 The best restaurant I've been to in Shenzhen and one of the best anywhere in the world is Big Gray Wolf in the city center. As the name suggests the menu consists of a variety of lamb meat, but the restaurant also features a selection of yummy vegetable dishes. The food is slightly spicy and the offering is Chinese style, where you order a number of dishes to the table for everyone to share.
I've been a regular customer for almost a year now, visiting once or twice a month and the quality of the food is consistently high. The service is always friendly and professional, even if a little slow at times. However, I would suggest avoiding Gray Wolf on holidays, as they tend to offer only a pre-set menu for a fairly high price and the food seems no as good as usual.
My most memorable moment at Big Gray Wolf was last November, at my birthday. We wanted to order a birthday cake... but they don't have any cakes in the menu. Always friendly and willing to help, they ordered a real birthday cake from a nearby bakery and when it was brought to the table the restaurant also presented me with a birthday present! The actual present was a coffee cup from their interesting selection (you won't find two similar cups in the restaurant... they're all different).
 
The interior design is very cool and original. The restaurant building is titled "Wolf's nest" and the interior is decorated accordingly. Photography is strictly prohibited inside but with a little luck I was finally able to find a moment alone inside the premises to take a few shots...
 
The restaurant is on two levels, and in fact Big Gray Wolf couples as a bar too. An interesting "habit" is that the table cloth is taken away if you're dining - it's only left to the table if you're staying for drinks!
 
The entrance to the Wolf's nest features famous words: Japanese not allowed to enter. The roots for this are in the second world war era when Japanese were operating restaurants in China where Chinese were banned. This has sparked some controversy in the local media but I would guess it has also helped make the Wolf's nest a local favorite dining destination.
Next door from Big Gray Wolf you'll find an equally interesting BBQ restaurant called The Chieftain, operated by the same people... with any luck a review of that at some point too! |
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The best restaurant I've been to in Shenzhen and one of the best anywhere in the world is Big Gray Wolf in the city center. As the name suggests the menu consists of a variety of lamb meat, but the restaurant also features a selection of yummy vegetable dishes. The food is slightly spicy and the offering is Chinese style, where you order a number of dishes to the table for everyone to share.
