A relative helped us to get a very nice suite in the B tower for Y280/night - a great deal. We stayed here for a week. The king bed was comfortable, but stiff as are most beds in China. TV, phone, & internet worked well. Buffet breakfast was a large array of Chinese foods, fruits, cake, and a soup bar where you can select some dumplings, vegetables and maybe shrimp and the guy will make a bowl of soup for you. One day they also had an omelette bar.||My only complaint is that even this fancy so-called 5 star hotel can't deliver plumbing that can keep the smell of the sewer out of your room. While not a big issue, its still unmistakable even on the 10th floor.||We visited the swimming pool which was large, great for a swim meet or a crowd swimming laps, but no shallow end for children, and unheated. We were the only ones there. Sitting by the side of the pool dangling my feet in the cold water I could smell the sewer as well. They also have a small exercise room with a treadmill, bicycle, rower, and some weights.||English is spoken at the front desk.||I bought train tickets at the business center. We paid for soft seats but they delivered hard seat tickets to our room with no refund of the difference in price. I had no time to...
Read moreThe rooms are big. I prefer the rooms with view to the river.||Not many staff speak English.||A lot of banquets and parties are hosted by the hotel. It can be extremely loud during the night-time.||Check-out can last about twenty minutes. It seems they have sometimes problems with international credit cards.||There's always a fusty smell in the hotel. I'm not sure if it's from pesticide or mould.||Different from the name the breakfast is Chinese not International.||Anyway you can ask for omelette or scrambled eggs. The coffee is horrible.||The Chinese restaurant offers numerous of delicious dishes from fresh seafood to KungPao Chicken. I always order the tasty fried...
Read moreThe rooms are big. I prefer the rooms with view to the river.||Not many staff speak English.||A lot of banquets and parties are hosted by the hotel. It can be extremely loud during the night-time.||Check-out can last about twenty minutes. It seems they have sometimes problems with international credit cards.||There's always a fusty smell in the hotel. I'm not sure if it's from pesticide or mould.||Different from the name the breakfast is Chinese not International.||Anyway you can ask for omelette or scrambled eggs. The coffee is horrible.||The Chinese restaurant offers numerous of delicious dishes from fresh seafood to KungPao Chicken. I always order the tasty fried...
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