Just arrived today!

well if you need to buy anything yoou should go tu the corean market behind the train station, is pretty close to zhongshan square, everything there is much cheaper than in the malls, i mean things for the house and stuff.
if you want to buy groceries there is Tesco, carrefour in the area, but you can also find walmart taking bus 23 to Olimpic square...there is also a Metro taking the bus 408, right next to the metro there is an Ikia (furniture store) and a Decathlon (sport store) very good quality  product for low price...well the places to visit for night activities are Friends Bar, Bobos bar, Daves bar, among the clubs is Jds and Mango, for good food Indian restaurant Abashi, german restaurant golden Golden hands...for tradicional and non spensive chinese food you can choose among the many restaurants along the hill on the right side od DAWAI dalian university of foreign languages that is right on the hill..very easy to find and a good place to chat with people from many countries that study there...good luck this is a really amusing city