Luanle Rice Noodles (Luan Le Fen Ku)

Luanle Rice Noodles, known in Chinese as Luan Le Fen Ku, is a rice noodle pub at No. 142 Zhengyang Pedestrian Street in Guilin's Xiufeng District, in the heart of the old downtown in Guangxi, China. The restaurant takes the city's signature dish, Guilin rice noodles, and serves it in a relaxed pub format that suits travellers who want a sit-down meal rather than a counter stall. Guilin rice noodles are round, springy noodles served in a spiced broth or dry-tossed with braised toppings, and the dish is treated across the city as a breakfast, lunch and late-night staple. Here the kitchen offers braised-topping bowls with a range of sides, and the menu includes vegetarian rice noodle bowls, which is uncommon among local noodle shops where pork-bone stock is the default. A picture menu makes ordering straightforward for visitors who do not read Chinese, and the pub also pours house-made beer, a pairing that fits the Guilin habit of drinking beer with noodles and fish. Typical spending is about ¥30 (roughly $4) per person for a bowl with sides, which places the venue firmly at the budget end of the dining scene. The room is informal, with quick table turnover at lunch and in the evening and a steady flow of both domestic tourists and locals. The restaurant keeps long hours, daily from 10:00 to 24:00, so it works as a late meal after walking the pedestrian street and the nearby Sun and Moon Pagodas on Shan Lake. There is no formal reservation system and the venue is walk-in only; the main queue risk is at peak mealtimes when the pedestrian street fills with tour groups. Visitors who want to compare regional styles can pair a bowl here with oil tea or beer fish elsewhere in the city. The venue can be found by searching its Chinese name on Amap (Gaode), Dianping or Meituan, and a phone line is listed for enquiries.