Sanya Food

Surrounded by the South China Sea's abundant seafood resources, Sanya boasts some great restaurants serving up good fresh seafood. Added to this, there are two huge fisheries here, the Beibuwan Fishery and the South China Sea Fishery.

Abalone, sea cucumber and other exotic foods are common dishes served in restaurants here, and a visit to the port area in the city center is testament to the incredible wealth and freshness of the food here. If you do wander down this direction however, make sure you take your wellington boots and a clothes peg to hold your nose! The stench from the boats and fishing nets can be unbearable!

Above and beyond the more unusual seafood available here are standard fishy dishes including lobster, mussels and crab.

Chunyuan Seafood Stall (春元海鲜店)

Here is a lively place at night, more than 40 stalls carry on the seafood. Usually people visiting Sanya will come here to eat the native seafood. Here you can choose the material by yourself and only pay for the making process (RMB4/kg). There are two ways to eat the seafood, one is the hotpot (named Dabianlu by the native people), another one is fried dish. However, we think the hotpot will be better because it can embody the origal flavour of seafood.
Reference price:
Shiban fish: RMB

Nanshan Hotpot City (南山火锅城)

Here is an other good place to eat seafood. The majoy feature dish here is Dabianlu too and you can try the real local dish of Hainan-- Dongshanyang.
Transport:
Located at the middle part of Renminglu and Yaojinglu, take a taxi from the city center you need pay RMB5 for the taxi fee.