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A Jiangzhe restaurant on Fucheng Road in Pudong, Shanghai, set in a remodelled heritage building from around 1902, where a young chef updates traditional Jiangzhe cooking with creative twists; one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Yue Xuan is a Jiangzhe cuisine restaurant on the 87th floor of Park Hyatt Shanghai, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Huangpu River, holding one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Shunde-cuisine restaurant in Fengcheng Food City, Daliang, Shunde, Foshan, serving traditional Shunde dishes such as fried milk, awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A French restaurant in the Sea World Culture and Arts Center in Shenzhen, blending Japanese elements with views over Shekou port, helmed by chef Yue Biao; awarded one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Obscura by Tangxiang is an innovative restaurant inside Tangxiang Cultural Space at 538 Xikang Road, Jing'an, Shanghai, holding one MICHELIN Star and one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A European contemporary restaurant at 28 Siwei Road, Da'an District, Taipei, melding seasonal Taiwanese ingredients with modern techniques and standout seafood; Two Diamonds in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Cantonese seafood restaurant beside Xianting Bridge in Leliu, Shunde, Foshan, known for its water snake soup prepared by a master chef of Chinese cuisine, awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Cantonese restaurant at Shanghai Centre's East Tower in Jing'an, Shanghai, dining at a chef's counter; one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and two diamonds in 2026.
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Yuan She Sushi Aoki (Yisheng · Bund Origin) is an omakase counter-sushi restaurant at Rockbund area on Beijing East Road in Huangpu, Shanghai, led by chef Aoki, with one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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An Asian contemporary restaurant at 39, Lane 258, Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, serving an omakase menu of over 10 courses that melds Japanese and Taiwanese elements; One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Japanese kaiseki restaurant in Shenzhen Bay MixC, created by Hong Kong food critic Ng Tak Lun with a team of top Tokyo chefs and served in omakase style; awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A restaurant inside the century-old French-style Zhengtai Hotel heritage building in Shijiazhuang, known as the city's "origin point", awarded one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A contemporary French restaurant inside Capella Jian Ye Li in Xuhui District, Shanghai — the Shanghai outpost of famed French chef Pierre Gagnaire, serving refined French classics, with one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A contemporary European restaurant set in a historic British-style mansion at 333 Changle Road, Xuhui, Shanghai; one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A fusion restaurant on Qiaocheng East Road in OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, run in chef's-table style by chef Lin Qi; listed as a Michelin recommended restaurant in 2026, and awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Yong Jiang Zhen (Sinan Mansions) is a Jiangzhe cuisine restaurant inside Sinan Mansions in Huangpu, Shanghai, housed in a four-storey mansion with all private dining rooms, with one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Cantonese restaurant on the 17th floor of Palais de Chine Hotel at 3, Section 1, Chengde Road, Datong District, Taipei, famed for crispy-skin roast duck with Yilan Cherry Valley ducks and Peking duck four ways; Two Diamonds in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A guanfu-style (Tan family cuisine) restaurant inside Shijiazhuang International Building Hotel, run in partnership with the Beijing Hotel, awarded one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide — the first Black Pearl restaurant in Hebei Province.
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A Benbang (Shanghai-style) restaurant inside the Parkson department store on Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, known for East China Sea seafood. Its signature braised eel back won a 2025 Black Pearl Dish of the Year award; it is listed in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai and holds one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Nan Xing Yuan is a Sichuan restaurant at Building 12, 1728 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui, Shanghai, offering private rooms only and tailored pre-ordered menus; it earned one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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An innovative restaurant on Zhenning Road in Changning, Shanghai, opened by chef Stefan Stiller in 2016; rated three stars in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai 2025 and one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Yongjiangchun (Xintiandi branch) is a Jiangzhe cuisine restaurant in Xintiandi's North Block, Shanghai, with one diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and one of the two Black Pearl restaurants in the Xintiandi block.
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A Jiangsu-cuisine restaurant housed in a five-courtyard historic mansion at 54 Daru Lane, Gusu District, Suzhou, committed to seasonal cooking with modern techniques; One Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A new-style Chaozhou restaurant on the ground floor of Tower T1, Kerry Centre, Futian District, Shenzhen. Opened in 2017 as the first new-style Chaozhou restaurant in Shenzhen; awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Taian Table is an innovative restaurant on Zhenning Road in Changning, Shanghai, founded by chef Stefan Stiller; it was listed as a three-MICHELIN-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai 2022.
