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Local Reviews

The Nanjinger prides itself on the objectivity and impartiality of its reviews of restaurants, retail establishments, books, weekend retreats, etc. The Nanjinger receives no payment for the reviews herein, although on occasion, the item(s) under review may be donated by the vendor. Readers should be forewarned that places do sometimes close with little notice, either temporarily or permanently.

Local Reviews

Tantalising Vegetarian Menu one of this Summer’s Musts

Tara Tadlock -
Under the soft lighting of Deji Plaza’s sixth level establishment, Wujie Vegetarian, The Nanjinger was treated to the restaurant’s new summer menu, setting the bar for creative pairings and innovative vegetarian takes on carnivorous classics in Nanjing. The restaurant prides...
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Falling for China Hook, Line & Sinker

Emily Holder -
With soles in foreign lands, comes the friction of souls in unchartered relationships, where tension, joy, frustration, compromise and victory all intermingle. “The Willing Take the Bait”, a two-part play performed at the Nanjing Winart Theatre in Xinjiekou from...
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Whisky Wizard Raises the Bar for Nanjing

Renée Gray Beaumont -
Move over Shanghai, Nanjing’s got a new guy in town and he’s raising the bar; the city’s whisky lounge scene just went up to an exciting new level! Keeping true to its name, the Bee’s Knees is run by...
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Walter White Whisky Wows Nanjing

Tara Tadlock -
Not far from Hunan Lu, in a residential alleyway, lies The Hermit, a two-floor bar and restaurant of which you’ve likely never heard. Living up to its name, The Hermit is hidden away from the main road in what...
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Doing the Limbo, New Nanjing Style

Frank Hossack -
“How low can you go”, goes the song. “How high can you you fly”, might be more appropriate, at one of Nanjing’s newest Western eateries; high, as in the setting of the bar, and yes, high, in terms of...
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Walk Nanjing Through the Decades

Stacy Dahl -
Nanjing is known for its many bridges and for being the former capital of China. On the other hand, many may not know that it is home to the Zifeng Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the world....
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Ooh LaLu! Taiwanese Luxury Opens its Doors

Renée Gray Beaumont -
You know when you walk into a really good eastern zen-styled spa frizzy and frayed from life outside, and then you walk out feeling the most relaxed you’ve felt in months? It is almost as if that massage or...
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Feeling the Current on the Needle

Renée Gray Beaumont -
As the medical community along all points between the East and West is still divided between whether or not acupuncture indeed has any sound scientific evidence at all as to its results, The Nanjinger was referred to an acupuncture...

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