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Top 50 Light Bites in Suzhou [2025]
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裕兴记·精品面馆(演艺中心店)
4.7
/5
174 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 46.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 2.3 km from downtown
Address: 景德路523号演义中心东岸D座
Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Light Bites
Highlights:
Seasonal Three Prawn Noodles(2341 people recommended) | A century-old brand
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🌈Hand-peeled shrimp noodle set💰28.8
The shrimp is not much like crab noodles, but the shrimp is tender. There is not much seasoning, it is light
🌈Noodles with toppings💰10+ to 30+
Choose pork liver and fried pork chops
Pork liver🐷 is quite tender, and the sauce is tasty
The pork chops are too thickly coated and not tender
The store is not big, but it is clean and tidy. The fresh meat dumplings are full of sweet gravy. The onion oil noodles are the best noodles I have ever eaten, but they are a little salty. The pork ribs with egg are very tender, but not very flavorful. The fried pork liver with soy sauce is a freshly fried topping, fresh, fragrant and tender.
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XIN ZHEN YUAN
4.1
/5
193 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 19.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: 山塘街2号（渡僧桥北）
Highlights:
A popular local restaurant, famous for its crispy-bottomed and juicy Fried Prawn Dumplings
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I didn't eat it last time, this time I made up for the second. I definitely don't have to queue for breakfast, but in fact, the business is still quite good. I bought a group purchase coupon for soy milk, and I ordered corn mushroom paper skin shaomai and lobster stew shrimp three-piece fried. The fried is still delicious, but how to say it, it is still similar to the taste of Shanghai, after all, a family! Paper skin is very general, although the skin is really thin, but the filling heart tastes very weak, the person is big, eat support. Overall, it is OK, when there are not many people, you can eat, and there is really no need to queue.
Xin Zhenyuan • Su-style prawn fried is really the best snack shop I have ever eaten in Suzhou. This store has two floors, but due to its unique design, this store feels like a three-story building. In addition, their soup is particularly delicious (✪▽✪)
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孙盛兴奥灶面馆(山塘街店)
4.6
/5
39 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 27.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 2.5 km from downtown
Address: 唐少傅白公祠山塘街方基上35号
Highlights:
A must-visit, simple noodle shop on Shantang Street, featuring unforgettable Kunshan Aozao Noodles
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I live in Shantang Street, next to Sun Shengxing. I come here in the morning to eat a bowl of hot Aozao noodles, which is very comfortable!
The special Aozao noodles are the red soup I like, which is sweet and not greasy, sprinkled with a handful of chives, which is so fragrant. The noodles are relatively chewy and thin, smooth and delicious. The fried fish topping is also very big, slightly sweet and thick, and the taste is also very good. It is really very solid!
On my day off, I strolled around Shantang Street. I got tired after strolling around, so I ordered fried fish noodles from Sun Shengxing's restaurant. Suzhou noodles are really delicious and I never get tired of eating them. The fried fish has a bit of Suzhou-style sweetness, and I added some of their chili sauce. The chili sauce is very good. It's not like the chili seeds in other restaurants that are very uncomfortable to eat. It's the kind of very fine chili noodles with a bit of garlic flavor. You can try it. The only drawback is that I should order some green leafy vegetables to make it more delicious. 😄
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荣阳楼(山塘街店)
4.0
/5
106 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 8.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 2.7 km from downtown
Address: No. 329 Shantang Street
Highlights:
This popular, long-standing snack shop is famous for its must-try fried glutinous rice balls.
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This thing, small, is unforgettable. It costs four yuan each. It is greasy and sticky on the outside (really greasy and really delicious). Inside is a meatball, a bit like a fried meat dumpling. In addition to the fried (tun) dumplings, the lard rice cakes here are also very good. After eating, run 20 kilometers to relieve the guilt, la la la la.
An old brand that is easy to miss on the bustling Shantang Street.
The layout of the store brought me back to the early light and shadow of my childhood, with bamboo menu cards, metal menu cards, and square tables and benches.
Don't worry about the service when dining here, just queue up to get your food and find a seat yourself.
I waited for 8 or 9 minutes for the pan-fried buns, and there were 4 of them. The price was pleasant! The dough was soft and fluffy, the soup was clear with a little foam, the meat filling was large and uniform, and it tasted sweet. I personally think that too much sugar covered the saltiness and I couldn't get used to it!
The small wontons had less meat and thick skin, and the teeth were filled with sticky dough. I prefer the bubble wontons with thin skin and less meat, or the large wontons with thick skin and full fillings.
