Yu Tang Chun Nuan main view
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Yu Tang Chun Nuan

Liwan, Guangzhou

4.7(1700 reviews)
Dim SumHeritageRiverside

The riverside dining room of the White Swan Hotel, where Guangzhou's most legendary dim sum is served in colonial calm.

Yu Tang Chun Nuan (Jade Hall Warm Spring) sits inside the White Swan Hotel on Shamian Island, and for decades it has been the city's definitive dim sum experience - the breakfast that three generations of Guangzhou families book weeks ahead.

The room looks over the Pearl River, the carts roll past in a ritual unchanged since the 1980s, and the kitchen's shaomai, char siu buns, and egg custard tarts are benchmark quality. It is elegant, historic, and surprisingly approachable: English menus, patient staff, and a weekend brunch that turns into a long, happy afternoon.

Best for: The legendary riverside dim sum room of Guangzhou.

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