Peking roasted duck (188 yuan/set) is made the old-fashioned way in VIC Bistro. [Photo by Jiang Wanjuan/chinadaily.com.cn]

General Manager Aniere feels that hotel restaurants going free-standing has become the revolution in the industry today, and a hotel restaurant should not be seen as a part of the hotel, but compete with all restaurants around it.

"If you build a restaurant just only for the guests, I think that the people are missing the opportunity to provide what they are offering to everybody," he said. "We provide a great opportunity for our guests to come down, but we also want people to visit us from outside the hotel, to come here and to experience all the good things about our hotel."

If you go:

Vic Bistro, Sofitel Wanda Beijing, Tower C, Wanda Plaza, 93 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. 010- 8599-6666.