28 Hubin Road

Verdict: One of Hangzhou's Most Awarded Zhejiang Tables; Book It for the Morning

If you are visiting Hangzhou and want to eat serious regional cuisine without the full-evening commitment or the four-symbol price tag, 28 Hubin Road is the clearest recommendation in its tier. It holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, ranks #43 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2024 (up from #45 in 2023), and scores 75–76 points across two consecutive La Liste Leading Restaurants cycles. At a ¥¥¥ price point, that credential stack is hard to match anywhere on the West Lake strip. For a first-timer to Hangzhou's dining scene, this is a logical starting point: accessible booking, strong institutional recognition, a format that works from 9 am through 10 pm every day of the week.

What to Expect When You Arrive

28 Hubin Road sits on Hubin Road in the Shangcheng district, metres from West Lake. The address places it firmly in the tourist and leisure corridor of Hangzhou, which means the room carries the ambient energy of a well-frequented urban restaurant rather than a hushed fine-dining sanctuary. Expect a lively, populated dining room; pleasant for a relaxed morning meal or an unhurried weekend lunch, less suitable if you are after the kind of concentrated quiet you might find at Ru Yuan or Longjing Manor. The energy here is convivial and social, which suits the format well.

Under chef Colin Cheng, the kitchen focuses on Zhejiang cuisine, the regional cooking tradition that includes West Lake fish in vinegar sauce, Dongpo pork, the clean, ingredient-led preparations that characterise the broader Jiangnan food culture. Zhejiang cooking tends toward subtlety: restrained seasoning, emphasis on freshness, careful technique applied to produce and freshwater protein that this part of China does exceptionally well. If you are arriving from a city where the Zhejiang canon is less represented, this is a strong place to benchmark against. Elsewhere in the region, you can compare the tradition at Zhejiang Heen in Hong Kong or Rong Rong Yuan in Taipei, but neither carries this restaurant's OAD Asia ranking.

The Morning and Weekend Case

The 9 am opening is genuinely useful, for a first-timer this is one of the better arguments for visiting at breakfast or late morning rather than dinner. A Zhejiang-focused kitchen that opens early gives you access to lighter preparations, congees, dim-sum adjacent dishes, soy-braised items, before the full dinner service crowds arrive. The practical benefit: tables are easier to secure, the room is calmer, the West Lake neighbourhood is at its most walkable in the morning. Pair a meal here with a walk along the causeway and you have a well-structured Hangzhou morning without the logistics of a peak-hour dinner reservation.

The all-day hours (9 am to 10 pm, seven days) also mean this works as a flexible anchor for itinerary planning in a way that most comparable restaurants in the city do not offer. Guiyu (Xihu), Jie Xiang Lou, and Hangzhou House are all credible Zhejiang alternatives, but none carry the same combination of early opening and OAD Top 50 Asia ranking. For context on what else is available across price tiers, see our full Hangzhou restaurants guide.

Booking and Practical Details

Booking difficulty is rated easy. No phone number or website is listed in the current record, so the most reliable approach for overseas visitors is to book through your hotel concierge or a third-party reservation platform active in China. The restaurant's West Lake location means it is on the radar of most Hangzhou hotels. With the caveat that popularity can spike during Golden Week and Chinese New Year, you should not need more than a few days' lead time for most visits. Weekend breakfast and lunch windows are the most convenient for walk-in or same-day attempts, but securing a spot in advance removes the friction entirely.

The ¥¥¥ price point puts this in the mid-high tier for Hangzhou, comparable to Xin Rong Ji (Xinyuan South Road) in Beijing or Xin Rong Ji in Chengdu as a regional cuisine spend, considerably below the ¥¥¥¥ tier occupied by Ru Yuan. For comparable award-holding Zhejiang-adjacent cuisine at higher price points across China, Chef Tam's Seasons in Macau, Imperial Treasure Fine Chinese Cuisine in Guangzhou, and Dai Yuet Heen in Nanjing provide useful reference points for what additional spend typically buys. Here, the awards-to-price ratio is among the most favourable on the Hubin Road stretch. For accommodation and other planning, our Hangzhou hotels guide, bars guide, wineries guide, and experiences guide cover the full picture.

Who Should Book

28 Hubin Road works well for first-timers to Hangzhou who want a credentialled introduction to Zhejiang cuisine without committing to a full fine-dining format, solo travellers who want flexibility across the day, groups of two to four looking for a relaxed lunch alongside West Lake sightseeing. It is less suited to those who want the quietest, most formal dining environment Hangzhou offers (for that, look to Longjing Manor) or those chasing the deepest tasting-menu format available in the city. For anyone looking at 102 House in Shanghai as a comparison in Chinese regional fine dining, 28 Hubin Road is a tier below in formality but above in accessibility and daytime flexibility.

Ratings Snapshot

• Michelin Plate: 2024, 2025
• La Liste Leading Restaurants 2025: 76 points
• La Liste Leading Restaurants 2026: 75 points
• Opinionated About Dining Leading Restaurants in Asia: #43 (2024), #45 (2023)