In the past few decades, there has been a stream of research focusing on the effects of environment, especially in service businesses such as hotels, restaurants and retail stores. When people come into these places, they do not come merely for the ‘product’ but for the overall atmospheric experience of a place that enhances their perceived service quality, emotional response and perceived value. We chose restaurants in international Chinese hotels as our research subject because they have high motivation to differentiate themselves from competitors and are likely to allocate more resources to improving the atmospherics. Many atmospheric factors have been addressed by researchers in the literature, but there has been little discussion of the relative importance of these factors. The purpose of this study is to establish a statistical evaluation model of the atmospheres of Chinese restaurants in international hotels by deploying the Fuzzy Delphi Method and a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. The results of this study show that professionalism and lighting design are the two most important atmospheric indicators in these Chinese restaurants, while background music design is the third most important indicator. This research provides insights into the evaluation of the atmosphere of Chinese restaurants in international hotels and provides direction for decision-makers regarding the future development of hotel atmospheres.