Jumeirah Living Guangzhou — full-kitchen suites in the heart of the Zhujiang New Town CBD, a second home in the city for families and long stays
Picture bringing the family to Guangzhou for several nights and wanting real space — a proper kitchen so you can cook, an in-room washing machine, and still the polished service of a luxury hotel. Jumeirah Living Guangzhou Residences (广州卓美亚公寓) is built for exactly that. It's a luxury serviced apartment from the Jumeirah group in the heart of the Zhujiang New Town CBD, with full-kitchen suites that run from a ~53 sqm studio all the way up to a 268 sqm four-bedroom, across 177 units. Real guests rate it highly, around 9.6/10, praising the big rooms, the attentive staff and the easy comfort of having a second home in the city. Put simply, if you're on a long stay, travelling with family, or here for days of work and want genuine living space, this is a very comfortable base in the CBD.
The first thing that sets this place apart from a standard 5-star in the district is that these are full-kitchen suites, not bare hotel rooms. Jumeirah Living Guangzhou has 177 units in total — studios from around 53 sqm, one-bedrooms at ~74 sqm, two-bedrooms at ~109–127 sqm, three-bedrooms at ~131–192 sqm, and a four-bedroom that stretches to 268 sqm. Each one has a separate living room, a dining table and a real kitchen you can actually cook in: hob, microwave, dishwasher, an Illy coffee machine, and — the detail many guests love — an in-unit washing machine, so a week-long stay means you can do your own laundry. There's a choice of two looks too, a classic luxe style and a contemporary one, with big windows pulling in the city.
"The apartment was huge, like a whole luxury condo, with a real kitchen and a washing machine. We stayed several nights with the kids and it was so easy. The staff were lovely and looked after us like a five-star hotel, and you can walk to Huacheng Square and the malls. Brilliant value for a family."
The location is another strong card. The residences sit at No.14 Zhujiang East Road in Tianhe District, right in Guangzhou's newer CBD — Zhujiang New Town. You're surrounded by skyscrapers, smart malls, and the modern heart of the city: Huacheng Square and the Guangzhou Opera House are a short walk or quick ride away, and the city's twin supertalls, the Guangzhou IFC and the CTF tower, are in the same district. If you like the clean, modern new-town feel — easy shopping, easy eating, easy working — this address is bang on.
Getting around is simple, as you'd expect in the CBD. Zhujiang New Town Station on Metro Lines 3 and 5 is about an 8-minute walk, and the APM line's Huacheng station is even closer at around 6 minutes. From there the whole city opens up: it's a few stops across the Pearl River to Canton Tower, an easy ride to the Taikoo Hui shopping district in Tianhe, the Beijing Road old town, or Guangzhou East Station. The metro network is huge and stitches the old and new city together in roughly 20–30 minutes. Baiyun Airport (CAN) is north of the city — reachable on Line 3 to the airport line or by taxi — so leave a little extra time in traffic.
This is a proper serviced residence rather than a bare apartment block, so the facilities are hotel-grade: an outdoor pool, an indoor lap pool, a spa, a fitness centre, a garden and an in-house restaurant, plus the day-to-day attentive service of an upper-tier serviced apartment. Guests repeatedly mention how helpful and caring the staff are — you get the privacy of a condo with the service of a hotel in one place. For families with children, having a separate living room, a kitchen to warm milk or cook a simple meal, and a pool for the kids makes a longer trip far more relaxed than squeezing everyone into a single hotel room.
Guest review scores run high, around 9.6/10, and the praise is consistent: home-sized rooms, a kitchen and laundry that genuinely help on a long stay, good service, and a CBD location within walking distance of Huacheng Square and the malls. There are honest things to know first. One, this is a residence, not a full-service hotel — the lobby and restaurant are smaller and quieter than a big 5-star, so if you're expecting a vast breakfast buffet or several in-house restaurants, adjust your expectations (you trade that for a kitchen of your own). Two, the view depends on the unit and floor — some suites get a lovely skyline outlook, others a more ordinary city view, so if the view matters, ask when you book.
Standard units start at about ¥900 (฿4,500) a night for the smaller residences and climb with size, with the multi-bedroom apartments for bigger families costing more for the space — typically swinging between ฿4,500 and ฿9,000+ depending on season and unit type. Worth remembering: during the Canton Fair (mid-April and mid-October) and Chinese public holidays — Golden Week (1–7 Oct), Chinese New Year and Labour Day (1–5 May) — rates city-wide climb fast and rooms sell out, because Guangzhou is a major trade-fair city. If you're on a long stay over those dates, book several weeks ahead. The upside of a serviced apartment is that the longer you stay, the lower the average nightly rate tends to be — better value than booking a hotel night by night.
The friend-to-friend verdict — Jumeirah Living Guangzhou is for travellers who want a spacious, full-kitchen suite in the heart of the Zhujiang New Town CBD, hotel-grade service, and the comfort of real living space. It suits families, long stays and multi-day work trips best — anyone who wants to cook, do laundry and have a separate living room. If you're only here for a night or two and want a full-service hotel with a big breakfast buffet, look at The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou or Mandarin Oriental in the same district; and if a floor-to-ceiling Canton Tower view is the prize, compare Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou in the IFC West Tower in our list first.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Spacious full-kitchen suites you can cook in, with in-unit laundry
- ✓ Ideal for families / long stays — separate living rooms, multi-bedroom layouts
- ✓ Attentive, hotel-grade Jumeirah service
- ✓ Heart of the Zhujiang New Town CBD, walk to Huacheng Square and the malls
- ! It's a residence — lobby and restaurant are smaller than a big 5-star hotel
- ! Views depend on the unit and floor; some suites have an ordinary city view
- ✓ Condo-sized living space, great for settling in with the family
- ✓ Outdoor pool + indoor lap pool, spa, fitness centre and a garden
- ✓ The longer you stay, the lower the average nightly rate — better value
- ✓ Zhujiang New Town Station (Line 3/5) is an ~8-min walk, linking the whole city
- ! Rates spike and rooms sell out during the Canton Fair and Chinese holidays
- ! No big breakfast buffet or multiple in-house restaurants like a large hotel
- 💡If you want a full-service hotel with a big breakfast buffet and several in-house restaurants · this is a serviced apartment, so the lobby and restaurant are smaller and quieter (you trade that for a kitchen of your own) · Fix → look at The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou or Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou in the same CBD.
- 💡If you want a Canton Tower / floor-to-ceiling skyline view from your room · the view here depends on the unit and floor, and some suites face an ordinary city view · Fix → ask for a skyline-facing unit when you book, or look at Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou in the IFC West Tower (floors 69–100), which sells the full-glass view specifically.
- 💡If you're only here for a night or two and won't use the kitchen · a serviced apartment pays off on longer stays, where the per-night rate drops · Fix → for a short stay, compare nightly hotel rates in the same district first, such as W Guangzhou or Mandarin Oriental.