Da Tong Restaurant was founded in 1938. After the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Tan Jie Nan, the king of teahouse, operated Da Tong Restaurant. He promoted delicious dishes and refreshments, famous in Guangdong and favored by warlords and merchant princes. The officials of Kuomintang, including Sun Ke, Song Zi Wen, Chen Guo Fu and Chen Li Fu, once had dinners here.

In 1954, Da Tong Restaurant became a joint state-private enterprise. The restaurant unceasingly improved cooking skills of food and added many popular foods of different grades. In addition, the restaurant was praised as A Flower at the Riverside of Pearl River for its high-quality service.
Da Tong Restaurant often receives international guests for Chinese Communist Party and the country. Premier Zhou En Lai once treated the chairman of Soviet Union, Kim-il sung, the chairman of People抯 Republic of Korea, and Pham Van Dong, the premier of Vietnam here. When chairman Mo came to Guangzhou to inspect work, Da Tong Restaurant sent the chef to cook.

Traditional dishes and refreshments created in the past years have won many prizes in the food competitions.