What to See / Where to go

• Splendid China, China Folk Culture Village
  A rich and comprehensive theme park which enables you to catch a glimpse of China’s 5,000-year history with made to scale architecture replicas.
  Entrance Fee: RMB 120
  Opening Hours: 0900 – 2130
  Telephone No.: +86 (755) 2660 0626
  
  
• Opium Wars Museum
  The Opium Wars Museum offers an insightful take on this most fascinating period of Chinese History, during the Lin Zexu era. Entrance Fee: RMB 10 Opening Hours: 0700 to 1700 Telephone No.: +86 (769) 8551 2065
  
  
• Queen of Heaven, Chiwan Palace
  Dating back to the Song Dynasty, the Chiwan Palace is the first of the "Xian Eight Sights" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Southeast Asia. Entrance Fee: RMB 15 Opening Hours 0800 – 1730 Telephone No.: +86 (755) 2685 3219
  
  
• Window of the World
  Window of the World, a theme-park near to Shenzhen Bay, is one of the highlights of Shenzhen. The park displays miniature versions of more than 130 world famous sites, from each of the five continents. Here you are able to visit many of the world’s great landmarks in just one day.
  Entrance Fee: RMB 120
  Opening Hours 0900 – 2230
  
  

• The MixC
  A six-floor western style shopping mall housing around 300 outlets ranging from high end designers to local branded goods.
  Address: The MixC CRC Centre, No. 1881, Baoan South
  Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen.
  
  
• Luohu Commercial City
  Luohu Commercial City is famous for its many bargains and attracts thousands of shoppers across the border from Hong Kong daily.
  Address: Luohu Commercial City, Railway Station, Luohu District, Shenzhen.
  Dongmen Pedestrian Street, Dongmen Road
  A touristy shopping area in the heart of Luohu district.
  
  

• Little India
  This is definitely more than your average curry house. The Nepalese chef offers cuisine from both northern India and Nepal. The restaurant is especially known for its tandoori dishes, and for its selection of baked nan breads. Little India is also the only restaurant in the Sea World Plaza that offers hookahs, though they’ll gently ask you to smoke on the outdoor pavilion during peak hours. MC, V.
  Address: Shop 73-74, Sea World Plaza, Shekou District, Shenzhen, China
  Phone: 0755/2685-2688
  


• Lao Yuan Zi (Chinese Sichuan)
  They have Sichuan and Hunan food so spicy that scientists are looking into the connection between Lao Yuan Zi’s cuisine and global warming. A favourite dish is the hotpot, made with fiery red chillies and a variety of meat and vegetables. A plethora of cold-vegetable dishes abound, as do meat, seafood, and vegetable dishes of all sorts. If you order the Sichuan hotpot, the best strategy is to keep a bowl of white rice close at hand; beer won’t douse this fire fast enough. Be warned; this place can get rather noisy. No credit cards.
  Address: 1,2/F, Qi Che Building, at the intersection of Zhen Hua and Yan Nan Rds., Futian District, Shenzhen, China
  Phone: 020/8332-8400
  


• Dan Gui Xuan (Cantonese)
  Address: No 5010 5/F Luohu Commercial City Square South Road Luohu District, Shenzhen Tel No.: + 86 (755) 8232 3668 / 8232 5661 Shanghai: West Lake Spring Restaurant Address: 6/F, Zhonggang Center, No.3004 Fuqiang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen Tel No.: + 86 (755) 8385 0555 / 8385 0556
  


• Japan Fusion (Japanese)
  Address: 2-3/F World Financial Centre, No.4003 Shennan East Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen
  Tel No.: + 86 (755) 8266 6688
  


• Blue Italian Seafood and Grill
  Arguably one of the finest Italian restaurants in China, the decor, as the name suggests, is blue -- blue walls, ceilings, and mellow indigo lighting. The food is expensive but worth every penny. If you’re really in the mood for decadence, try the dessert tray -- chocolates, pastries, and eight different types of mousse surround a caramelized sugar statue of David. AE, DC, MC, V.
  Address: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3rd fl., 9026 Shen Nan Rd., OCT District, Shenzhen, China
  Phone: 0755/2693-6888 Ext. 8022, 8023, or 8106
  


• 360
  The newest (and possibly brightest) star on the Shenzhen haute-cuisine scene, 360 takes up the top two floors of the Shangri-la hotel, and offers sumptuous dishes like homemade pasta with eggplant, zucchini, and pesto sauce and ginger-crusted-salmon fillet with couscous and lemon celery sauce. Ambiance is chic, and the view from any table in the house is breathtaking. For food, decor, and view we can’t recommend this place highly enough. AE, DC, MC, V. Luohu metro.
  Address: 31st fl., Shangri-la hotel, 1002 Jianshi Rd., Luohu, Shenzhen, China
  Phone: 0755/8396-1380
  


• La Belle époque
  Relaxing French restaurant in the middle of the bustling MixC Shopping centre. Super fine French dining with French chefs preparing your meal so you know it is authentic. Prices are up there which is what you would expect for fine French dining but it is time to treat yourself.
  No. 299 Store, The MixC at City Crossing, 1881 Baoan Road S., Luohu District
  Telephone: (0755) 8266-8880
  


• NYPD Pizza
  NYPD offer the highest quality pizza products and menu items made of all the freshest ingredients. All pizzas are hand-tossed with freshly prepared unique dough. And sauce! Made from tomatoes that just 6 hours before they were packed were lounging in a California field. This restaurant specially spiced homemade tomato sauce is then spread evenly over our hand tossed dough and topped with freshly grated 100% mozzarella cheese. It is then finished with fresh toppings and baked to perfection. Get the pizza that acclaimed American pizza expert Ted Wilson says this about: "NYPD’s pizza is the best in China!"
  D1 Shop,Junhuang Ming Ju, Fuqiang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen,China
  Telephone : +86 (755) 8204 0503
  Telephone English Speaking: 13798471160
  
  
• Spice Circle
  Impressive Indian restaurant where everything, from food, atmosphere and even service is good. Chefs are from some of the top hotels in India and there is even an extensive creative cocktail list that you cannot find in most bars in Shenzhen. Be sure to try the Bombay Women cocktail. It is rare to find a place like this in Shenzhen. Parking out front available.
  Tianjun Mansion (next to Panglin Hotel), First Floor, Dongmen South Road (Near GuoMao Metro Station Exit B)
  (0755) 8220-2129, 2139-7117
  
  

• Sea World Bar Street
  Sea World, the main restaurant and bar area catering for the Shenzhen expat community, feels like Hong Kong or Europe. It has lots of Irish and British theme bars with expatriates who have made them their locals... Inside you feel as if you are suddenly sitting in Dublin or Manchester, watching a game of footie and drinking the lack stuff! Guinness, anyone? Sea World, Prince Road, Shekou Industrial Zone, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Citic City Plaza Bar Street Another popular area with a selection of bars.
  No. 1093 Shennan Middle Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen
  


• OCT Bar Street
  A popular area with a number of bars including:
  Browns Wine Bar and Cigar House
  Browns Wine Bar & Cigar House is the perfect, low-key place for quiet conversation over a bottle of wine and a Cuban cigar. Browns has an admirable stock of vintage wines, cognacs, and Armagnacs, and a walk-in humidor to insure that all cigars are kept fresh. This is a good spot for those who appreciate old-money ambiance and fine cigars.
  Address: Bar street OCT Living Square, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
  Phone: 0755/8608-2379