Pinyue Chinese Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Changchun (长春凯悦酒店 品悦中餐厅)

Pinyue Chinese Restaurant is the hotel Chinese restaurant on the seventh floor of the Hyatt Regency Changchun, at 3233 Renmin Street in Changchun, Jilin Province, northeastern China. It serves a menu that blends Dongbei classics with broader Chinese banquet dishes and a roast-duck programme, in the setting of an international hotel rather than a neighbourhood eatery. Signature dishes include songshu guiyu, the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish that is fried until the scored flesh fans out and then glazed in a sweet-and-sour sauce; braised beef short rib; Beijing-style roast duck cooked over fruitwood and carved for the table; and a guobaorou prepared with yellow peach, an update on the Northeastern sweet-and-sour pork. These dishes position the restaurant as a place for business dinners, family celebrations and visitors who want familiar Chinese food in comfortable surroundings. Typical spend is about ¥164 (roughly $24) per person, the upper end of Changchun's mainstream restaurant range, and the restaurant holds a rating of about 4.2 on review platforms. The dining room offers table service, private-room style seating common in Chinese hotel restaurants, and a quieter, more formal atmosphere than street-level restaurants; dress is smart casual. The beverage list includes tea, Chinese and imported spirits and wine of the type found in international hotels, though the specific programme is not documented here. Reservations are suggested for dinner, and the hotel switchboard can book a table; larger groups, banquet menus and holiday evenings should be arranged several days in advance. Its location on Renmin Street near Jiefang Road puts it in the city centre, convenient for guests staying in the hotel and for visitors exploring the nearby civic area. The roast duck is generally best ordered at the time of booking so the kitchen can prepare it for the intended seating, and the fish is worth ordering for a group of three or more.