Restaurant in Guangzhou, China
Back-to-back Bib Gourmand, ¥¥ price.
Stay Here is the strongest case for Chao Zhou cooking at the ¥¥ price point in Guangzhou, backed by back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. Located in Tianhe District, it delivers the kind of direct, proximity-driven experience that suits the cuisine — without the cost of the city's formal Teochew rooms. Booking is easy; a few days' notice is enough for most nights.
If you're weighing up Chao Zhou options in Guangzhou, Stay Here is the answer at the ¥¥ price point. It has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, which means the inspectors have twice confirmed that the value-to-quality ratio here outperforms most of the city. For the same cuisine at a higher spend, Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine exists — but Stay Here makes the stronger case for most diners who are not on an expense account. Book it.
Stay Here has been holding its own in Tianhe District long enough to collect two consecutive Bib Gourmands, which is not an accident. The Michelin inspectors award the Bib to restaurants that deliver above-average cooking at below-average prices, and earning it two years running in Guangzhou — a city where Chao Zhou cooking is taken seriously and competition among casual restaurants is fierce , signals that Stay Here is not coasting. It is cooking to a consistent standard that the city's more expensive Teochew rooms have not made irrelevant.
Chao Zhou cuisine, for context, is the culinary tradition of the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong. It sits in an interesting position relative to Cantonese cooking: lighter seasoning, a strong emphasis on seafood and offal, precision broth work, and a preference for letting ingredient quality speak rather than dressing it in sauce. In Guangzhou, you find it at everything from street-level stalls to formal dining rooms, and the gap between a mediocre Teochew meal and a sharp one is wide. The Bib Gourmand places Stay Here firmly in the latter camp.
The restaurant is located in Tianhe District, Guangzhou's commercial and residential core. For food-focused visitors staying in Tianhe or travelling in from further afield, the address on Haiyue Road is reachable without difficulty. Parking in the district can be congested during peak hours, so arriving by metro or ride-hail is the practical choice. For broader orientation across where to eat and stay while you're here, our full Guangzhou restaurants guide is worth consulting alongside this, and our full Guangzhou hotels guide covers accommodation options near the district.
The spatial experience at Stay Here shapes the meal as much as anything on the table. At the ¥¥ price tier, Chao Zhou restaurants in Guangzhou typically run toward the functional end of the design spectrum: tile floors, fluorescent lighting, laminate tables. Stay Here does not pretend to be a luxury dining room, and it doesn't need to. What the space offers instead is proximity. The counter or close-set seating configuration that characterises restaurants at this scale means you are not separated from what is happening in the kitchen by distance or ceremony. You watch, you overhear, you eat food that has not travelled across a large dining floor.
For the food-focused traveller, this kind of arrangement is often preferable to a formal table at a grander address. Counter seating in a tight Chao Zhou room means the pacing is dictated by the kitchen's rhythm rather than a waiter's choreography. Dishes arrive as they are ready. The experience is direct. At Stay Here, that directness is appropriate to the cuisine itself: Chao Zhou cooking at its most honest does not benefit from theatrical presentation. It benefits from arriving at the right temperature, in the right sequence, in front of someone paying attention. The compact scale of the room makes all of that more likely.
For diners who have eaten at Chao Zhou counters elsewhere in China , at Chao Shang Chao in Beijing or Fleurs Et Festin in Xiamen , the format here will feel immediately familiar. For those coming fresh to the cuisine, the spatial intimacy at Stay Here is a genuine advantage: the lack of pretension makes it easier to ask questions, adjust pacing, and eat at the kitchen's pace rather than a formal service schedule.
Booking at Stay Here is rated Easy. Given the Bib Gourmand recognition and the presumed capacity constraints of a smaller Tianhe restaurant, booking ahead is still sensible , walk-in availability at dinner on weekends is not something to rely on. That said, you are not navigating the reservation scarcity that defines Michelin-starred tables in Guangzhou. Calling ahead a few days before your intended visit should secure a spot on most nights. The restaurant does not currently list a website or phone number in public records, so the most reliable approach is to book through a local concierge service, a hotel front desk, or an app such as Dianping, which handles reservations for most casual Guangzhou restaurants of this profile.
The ¥¥ price point means a full meal for two , ordering properly across multiple dishes , will stay well within what you'd spend on a single main course at Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine. If you are building a Guangzhou food itinerary and want to understand how Chao Zhou cooking sits relative to the broader regional picture, pairing a meal here with a visit to one of the Cantonese rooms in the city gives useful context. Suyab Courtyard, Dai Yong Town, and Hai Men Yu Zi Dian (Yanling Road) each offer a different angle on how Guangdong's cooking traditions vary at the accessible end of the price spectrum.
If Chao Zhou cooking interests you across cities, the tradition is well represented at award-recognised venues elsewhere in China. Xin Rong Ji in Beijing and Xin Rong Ji in Chengdu cover the Zhejiang-adjacent end of that tradition, while Chef Tam's Seasons in Macau and Dai Yuet Heen in Nanjing represent the formal Cantonese register for comparison. For a food trip to Guangzhou more broadly, our Guangzhou experiences guide, bars guide, and wineries guide round out the picture.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stay Here | Chao Zhou | Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025); Michelin Bib Gourmand (2024) | Easy | — |
| Imperial Treasure Fine Chinese Cuisine | Cantonese | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Taian Table | Modern European, European Contemporary | Michelin 2 Star | Unknown | — |
| Chōwa | Innovative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine | Chao Zhou | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Rêver | French Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
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Stay Here is a ¥¥ Chao Zhou restaurant in Tianhe District, not a formal dining room, so dress accordingly — clean, comfortable clothing is the right call. There is no dress code documented for this venue. Chao Zhou dining in Guangzhou is generally relaxed in format, so you are not expected to arrive in business attire.
Book at least a few days in advance. Stay Here has earned consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmands in 2024 and 2025, which drives demand at what is already a smaller Tianhe restaurant. The recognition at the ¥¥ price point makes this one of the more competitive reservations in its category in Guangzhou, so same-day walk-ins carry real risk.
No dietary restriction policy is documented for Stay Here. Chao Zhou cuisine relies heavily on seafood, preserved ingredients, and pork-based preparations, so diners with serious allergies or restrictions should check the venue's official channels before booking. Given the ¥¥ format and focused regional menu, substitution flexibility may be limited.
Stay Here is primarily known for Chao Zhou in Guangzhou.
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