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Local Restaurants
Top 10 Local Restaurants in Nantong [2025]
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XIONG DILIA
5.0
/5
4 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 433.00
Haohe Scenic Area/Nantong University Town | 4.1 km from downtown
Address: Opposite North Gate of Medical College
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A very delicious local restaurant, I recommend the spicy chicken nuggets, which are spicy and tasty. I have eaten here several times.
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A lot of you guys have been urging me to update a comprehensive Nantong travel guide with recommendations from locals. I've finally compiled it for you all♥️
Day 1️⃣
Breakfast at Sihailou - Langshan Scenic Area - Lunch at Nanhetong - Art Museum - Zilang Lake (the night view is also great 🌃) - Riverside Park - Morong Coffee - Sunset at Riverside Park - Dinner at Meilin Chunxiao - Back to the hotel
Day 2️⃣
Breakfast at Shunhualou - Abacus Museum - Indigo Print Museum - Bell Tower - Qunying Hall - Nandajie Fendan (Must-Try) for lunch - Medical School Lane - Nantong Museum - Qixiu Road - Nantong Geyu Art Museum - Nursing Home Road - Dasheng Pioneer Park for dinner - Night cruise on the Haohe River - Park Bar - Return to the hotel
[Recommended Dining]
Breakfast: Shunhualou, Sihailou, Siyi, Guo's Baozi
Riverside Seafood: Meilin Chunxiao, Miyuan, Yuxiansheng, Qiufeng Yellow Croaker Hotpot
Flat Restaurants: Brothers Restaurant, Little Chili Sichuan Cuisine, Little Charlie Restaurant, Hong's Alley Bullfrog
Snacks: Holland Street (Xu Ji Crispy Chicken Biscuits, Auntie Guo's Moon Buns, Mei Dried Vegetable Biscuits) Baxiancheng Pedestrian Street (Egg Burger, Golden Beef Patties, Shanghai Chicken Congee Shop), Huojiao Dasao, Temple Street Stinky Tofu, Wang's Biscuits, Weifeng Fast Food
Coffee ☕️: Gaoshan, Nongbili, Daily Coffee, Lit, Chair Coffee ☕️, Harmony Coffee
[Travel]
🌟 Self-driving tours around Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai are within 2 hours, or 1.5 hours by high-speed rail 🚄
🌟 Buses 🚌 and subways 🚇 are convenient within the city, and shared bikes are available in the city.
[Accommodation]
🌟 Stay in the old town near the Hao River or near Zhongnan.
Budget:
Yunmu Hotel 🏨 💰100+ (near the Haohe River)
Comfort:
Jinjiang Metropolo Hotel 💰300+ (near Langshan Mountain)
Quanji Hotel Haohe Scenic Area 💰around 300 (near the Haohe River)
Luxury:
Marriott Hotel 💰around 1000 (near Zilang Lake)
InterContinental Nantong Riverside 💰around 1000 (near Binjiang Park)
📕Tips: Scenic Area Tickets 🎫
Langshan Mountain 💰70
Nantong Museum 💰10
Haohe River Cruise 💰60
Art Museum Free 🆓
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Closed Mondays)
Other museums are generally free 🆓
#NantongTourism #NantongFood #WeekendMicroTour #NicheDiscovery #FlowerViewingDayTourGuide
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Guo Li Yan
4.0
/5
3 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 623.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 922m from downtown
Address: 4th Floor, Impression City, South Gongnong Road
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A newly opened store in Impression City, from the same company as Liu Qiaoer. The name of the store is a homonym of Nantong dialect. I ordered Zhuangyuan Chicken and the fried dough sticks were eaten with ice cream and soy milk. All the dishes were quite delicious. There was free watermelon, which was great. The meal for four people cost less than 400 yuan, which is not too cheap.
