Ronghua Lou

Ronghua Lou is one of the oldest continuously operating teahouses in Guangdong, with a history stretching back roughly 148 years to the late Qing dynasty, and it remains a working neighborhood institution on Longjin East Road in the heart of old Xiguan rather than a museum-style heritage site. The teahouse built its early reputation on a peanut-and-sesame filled pastry that earned recognition as a notable Chinese specialty food, and its mooncakes, produced seasonally around the Mid-Autumn Festival, are still sought out by Guangzhou families who have bought from Ronghua for generations. Alongside its pastry counter, the sit-down dining room serves a full congee and dim sum menu, with a century egg and pork congee and simple steamed rice-flour rolls forming the backbone of a modest, affordably priced breakfast and lunch service. The interior retains a traditional teahouse layout with round tables suited to groups sharing a pot of tea over a slow morning, and the average per-person spend remains modest by Guangzhou standards, keeping it a genuinely local rather than tourist-priced destination. Its location in the historic Xiguan district, a short walk from Shangxiajiu and the Lychee Bay canals, makes it a natural stop for visitors tracing the city's older tea-house culture, and its long operating hours mean it functions as a breakfast, lunch and light-dinner option in one.