South Beauty

Despite not offering a set business lunch menu, the numerous South Beauty restaurants – conveniently located at most of the city’s prominent office locations – nevertheless provide an excellent venue for those corporate lunches. Bright, modern and clean, the well spaced tables and unobtrusive staff afford diners sufficient room to discuss the finer details of their latest deal, while carefully designed private rooms provide a more intimate and private alternative. Ensuring that all palates are catered for, the extensive Sichuan-influenced menu allows ample choice, from the more innovative such as the delicately smoked chicken served with fragrant tea (68RMB), to those staple favourites, including the suitably spicy gongbao jiding (28RMB). The swiftness with which the well-presented dishes are delivered to the table also ensures that the bill is comfortably paid, and the meeting concluded, within the allotted lunch-hour