17 Shenzhen restaurants on 2026 Black Pearl restaurant list

Seventeen restaurants in Shenzhen have been named on the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide released last week.

A scene at the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide Award Ceremony held in Quanzhou, Fujian Province on Jan. 27. Photos from WeChat official account “黑珍珠餐厅指南”

Launched in 2018 by China’s leading food delivery service provider Meituan, which also owns the popular restaurant review app Dianping, the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide is a culinary rating system based on both expert opinions and big data. It has become one of China’s most influential fine-dining guides and a key force for further promoting Chinese cuisine globally. 

The 17 Shenzhen restaurants on the list include one two-diamond restaurant and 16 one-diamond establishments, with average-per-person prices ranging from more than 400 yuan (US$57.52) to over 2,300 yuan. Ranging from Cantonese and Teochew to Japanese and French, these restaurants reflect a wide variety of Chinese and Western cuisine styles.

Recipients of the Master Chef Award and Young Chef Award pose for a photo at the ceremony. 

Adding to the city’s accolades, Lin Qi, chef of the one-diamond restaurant La Tablée, was among the three recipients of the guide’s Young Chef Award. 

This year’s Black Pearl Restaurant Guide recognizes 263 restaurants across 32 cities in 18 provinces nationwide. Shanghai tops the ranking with 61 awarded restaurants, followed by Beijing and Hangzhou with 35 and 20, respectively. 

In Guangdong, a total of 40 restaurants were recognized, including 18 in Guangzhou, 17 in Shenzhen, three in Shantou, and two in Foshan’s Shunde District.

The guide’s overseas edition is slated for release in March. 

Full list of Black Pearl restaurants in Shenzhen

Two-diamond restaurant

AVANT

AVANT（创意园深南电路大厦店）

Category: Western-style food

Average price per person: 2,303 yuan

One-diamond restaurants

Ensue

Ensue（深圳福田香格里拉大酒店）

Category: Western-style food

Average price per person: 2,321 yuan

Rose Palace

嘉苑饭店

Category: Teochew cuisine

Average price per person: 480 yuan

Xinrongji

新荣记（平安金融中心店）

Category: Taizhou cuisine

Average price per person: 834 yuan

Tian yo Shui

天屿水·茶蔬（卓悦中心店）

Category: Vegetarian

Average price per person: 478 yuan

The Bay by Chef Fei

深圳文华东方酒店·东湾·The Bay by Chef Fei

Category: Cantonese Cuisine

Average price per person: 710 yuan

La Tablée

La Tablée 融合料理

Category: Western-style food

Average price per person: 1,588 yuan

Shan Hai Zuo·Chinese Cuisine

山海作·中国菜（华侨城店）

Category: Special dishes 

Average price per person: 740 yuan

CHI CHING CHIU CHOI

至正潮菜（华侨城店）

Category: Teochew cuisine

Average price per person: 468 yuan

China Lodge

君悦酒店·主席楼·粤府·点心粤菜

Category: Cantonese cuisine

Average price per person: 514 yuan

SUSHI SHIZUKA (SHENZHEN)

上海笑鱼 静寿司 SHIZUKA（深圳店）

Category: Japanese cuisine

Average price per person: 1,848 yuan

Stone Sal Restaurant and Bar

Stone Sal 言盐西餐厅（金地威新中心店）

Category: Steakhouse

Average price per person: 680 yuan

Sei ku

晴空·日本料理（万象城店）

Category: Japanese cuisine

Average price per person: 2,004 yuan

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齐武

Category: Japanese cuisine

Average price per person: 1,820 yuan

Yun Jing Chinese Restaurant

鹏瑞莱佛士酒店·云璟 Yun Jing

Category: Cantonese cuisine

Average price per person: 1,020 yuan

GreenSide

水岸十里·江海时鲜（万象前海店）

Category: Zhejiang cuisine

Average price per person: 453 yuan

Sansheng AFFINITÉ

三生AFFINITÉ（海上世界文化艺术中心店）

Category: French cuisine

Average price per person: 1,580 yuan