Hotel Lobby
JW Marriott Seoul
JW’s Grill at the JW Marriott Seoul offers a new Sunday brunch with a variety of hearty choices starting July 3.
Fresh-squeezed juices are at the Healthy Counter, along with organic garden selection and salad options. The Seafood Counter offers an array of sashimi and sushi, as well as snow crab. The Carving Counter is a mobile station on a trolley, serving slices of sea bass, roasted Tomahawk rib eye and cheeses directly to seated guests. The Dessert Counter and Fruit Counter tempt with an assortment of cakes, fruit and other sweets.
Besides the counters, guests can select appetizers, entree and main course options from a chef’s menu that changes weekly. The brunch is priced at 69,000 won and includes a glass of sparkling wine, and for an additional 20,000 won guests can enjoy unlimited Champagne Piper-Heidsick. Available from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, for more information, call 02-6282-6759.
Grand Ambassador Seoul
GranA, the pop jazz bar at Grand Ambassador Seoul, presents a discount event “Cool Summer, Get Crazy Happy Hour” offering an unlimited beer and snack buffet.
The special offer, available through Aug. 31, includes a 30 percent discount on weekdays and a 50 percent discount for ladies every Saturday. With the discount, the Happy Hour is priced between 9,000 won and 12,600 won.
Unlimited draft beer and wine as well as the chef’s recommended hot side dishes, including chop steak, beef chili, sweet and sour pork, sausage, buffalo wings, calamari and spring rolls, are presented. Happy Hour is from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 02-2270-3181.
Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas
Table 34, contemporary French restaurant at Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas, offers a French-style weekend brunch special, named O Brunch, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on weekends and national holidays starting July 2.
The brunch will use only the finest ingredients to provide the ultimate brunch experience, with some of the world’s most enticing foods such as caviar, truffles and foie gras. To seated guests, chefs will explanation about three main menus that change every week. Thirteen kinds of cold items, today’s soup, a welcome drink and 12 kinds of dessert will satisfy both the palate and the stomach.
Priced at 70,000 won, a glass of champagne costs an additional 5,000 won and free flowing champagne is only 25,000 won extra. A children’s menu and vegetarian menus are also offered. For more information, call 02-559-7631.
Sheraton Grande Walkerhill
The Walkerhill River Park opens through Sept. 13, offering not only one vast swimming pool, but a separate pool for children and a lazy river pool area as well for guests of all ages to enjoy.
The river park presents both fun entertainment and a relaxing time by the pool with a poolside buffet, a tanning area on the decked sun beds and a cool summer party with DJ DOC at 7 p.m. on July 16 and 17.
The admission fee differs according to season: Green Season from June 14 to July 8 and from Aug. 29 to Sept. 13 is 35000 won for adults; Blue Season between July 9 and 22 and between Aug. 16 and 28 is 85000 won; and Gold Season from July 23 and Aug. 13 is 95,000 won. For more information, call 02-455-5000.
W Seoul-Walkerhill
W Seoul-Walkerhill was awarded the first prize in the hotel category of Proud Korean Luxury Goods by the Korea Management Association Consultants this year.
The Proud award winners are selected through the Internet and interview research conducted on 20,000 people. The hotel has received many other accolades, including Perspective Design Recognition Awards and Golden Key Awards for Hotel Design. It has also been recognized as the best hotel by Conde Nast Traveller, the best spa hotel and resort by Smart Travel Asia and the best hotel in Seoul by DestinAsian.
The hotel considers its modern and unique structural design and the staff’s endless efforts to realize its service motto of “Whatever/Whenever,” as deserving the praise, adding employees at the W work continuously to cater to every need of the guests.