Here are all the new restaurant and bar openings we featured in our May 2018 issue:
New Restaurants
BOA
BOA strives to present itself as a high-end venue for both food and nightlife and, with roving purple spotlights and fancy place settings, it succeeds. The lobby and anterior dining area, for instance, is outfitted as an imitation patio with all-glass walls and drape-y canvas ceiling. The food is also unabashedly luxe. A mouthwatering slab of aged Black Angus (RMB348) comes glazed to a subtle sweetness and topped with lightly-seared foie gras. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also avocado-wrapped caviar sushi, priced at RMB98 a piece.
Price: RMB90-250
Who’s going: hungry high-flyers, trendy bar-hoppers
Good for: unique fusion food, luxe-loving dates
Nearest metro: Sea World (Exit A), 6 minutes
Read our full review here. See listing for BOA.
Green Bowl
Take note, health-conscious Shenzheners: there’s a new restaurant serving up guilt-free Chinese and fusion foods. Green Bowl describes itself as a “diet brand” promoting “healthy organic food with Chinese taste.” The menu is indeed true to its Chinese roots, with many dishes designed for a familiar appeal, including Taiwanese-style minced pork (RMB45) and sweet and sour lemon bass (RMB55). You won’t find any kale smoothies or acai bowls here – the food is decidedly “fusion” but leans more toward the local.
Price: RMB45-80
Who’s going: health nuts, vegans, Software Industry Base workers
Good for: fusion food, lighter local flavors
Nearest metro: Keyuan (Exit A), 14 minutes
Read our full review here. See listing for Green Bowl.
Ping An IFC's Paulaner Brauhaus
Inside the eighth-floor eatery, light wood tones and bright plaids (for both upholstery and wait staff) welcome diners craving European fare or European sports. Whether or not you think you like German pork knuckle, you’ll love Paulaner’s version (RMB88-258). The skin is crisped to crackling, the meat is pared away and the sauces – dark beer, black pepper or spicy Sichuan – appeal to the range of tastes. But our favorite is the veal escalope (wiener schnitzel RMB218): it’s the perfect bite with creamy potato salad and sweet-tart cranberry.
Price: RMB150-300
Who’s going: business travelers, families, CBD workers
Good for: light beer, hearty European cuisine
Nearest metro: Shopping Park (Exit C), five minutes
Read our full review here. See listing for Paulaner Brauhaus (Ping An IFC).
New Bars
Ciyuntang Traditional Massage
Behind a slate-gray panel and a door disguised as decoration is a hip hop-blasting party hub and bar, complete with upstairs cocktail lounge. On weekdays, the lounge attracts most visitors, who can choose from a wide variety of single malt scotches in addition to some very special cocktails. How special? We’d dare to say that no other bar in Shenzhen makes drinks with seaweed-infused Talisker whiskey – which, with its mix of salt and peat, is pretty bomb. And though baijiu cocktail fever has yet to make its way down south, Ciyuntang has that too, with a ‘steamed’ drink (RMB98) adding in passionfruit jam and lemon juice.
Price: RMB35-98 per drink
Who’s going: cocktail connoisseurs, hip hop lovers
Good for: unique drinks, hidden doors
Nearest metro: Taoyuan (Exit D), 13 minutes
Read our full review here. See listing for Ciyuntang Traditional Massage.
Wann Lounge
Whisky aficionados will find plenty to savor here, in bottles that range from RMB1,080-10,880. But if anything it’s a gin bar, with 27 varieties on hand (RMB880-3,580/bottle) and a half dozen delicious Negronis to quench our juniper jitters. The standard Negroni (RMB108) is just that, with abundant orange flavor and a classy little iceberg of a cube; no need for precious spheres here. The Summer (RMB108) is bright and delicious, with Hendrick’s resounding clearly against fruit notes; Campari is there, but curved by the tart impulses of its grapefruit infusion.
Price: RMB200-2,000
Who’s going: lawyers, managers, fuerdai
Good for: craft cocktails, fine dining, seeing and being seen
Nearest metro: Dengliang Station (Exit A), 12 minutes
Read our full review here. See listing for Wann Lounge.
Read more Shenzhen restaurant reviews and bar reviews.
0 User Comments