The Chinese New Year (CNY)'s Eve dinner, also known as the Family Reunion Dinner, might be the most important dinner for Chinese in a whole year. Its significance is similar to Christmas Day in the West.

Have you decided to dine out or at home? If you choose to have the CNY's Eve dinner at restaurants in Guangzhou, here are some great choices.

Chic and fun-filled CNY dinner

A stylish CNY reunion dinner will be presented by Michelin one-star Chinese Master Chef Mai and Banquet Chef Kelvin with some of the most conventional festive recipes, including suckling pig platter, roasted chicken and lobster braised with cheese. Guests will also get to watch the CNY Gala and be treated to an array of fun activities, such as lion dance, paper cutting, and a lucky draw.

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Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM, January 24th

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou

Reservation: 86 20 8883 3727 

CNY Buffet

Enjoy a lavish buffet including Abalone and Poon Choi together with your family and friends on the CNY’s Eve. A portion of Prosperity Toss will be served at each table and a Maggi sauce prawn will be served individually during dinner time in the Spring Festival holiday.

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Period: January 24th - February 2nd, 2020

Time: 12:00 AM to 2:30 PM (lunch), 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (dinner)

Venue: Level 22, The Market Cafe, Grand Hyatt Guangzhou

Reservation: 86 20 8396 1234 

Auspicious tastes of the CNY

By selecting premium quality seasonal ingredients, the all-day dining restaurant FOODS is elevating the celebration with abundant selections of CNY specialties. At the Michelin One-Star restaurant Lai Heen, the talented culinary team will present six different selections of traditional CNY dinner.

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CNY Buffet

Date: January 24th - 31st, 2020

Venue: FOODS, Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou

CNY’s Eve Set Menu

Date: January 24th, 2020

Venue: LAI HEEN, Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou

Reservation: 86 20 3813 6888 

Mouth-watering CNY set menus

Usher in the Year of the Mouse with a Cantonese feast at the Yen Chinese Restaurant, W Guangzhou. The restaurant will launch four mouth-watering CNY set menus with auspicious dishes presented with a contemporary twist.

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Period: January 24th -31st, 2020

Time: 11:30–14:00 (lunch), 17:30–22:30 (dinner)

Reservation: 86 20 6680 7828

Poon Choi (盆菜)

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Poon Choi is an essential CNY dish in Southern China and has been popular among Cantonese people for a long time. The spirit of Poon Choi is a warmhearted family gathering and wishes for good luck and prosperity in the new year. During the CNY holiday, the China Hotel introduces its very own Poon Choi with a variety of delicious ingredients, including fresh shrimp, dried oysters, roast pork, roast goose, chicken, and lotus root.

Guangzhou Restaurant (广州酒家)

Founded in 1935, Guangzhou Restaurant is known as the ‘No. 1 Restaurant in Guangzhou’ specializing in Cantonese Cuisine. Its classic menu includes the ‘Grand Manchurian-han Feast’, the ‘Feast of Five Dynasties’ and the ‘Nanyue State Banquet’.

Guangzhou Restaurant (Photo: Guangzhou Daily)

CNY’s Eve dinner: 5:00pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-till closed

Add.: No. 2 Wenchang Nan Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Panxi Restaurant (泮溪酒家)

Panxi Restaurant is a well-known garden-like restaurant with refined and elegant buildings, terraces, palaces and pavilions, artificial mountains and waterfalls. The cuisine of the restaurant has won many international prizes, especially its delicate dim sum.

Panxi Restaurant (Photo: Guangzhou Daily) 

CNY’s Eve dinner: 5:00pm-7:00pm, 7:00pm-9:30

Add.: No. 151 Longjin Xi Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Nanyuan Restaurant (南园酒家)

Nanyuan, another garden-like restaurant integrating the functions of food, entertainment and culture, started business in 1963. The restaurant, covering an area of 10,000 square meters, boasts the typical architectural style of Lingnan garden, with black bricks and green tiles as well as a bamboo grove, singing birds and fragrant flowers.

Nanyuan Restaurant (Photo: Guangzhou Daily) 

CNY’s Eve dinner: 5:00pm-7:30pm, 7:30pm-till closed

Add.: No. 142 Qianjin Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou

Author | Monica Liu

Editor | Keane Wong