InterContinental Hangzhou has an eye-catching "big golden ball" shape and is a landmark building in Qianjiang New Town. Its original all-day dining restaurant is mainly for business travelers, and many diners come to dine for a glimpse of the hotel, and it is one of the few buffet restaurants in the city that takes the exquisite and elegant route.
The all-day dining restaurant offers buffet meals in the morning and evening, with an all-day a la carte menu for the rest of the day. Among them, the breakfast stall has specially added the "Hangzhou Special Dim Sum Stall", which provides local pastries such as Dingsheng cake, mung bean cake, Qingming Garden, pea cake, mint cake, etc., adding more local experience to foreign guests. One of the restaurant's signature features is the evening buffet, where freshly grilled seafood is served neatly on a charcoal grill and grilled to a mouth-watering aroma, with a choice of cumin or roast sauce.
In addition, Cantonese dim sum chefs make a variety of dim sum on site, such as quicksand buns, Cantonese siu mai, steamed shrimp dumplings and other rich dim sum, as well as authentic Hong Kong-style roast meat. In addition to the regular fresh shrimp and shellfish, the seafood section also offers high-end seafood ingredients such as abalone. The delicate presentation of the dessert section is dazzling, but the flavours are repetitive and there is nothing to highlight in the dessert section. On the downside, there are fewer options in the beverage area, with only a few freshly squeezed juices and alcoholic beverages at an additional charge. Although the variety of other hot and cold areas is not rich, it can still reach the production level of star-rated hotels, which is decent.
Located on the fifth floor of the InterContinental Hotel, the restaurant is located in a semicircle, with a view of the magnificent decoration in the hollow sphere. The pick-up area is located in an arc-shaped area specially separated by two steps, with a spacious area and a moderate spacing between the foods, avoiding the crowded situation of multiple people picking up food. The dining area is arranged around a pick-up arc with moderate spacing between adjacent tables. The entire lobby can be used as an extra seating area, but it is relatively far from the eating area, so it is best to book in advance for diners who want to sit in a convenient seat or a window seat.
As a representative of the top five-star hotels, the overall service level of InterContinental Hangzhou is slightly uneven, there is no professional guidance in the lobby, and there are chaotic group purchase registrations and unreasonable location arrangements after arriving at the restaurant, which greatly reduces the dining experience of diners with high expectations. It is worth affirming that compared with other hotel-type restaurants, the number of service personnel in InterContinental Original Restaurant is moderate, the withdrawal is relatively diligent, the manager level is more professional, and the service is more meticulous. The restaurant only does evening group buying, and the price is 238 yuan on Monday, 258 yuan from Tuesday to Thursday, and 298 yuan from Friday to Sunday, with reservations made at least one day in advance.
