Tianfuyuan (Xizhang Park branch)

Tianfuyuan (天福苑) is a time-honoured Wuxi restaurant, and its Xizhang Park branch occupies the fifth floor of the Taihu Hotel building on Jinyuan Road in Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. The restaurant specialises in Wuxi-style Xibang cuisine and is known for banquet-scale meals, making it a typical choice for family celebrations, business dinners and group gatherings. The signature dishes include Wuxi spare ribs, braised in a soy-and-sugar sauce until tender; the Taihu three whites (太湖三白), a set of three pale freshwater delicacies from Lake Taihu usually understood as white fish, whitebait and white shrimp; and Liangxi crispy eel (梁溪脆鳝), a fried eel dish coated in a sweet-savoury glaze, named after the Liangxi River that runs through Wuxi. The dining room is formal and oriented towards family banquets, with large round tables, private-room options common to this style of restaurant, and moderate noise levels. Dress is smart-casual. Drinks include tea, soft drinks, beer and spirits, and Chinese rice wine pairs well with the sweet braises. Prices are in the upper-middle range at roughly CNY 100-200 per person, and costs rise with seafood and banquet set menus. Reservations are recommended, especially for evenings, weekends and for any group larger than four, and availability can be checked through Dianping (大众点评) or Meituan. Opening hours are listed as 11:30AM-1:30PM and 5:30PM-9:30PM daily. The fifth-floor setting means the restaurant is not at street level, so visitors should look for the Taihu Hotel entrance and use the lifts. The location in Binhu puts it within reach of the lakeside attractions of Wuxi, making it a convenient dining choice at the end of a day around Lake Taihu.