Mandarin Hotel Guangzhou — Hotel in Guangzhou City

Hotel is Chinese guys, not western. Don't expect the same concept.||||A few comments: ||||- Room is spacious and bed is comfortable. Can't complain about that. ||- Clean and reasonably well maintained.||- If you ask for laundry services, you can't charge the room. Will have to pay cash on delivery, be aware of that. ||- There's huge KTV operation in three floors, try to get your room as high as possible to avoid the noise. ||- Expect neighbourhood sounds of those who found their everlasting love at the KTV. Happened to me 2 nights in a row. ||- Staff barely speak Chinglish, so you'll have to put your Chinese in the game. ||- Breakfast is Chinese style with 2, 3 options of bread, one kind of cheese and another strange thing I'd guess was cheese as well. If you get there by 9ish, chances are there's no bread and cheese anymore. So save it and grab a coffee somewhere else.||- Shuttle buses to Canton Fair are not that much, usually 2 in the morning and 2 at the end of the day. Taxi fare to and back from Pazhou are round about 50 kuai.||- There are not so far away shopping malls where you can find great amount of dining options. Recommend you try TAIKO HUI mall. Tell the driver "TAI-KOO HUWEI" and he'll know. ||||All in all, can't complain that much. If you need a comfy bed for a reasonable price, thats it. If you mind too much about details, then maybe it's not...

Room:- The rooms are clean and spacious, but the beds are hard. There is a military ground right next to the hotel so you will get a natural alarm at 6 am(Maybe, i am a deep sleeper i slept right back after waking up) so saves the tension of keeping an alarm.||||Reception:- Only one person in the reception speaks in english, who is pretty helpful, but they dont have much idea apart from the hotel, as all the names in english have a different name in chinese. Google doesnt work in china which is a bigger problem as you cant even show the destination you want to go to. It would take us time to explain things but would generally get the work done.||||Breakfast:- Breakfast buffet doesnt have much variety, but the do the clear soups, noodle soup, some sausages and bacon, jucies, cereals, and breads, which in my opinion was nice.||||To get anywhere:- You have to take a taxi as the metro station is far. Also when we were there it was raining.||||Locality:- Nothing to do there in the night, there are a few local places in the morning, but i dint dare to go there, people are fishing right next to the hotel so thats a fun sight.||||PS:- there is no grocery store around there, and if you are thirsty late in the night and have run out of water, you will have to sleep thirsty, because the hotel wont do anything and say the...

I stayed at this hote on a recent trip to the city. Guanzhou is a fairly expensive city to live in China and a major destination, but despite this i found this hotel to represent fairly good value at a reasonable price. My room was big and spacious ad the bed very comfortable. Bathroom was a lttle bit cramped and outdated, with no shower option. Considering the size of the room, they could easily have made the bathroom a little more spacious. Plenty TV channels, but 99% Chinese. I found one English channel. Wifi in the room was poor and if i had been a busines traveller, this would have represented a major problem. I could not use my PC laptop at all in my room. Apparently hey were busy wit some maintenance onthe network. Definitely a negative in our internet dependant world. The breakfast buffet was included with my room and it was just ok. I won't say great because the spread was not that good and the service lacking. Waiters were very busy chatting with each other and not attentive to guests at all. This is an area where the hotel seriously needs to consider what can be done to raise the standard. Overall i felt it was ok, and the location suitable to my movements aound the city, but it may not be my first choice...