The fried dumplings are indeed the signature dish. The glutinous rice skin becomes golden and crispy after being baptized by hot oil, but the meat filling is as sweet as the pan-fried dumplings, which is also good to eat occasionally.
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WAI KEE NOODLE SHOP
4.5
/5
83 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 13.00
Guanqian Street/Pingjiang Street | 4.8 km from downtown
Address: 266 Baita East Road
Highlights:
A popular noodle shop celebrated for its authentic Suzhou flavors
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I came here for breakfast. There were a lot of people. The place was full, but there were only one or two people in line. I waited for a few minutes. I had the big steak, which was comfortable and I liked the taste. I even drank the soup. My family had the fried fish and mushroom combo, which looked very good. The price was right, and I thought the shrimp was not expensive either.
It is also a popular restaurant in Suzhou.
The food is not to be missed, so I deliberately adjusted my route. But in fact, I was originally going to Pingjiang Road and didn't take much of a detour. The noodle shop is nearby, so I completely understand the diners in the shop.
It is a very traditional noodle shop. After entering the door, you have to take the order to the window to queue up and pick it up. There is no service. There are many people and they share tables. Just sit down if there is a seat.
As for the taste, it depends on the person. I personally think it is above average. The red soup base is very clean and the lard is fragrant. The fried eel topping is just average. It is a bit over-fried, so the taste of the eel itself is gone. Although it is soaked in soup, it lacks soul. A little disappointed, but there must be something good about such a large flow of people. Maybe I just didn't get the topping I liked.
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6
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Do Do Do Porridge
4.0
/5
46 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 8.00
Shiquan Street/Pan Gate Scenic Area | 4.5 km from downtown
Address: 十全街548号
Highlights:
The wooden interior is artistic and refreshing, and the Dududu Sweet Congee is rich in osmanthus fragrance.
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The environment of the Du Du Du Sugar Porridge Shop on Shiquan Street is very quiet, especially the upstairs is very quiet. To be honest, I have seen Du Du Du's stuff at Gusu 8:30 on Guanqian Street, but I didn't think it was attractive at that time. Now I sit comfortably in the store, drinking Suzhou-style mung bean soup in a beer glass, it's such a pleasure.
Of course you have to eat sugar porridge when you come to Suzhou.
Originally, I wanted to eat the sugar porridge of the old couple who I had always thought about and would never forget after eating it. I thought I would queue up even if it was sunny!
[Highlight] It turned out that Pan Yulin's sugar porridge stall will only be open in September😂😂😂
It's understandable, after all, they are quite old.
Who can stand such a hot day!
I searched for "sugar porridge" on the comments for a long time,
Finally, I chose this one~
👉Tuk-tuk-tuk sugar porridge
Compared to Pan Yulin's porridge shop, it's not that sweet.
The taste is okay, and the price of 8 yuan a bowl is twice that of others😆
How to say it, it's also worth a drink~
But I miss their craftsmanship more!
🍽【Food Guide】
📍Detailed address: No. 548, Shiquan Street (Suzhou)
🚗Transportation Guide: Sanyuanfang Station, Metro Line 4
🕙Business hours: 9:00-20:00
💰Average consumption: 8 yuan
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TongDe Xing
4.6
/5
198 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 31.00
Shiquan Street/Pan Gate Scenic Area | 4.4 km from downtown
Address: NO. 624 Shiquan Street, Suzhou China
Highlights:
Stewed Noodles (705 recommendations) | A Bite of China Recommendation
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Located at the intersection of Shiquan Street and Fenghuang Street, crab meat is in season recently. Mixing it with shrimp and noodles is very fresh and fragrant. The store cooperates with Xinzhenyuan's fried dumplings, which can be ordered directly. The environment is relatively retro in the old Jiangnan building. There are quite a lot of people. There was a queue at the door in a while.
I have been to Suzhou countless times, but I have missed this noodle shop, mainly because it closes after noon. The first stop this time was to have a bowl of noodles [Smile] This is a non-heritage noodle shop, and no food from outside is allowed in the store. I ordered the special white soup with big meat noodles. The white soup should be the old soup base, rich and salty, and the big meat is stewed well, melting in the mouth, without any greasy feeling. The fried shredded eel is just okay. The knife fish wontons unique to the Qingming Festival must not be missed, and I had to order one serving. The skin is chewy and the filling is delicious. The soup with this is relatively light, but also very fresh. It should be fish soup [Naughty] I will definitely come back to try something else next time
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8
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东吴苏锦记绿豆汤(宫巷店)
3.7
/5
23 reviews
Bakeries
From PLN 7.00
Guanqian Street/Pingjiang Street | 4.1 km from downtown
Address: 宫巷39号101号
Highlights:
A quaint snack shop with refreshing iced mung bean soup
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The mung bean soup from this store has a high rating online, but I think the taste is not what I expected. It's a bit out of place. They added mint, picked red and green silk and candied dates. Is this still mung bean soup? First of all, the mint tastes very strange to me. I don't like this taste. I still think the mung bean soup I made at home and put in the refrigerator is better than this one.
