Local food guideSanya A practical shortlist of 20 dishes, snacks and drinks to recognize before ordering in Sanya.
20 dishes
Recipes, spice, offal and fish-bone handling vary. Fine bones may remain even when a dish is usually low-bone. Show the Chinese phrase and confirm allergies or dietary restrictions before ordering.
20 Category All Main dishes Staples & noodles Snacks Sweets & drinks
Spice All Not spicy Mild Medium Hot Varies
Main ingredients All Pork Beef & lamb Poultry Seafood Egg & dairy
Food concerns All Avoid organ meats Low/no-bone fish
Dietary needs All Usually no pork Vegetarian possible
Main dishes · Sanya seafood platter Sanya seafood platter 三亚海鲜拼盘 Not spicy30–90 ¥ Organ meats: ask May have fine bones Staples & noodles · Coconut rice Coconut rice 椰子饭 Not spicy8–20 ¥ Staples & noodles · Hainanese chicken rice Hainanese chicken rice 海南鸡饭 Not spicy8–20 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Wenchang chicken Wenchang chicken 文昌鸡 Not spicy30–75 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Pepper crab Pepper crab 胡椒蟹 Medium35–100 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Seafood hotpot Seafood hotpot 海鲜火锅 Not spicy25–65 ¥ Organ meats: ask May have fine bones Main dishes · Coconut chicken Coconut chicken 椰子鸡 Not spicy18–45 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Hainan sour noodles Hainan sour noodles 海南酸粉 Medium15–45 ¥ Organ meats: ask May have fine bones Staples & noodles · Baoluo rice noodles Baoluo rice noodles 抱罗粉 Not spicy10–28 ¥ Organ meats: ask Sweets & drinks · Hainan fried ice Hainan fried ice 海南炒冰 Not spicy5–18 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Coconut jelly Coconut jelly 椰子冻 Not spicy5–18 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Mango sticky rice Mango sticky rice 芒果糯米饭 Not spicy8–25 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Tropical fruit platter Tropical fruit platter 热带水果拼盘 Not spicy6–20 ¥ Main dishes · Salt-baked chicken Salt-baked chicken 盐焗鸡 Not spicy30–75 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Grilled oysters Grilled oysters 烤生蚝 Not spicy30–90 ¥ Organ meats: ask Main dishes · Pepper prawns Pepper prawns 胡椒虾 Medium30–90 ¥ Organ meats: ask Staples & noodles · Fish noodles Fish noodles 鱼面 Not spicy12–35 ¥ Organ meats: ask Sweets & drinks · Coconut cake Coconut cake 椰子糕 Not spicy5–18 ¥ Sweets & drinks · Qingbuliang Qingbuliang 清补凉 Not spicy10–30 ¥ Snacks · Chilli-salt squid Chilli-salt squid 椒盐鱿鱼 Medium6–18 ¥