Hotel Nikko Suzhou's all-day dining restaurant, La Brasserie, is a hotel buffet restaurant with a good reputation in Suzhou High-tech Zone, and as an affiliated restaurant of a Japanese-funded hotel, La Brasserie has a stronger advantage over other buffet restaurants in Japanese cuisine.
Hotel Nikko has a wide variety of Japanese dishes at the buffet, and the most popular is naturally sashimi. There are many types of sashimi, including salmon, dace roe, sea bream, yellowtail, octopus foot, orchid mussel (i.e. arctic shell skirt), etc., although there is a lack of famous products and the supply efficiency needs to be improved, but the abundance of varieties is worth the price. It is worth mentioning that there is yellowtail sashimi among the sashimi, which is a more common sashimi variety in Japan, but it is not very popular in Japan. Its flesh is relatively transparent, with banded red markings, similar in shape to sea bream, but slightly different in taste, softer in taste, and rich in fat.
In addition to sashimi, the JAL Hotel Buffet also has more Japanese specialties that are rarely found elsewhere, such as sushi, takoyaki, tempura, Japanese fried chicken, miso soup, Japanese soaking rice, Japanese curry rice, chawanshi, kimchi, etc., which are worth trying. There are not many types of sushi, similar to other buffet restaurants, which still focus on basic nigiri sushi and simple roll sushi; There are few types of tempura, mixed vegetables and shrimp, more flour, and the quality of Japanese-style fried chicken is average, but the taste of fried food is acceptable; Japanese-style soaking rice can be served by yourself, with soup and side dishes, and the taste is salty; Miso soup is refreshing and warm, but it also tastes salty.
JAL offers a wide variety of Western-style cold-cut meats and barbecued turkey, while Chinese-style cold dishes are of average quality. Chinese and Western hot dishes serve a variety of classic dishes. There are not many types of seafood stalls, only snow crab legs, prawns, pike crabs, mussels, conchs, clams, etc. The teppanyaki barbecue category serves steaks, lamb chops, sausages, lamb skewers, shrimp, small yellow croaker, etc., with few types and decent tastes, and less seasoning of meat steaks, and light tastes. The thermal insulation effect of the restaurant is not excellent, and both Chinese and Western hot dishes and barbecue are affected by this.
In addition, the noodle stalls are available with classic Soviet-style topping noodles, O'en stove noodles and wontons, as well as Japanese-style dandan noodles and Japanese-style ramen noodles, but the soup base of the noodle stalls is quite salty, and the wonton filling is even more bitter and salty. In addition to Japanese specialties such as soaking rice and miso soup, there is also a problem with pasta that is too salty in hot Western dishes.
Hotel Nikko's desserts also performed well, and were of a medium-to-high standard among the buffets in Suzhou. Passion fruit mousse, durian cake, crème brûlée and so on are worth trying, and the presentation is excellent, but there are still some desserts that have a little room for improvement, such as chocolate puffs that are slightly hollow, and the bottom of the flowing cheese tart is thick. Ice cream is on the sweet side, juices are freshly squeezed, soft drinks and soft drinks are available, freshly ground coffee is available, and hot teas are available.
The décor of the JAL Hotel buffet restaurant is relatively simple and refreshing. The restaurant service is warm and friendly, but the efficiency of the withdrawal needs to be improved. There are two separate private dining rooms available for reservations, and waiters generally do not enter the private rooms to withdraw dishes unless requested by diners. Parking is convenient, and free parking coupons are available for meals. The price of the lunch buffet is 167 yuan/person, and the price of dinner is 252 yuan/person, it is recommended to pay through the group purchase channel or the official WeChat purchase coupon: the weekday lunch buffet is about 135 yuan/person, the weekend lunch buffet is about 155 yuan/person, the weekday dinner buffet is about 205 yuan/person, and the weekend lunch buffet is about 225 yuan/person.
