Shang Yuan Chain Hotel Shang Xia Jiu Branch — Hotel in Guangzhou City

The hotel itself is clean and in good condition. It is was affordable too. These two factors were the most important to me. One thing to keep in mind is the hotel's location, it is in an industrial area. I found it to be surprisingly safe. I was concerned about this when I first got there. However, I found the area to be very safe. There were times that I went out 2:00 am or 3:00 am (thanks to Jet Lag) and very often would find myself coming home after 11:00 pm or Midnight and having to walk from the subway (which was just down the street). There were people out and about but they were non-threatening (most were people working ... shipping and packaging goods to be shipped). ||||The only two negative things that I can think of was there was only one person that spoke English, and his English was very poor. He was very nice and helpful (just like all of the staff that worked there). ||||The other negative thing was the smells in the hallways. I don't know what the smell was but in the early evening, there was a harsh smell. Also, there was someone that smoked in one of the rooms around me and the smell would come into my room. ||||As far as restaurants, there were just small local places. I quickly found a regiment that I stuck to, across the street there was a place to get awesome fruit smoothies, and further down the same side of the street there was a place where I would get Dumpling soup that I found tasty. There was a food stand where I would get steamed food very close to the Soup dumpling restaurant. Also nearby was a small wonderful Coffeehouse (by the way ... Cheese Coffee is coffee with cream). Right by the Coffeehouse is a bakery. I would buy something from the bakery and eat it at the coffeeshop. ||||Oh... I just remembered two more things I didn't like... there was no closet and no washing machine. I had to wash my clothes in the sink and hang them around the room (I never found a laundry... but I never...

This hotel is an absolute fail for me because whoever the management is does not know what they are doing. Staff are poorly trained and unprofessional. Rooms are dirty upon check in and not cleaned well subsequently. How can entire hotel for travellers have not even one iron for pressing clothes? I have never stayed anywhere in my life without an iron. So when I tell you I’m disappointed,...

Good location with a lot of restaurants and shops around. Staff was friendly. The room was quite damp and had a continuous mold growth on one wall at foot height. The bed was very hard. A big problem that I unfortunately often encounter is that the air conditioning is installed opposite the bed. This means you are constantly blown on and you...