New World Hotel — Hotel in Guangzhou City

Nothing particularly great or outstanding about this property, except perhaps the location. It's just a shortish walk to Ximenkou railway station on Line 1, which takes you to Guangzhou East railway station directly and with a few changes in lines, can also get you to the airport and the other stations relatively swiftly. Take Exit C (by McDonalds) and when you leave the exit, turn right and when you reach the temple doors at the end of the street, turn left, then right again and you're at the hotel.||||The lobby is spacious, with it's own coffee shop and the first two floors are a Chinese restaurant that always seems busy. The staff could be a little friendlier, but this is China, so don't expect much in the way of smiles and help.||||The rooms are OK, particularly for the rates, but they aren't in tip top shape. A fair amount of shabbiness, with damaged furniture and old wood etc. The beds are very firm, but clean, as are the linens and towels. There is a computer in each room, which I didn't use, which might make up for the very annoying WIFI, which is ostensibly free. You need a Chinese phone to get sent a text with an access code to use the WIFI, It doesn't work with foreign numbers. Thankfully, the maid gave me her pass code, so I was able to use it.||||The carpets are patterned unusually, designed to throw your attention off that they're quite stained and grubby. It's actually very clever. The bathrooms are fairly clean, but not spotless. There's crappy soap, shampoo & bath foam, but no bath. The shower head in my room was useless and sprayed in all directions, but it does deliver hot water at a good pressure.||||There's 1.1L of bottled water per day as well as tea and a kettle, but the fridge wasn't working at all. Breakfast was supposed to be included in my rate, but wasn't. I didn't care. There are a lot of convenience stores locally to buy your own food.||||It's a low rate for an average property in a great location. You may find better, but not...

Stayed in 2013. An extremely reasonable hotel and I didn't mind the pod size of the cheapest room, which was nevertheless clean and fresh and had an interesting roof, in the hotel - a very interesting experience to be at the top of the hotel. I was scared of the stairs but was in my fifties and might not have felt that way on subsequent occasions - I can be scared of escalators - and was careful with my bags on the way out. There is a fire escape to the outside but in fact it may be more obvious in the New World than in some other hotels. Excellent...

Location is pretty good, 5-10mins walk from Xi Men Kou (Line 1) station. ||A lane of local food just nearby. The hotel restaurants is always packed, seem popular with locals too (though i didn't try it). ||Check in and out were smooth but generally the staff are not very helpful. The hotel cleaner lady would also knock in the early morning to clean the room, do make sure you put the "do not disturb" sign unless you're up and...