Sanya David Legend Resort — Hotel in Sanya City

On the positive side we had a nice large room on the side of the hotel with a more than 180° view and balcony on two sides. The hotel is not on the beach but is very close and the hotel swimming pool is nice. ||Neutral : most other hotel clients were Chinese or Russian. I think they advertise international TV channels but we didn't have any. (As it rained a lot we spent more time in the room than we normally would).||On the negative side : Breakfast could be a lot better - there's no tea for example. (One morning there was even Coke and prawn crackers ...). As in many Chinese hotels communication can be a problem - it just depends whether you deal with someone who speaks (some) English. ||The main problem for me was that this hotel is a lot further from Sanya than Google map makes you believe (at least 10km). The hotel has a small restaurant with English menu but otherwise finding somewhere to eat can be an issue - there's either small cheap Chinese restaurants (not always English menu) or you have to walk at least several hundred metres to find a decent hotel with English menu. ||A taxi from the airport should cost no more than 20 RMB (make sure the driver uses the meter).||TIP : Take a bus (2RMB) or taxi (15 RMB) to Fat Daddy's restaurant for a nice meal in a Western atmosphere. Avoid roadside BBQ stalls where unsold fish is frozen and defrosted again...

Though the website pictures look promising be ready to be disappointed.||||When we arrived at the hotel the exterior and lobby looked good but, that is where it ended.||||The rooms though large in size had old furnishings which were far from clean. The bathroom was outdated and the fixtures were dirty and stained. I have never slept on a bed that hard, come to think of it I didn't really sleep.||||The brochures and website listed all sorts of services which were not available. The included breakfast was typical Chinese fare with and I'll presentation.||||Call room service looking for something to eat and they tell you to buy instant noodles at the little store outback.||||The hotel is located near to the airport but, near to nothing else. Transportation to and from can be a challenge and there is no shuttle service.||||Maybe be a choice for the budget minded but, I just can't recommend this hotel to anyone. ||||Must have been a nice place in it's day but,...

The website is very promising and tempting..........Stating Western and Chinese Cuisine, International Television, massage and spa's.................||||The staff speak enough engligh to see you through check in, after that communication is a struggle. The breakfast is 100% chinese, rice, noodles, chicken wings, dumplings.||This is a fantastic hotel for the chinese. I struggled here and Sanya Bay beaches were very quiet with very few restaurants surrounding. I spent a little too much of my stay getting taxis out of town or to better known chain hotels to eat familiar & decent cuisine.||||Sanya is a very beautiful and romantic destination - If i were to come back i will stay in another hotel which is traditionally less...