Ocean City Hotel — Hotel in Shenzhen

I got into Shenzhen pretty late from an eight-hour train ride down (past 11:30pm!). The front desk was more than happy to check me in. The staff who checked us in late at night didn't really speak English, but we got through somehow with my broken Chinese and google translate. They don't take international credit cards, which was sad. Luckily, I had both wechat and alipay. They also required 100 kuai in cash for the deposit which you get back after checking out. ||||The location is great! Not a far walk to the metro, and a close taxi ride to the bay port area. The room was super spacious and comfortable. The window had a lovely window seat all along its front. The bed was big with clean sheets. There are two small free water bottles, an electric kettle, and free bathroom necessities like shampoo, body wash, toothbrushes and toothpaste. There were outlets on only one side of the bed, but others scattered throughout the room. I wish they were on both sides of the bed - it'd just be convenient if you're staying with another person if both of you can charge your laptops or phones by your bedsides. ||||Breakfast was good! There was a decent variety to choose from. Along with general Chinese fare, think porridge, fried rice or noodles, they offered bacon and sausages. The dimsum they had in big steamers was really good. Surprisingly, there was also an espresso machine and a toaster for making your own toast with jam! Checkout was...

I got into Shenzhen pretty late from an eight-hour train ride down (past 11:30pm!). The front desk was more than happy to check me in. The staff who checked us in late at night didn't really speak English, but we got through somehow with my broken Chinese and google translate. They don't take international credit cards, which was sad. Luckily, I had both wechat and alipay. They also required 100 kuai in cash for the deposit which you get back after checking out. ||||The location is great! Not a far walk to the metro, and a close taxi ride to the bay port area. The room was super spacious and comfortable. The window had a lovely window seat all along its front. The bed was big with clean sheets. There are two small free water bottles, an electric kettle, and free bathroom necessities like shampoo, body wash, toothbrushes and toothpaste. There were outlets on only one side of the bed, but others scattered throughout the room. I wish they were on both sides of the bed - it'd just be convenient if you're staying with another person if both of you can charge your laptops or phones by your bedsides. ||||Breakfast was good! There was a decent variety to choose from. Along with general Chinese fare, think porridge, fried rice or noodles, they offered bacon and sausages. The dimsum they had in big steamers was really good. Surprisingly, there was also an espresso machine and a toaster for making your own toast with jam! Checkout was...

The hotel itself was very nice, large rooms and good furnishings. Bathroom could have been a lot cleaner. Asian breakfast selection of noodles etc.. Was delicious.||||Location wise, there are no conveniences, restaurants, bars, stores close by. Train is a fair walk so taxis were necessary as it rained a bit while we were there. If we didn't have Chinese speaking people with us it would have been difficult. Reception staff also had little English which was challenging but we got by!||||Lots of new building happening, so no doubt there will be more conveniences around soon.||||Overall, not a bad hotel but as it was chosen for us it was a bit out of the way than what we would...