Dine With Lizards At Dragon Planet in Solana

Newly opened in early 2023, Dragon Planet is a must visit for young dino-fans and reptile lovers. The restaurant is located in the kids section of Solana on level 1, right next to Harry’s Kitchen and across a VR arcade (that we will review soon!).

You’ll be greeted by a cool Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil at the restaurant as you walk in. The restaurant itself is clean and spacious, and themed with dinosaur fossils, paintings and posters. Best of all though, each table offers a dinosaur toy that kids are welcome to play with while they are in the restaurant – just don’t bring them home with you.

But one of the fun features of dining at Dragon Planet is that there’s a reptile-centric pet store next to the restaurant which hosts several bearded lizards, geckos and other scaly friends. But you don’t just get to peer at these creatures through the glass, kids can actually get to choose one to accompany them to the dining table in the restaurant! We don’t advise letting them share your food though…

The menu at Dragon Planet is pretty much what you’d expect at a sit-down restaurant in a big mall like Solana – we’re talking RMB 38 for a plate of skillet potatoes (which were well-seasoned and cooked to crispy perfection), RMB 88 for salmon pesto pasta (tasty and creamy) all the way up to RMB 268 for a Angus beef steak and RMB 898 for a Tomahawk. They also offer holistic kids meals that have a healthy side serving of steamed vegetables served on a dinosaur-shaped plate.

What we highly recommend is their famous Chicken Balls wrapped in Cuttlefish Ink (RMB 48 for about 8 pieces) – I know it doesn’t sound very appetizing, and it certainly doesn’t look it either. But after the first bite, the kids asked for plate after plate of them! We ended up eating 3 plates in one sitting.

Next time you’re in Solana and looking for a kid-friendly restaurant that isn’t Space Lab, try out Dragon Planet!

Find it:
Dragon Planet 龙族星球餐厅
Solana Mall Kids Building Lvl D1-21

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