Panxi Restaurant

Top choice in Guangzhou


Set in Liwan Lake Park amid ornamental gardens interlinked with pools, courtyards and corridors, Panxi is typical of Guangzhou's garden restaurants, designed to give the effect of 'every step, a vista' (一步一景). Choose from several separate dining rooms – some huge and brightly lit, others more intimate – serving classic dim sum alongside refined Canto fare.


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