Jinyuan Restaurant (New County Town Branch)
金苑酒家·客家菜·广东老字号（新县城店）
A long-established Meizhou Hakka restaurant founded in 1989, known for traditional salt-baked chicken, stone-pot tofu stuffed with meat and pan-fried buckwheat cakes.
Jinyuan Restaurant is a well-known, long-established Hakka restaurant in Meizhou. It is said to have been founded in 1989, has several branches locally, and is often recommended to travelers for its salt-baked chicken. The New County Town branch's signature dishes include traditional Hakka salt-baked chicken, stone-pot tofu stuffed with house-ground tofu, Jinyuan pan-fried buckwheat cake, mountain spring Yinjiang local pork soup and Meizhou preserved vegetable braised pork. Per person it costs about RMB 69, which is affordable and suits groups sharing dishes. During peak hours you can reserve by phone at 0753-2616033. The restaurant is at No. 10, Building A1–A2, Yongfa Yuan, Renmin South Road, about 10 to 15 minutes by taxi from the Qianfo Pagoda area.
Opening hours
Sister branches are mostly open 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–20:00; please call to confirm this branch's exact hours
Nearby sights
- Meizhou Old Qilou Streets
- China Hakka Museum & Renjinglu
- Qianfo Pagoda Temple
- Hakka Land (Ketianxia)
- Nankou Qiaoxiang Village
- Ye Jianying Memorial Park
- Yannanfei Tea Field
- Qiaoxi Ancient Village