Best Food Streets in Guilin

Guilin is not only stuffed with picturesque sceneries but also a paradise for delicacies which has attracted a growing number of tourists. Influenced by Cantonese and Sichuan styles, Guilin has formed its own unique diet characteristics. The major food streets in Guilin have been the settlements for foodies, including the Guilin Ren Wangjiao Food Street, the Binjiang Road Food Street, Jiefang West Road Food Street, Putuo Road Food Street, Food City and Zhishan Road Food Street where you can experience the delicacies of Guilin.

Must-eat Food in Guilin

Known as a daily dish of locals’ diet, Guilin Rice noodles has been the representative of Guilin food, which is possible to be found within 100m of any town or city area. Other worth-trying food include Yangshuo beer fish, pickled cabbage fish, steamed fish, acid dried fish, stewed old duck with ginkgo, roast suckling pig and oil tea.

Guilin Ren Wangjiao Food Street

Located in the center of Guilin, Guilin Ren Wangjiao Food Street is a sidewalk snack vendor popular among Guilin citizens, featuring various flavors of food with cheap costs. All the foods are displayed on the counter, which appears rather seductive. Close to the bustling Zhengyang Pedestrian Street and the Central Plaza, it is always crammed with people.
Address: Zhongshan Zhong Lu, Xiufeng District, Guilin.
Average Price: CNY35/Person
Recommended Dish: bullfrog with soy sauce, fresh oyster, rice noodles.

Binjiang Road Food Street

Binjiang Road Food Street is a long food street where scatters a large number of restaurants which features different flavors. Western food, South Asia dish, fast food, buffet and Guilin snacks are all accessible in the food street. In additional to these restaurants, there are many cafes for tourists to have a rest.
Address: Binjiang Road, Xiufeng District, Guilin.
Restaurants in the food street: Fusion Restaurant, Chongshan Rice Noodles Restaurant, Daewoo Restaurant of Sheraton Hotel, Cathay Chinese Restaurant

Jiefang West Road Food Street

As one of the popular food streets in Guilin, Jiefang West Road is distributing numerous restaurants. You can taste the authentic rice noodles in You Yi Xuan which has been rated as one of the five famous rice noodles restaurants in Guilin. Cantonese cuisine is available to have in the Jin Long Zhai and Hunan cuisine in Xiao Nan Guo Restaurant.
Recommended Restaurants: Jin Long Zhai, Xiao Nan Guo, Fulin Old Brand Rice Noodles Restaurant, You Yi Xuan Rice Noodles Restaurant.

Guilin Food City

Also known as Aunt, Guilin Food City is a diet and amusement plaza, with the Chinese name of "Hao Da Ma" referring to good aunt. The food city is specialized in local snacks and snacks from other cities. There are two opened in Guilin, one is on the fifth floor of Ba Gui Plaza, which boasts a nice view of the Zhongshan Road and Guilin Center Square. The other one is located in the sixth floor of Niko Niko Do Plaza (the largest comprehensive shopping mall of Guilin) which is capable of holding 800 people.
Address1: F5, 29 Zhongshan Road Middle, Guilin
Address 2: F6, 37 Zhongshan Road Middle, Guilin

Shangshui Food Street

Located between Zhengyang Pedestrian Street and Sheraton Hotel, Shangshui Food Street is reputed as the “first food street in Guilin” where gathers the most authentic local snacks of Guilin. It is n archaized street with typical buildings of northern Guangxi.
Address: No. 15, Binjiang Road, Xiushui District, Guilin.
Recommended Food: Tortoise Herb Jelly, stinky tofu, rice noodles.

Putuo Road Food Street

Walk along the Putuo Road Food Street, you will find various restaurants, including hot pot restaurants, Sichuan restaurants, Hunan restaurants, Cantonese restaurants and local snack restaurants. Several hot pot restaurants definitely reflect the diet characteristics of Guilin people. Hump Steak Hot Pot City near to the Chaoyang Road is very popular for its griddle cooked steak and hot pot.
Location: Qixing District, Guilin
Recommended Restaurants: Hump Steak Hot Pot City, Jin’s Pork Trip with Chicken, Zhang Shiba Gongcheng Oil-tea Fish Restaurant, Xingsheng Hot Pot.

Zhishan Road Food Street

It is easy to get puzzled about what to eat in Zhishan Road Food Street for each restaurant along the street owns its merits to make you mouth-watering. The Ri Tou Huo Rice Noodles Restaurant and Red Nose Rice Noodles Restaurant are good options if you plan to try Guilin rice noodles.
Location: Xiangshan District, Guilin.
Recommended Restaurant: Ri Tou Huo Rice Noodles Restaurant, Lao Biao Fragrant Spicy Crab Restaurant, Wan Fu Lou Fish Restaurant

Tips for eating in Guilin

1. Try to choose the restaurants which are stuffed with local people in order to taste the most authentic flavor of Guilin.
2. Be sure to know the detailed price of each dish you order.
3. Hotpots in the curbside tastes good but they may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, so be careful to eat these food.

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