The Westin Chongqing is located on Xinhua Road, nearly 60 floors high, making it the tallest hotel in Chongqing, overlooking the Jiefangbei business district and the Liangjiang River. The hotel's skyline lobby, skyline swimming pool, and transparent glass house have become the "landscape check-in points" for many tourists to visit Chongqing. After opening in 2012, the occupancy rate of Westin Chongqing has been above 85% for a long time, which is not easy for a high-end hotel with an average room price of more than 1,000.
The buffet at the Signature Restaurant is similar in price to the Regent Hotel's Chongqing Kitchen, with a slightly more variety of food, but the production is not stable. For example, the "façade" of the cafeteria has chilled seafood, which includes common styles such as oysters, salmon, tuna, sea bream, and mussels, but they are smaller, the meat is dry, and the freshness is insufficient. Considering that Banner is one of the most visited hotel restaurants in Chongqing, the food should have a high turnover rate, so this can only be attributed to the selection and control of ingredients. As for salmon and other fish sashimi, the on-site chef has poor knife skills when cutting the pieces, and the thickness and thinness have a great impact on the taste. If you love seafood, you can check out the two types of chilled abalone and grilled Boston lobster. Due to the unique meat quality of abalone, the former is the most tender and firm of all shellfish in the restaurant, and it is refreshing and Q-elastic; The latter's poon is grilled by the chef on the spot to ensure freshness and taste, which is much better than the bland chilled lobster.
As with most hotel buffets, the grilled dishes at the Signature Restaurant are poor, and the lamb and steak are often over-grilled, and the meat becomes very coarse when the juice is lost. Only the barbecued pork with more fat is barely passing, and the roast goose is fatter than the roast duck in the Chongqing kitchen, so you might as well give it a try. In addition, the Signature Restaurant offers several Indian, Southeast Asian, and Spanish hot staple dishes, which are large in quantity, varied in style, and the taste is more authentic in a buffet restaurant.
Desserts are a well-received category at Signature Restaurant, and their quantity and sophistication are even higher than those of Chongqing Kitchen. In addition to the common desserts in buffet restaurants such as pudding, tiramisu, and fruit mousse, Banner also provides desserts with obvious French style such as macarons, napoleons, and puffs, which are no less than professional French pastry cake shops in terms of shape and materials, and dessert lovers should not miss it.
The view of the high-rise building is one of the killer features of the Banner Restaurant. Looking out of the window from the 55th floor, you can enjoy the scenery of the entire Yuzhong District. Compared with the Sky Fin, the Banner Restaurant also has more scenery on both sides of the Jialing River and the Yangtze River to enjoy; Even if the weather is bad, you can see the view of the high-rise buildings hidden by the clouds, so if you are interested, please remember to reserve a window seat in advance. Similar to buffet restaurants such as R&F Hyatt, you can get a 50% discount when you visit the store on Wednesdays with some credit cards, but you need to make a reservation in advance.