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A Cantonese restaurant on floors 35–37 of Grand Hyatt Shenzhen with 14 private banquet rooms, listed in the MICHELIN Guide and awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Maison Lameloise (Shanghai Tower branch) is a contemporary French restaurant on the 68th floor of Shanghai Tower in Pudong, Shanghai — the Burgundy house's first Asian outpost — holding a MICHELIN star, two diamonds in the 2025 Black Pearl Guide and one diamond in 2026.
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The Chinese Library, in Tai Kwun, Central, Hong Kong, is a contemporary Chinese restaurant led by chef Junno Li; one Black Pearl Diamond in 2025 and 2026.
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A creative Chinese vegetarian restaurant (山河万朵) at WF Central in Beijing, holding one MICHELIN Star and a Green Star; closed in September 2024.
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A Shanghainese restaurant in Shanghai, housed in a historic low-rise building and serving nostalgic local dishes as set meals; newly awarded one MICHELIN star in the MICHELIN Guide Shanghai 2022.
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Jing Xi Hui (Bund branch) is a new-style Chaozhou restaurant on level 4 of BFC Bund Financial Center South Mall in Shanghai, founded by Du Jianqing, holding a MICHELIN star and three diamonds in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A contemporary European restaurant with Nordic character on Donghuamen Street, Beijing; one MICHELIN Star and one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Cheung Hing Kee (Tsim Sha Tsui) specialises in soupy sheng jian bao in flavours such as shrimp, mala pork, truffle, crabmeat and roe; awarded a Bib Gourmand in 2024.
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A Republican-era-style private club restaurant at 76 Cuihu North Road, Kunming, cooking Yunnan ingredients with Cantonese techniques in a 3,000 sqm space of only 17 dining rooms; rated one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Shanghainese restaurant in a historic villa on Yuyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai, with 15 private rooms, one MICHELIN star, One Diamond in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and One Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A Cantonese restaurant on the 5th floor of Rosewood Hong Kong at 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, famed for classics such as roast goose and crispy fried pigeon; awarded one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and listed by the hotel as one MICHELIN-starred.
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Jean Georges is a contemporary French restaurant on the 4th floor of Three on the Bund at 3 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, holding one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Italian restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, known for artisan pasta and Tuscan home-style dishes; one Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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Yí is a contemporary Chinese restaurant on the 21st-floor sky bridge of Morpheus at City of Dreams, Macau, with tasting menus inspired by the 24 solar terms; One Diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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An imperial-cuisine restaurant in Yangfang Hutong near Houhai, Beijing, holding One MICHELIN Star in the MICHELIN Guide Beijing 2022.
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CHAAT, on the 5th floor of Rosewood Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui, is an Indian restaurant spanning spruced-up street snacks and tradition-based creations; one Black Pearl Diamond in 2025 and 2026.
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A sky living room on floors 57-60, at 303 metres atop Greenland Puli Centre in Jinan, whose Chinese restaurant serves innovative Lu cuisine with signature braised sea cucumber; rated one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Japanese restaurant on Wusi Street in Dongcheng District, Beijing, specialising in kaiseki cuisine and Edomae sushi; rated one diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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A stylish Chinese restaurant in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, focused on Taizhou seafood; one Michelin star, one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guides.
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A Jiangzhe (Jiangnan) cuisine restaurant inside Jing Yard in Beijing's Sanlitun area; one MICHELIN Star, with jujube-wood roast duck as the highlight.
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A Cantonese and Zhejiang restaurant on the 50th floor of Conrad Hangzhou with sweeping Qiantang River views; one diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Lai Heen, the Cantonese restaurant on the 3rd floor of The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou, a MICHELIN one-starred restaurant serving tradition-rooted modern Cantonese cuisine; One Diamond in both the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Yamazato is a Japanese restaurant on the 28th floor of Hotel Okura Macau, serving sushi, seafood and traditional kaiseki cuisine; One Diamond in the 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.
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Da Dong Group's Gastro Esthetics restaurant in Nanxincang, Dongcheng, Beijing, centred on sea cucumber; Three Diamonds in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide and Two Diamonds in 2026.
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IL RISTORANTE – NIKO ROMITO is an Italian restaurant on the 47th floor of Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai, part of the restaurant series created by chef Niko Romito with Bvlgari Hotels, holding one diamond in the 2025 and 2026 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide.