Holiday Inn Express Suzhou Taihu Lake — Hotel in Suzhou City

on a tour using Expedia tours DONT EVER USE THEM !!! they are crappy - the room was cheap, read the other negative reviews , they are usually accurate - the room was small, no fridge, air con not working, i rang reception who brought me up a pedestal fan which was great, breakfast was fairly inedible. I was told i couldnt order room service even though they had an offer of a food deal on the room desk, my only option was to go to the restaurant in the Holiday In hotel next door, which i heard both positive and negative things about the food there. The only consolation to my food issue, there was a small food place around the corner to the left, walk out the front door, through the garden, go left,, cross the road at the crossing and go on the left hand side, you come to a boom gate, walk through to little food court area, about 20 food places and drinks and beer available, prices reasonable. I bought corn on the cob, a can of beer, 2 juices, six little pork dumplings and 2 pieces of crumbed chicken breast ( very spicy ) all for 50 yuan, ,that fed my daughter and i for dinner. All drinks i bought were 5 yuan each, chicken 12 yuan each,...

We stayed here one night as part of a 10 day tour package. The room was clean, beds and pillows were very comfortable. We could not figure out how to lower the heat and so the room was warmer than we liked.||||Our room had 2 double beds and if you were on the bed closest to the bathroom, you can see someone sitting on the toilet because of the mirrored closet door. The bathroom door was glass and it doubled as the shower door. It should be frosted glass. ||||Shampoo and soaps provided as well as 2 bottles of drinking water. We arrived late and left early and so I don't know about the surrounding area.||||Breakfast was included and had a good assortment of Chinese fare as well as a few...

The Holiday Inn Express is the economy version of the neighbouring Holiday Inn. The hotel was very new and in an isolated area with no shops or restaurants nearby. You could head to the sister hotel for food and a bar. The express had a small room service menu which we did not try. The room was well appointed but compact. It was mostly clean except for the mould on the mat on the floor of the shower (see picture). The air conditioning did not seem to cool them room. We could hear people talking in the hallways so not as soundproof as other hotels. Breakfast was ordinary and the...