The Restaurant at China World Hotel, Beijing

"For wine lovers, in-house restaurant Aria has about 450 bottles and sommeliers are on hand to help out with choices"

"Dining instead at Aria, one of Beijing’s most acclaimed Western restaurants, I enjoyed such innovative dishes as anise-cured salmon followed by smoked black cod with olive licorices, then deconstructed cheesecake topped with rum-soaked strawberries"

"Once placing high on lists of top Beijing hotels, this place now does opulence in a rather unsubtle way—gold highlights in the lobby; marble tubs in the luxe rooms; high-priced fine dining—but it still just about lives up to its look: the service is slick, the restaurants are very good (Aria, serving contemporary European cuisine, is particularly special), and the attached mall/cinema is a welcome escape"

"This 21-story arc of smoked glass is part of the China World Trade Center, a massive complex of restaurants, shops, apartment and office buildings, as well as Beijing's premier convention facility"