The development of Hainan traditional Chinese medicated diet therapy was surveyed and analyzed. The related suggestions are supplied for the development of traditional Chinese medicated diet therapy in Hainan. The designed questionnaires are set up for the surveys that include the respondents’ awareness of the medicated diet therapy and the current status of the medicated diet therapy markets. A total of 450 questionnaires have been sent and 363 respondents (80.67%) were reveiced and analyzed. The result showed that 49.59% (180/363) of the respondents knew the TCM diet therapy well, 43.80% (159/363) favored TCM diet. More than half of the respondents keep in the beauty maintain, the weight-loss and qi and blood maintain by TCM diet. The respondents showed their own favour when they consumed TCM diet. 44.63% (162/363) of the respondents regarded the effectiveness of the TCM diet as important, and 31.40% (114/363) regarded the flavour or taste of the diet as important. The highest consumption of TCM diet that can be accepted was 160 yuan per person. The reputation of a medicinal restaurant is the most important factor for consumers. To cultivate the professionals for the medicated diet’s services and management is an urgent undertaking. To utilize the specific medicines and foods of Hainan for developing the TCM diet is a positive motives. It is necessary to adopt international standards to strengthen the government’s control over the entirely industrial chain of the TCM diet therapy. It will be prosperous to utilize the characteristic culture to establish the medicinal restaurants in Hainan. They will become the new engines for improving economic, social and cultural development of Hainan free trade.