洪崖洞大酒店 — Hotel in Chongqing

This is my third visit to Chongqing I am determined to stay in Hongyadong Hotel despite reviews regarding some of the rooms. ||||Since my first visit to Chongqing, I am captured by the beautiful night view along Xanxia river bank as the cruise I was in pass-by Hongyadong. The 2nd trip, I ventured into Hongyadong caves ( getting myself lost in Hongyadong maze). I discovered a hotel built in this Hongyadong fortress. Unfortunately it was fully booked. This trip, I was in Chongqing for 3 nights , stayed in Hongyadong Hotel throughout. ||||Finally, the mystery of Hongyadong Hotel is revealed after staying here for 3 nights. ||||Many guests mentioned that the rooms are not soundproofed. And because the rooms are not very soundproofed, my stay along Changjiang River became more alive. I could hear the train passing by in the day and chatters from the shopping street below in the day and live music in the evenings. ||||Generally, most rooms can hear the 2 types of sounds. ||1.Passing train: I am not disturbed by the, the sound to is mellow and far. Train track noise is very common in Japan especially for the hotel/houses are constructed near the train stations. ( avoid room ending with 09, 10).||||2. Live music from restaurants/cafe : Dinners pay to listen to live music but I got free from my window. Nice singing, C-pop ballads from Taiwan and Hong Kong. The music stopped around 11:30pm. ( avoid room number from 40 above if you don't like music )||||First night we stayed in Duplex suite A - a double storey room , there's a curvy stairway linking the living area on the 1st level to the bedroom on 2nd level.There are bathrooms on both levels.The living room is extend into a private balcony over looking Changjiang river and partial view Chaotianmen bridge. I recommend this room for family with kids as it is spacious enough for two additional single beds on the 1st level and privacy on the 2nd level. Luxury for two person stay. ||The next day we requested to change to a single level room as we find it troublesome to go up and down the stair.||||Subsequent nights we stayed in a one level suite. The configuration of the room is one living room separated from the bedroom. There is only one bathroom. The room also has the almost same view as Duplex A but no balcony .||This room is near the F&B zone so we got to hear music every night. On the first night of our stay, we were quite disturbed by furniture moving sound from the room above us. The issue was resolved after our feedback to the front desk early the next morning. Later we were told that the unit above our room was a cafe. Subsequent night, we had good night sleep. ||||The breakfast offered a variety of east meet west selection plus egg and noodle counters making breakfast of your choice. The breakfast cafe closes strictly at 10am. ||||Structure of the hotel may not be perfectly soundproofed, interior and cleanliness are above the standards of local China hotel. Bed in the suite is comfortable the staffs were very responsive to our needs. The average response time was 10-15 minutes even late at 12 am. ||||Nearest Subway is Line 2- Linjiang Station 500m away. ||||Special thanks to front desk staff, Laura, Emily and Mr Tian who helped us to settle into...

This is my third visit to Chongqing I am determined to stay in Hongyadong Hotel despite reviews regarding some of the rooms. ||||Since my first visit to Chongqing, I am captured by the beautiful night view along Xanxia river bank as the cruise I was in pass-by Hongyadong. The 2nd trip, I ventured into Hongyadong caves ( getting myself lost in Hongyadong maze). I discovered a hotel built in this Hongyadong fortress. Unfortunately it was fully booked. This trip, I was in Chongqing for 3 nights , stayed in Hongyadong Hotel throughout. ||||Finally, the mystery of Hongyadong Hotel is revealed after staying here for 3 nights. ||||Many guests mentioned that the rooms are not soundproofed. And because the rooms are not very soundproofed, my stay along Changjiang River became more alive. I could hear the train passing by in the day and chatters from the shopping street below in the day and live music in the evenings. ||||Generally, most rooms can hear the 2 types of sounds. ||1.Passing train: I am not disturbed by the, the sound to is mellow and far. Train track noise is very common in Japan especially for the hotel/houses are constructed near the train stations. ( avoid room ending with 09, 10).||||2. Live music from restaurants/cafe : Dinners pay to listen to live music but I got free from my window. Nice singing, C-pop ballads from Taiwan and Hong Kong. The music stopped around 11:30pm. ( avoid room number from 40 above if you don't like music )||||First night we stayed in Duplex suite A - a double storey room , there's a curvy stairway linking the living area on the 1st level to the bedroom on 2nd level.There are bathrooms on both levels.The living room is extend into a private balcony over looking Changjiang river and partial view Chaotianmen bridge. I recommend this room for family with kids as it is spacious enough for two additional single beds on the 1st level and privacy on the 2nd level. Luxury for two person stay. ||The next day we requested to change to a single level room as we find it troublesome to go up and down the stair.||||Subsequent nights we stayed in a one level suite. The configuration of the room is one living room separated from the bedroom. There is only one bathroom. The room also has the almost same view as Duplex A but no balcony .||This room is near the F&B zone so we got to hear music every night. On the first night of our stay, we were quite disturbed by furniture moving sound from the room above us. The issue was resolved after our feedback to the front desk early the next morning. Later we were told that the unit above our room was a cafe. Subsequent night, we had good night sleep. ||||The breakfast offered a variety of east meet west selection plus egg and noodle counters making breakfast of your choice. The breakfast cafe closes strictly at 10am. ||||Structure of the hotel may not be perfectly soundproofed, interior and cleanliness are above the standards of local China hotel. Bed in the suite is comfortable the staffs were very responsive to our needs. The average response time was 10-15 minutes even late at 12 am. ||||Nearest Subway is Line 2- Linjiang Station 500m away. ||||Special thanks to front desk staff, Laura, Emily and Mr Tian who helped us to settle into...

This place costs as much or more than some of the luxury chain brands in the city and I'm not sure why. Here is what you can expect:||||1) The hotel is built into a hillside, so half the rooms have no view. The first room we were put in had no windows so it felt like a dungeon. It also smelled like old potato chips and it was above or below a metro line with loud rumbling every few minutes. ||2) The other half of the rooms at the hotel have a nice view of the river and a bridge, but the hotel is built over a very hopping commercial street with bars that have nightly singers. After we moved from the dungeon room to the window room, we could hear the singing every night, clearly and loudly, until past 11pm.||3) In the evenings, some guests kept their doors open and smoked into the halls, which was gross.||4) The location: It's in a very touristy commercial district that was designed to look like an old Chinese village. Imagine main street at Disneyland or Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, i.e. very touristy and crowded.||5) Service was inconsistent. The cleaning staff were very friendly and someone at check-in noticed it was my girlfriend's birthday so they brought her a small cake. On the other hand, the people at the front desk refused to give us more than two keycards even though there were three of us and we overheard a bellhop telling someone else who had lost their keycard that they would have...