Saizeriya opened its first Italian Restaurant in april 2009 in Dong Men (Luohu district) in Shenzhen. After talking to one of the waitresses, we found out that  Saizeriya already has several branches in Guangzhou and it is very popular there.  After eating in the restaurant the 11th of April, we fully understand why. Saizeriya tastes good and is very cheap. Forget about Pizza Hut or Spaghetti House, this is the new place to be!

The food arrived quick to our table and everything tasted fresh and was very hot. We only spend 66 yuan for 2x salad (2x8Y), 1x seafood doria (10Y), 1x spaghetti (9Y), spicy sausages (12Y), 1x cheese cake (10Y) and 1x icecream with fruit (9Y) . Great restaurant, highly recommended.

Shekou is the southern part of Nanshan district. The area by itself is quite large and famous for it's foreign community. The center is quite small, but contains some places of interest such as a big boat that has been converted to hotel&restaurant. In the area opposing the boat many foreign restaurants can be found such as French Kiss, Indian food, Thai food and so on. Also several bars in this area.

Personally I think that the two stores that sell imported foods are more interesting. They are located a bit to the south from the restaurant area, close to a big sign for a school. It's within walking distance, just follow the big road.

If you want - or need - to take a break from Chinese food, you will definately find something to your liking here. The prices are also much higher than Chinese restaurants though. There is also a Sub-Way restaurant with good sandwitches.

If you take the bus further to the south, you will arrive at Shekou ferry terminal. From here boats go to Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong Island,  Macau and Zhuhai.

Address:

Tianjun Mansion (next to Panglin Hotel), First Floor, Dongmen South Road (0755) 8220-2129

SPR Coffee 耶士咖啡

Address:

Rm. 110, Honlux Apartment, Sea World, 蛇口海上世界鸿隆公寓110室, 2686-2349

Street food is very popular in China, especially for young people (because it is cheap). For a few yuan you can eat noodle while you sit down on mini plastic chairs next to the road. It's also very popular to get bbq squid or other meat on a stick. I've started to collect some pictures about this. See more photos below:

Subway  just opened a new store in Shenzhen (opposite to Coco Park) and they are currently offering special discounts. Sandwitches vary in price from 16Y (6" Veggie Delight) to  26Y (6" Subway Melt). The staff speaks English, so it should be no problem to order your favorite sandwitch here. I went there today and ate a Roast Beef for 17RMB. Tastes good, but as always Subway restaurants are quite empty. Most Chinese do not seem to like sandwitches so much.

New Subway restaurant near Coco Park in Shenzhen

Sunday Chiu Chow King 三岛潮皇粤菜酒楼

Address:

8/F, Sandao Center, 1076 Jianshe Lu, 建设路1076号三岛中心8楼, 8231-0222

Super Steak restaurant in Coco Park. I have not been there myself, but saw the sign clearly at Coco Park. Two customer reviews at ShenzhenStuff were not so positive:

• Name is great, but restaurant not so much... First of all, it is too big, you feel like in factory's or school's eatery. This place doesn't have good decoration, no any atmosphere. Prices are also very different, you can have some steak for 70-100 RMB and you can order some dish for 300-400 RMB even. Problem is you do not get much, just steak, no any french fries, just a little (one spoon) potato-mass and some cold vegetable. Usually steak should be hot, still cooking, they gave me almost cold meat. In fact in any (simple) restaurant in Hong Kong you can have steak for 60-80 HKD including good soup, toasts, french fries and it will be big , delicious piece of meat, still hot. Of course Super Steak provides you free salads buffet, but can we call it free, if price for food is quit high?! Moroever service is so so. I got used to that people say "good bye" and invite you again in Chinese language. In this restaurant they do not care, too big eatery, they are not able to notice every customer, who is coming in and going out. I am not saying place is so bad, food (taste) is also fine, but still there are some small mistakes, which they should eliminate to keep good name or they should decrease prices.

• This place is terrible. We went there for my birthday last year with a large party (12 people).
  
  The service was pretty crappy. We waited a long, long time before they remembered us and took our order. They didn't even bring us the free salad/fruit plates until a girl remembered that they were supposed to have them and reminded them towards the end of dinner. Also, my friends had to them store the cake to bring out later, but when they did it was still in the box. And they lost the candles. At the end, they also turned the lights out on us when we were eating the cake.
  
  The food was also awful, especially for the price. The place should be called "Fatsteak" instead because that's what the steaks were--large pieces of FAT with small bits of lean meat attached. None of the people who got steak could finish them because they were mostly fat, even the ones that cost 100+ RMB. Some people got pasta where the shrimp wasn't fully cooked and had to be sent back.
  
  The only redeeming quality about the place is that they had a free bread bar with cheese dips. That was pretty good. 
  

Address:

Coco Park, 3rd Fl, Fuhua 3rd Rd, Futian (2531 3993)

Tasca is Shenzhens first authentic Spanish restaurant and opened in early 2008. Shenzhen Daily has written a review about this restaurant that is located in an alley behind the Taizi Hotel in Shekou. 

•  Of the 36 different types of tapas, or starters, Spanish tortilla (38 yuan), the traditional Spanish potato omelet, gambas (48 yuan), shrimps fried with garlic, olive oil and chili, albondigas (48 yuan), Spanish-style meatballs in a rich tomato sauce, and a portion of Serrano ham (85 yuan) are recommendations by Andres for those who haven’t tried much Spanish food.
• As a dinner for two costs around 240 yuan, Xu strongly recommends people go in large groups in order to be able to try more dishes. 

Address:

Shop No. 3, Back Taizi Hotel Taizi, Taizi Road, Sea World Shekou, Nanshan District

(南山区蛇口海上世界太子路太子宾馆一楼后排3号商铺塔斯卡西班牙风味餐厅)

Open hours: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.

Tel: 2669-8564

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Thai Amarin 泰瑞

Address:

88 Sea World Plaza, Shekou, 蛇口海上世界88号, 2668-6055

music, arts, friends, happiness... Italian Sandwich, sweet cappucinno, ice frappes...

Weekly Events
-Indie pop, electronic and acoustic shows
-Indie art/lomo photo exhibitions
-Chill Hip Hop DJ Session
-English/Chinese Square
-Art film appreciation nights

Address:

Behind the Rollercoaster, Culture Palace Park, Dongmen, Luohu
134 1064 5216

Famou Hot Pot Restaurant chain called "Little Fat Sheep" hotpot. You can also buy their hot pot ingredients in the supermarket (just look for the green (not-spicy) and red (spicy) bags. Been there several times, and tastes quite good.

Address:

All over Shenzhen! Easy to recognize by the green logo with a little sheep head.

This famous restaurant serves Hangzhou dishes.

Address:

2-3F, Baihui building, No.3019 Sungang East Road, Luohu district, Shenzhen. 0755-82116988

website: www.xihucy.com

Yifuyuan Hunan Restaurant 伊辅园湖南餐厅

Address:

113 Bu Xing Jie 步行街113号 2660-8288