West Lake Restaurant () is a
restaurant in
Changsha
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, capital of the central
Chinese
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province of
Hunan
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, and one of the largest restaurants in the world.
With its 5,000 seats, it is considered the largest restaurant in
China and in
Asia
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, according to an entry in the ''
Guinness Book of Records'' for being the biggest Chinese restaurant in the world.
The restaurant has a seating capacity of 5,000 people.
History
In 2000, the Xihulou restaurant was opened in the city of
Liuyang
Liuyang () is a county-level city, the List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population, most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan, Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city o ...
, in early 2003, the construction of the new dining facility started in Changsha. After more than a year of construction, the new West Lake Restaurant opened in October 2004.
Location, service, and operations
The restaurant complex is located 20 minutes from
Changsha Huanghua International Airport
Changsha Huanghua International Airport is the airport serving Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China, and the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region comprising the nearby cities of Zhuzhou and Xiangtan.
As of 2021, it was one of the ...
, and covers an area of about 5.8 hectares. The numerous buildings were constructed in the traditional Chinese architectural style. The entire complex covers four different areas. Area A includes 70 large and small rooms, together with a performance hall, where daily shows take place. Area B comprises ten luxury private rooms in the style of Imperial
Palaces. Area C has nine private luxury rooms, and area D is a "Snack Food Street". The restaurant mainly offers traditional Chinese dishes of
Hunan cuisine and
Cantonese cuisine. The restaurant employs a thousand people, including 300 chefs in five kitchens. Each week, approximately 700 chickens
and 2,600 pounds of pork are used.
Publicity
In May 2008, the
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'' documentary series, the four-part series entitled ''The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World'', exploring the inner workings of the restaurant.