Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund is a premium brand owned by Hilton. Walking into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel gives you a sense of sophistication and poise, and even the buffet restaurant Baiwei Garden, located on the basement floor of the hotel, continues this style. Barilla's dishes are not won by quantity, but by exquisite presentation and outstanding taste.
The cuisine of Baiwei Garden is mainly French cuisine, but there are also Shanghainese specialties that can satisfy diners' cravings. The brunch at Barilla is highly recommended, with all-you-can-eat foie gras, oysters, sashimi, caviar, and grilled lamb chops, and lobster and scallops in the aquarium are made to order to ensure the best serving temperature and texture. The paella, prawns with rice, and curry stewed scallops at the hot dish stall are all seafood at a glance, and rice is only a supporting role. In the dessert section, there are plenty of desserts such as croissants, fruit shakes, chocolate fountains, liquid nitrogen ice cream, and more. The waiter will also push the champagne cart around to pour wine for diners, and the atmosphere of the restaurant is quite lively. The weekday buffet of Baiweiyuan is petty bourgeoisie, and the main dishes are mainly à la carte. Lunch is a semi-buffet with a choice of main dishes including barbecued pork neck, sirloin steak, pasta, orange salmon, etc., while appetizers, fruits, and desserts are buffet. Dinner on weekdays is a full buffet, and the main course and seafood buffet are more abundant than at noon.
The menu is updated frequently, and the hotel's Executive Sous Chef introduces new dishes before diners eat. The quality of service at Baiweien is very high, and all the restaurant staff are proactive and enthusiastic, and they are quite active in refilling the water, closing the dishes, and cleaning the table, and can patiently answer any questions raised by diners, even if there are few diners.
