"Shangri-La’s flagship Chinese room in Guilin — book Shang Palace, and one of its twelve private rooms, when you need to impress clients."
Shang Palace is the signature Chinese restaurant of the Shangri-La Hotel in Guilin, and the brand’s benchmark for refined regional cooking across Asia. Its menu spans the finest Cantonese, Hunan, Guilin and Huaiyang delicacies in one elegant setting.
For business entertaining it is hard to better: twelve luxurious private dining rooms make it a natural choice for formal Chinese hospitality.
The kitchen cooks Shangri-La’s signature regional Chinese repertoire — hand-made Cantonese dim sum such as steamed shrimp dumplings, alongside Hunan, Huaiyang and Guilin specialities. The à la carte runs to named house dishes including boiled mandarin fish in osmanthus broth, flame salt-baked snail and dried-abalone preparations. Diners on Ctrip report an average spend of about ¥147 per person, and Tripadvisor ranks Shang Palace #13 of 197 Guilin restaurants with a 4.2 rating. The dining hall and twelve private rooms occupy Levels 1 and 2 of the Shangri-La Hotel at 111 Huan Cheng North 2nd Road on the Li River, the city’s riverside five-star, open since March 2010.
The setting is classic luxury-hotel Chinese fine dining: a polished main room plus twelve private salons for intimate meals or formal entertaining, backed by a list of Chinese and imported wines and spirits.
To impress clients or host a business lunch, the private rooms and hotel-grade service do the heavy lifting. Compare it with Jinlong Zhai or Chunji Roast Goose for local context.
Not for budget travellers or anyone after a casual street-food atmosphere — this is formal hotel dining priced for occasions, not a quick local bite.
Shang Palace serves Shangri-La’s signature regional Chinese repertoire: Cantonese, Hunan, Huaiyang and Guilin specialities. Expect hand-made dim sum such as steamed shrimp dumplings, plus named house dishes including boiled mandarin fish in osmanthus broth, flame salt-baked snail and dried-abalone preparations, served à la carte in the dining hall or any of the twelve private rooms.
Diners on Ctrip report an average spend of about ¥147 per person, placing Shang Palace in upper-hotel territory for Guilin. À la carte pricing climbs with the dried-abalone and seafood dishes, and the twelve private dining rooms are booked by arrangement. Lunch runs 11:30am to 2pm and dinner from 5:30pm.
Yes. Shang Palace offers twelve individual private dining rooms across Levels 1 and 2 of the Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin, each suited to an intimate family meal or formal business entertaining. The rooms come with the hotel’s full service and a list of Chinese and imported wines, and should be reserved in advance, especially at weekends.
Shang Palace sits on Levels 1 and 2 of the Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin, at 111 Huan Cheng North 2nd Road on the Li River, the city’s riverside five-star, open since March 2010. Tripadvisor diners rank it #13 of 197 Guilin restaurants with a 4.2 rating. Reserve through the hotel and book private rooms ahead.
Reserve through the hotel; private rooms should be booked in advance.
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