Top end
Top end
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Tapas
35-3 Shengli Jie
+86 0411 8254-9996
¥40 tapas, ¥100 main
2-min walk W of Russian Street
Spanish restaurant specializing in tapas and almost exclusively Spanish wine nearly all by-the-bottle. Paella can be a good value for those on the cheap. Two tables for drinks on 1F viewable from kitchen, six tables or so on 2F geared for dining. A quieter place livened up by Spanish guitar songs periodically throughout the evening.
Top end
$$$
Zihang Fan Dian
intersection of Changchun Lu and Huanghe Lu
Fresh seafood, arguably Dalian's finest.
The range of restaurants is nowhere near as comprehensive in Xigang as it is in Zhongshan District, with the only standout example being the Tapas Spanish restaurant near Russian Street. In the more residential areas there's still the usual range of cheap, hole in the wall and mid-range Chinese restaurants, however.