SHANGHAI, BEIJING, GUANGZHOU and SHENZHEN, Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --The 5th Edition of China Restaurant Week, hosted by DiningCity and Citibank Credit Card, was a delicious and significant success. The event amassed over 85,000 bookings in 4 cities and generated over 25 Million RMB in revenue for participating restaurants.
Over 280 of the cities' top restaurants offered elaborate 3-course lunch and dinner menus. And there are 29 winners in total at the end. The Best Restaurant for each city is:
Shanghai: Hakkasan
Beijing: Flames Grill
Guangzhou: EBONY
Shenzhen: Paletto
What's more, the 29 winners will join the Restaurant Week Winners' Edition starting from September 29 till October 12, 2014. The winning restaurants will present their amazing Restaurant Week menus for two more weeks. Online reservation starts from September 23, at 10AM, book via http://www.restaurantweek.cn .
The Official Winner's List:
Shanghai Restaurant Week:
Best Restaurant - Nougatine by Jean Georges
2nd Best Restaurant - Shook!
3rd Best Restaurant - W1 Seafood & Raw Bar
Category B:
Best Restaurant - Bouquet
Most Popular Restaurant Restaurant Ecole Institut Paul Bocuse
Best NewComer CHI-Q
Best Menu Maison de L'hui
Best Hotel Restaurant Grand Brasserie at Waldorf Astoria
Best Service Giovanni's Italian Restaurant
Best Chinese Restaurant AJS Taipei Cuisine
Best Italian Restaurant Acqua - Italian Restaurant
Best Steak House Steak House
Best Spanish Restaurant El Pomposo
Beijing Restaurant Week:
Best Restaurant: Flames Grill
Category B - Best Restaurant:
TADKA RASOI
Most Popular Restaurant Alameda
Best NewComer 8MM
Best Menu Eatalia Carpe Diem
Best Service Restaurant Aria
Best Hotel Restaurant One East
Best French Restaurant Brasserie Flo
Guangzhou Restaurant Week:
Best Restaurant EBONY
Most Popular Restaurant Open
Best New Comer Inagiku
Best Hotel Restaurant G Restaurant
Best Service Le Grill
Onno Schreurs, Managing Director for China and Hong Kong of DiningCity.cn, said, "This edition of Restaurant Week was especially exciting. The success of the nationwide event, with Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, 4 cities, showed the enthusiasm of diners all over China."
Citibank, the first global bank to issue a proprietary credit card in China, is always keen on building better life quality and rich experience for its members. Citibank has partnered with DiningCity.cn China for the second consecutive year. For this edition, Citibank card members can get the chance to win lucky draw prizes by paying with Citibank credit cards at participating restaurants during Restaurant Week.
The next edition of China Restaurant Week will be hosted in March 2015. Restaurants interested in being a part of the next Restaurant Week can sign up at DiningCity.cn.
For more information: www.restaurantweek.cn
About DiningCity.com
DiningCity.com was first launched in the Netherlands in 1998 and now operates in 35 cities around the world, offering an online restaurant reservation service. Visitors to the website can search for restaurants, read and write reviews and make online reservations. In turn restaurants can manage their profiles, upload new information, images and promotions.
About Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
Citi first established an office in China on May 15, 1902, in Shanghai. In April 2007, Citi was among the first international banks to locally incorporate in China. Citi's locally incorporated entity is known as Citibank (China) Co Ltd, which is wholly owned by Citibank N.A. Today Citi is a leading international bank in China, and has thirteen corporate bank branches - in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Dalian, Chongqing, Guiyang, Nanjing, Changsha and Wuxi- and fifty-two consumer bank outlets. With operations in more than 160 countries around the world, Citi is the most global of all international banks in China.
About Citibank (China) Credit Card
Citibank, the largest credit card issuer in the world, issued its first sole-branded credit cards in China on 19th Sep. 2012.
Citibank sole-branded credit cards have five cards and include two categories - Premier Miles and Rewards that cater to consumers' different spending needs and spending preferences. The cards offer a wide range of benefits designed to meet the choices of customers.
Cardholders of Rewards Card can choose freely among three lifestyle segments: Fashionista, Homemaker or Yuppie, to enjoy the preferential return on earning three times points all year round from everyday spending. Cardholders of Premier Miles Card will have the widest range of redemption choices of over 50 airlines, access to over 600 airport lounge worldwide six times per year, and will also have the flexibility of transferring miles to friends and family.
Both cards' miles and points will never expire.
This release is distributed by DiningCity.cn on behalf of China Restaurant Week.
For media enquiries, please contact China Restaurant Week's Marketing team:
Senior Marketing & PR Manager
Ms. Izzie Huang
+86 21 3107 6109
Izzie@diningcity.asia
