Among the Hangzhou restaurant chains that swept Shanghai, Gui Manlong is a relatively young one, but it has become popular all over the city in just a few years and has become a phenomenal Internet celebrity restaurant. With a unique theme decoration, a lot of effort to shape the meal, and a price close to the people, Gui Manlong's routine is nothing more than this, but it is to the point, pointing to the consumption psychology of contemporary mass diners, and pointing out a clear way for fast fashion Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine brands.

The three dictionaries of "Gui Manlong" come out of the ten views of West Lake, "Manlong Guiyu", which sets the tone for the style of the restaurant. Starting from the first store in 2013, "Guimanlong-Southern Song Dynasty Royal Street", each store will select a Southern Song Dynasty related characteristics for interpretation, "Southern Song Dynasty Royal Street" focuses on Chengguofang City, "Peach Blossom Villa" focuses on Taoyuan Small Stove, "West Lake Boat Banquet" focuses on water town scene, and "Ten Miles of Wind Lotus" focuses on Quyuan lotus, with different charms, but with the theme of Southern Song Dynasty style, the environmental landscaping is deeply incorporated into the dining experience.

Although it is the main Hangzhou cuisine, it is not difficult for diners to find the shadow of Cantonese cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and even Huaiyang cuisine in Gui Manlong's menu. The top brand in Hangzhou cuisine is Dongpo meat, Gui Manlong's Dongpo meat is only square, the meat is crispy, and the tongue is scattered, only the lean meat in the middle layer is more chai, which affects the taste. The saltiness of lean meat is also a little too much, and the control of seasoning is still not perfect, but the appearance and color of Dongpo meat are excellent, and it can be regarded as a loser who does not lose the battle, and the merits are offset and the price is commensurate. Dongpo meat also has an upgraded version of "Dongpo grass tie meat", the size of the meat is larger, the grass is simmered, the straw rope of the meat is made of tribute rice straw from Jiaxing, giving the fat skin a little grass green gas, the meat is mellow, it is easy to eat more, and the middle of the meat block lacks a little heat.

Hangzhou Gang's famous West Lake vinegar fish, Gui Manlong chose to use mullet to interpret. The vinegar fish of West Lake relies on the vinegar sauce to hang the taste, the vinegar sauce of Gui Manlong is sweet and sour, the thickness is moderate, the smooth and flooding, the taste is approachable, and the fatty fish and vinegar sauce are two phase achievements, and the cost performance is quite high. Called the flower boy chicken is also a classic representative of Hangzhou cuisine, the fat and tender chicken is wrapped in lotus leaves and river mud from Hangzhou, the appearance is good, three knocks when serving, three congratulations, the gimmick is enough, and the taste is a little mediocre. Huwei fried shrimp is also a popular item in the restaurant, Taiwanese white peppercorns are added to the dish, the taste is crispy, fresh but not spicy. Finger sucking chicken feet, chives, Wushan roast chicken, shredded chicken noodles, princess vegetarian crab roe, bluestone slab tenderloin, cumin spinach, Longjing shrimp, etc., there are both traditional Hangzhou dishes and fusion dishes, each with its own highlights.

Gui Manlong currently has a total of seven branches in Shanghai, all of which are opened in commercial complexes, which can be called professional shopping malls. The decoration of the restaurant has its own characteristics, the style is different, and the strong ancient style will not be repeated. Service is Gui Manlong's weakness, ordering, checkout are all scanned code self-service, except for the food is almost impossible to detect the presence of waiters. Gui Manlong is notoriously popular, and the ranking of meals is basically unavoidable. On the whole, Gui Manlong is a chain of Hangzhou restaurants with bright spots, the quality of the dishes is uneven, but there is no lack of excellent works, the price of 80 per capita is also difficult to criticize, and there is a proper dining environment, the cost performance is not high, it is an affordable choice to taste Hangzhou cuisine.