub, or called Luanle Rice Noodles, is absolutely a good choice to enjoy authentic Guilin Rice Noodles near the city center square. This restaurant offers a variety of toppings and side dishes, including a page of vegetarian offerings, so you can pick your own ingredients to add into the noodles! Menu there is in English with pictures and their staff can provide English service, hence you won't encounter with any trouble when ordering.

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Top 3 Special Recommended Yangshuo Restaurants

Once stepping into Yangshuo, especially into the “paradise for backpackers” - West Street, you should be well-prepared to be dazzled by varieties of “global foods restaurants”, including local beer fish restaurants, western-style fast-food restaurants like KFC, India cuisine restaurants and also rows of snack stalls, etc. Usually, you can try any restaurant you see at your first glance, and you will seldom feel disappointed. If you want some special recommends there, the following 3 restaurants may give you more surprise.

Cloud 9 Restaurant (on West Street)

Yangshuo Mountain Retreat

Secret Garden Yangshuo

Secret Garden, the hidden Gem in Yangshuo countryside, is a boutique hotel and restaurant in Jiuxian Village near the stunning Yulong River. The hotel and restaurant are located in a beautifully renovated Qing Dynasty (1616 - 1912) building. Besides its awesome ancient building and decoration, the foods there are also fantastic: be sure to try the “health food” cooked with greens and other materials “growing” at the nearby fields, as well as to enjoy the lovely restaurant garden and pond.

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Top 2 Longji Terraced Field Restaurants

Longji Terraced Field in Longsheng County, which is also called Longsheng Rice Terraces or the Dragon's Backbone Terraced Field, is located on the mountainous area for about 85km from Guilin downtown area. The restaurants in the whole Longji area, including Jinkeng, Ping An and also Ancient Zhuang Village, are all in traditional stilt-style wooden houses, providing a strong atmosphere of eating in the local’s houses. Those restaurants are locally run. Therefore, the flavor of the dishes of every restaurant may be a little different according to the different level of the local “chefs”. The following 2 restaurants are the top recommended by our local travel consultants and guests.

Ping'an Hotel Restaurant

The Ping'an Restaurant is part of Ping'an hotel. It provides food service for its guests and also other tourists. This restaurant is settled on almost the center area of Ping An Village, with surprisingly excellent rice terraces view over its window. Remember to try the Chicken and Rice Dishes cooked in Bamboo Tubes over open fire, which are the specialties in Longsheng.

Longji Meiyou Café

The name of this restaurant “Meiyou Café” literally means “no coffee”. This restaurant is also on the center area of Ping An Village, somewhat a must-passing spot for uphill and downhill travelers visiting the Seven Stars around the Moon. Bamboo dishes are also on the menu of this restaurant.

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