The atmosphere of Nantong is hidden in this small restaurant with a strong aroma of oil and red sauce. The wooden signboard is hung on the blue brick wall, and the glass cabinet is filled with freshly braised champion chicken and freshly steamed steamed cakes. People passing by will always be attracted by the "sizzling" sound of frying and stir-frying. Locals say that this is a treasure place where "you can taste the old taste of Nantong"~
🍲 "Fresh to the point of eyebrow drop" must-order list👇
✅ Nantong Champion Chicken🍗✨
The "strong oil and red sauce" of the town! The chicken is stewed until it is crispy and boneless, wrapped in bright red sauce, and even the chicken skin is tender and elastic with gelatin~😋 The key is the pork chunks hidden underneath! Stewed until it melts in your mouth, it absorbs the freshness of the chicken soup and the fragrance of the soy sauce. Mix a spoonful of soup with rice, and you can light up two bowls~
✅ Lentil and diced meat rice🍚💥
The "homesickness" on the tip of the tongue of Nantong people! Cut the fresh lentils into cubes, stir-fry with diced pork belly until the sauce is rich, and pour it on the rice with distinct grains~🥰 Each grain of rice is covered with oily sauce, the sweetness of lentils mixed with the aroma of meat, and it is full of homely flavor in one bite. Even people who don’t like staple food can’t help but take a few more bites~
✅ Butter-fried cage cake with sesame sauce shrimp🦐😜
The collision of creativity and tradition! The crispy and tender shrimps are wrapped in dense sesame sauce, and the fried golden Nantong cage cake is placed underneath~😎 The cage cake absorbs the freshness of the shrimp and the fragrance of butter. Take a bite of the "sweet and salty interweaving", the shrimp's elasticity and the soft and glutinous cage cake, the taste level is directly full!
✅ Xishi tongue seafood soup🐚🌊
The "flavor of the river and the sea" is so fresh that you stomp your feet! The clear soup is made of tongue, clam and shrimp, sprinkled with patchouli leaves to enhance the flavor~😚 The shell meat is full and sand-free. Take a sip of the sweetness of the sea water. The soup tastes refreshing and not greasy. A bowl of it in summer will instantly whet your appetite~
📍 Nantong Double Store Coordinates & Check-in Guide
🏠 Guoliyan Nantong Cuisine (Impression City Store)
📍 4th Floor, Nantong Impression City, Qiyin Road, Chongchuan District (Go directly to the top floor of the mall, see the champion chicken stew pot at the door, and the soy sauce aroma is it~😝)
⏰ 11:00-14:00 / 17:00-21:30 (Must queue up at 12 noon for lunch and 6 o'clock for dinner! It is recommended to make an appointment in advance, sit by the window to see the street view and eat the old Nantong cuisine~)
🏠 Guoliyan Nantong Cuisine (Dayoujing Store)
📍 Chongchuan District, Qingnian Middle Road, Chongchuan District, 4th Floor, Chongchuan Dayoujing (corner of the shopping mall dining area, the chef is frying lentil and diced meat rice in the glass stall, you can smell the fragrance from afar~😜)
⏰ 10:30-21:30 (bring my family to eat on weekends, order a champion chicken + lentil rice, the elders praised "it tastes like the old days"~)
💬 Nagging: The "rich and fresh" of Nantong cuisine
The decoration of the store has the sense of the market of old Nantong, and the walls are painted with hand-painted pictures of Haohe River and Langshan Mountain. When ordering dishes, the aunt will remind you that "the champion chicken is big, and a small portion is enough for two people"~👵 The most healing thing is to watch the chef flip the pot - the sauce is surging in the pot, and the aroma of meat mixed with the aroma of rice wafts over, and I instantly understand the Nantong people's obsession with the "taste of home"~
#Nantong Tourism #Food Ten-day Taste Meeting #Local Food #Listen to the Advice of Locals #Food
(Call your friends to check in! ✅Zhuangyuan Chicken with ✅Lentil Rice is a must-try. Remember to drink Xishi Tongue Soup after eating. It is so delicious~😎🥢)
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QIAN MEN SHOU XI
5.0
/5
1 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 1238.00
Haohe Scenic Area/Nantong University Town | 3.2 km from downtown
Address: Building 1, Zhaohui Garden (at the intersection of Hongqiao Road and Yuelong Road)
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The river and seafood here are quite good, especially the braised sea bass.
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支雲餐厅·江浙小宴(CBD大有境店)
3.7
/5
3 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 615.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 1.2 km from downtown
Address: 桃园路12号CBD大有境购物中心5层（近体育中心）
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The environment is very good, the service of the lady is very thoughtful, the braised pork is delicious, the dishes ordered are very good, good reviews~
Nice environment, good service attitude, rich and fresh dishes
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5
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早海鱼市(三鲜街店)
5.0
/5
58 reviews
Seafood
From PHP 1177.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 2.1 km from downtown
Address: Building 7, Sanxian Street, South Changjiang Road (300 meters east of Jianghai Food Culture Block at the intersection of South Changjiang Road and Zilang Road)
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The fish is super delicious, the environment is nice, and the service is good. Two people ordered a portion of mixed fish and couldn't finish it, so a small portion would be nice. The stir-fried vegetables with oil residue are also superb. I also ordered a pitcher of watermelon juice, which was perfect after removing the foam on top. I love the atmosphere there and will patronize it again.
River and seafood are the main dishes, both shrimp and fish are fine.
No.
