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Best Halal Food in Hainan: Haikou and Sanya Muslim Restaurants, Seafood and Local Food
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Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food. view all
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food. view all
Reposted from the web
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food.
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food.
Best Halal Food in Hainan: Haikou and Sanya Muslim Restaurants, Seafood and Local Food
Articles • ali2007fr posted the article • 0 comments • 25 views • 2026-05-21 08:42
Reposted from the web
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food. view all
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food. view all
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Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food.
Summary: This Hainan halal food map follows Haikou, Sanya, Huihui Village, seafood, Muslim restaurants, and island food stops while keeping the original places and photos in order.
Hainan has seven mosques in total. There is one in Haikou, two in Huixin Village in Sanya, and four in Huihui Village. Hainan's Muslims are mainly concentrated in Huixin and Huihui villages. These Muslims are long-term local residents who are relatively wealthy in Hainan. They value their faith deeply, seek blessings in both this life and the next, and serve as a model for Muslims across China.
1. Halal beef hot pot
You cannot miss seafood when visiting Hainan. There are not many halal restaurants in Haikou, so this halal hot pot shop is a great choice for your first meal in Hainan.
They offer individual small pots, which are perfect for solo travelers, though large pots are also available.
Since it is a beef hot pot shop, you should try their beef.
Cook the scallops in the hot pot. A quick dip in the hot soup makes them just right to eat.
A pair of large shrimp is enough for one person.
Seafood alone might not fill you up, so I recommend the steamed buns (baozi) here. They have lamb filling and vegetable filling. I chose the lamb, and after finishing, I told the server the buns were great. The server said the vegetable ones are also delicious.
Address: No. 98-8 Longkun South Road, Longhua District, Haikou City (diagonally opposite the Provincial High Court, 100 meters in front of the 187 Hospital, and 500 meters from the high-speed railway station).
2. Haikou Mosque
Haikou currently has only this one mosque, and it is still under construction. The prayer hall is a temporary structure. At the entrance of the mosque, there is a noodle shop and a baked flatbread (nang) shop run by Uyghurs. If you are in a hurry, you can eat here. Crossing the street from here leads to the Haikou High-Speed Railway Station.
Address: No. 30 Fengxiang West Road, Qiongshan District, Haikou City.
Huixin Village
3. Yilanxinge Restaurant
This is a halal Western-style restaurant with a nice atmosphere, and they also serve hot pot on the second floor.
Address: South side of Huixin Village Road.
4. Huixin Village Hong Kong-style Drink Bar
Located inside Huixin Village near the South Mosque (Nanda Si), this place sells not only homemade drinks but also snacks.
A pretty Huixin girl makes octopus balls (takoyaki).
The packaging box is very cute.
I had only seen non-halal octopus balls before and had never eaten them, so this was a chance to satisfy my craving.
Actually, I want to highlight their passion fruit tea. The young girl cuts two passion fruits, pours the pulp into a cup, adds a few slices of fresh lemon, squeezes out the juice, and adds ice. In the hot Sanya weather, holding a cup of iced passion fruit tea is refreshing and thirst-quenching. All the ingredients are natural with no additives. I came here to buy a cup almost every day, and a large one is only 8 yuan.
5. Daguangming Barbecue Snack Shop
There are several small shops selling seafood barbecue in Huixin Village. I chose this one because it was nearby, and I assume the taste is quite similar.
There is all kinds of seafood here, including sea cucumber, conch meat, sea shrimp, and sea fish, plus some vegetables. The prices are very cheap, so I do not worry about being overcharged when eating seafood here.
I cannot remember the individual prices, but I spent a total of over 30 yuan and got to taste all kinds of fresh seafood.
Pineapple rice (boluofan) is a Hainan specialty snack made by steaming glutinous rice with pineapple and adding goji berries. Some shops use the pineapple shell as a bowl to make it look better.
It was Jumu (Friday prayer) that day, and it happened to be the first Jumu held at the newly built Huixin Village South Mosque. The main hall was packed with people coming for namaz. After the prayer, you can receive sticky rice cakes (nuomibing) given out as duosi at the mosque gate. This is also a Hainan snack, and the black sesame filling is delicious.
Huihui Village
6. Fenghuang Yueju Restaurant
Most restaurants in Huihui Village are located along Huihui Road. This one is on the south side of the road and is a halal restaurant serving Hainan-style food run by locals.
One of the more famous Hainan snacks is beef bone noodle soup (niugufen tang), which features a large piece of meaty beef bone under the noodles.
7. Yuxiang Hot Pot
It is hard to find Sichuan-style halal hot pot after leaving Sichuan. If you find seafood too bland, you can come here to try it.
8. Xining Saisai Private Kitchen
Located next to the old mosque in Huihui Village. I did not eat here, but I was curious because halal private kitchens are quite rare.
9. Huihui Old Restaurant
This is a Hainan-style restaurant. Fresh fish soup and coconut rice (yezi fan) are both local specialties. Coconut rice is not sold individually; it is a complimentary item when you order other dishes.
10. Fenghuang First Seafood Food City
That is the name of the place. Fenghuang refers to Fenghuang Town, where both Huixin Village and Huihui Village are located. The seafood is all fresh, and there are many kinds I cannot even name.
Qinghui—you can tell at a glance that this is a halal tableware brand from Huihui Village.
I also tasted the fresh fish soup. They prepared one spotted fish in two ways: part of it was steamed, and the rest was made into fish soup. The soup was indeed very fresh.
The spotted fish is expensive for a reason; the meat is tender and has no bones.
Spicy crab—I do not remember the name of the crab, only that it was very expensive, costing over 100 yuan for a single catty.
This is called winged bean (sijiaodou), a specialty vegetable in Hainan. It has a good texture and tastes crunchy.
Address: No. 348 Fenghuang Road
11. Aijiayi
Leaving Fenghuang Town, it is time to head to the scenic spots. Huixin Village is not far from Sanya Bay and Dadonghai. This Hainan-style restaurant is near Dadonghai Square.
This place sells Wenchang chicken (Wenchang ji), a specialty from Hainan. Wenchang is a place name in Hainan, and the owner is from Huixin Village and is very welcoming.
12. Yalong Bay Halal Food Street
You do not need to worry about finding food while traveling in Sanya. Every popular tourist spot has a halal restaurant.
Yalong Bay is a beautiful part of Sanya with many tourists. A pleasant surprise is that there is a halal food street right near the public beach.
Sanya is really hot during the day in winter. Seeing these fresh tropical fruits makes me want to eat them right away. Holding a coconut drink while sunbathing on the beach is great. Coconuts are 15 yuan each, which is a bit more expensive than in Malaysia.
13. Wuzhizhou Island
Wuzhizhou Island is the most beautiful island in Sanya. If you are short on time, you can just come here, as other beaches do not look as good as Wuzhizhou Island.
There is also a halal restaurant on the island that sells various snacks.
The prices are a bit high because everything on the island is expensive. I suggest you prepare food and drinks before you get on the island.
This covers the main halal food options in Hainan. By the way, regarding accommodation, renting a place in Sanya is very cheap. Muslims can choose to stay in Huixin Village or Huihui Village. A room costs only a few hundred yuan per month. Many Muslims from Northwest China come here to spend the winter. The temperature in Sanya is over 20 degrees in winter, and the air is fresh and humid. Staying in the village for a month or two does not cost much in rent, and it is easy to find food.