As one of the oldest hotels in Hangzhou, the Friendship Hotel is located on the shore of West Lake and is the preferred hotel for many tourists to Hangzhou. Located on the top floor of the hotel, the West Lake Revolving Restaurant has rarely maintained a relatively stable production over the years. In addition, it has transparent floor-to-ceiling glass windows that can overlook the whole view of West Lake, which is not only a childhood memory for many locals, but also a must-eat buffet restaurant in the hearts of many tourists.

The hall of the restaurant is circular, and the eating area is set up in the center of the circle, and the tables are arranged in a ring around the dining area. The furnishings in each partition are relatively concentrated, the portion of the dishes is not large, and the hot food is empty quickly when there are many people, and the speed of resuming the plate cannot keep up. In the seafood area, classic fresh food such as shrimp, scallops, mussels, and Canadian snow crab legs are indispensable, and the supply of fresh ingredients is stable. The hot food of Chinese and Western food is more conventional, classified by cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hangzhou cuisine, government cuisine, and Shandong cuisine, and the major cuisines are basically complete, but the types and tastes are all mediocre performance, and there is no great surprise. The restaurant produces better soups and roast meat areas, including a product of golden soup sea emperor soup, oyster king and abalone, etc., and roast goose, roast duck, salt-baked chicken and other rich sauces in the roast area, which are full of sincerity and sincerity, presenting authentic Hong Kong-style flavors for Hangzhou diners.

The full name of the Friendship Hotel is China-Japan Friendship Hotel, so the hotel has a large number of Japanese guests, and the standard of the Japanese restaurant area is among the highest in the city. Among them, there are many types of sushi, such as salmon sushi, eel sushi, crab roe sushi, etc., and there are also chefs who make all kinds of nigiri sushi on site, and the portions are small and delicate. There are also five kinds of sea bream fillet, salmon, and dace in the sashimi area, which are rich in types, but the fly in the ointment is that the sashimi is not cut on the spot, but cut by the back kitchen and placed in separate cabinets.

As the tallest building near West Lake, the main building of Hangzhou Friendship Hotel is known as the "Pearl on the Top" of the West Lake Revolving Restaurant on the top floor. True to its name, the revolving restaurant features a circular dining area that rotates every two hours, allowing diners to enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of West Lake and the bustling night view of the city's business district. Since the hotel has been open for more than 20 years, and the last renovation was in 2006, the restaurant's furnishings and glass windows are a little old, but it is still difficult to resist the restaurant's super popularity, and it is almost full during the peak season. If you use group buying, the price of lunch on weekdays is 198 yuan per person, the evening price is 318 yuan per person, and an additional 30 yuan will be charged for one person on statutory holidays such as Saturdays and Sundays, all of which need to be booked one day in advance. Most of the service staff in the restaurant are middle-aged women, kind and diligent, and the closing and refilling are timely, if you do not use group buying, you will be charged a 15% service charge.