Yong Guangzhou

Yong sits inside the Xianjian Business Building in the Yuexiu District, a fifteen-minute walk from HaiZhu Square. It holds a Michelin green star for its approach to Chinese and Asian seafood.

The room runs smart and elegant, but the focus here is the kitchen’s commitment to sustainable sourcing, a rarity among its peers in the district. While the nearby pedestrian streets offer a barrage of quick-service dining, Yong provides a deliberate pace that justifies the detour. It is the antithesis of the frantic energy found at the surrounding stalls, offering a quiet, measured take on seafood that ignores the local trend for high-turnover service. Opting for a table here is a choice for focused, conscious eating rather than the grab-and-go experience that dominates the rest of Yuexiu.