Suzhou time-honored hotels mainly include Songhelou, Deyuelou, Laoqingtai Mutton Restaurant, Xinjufeng Restaurant, Du Sanzhen, Wanfuxing, Donglaishun, Wufangzhai Noodle Restaurant and Zhuhongxing Noodle Restaurant.

Deyuelou

Deyuelou, founded in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, is a famous century-old shop in Suzhou, specializing in Su-bang cuisine, especially in river delicacies. Ligong Dam Store has the appearance of white walls and black tiles, and its interior is magnificent. The oily eel paste is good. After serving, it is sprinkled with hot oil on shredded ginger and chopped green onion, which creaks and smells overflowing. The eel has no broken bones, and its mouth is full of tender and smooth fish, which is fresh, sweet and delicious.

Song Crane Tower

The Song Crane Tower in Guanqian Street has a history of more than 211 years. If you want to taste the famous Suzhou dishes, you should come here. His Taiji soup is also a must-have food for guests: it is made of tofu soup and chopped shepherd's purse in Taiji style, with light taste and unique shape. Songhelou is the oldest restaurant in Suzhou. It is not only the cradle of modern Su-bang chefs, but also the first batch of Chinese time-honored catering brands recognized by the Ministry of Commerce.

Laoqingtai Mutton Restaurant

There are two Laoqingtai Mutton Restaurants in Cangshu Town. The braised mutton, mutton offal soup and white-cut mutton in Laoqingtai Mutton Restaurants are all good. Collection of mutton is a special product in Suzhou. It is said that the old Qingtai mutton restaurant has a history of more than 111 years. Now the boss is the fifth generation. If you want to eat mutton, you can try it here. The taste is absolutely authentic.

Xinjufeng Restaurant

Founded in the 31th year of Guangxu, Xinjufeng is a Subang Cuisine Restaurant recommended by Suzhou locals, with old-fashioned decoration and wooden furniture. The waiters are mainly Suzhou people. Among the restaurant's specialties, crisp fried shrimps, delicious crab powder tofu, tender oily eel paste and cherry meat that melts in the mouth are the "four donkey kong".

Du Sanzhen

In the Suzhou-style time-honored pot-stewed restaurant, the pot-stewed flavor will be updated according to the seasonal changes, especially on the winter solstice, people who buy duck with honey sauce line up in a long line, and the scene is spectacular and sweet, which is the traditional flavor of Suzhou. The sauced meat, barbecued pork and bad goose in the shop are all authentic, and many people will buy them locally.

Wan Fuxing

Suzhou time-honored brand, the most famous is all kinds of cakes. Cake balls are supplied in different seasons, and there are green balls in spring; In summer, there are fried meat stuffed dumplings, and some soup is poured on them, which is delicious; In winter, there are sugar rice cakes, lard rice cakes and eight-treasure rice, which are abundant. There are also Suzhou delicacies such as green dumplings, eight-treasure rice, mint cake, sugar rice cake, fried meat stuffed dumplings, yellow muffin and so on.

Donglaishun

Donglaishun was founded in 1913. This is a hot pot restaurant. The bottom of the pot is old Beijing hot pot. The dishes are rich and it tastes like home. Mutton, in particular, is very distinctive. Mutton tastes delicious, there is no salt at the bottom of the pot, and there are many choices of seasonings. There are more than 81 small pots of sheep scorpions, which are still very real. Donglaishun traditional mutton, gourmet mutton, lamb rolls and fresh beef omasum are all very good.

Wufangzhai Noodle Restaurant

Suzhou Wufangzhai Noodle Restaurant was founded in 1854 and is a famous "Jiangsu time-honored brand". Xianfeng old shop owner sells all kinds of Su's sweets, rice cakes, pasta and snacks, and uses Suzhou people's favorite foods as raw materials to make sweet snacks such as sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings, red bean porridge, crispy beans, lotus nut soup, ice and snow cakes and rose cakes. Wufangzhai Xianfeng Old Shop advocates the tradition of Gusu diet, and its taste is typical salty and sweet in Jiangnan.

Zhu Hongxing Noodle Restaurant

Zhu Hongxing was founded in 1931s, which is an old-fashioned Soviet noodle restaurant. In Lu Wenfu's novel The Gourmet, the hero doesn't eat noodles other than Zhu Hongxing's, which shows his great fame. The facade of Guanqian Street is pasted with square bricks similar to the wall of Humble Administrator's Garden. There are crimson wooden tables and chairs in the museum, and many kinds of noodles are sold. The attendance rate of braised pork noodles, fried fish noodles and fried eel noodles is quite high, the noodles are chewy and the soup is delicious.