6
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NAN HE TONG
5.0
/5
39 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 699.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 1.5 km from downtown
Address: 桃园路7号南通体育会展中心1楼
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Came here on January 11, 2025.
This restaurant is a local home-style restaurant on the Nantong Must-Eat List, and it was on the way back to Shanghai, so I naturally stopped by. It can be said that it is worth a visit.
As soon as I arrived at the store, the "old-fashioned" style decoration inside and outside the store made people feel immersed in the drama in a second. The whole store restored the street scene of Nantong in the 1980s, which was very old-fashioned.
The dishes on the menu are mostly based on Nantong's traditional classic home-style dishes. Of course, there are also many new cooking methods, and the taste is very delicious. The most impressive ones are the 99-second yellow croaker and the mountain spring water original juice clams, which just proves the saying that "good ingredients often only need simple cooking." Some other dishes are also very good. Nantong's dishes are very similar to Shanghai, but here you can taste the characteristics of Nantong.
The service of this restaurant is also very good. Although the store is busy, the waiters can still respond to customers' needs in the first time. You don't have to worry about parking when dining at this restaurant. There are plenty of parking spaces where the restaurant is located, and you can enjoy 3 hours of free parking when dining in the restaurant. Just take care of it at the cashier before leaving.
The environment and decoration are very good. Nantong specialties are worth a try. I will come again if I have the chance.
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7
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小小海鲜家常菜馆
5.0
/5
3 reviews
Seafood
From PHP 873.00
Haohe Scenic Area/Nantong University Town | 4.3 km from downtown
Address: Xuetian Beiyuan Building 36
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Friends in Nantong are full of praise for this store. After the renovation, the environment has been greatly improved, at least it looks much cleaner and brighter. The seafood is very fresh and there are many varieties, including fish, shrimp, crab, snail, and mainly small seafood.
The taste is also very good, different seafood is cooked in different ways, the price is not cheap, but the seafood is fresh and of good quality.
『Nantong』 Hidden seafood destination in the free shipping area
The most inconspicuous tourist city in Jiangsu Province, the "hometown of education" is also the "city of museums" (with 21 museums). Although there are not many scenic spots with mountains and rivers, it is approachable and the food is rich.
▶ Shunhualou Baozi Shop⭐⭐⭐
🦀 Crab roe big meat buns, freshly baked dumplings, all delicious.
▶ Xiaoxiao Seafood Family Restaurant⭐⭐⭐⭐
Braised hairtail, steamed plum fish with snow vegetable, blanched cuttlefish, super~
▶ Lu Li·Opened a recipe⭐⭐
A new Chinese tea shop with the concept of medicine and food, the barley popping beads are very good~
▶ Siyi Cake Shop⭐
Compared with the cakes in Shanghai, it is not particularly outstanding.
▶ Wangjia Shaobing⭐⭐⭐⭐
The sweet and salty flavor is highly recommended! Must try. The salty taste of pickled mustard and shredded radish is a little salty.
▶ Xiao Geng Yuan⭐⭐
Maybe I was too full after eating the sesame cakes, so the sizzling clams and dried bamboo clam soup that I was looking forward to for dinner were not particularly amazing.
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8
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FISHERMAN'S DOCK
4.5
/5
11 reviews
Jiangzhe Cuisine
From PHP 706.00
Haohe Scenic Area/Nantong University Town | 5 km from downtown
Address: 2 Yaogang Road (near Haier Lane South Road)
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Nantong's more famous local restaurants mainly serve river and seafood, which suits the local people's taste. There are also several chains with relatively high cost-performance, which is quite good.
Authentic Nantong seafood restaurant with great value for money.
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9
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HAO ZAO TOU
4.8
/5
92 reviews
Other Chinese Cuisine
From PHP 569.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 758m from downtown
Address: Opposite Hang Lung International, 62 Century Avenue
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Jiangnan flavor, light and delicious, special food, good environment, good service, worth tasting!
There are many dishes, it is economical and affordable, and parking is convenient. It is recommended.
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10
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Shanshui Jianxiaoyuan
4.0
/5
12 reviews
Other Chinese Cuisine
From PHP 767.00
Nantong University/Langshan Scenic Area | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 7-9 Shanshui Road
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A very nice farmhouse restaurant, on Shanshui Road, more than 1 km away from the south gate of Langshan Mountain. It seems a bit lonely, but the courtyard is neat. In addition to the two buildings used as restaurants, there are also some pavilions, terraces, bonsai gardens, etc. There are many local cars parked in front of the small building, and it is quite popular. The dishes are based on river and seafood, and it is a farmhouse style where you order dishes in the kitchen.
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