The best Cantonese restaurants in Bristol

Dragon’s Delicacy is located slightly out of Bristol city centre in Eastgate, but it is well worth the quick journey. It has an extensive menu full of appetisers, set menus, seafood, rice and noodle dishes. However, the thing we really recommend trying is something from the dim sum section of the menu. Dim sum is a large range of small Cantonese dishes that are often enjoyed for lunch in China. Why not try the prawn and pork dumplings, the deep-fried sesame balls or the deep fried duck spring rolls for a true taste of traditional Cantonese food. Another amazing thing about this restaurant is it’s located above a huge Asian supermarket so you can stock up on all your cooking essentials while you’re there.

Mayflower is a family-run restaurant that has been open since the early 90s and is one of Bristol’s top regarded Chinese restaurants. It’s known for its large range of dishes, friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere. It serves traditional Cantonese cuisine alongside dishes inspired by other areas of Chinese food, such as Sichuan. It serves a delicious variety of seafood, from soft shell crab to live lobsters. One of the most famous types of Cantonese food is roast meats and Mayflower really nails this. From roasted pecking duck with crispy skin to honey roasted BBQ pork, you’re in roast meat heaven. Each dish is seasoned to perfection and serves alongside the tastiest sauces. The amazing menu, alongside the friendly service, makes this a restaurant people return to time and time again.

You can find this Chinese food hall on Nelson Street, serving some of Bristol’s best dim sum and roast meats. It has just revamped its dim sum menu and from chicken feet to deep fried custard buns, it serves all the Cantonese classics. Prawn dumplings, beef balls and fried noodles are all recommended as customer favourites. It’s a little more expensive that some other Bristol dim sum restaurants, but it more than makes up for that in taste and quality of the food.

Cathay Rendezvous is an impressive Chinese restaurant, inside a Grade II listed building. It has spacious rooms and an elegant façade, making you feel like you’re really dining in style. Serving dishes from a range of different areas of China, the chefs here really are experts in Chinese cuisine. The food is all prepared from scratch every day, making sure it’s as fresh as it can possibly be. Through reviving and modernising recipes, the food is a perfect blend of traditional yet current. The ingredients are sourced locally where possible keeping the menu sustainable and fresh. The Cantonese sweet and sour dishes are not to be missed because they really hit that sweet spot. With friendly staff and sophisticated setting, this dining experience is the perfect blend of refined, yet comfortable.

Rock Salt is an Asian fusion restaurant that has the aim of bringing customers both Indian and Chinese food under one roof. Its owner has travelled across the world throughout his career, improving his food knowledge and ability. The restaurant itself is a mix of bright colours and natural finishings, making it a fun and modern spot to enjoy some food. It serves traditional Cantonese dim sum in the form of dumplings, which are deep filled, made in-house and cooked to order. With the options of pork, chicken or veg, you can stick to your favourite or get a selection to share. They all come with homemade chilli and garlic sauce, and a house blended soy sauce. It’s clear that the food at Rock Salt is made with a passion for Asian cuisine and the love that goes into the menu and cooking really shines through in the taste of the dishes.