It's near Guanqian Street. I saw a few shops selling mung bean soup. But this one seems more professional. However, at night, there are not many people who come to drink mung bean soup a little earlier than after dinner, so you don't need to queue up, just buy it. The environment is OK, but there is no bathroom.
I looked at the desserts and there are quite a lot of them, which have the taste of old Suzhou. I ordered the signature iced mung bean soup. Of course, it can be heated if it's cold, but I'm a hot-tempered person, so iced is more suitable. It's served in a beer cup, with a large portion. If you eat it all, you don't need to eat dinner. There are mung beans, candied dates, glutinous rice, raisins, etc. The candied dates taste sweet and a little crunchy. The water is mint water, which is icy and cool.
Sugar water chicken head rice, chicken head rice is very chewy, and fresh ones are of course better. After peeling, it is off-white, and osmanthus is added. It's called sugar water, and it tastes light.
Osmanthus taro, this one has a richer flavor, the taro is also glutinous, the osmanthus is full of floral fragrance, and the color is also deep.
The chicken feet are braised, not too flavorful, it can be a little deeper, and the stickiness is a little lacking.
This is a store with a high cost-effectiveness. Isn’t it to come to Suzhou to shop and eat?
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9
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ZHUXINNIAN
4.3
/5
64 reviews
Snacks
From PLN 8.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 2.7 km from downtown
Address: 351 Shantang Street (near Xingqiao Station)
Highlights:
A consistent dim sum restaurant with authentic Suzhou-style dumplings
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The glutinous rice balls in Zhu Xinnian in Suzhou are really delicious, better than those in Shanghai. I don't know if it's the difference in glutinous rice flour or the difference in sesame and meat fillings. If I go to Suzhou, I will definitely go to Zhu Xinnian to eat. I can't get that taste in Shanghai.
When we arrived at Zhu Xinnian Dim Sum Restaurant at No. 351 Shantang Street, we found that the restaurant was very small and looked a bit old, with the feeling of a traditional old store. It was not yet 5pm, so there were not many customers and there were still seats. Across from the cashier was the glutinous rice balls, with glutinous rice balls steaming in a big pot, and wontons and noodles were made in the back room.
The glutinous rice balls here include shredded radish glutinous rice balls (which are the main favorites of the old lady who evaded the ticket to eat glutinous rice balls), fresh meat glutinous rice balls, sesame glutinous rice balls, etc., and the large wontons include shepherd's purse, mushroom and fresh meat, shrimp and fresh meat, etc. In addition, there are casseroles, pan-fried buns, beef pot stickers, noodles, etc., and the variety is still very complete.
So we ordered glutinous rice balls and small wontons.
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10
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西园寺素食(西园弄戒幢律寺店)
4.6
/5
105 reviews
Vegetarian
From PLN 10.00
Shi Road/Shantang business district | 1.7 km from downtown
Address: 西园弄18号西园寺内
Highlights:
A renowned vegetarian restaurant, try the rich and savory Okinawan spinach noodle soup
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On April 9, the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, I went to the popular Xiyuan Temple with my friends to worship. We set off from home at 7 o'clock in the morning and arrived in more than an hour. There were already quite a few people, and there was a queue for vegetarian noodles. It took us more than 2 hours to worship and walk around the back garden. Then we went to eat vegetarian noodles. The queue was very long, but the speed was faster than expected. But in fact, I felt that the taste would cater to diners from all sides. It was not as sweet as Suzhou noodles. The sweetness was not fresh enough, so it was just average. Finally, I queued up to buy vegetarian bags. Each bag of 5 was pre-packed. I bought 4 bags, and when I got home, I found that there were only 4 in one bag, so I gave it as a merit to the incense money.
The vegetarian noodles at Xiyuan Temple are very famous. I ordered Guanyin noodles, which cost 15 yuan. Then I took the receipt and took the noodles by myself. The noodles contained mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and fried gluten. Although it was cooked in a big pot, it tasted really good.
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