Lei Garden (Yuexiu)

Lei Garden's Yuexiu branch brings the Hong Kong-founded group's refined Cantonese cooking to central Guangzhou, and it holds a MICHELIN star in the guide's Guangdong Province selection for consistently elevated versions of classic Cantonese banquet dishes. The dining room, spread across the fourth floor of Yi'an Plaza, favors understated modern decor over ornate traditional styling, with the focus kept on the food and on a service style built around explaining dishes and pacing a full meal rather than an all-day dim sum trolley approach. Roast suckling pig arrives with the lacquered skin separated tableside, a dish the kitchen is particularly known for, alongside a braised whole abalone dish that anchors many of the restaurant's banquet-style set menus. A char siu made with Iberico pork updates the traditional barbecued pork classic with a richer, more marbled cut, and the kitchen's double-boiled superior soups, simmered for hours with seafood and dried ingredients, are frequently cited by regulars as the meal's quiet highlight. Because Lei Garden operates across multiple cities in China and Hong Kong, the Yuexiu branch benefits from a well-tested kitchen system while still adapting its menu to Guangzhou's produce and seasonal ingredients. Reservations are effectively required for dinner service, and the restaurant is a common choice for business entertaining and milestone family meals rather than a casual walk-in stop.