JW Marriott Hotel Taiyuan

The JW Kitchen skips the usual hotel-buffet setup and arranges its cooking stations to look like night-market stalls, which is either a very good sign or an invitation to argue about authenticity. This is a full-service luxury hotel in Maoye Plaza, 254 rooms and 55 suites with skyline windows, plus a Lounge that splits the difference between cocktail bar and somewhere to wait for someone, serving tapas and a cheese board alongside the drinks.