China Palace Hotel

“Very nice hotel.”

The hotel is very near the city center and the metro station. It consists of 3 towers. The rooms are suite-types, very nice and comfortable. There is some problem with the communication between the Towers, as the breakfast is served in Tower C. The breakfast consists mostly of chinese delicas... lisää

The hotel is very near the city center and the metro station. It consists of 3 towers. The rooms are suite-types, very nice and comfortable. There is some problem with the communication between the Towers, as the breakfast is served in Tower C. The breakfast consists mostly of chinese delicases. Its price is very good, internationally speaking, compared to the quality of services. The poor English of the personnel can create problems.

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“It took me two days to find Breakfast.”

By the end of my three-day stay, I had learned to enjoy the China People’s Palace Hotel which, I am reliably informed, in Chinese is actually, ‘the People’s Home’. I was nervous about staying here because of the bad reviews I read on this site. I write this to set the record straight and better... lisää

By the end of my three-day stay, I had learned to enjoy the China People’s Palace Hotel which, I am reliably informed, in Chinese is actually, ‘the People’s Home’. I was nervous about staying here because of the bad reviews I read on this site. I write this to set the record straight and better inform would-be guests. First the room: I stayed in Tower A. Clean, comfortable, spacious. No complaints other than only tea bags are provided - no coffee, creamer, or sugar, not even a teaspoon - China is a tea-drinking nation. Next the conference venue: excellent. This place is better called a conference centre. There are multiple restaurants, meeting rooms and halls for large gatherings. The staff: wonderful… But… Ah, now for the ‘but’. For a non-Chinese speaker, this place is hard-going. Some staff speak some English, but are not well practised. The only way they could understand me was if I wrote something down and they read it slowly. Aural comprehension levels are low. The staff are equipped with smartphones with a translating app. Ask a question, the staff member speaks into the app and the smartphone replies in English. This leads to confusion. It actually did take me till the second day to find where breakfast was served. I would ask, ‘Where’s breakfast?’ The staff member spoke into the translation app. The words ‘A Layer’ appeared on a screen. I scoured the venue for a restaurant called ‘A Layer’. None were. I found it by chance when, early one morning, I saw a delegation from Zambia slip through a door on the ground floor that was not marked ‘A Layer’. Breakfast: probably excellent, but entirely Chinese. Cereals: none, except for oatmeal and hot milk, oddly marked ‘For Muslims’. Make it yourself. Eggs: pre-cooked fried eggs. The rest: Chinese dishes. If you want a Western breakfast, head for the Tangla Hotel or KFC. Both are about ten minutes walk away. A final beef, on my way to the gym, as I stepped from the lift, a girl in a tracksuit approached and said - in English - ‘It’s not free.’ That has the limit of her English. She was clearly trained to stand there and tell any foreign looking persons that it was not free. Summary, nice place, friendly staff, but if you speak no Chinese and want a Western breakfast, check out other places.

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“My expereince tämän hotellin kanssa”

Valitsin jäädä tähän hotelliin, ei siksi, että se on hyvä, mutta koska minun on huolehdittava perheenjäsenestä, joka on lähellä sairaalaa. Asuin täällä vuonna 2008, 2016 ja 2017. 80 Yhdysvaltain dollaria / yö, se on melko kallista, mitä se tarjoaa. Hotelli on suhteellisen puhdas, mutta jotkut huo... lisää

Valitsin jäädä tähän hotelliin, ei siksi, että se on hyvä, mutta koska minun on huolehdittava perheenjäsenestä, joka on lähellä sairaalaa. Asuin täällä vuonna 2008, 2016 ja 2017. 80 Yhdysvaltain dollaria / yö, se on melko kallista, mitä se tarjoaa. Hotelli on suhteellisen puhdas, mutta jotkut huoneet tuoksuvat raskasta savuketta ja hometta. Buffetaamiainen oli hyvä vuonna 2008, mutta se alkoi vähitellen pahentua ajan myötä. Hotellin ravintolat ovat melko kalliita. Huonepalvelu on nopeaa, mutta joskus ei ratkaise ongelmia. Se on kaukana idässä, jossa monet turistit elävät. Hotelli on noin 10 minuuttia metrossa jalka, mikä on hienoa. Se on ATM, jossa voit saada käteistä amerikkalaisesta luottokortista. Hotellissa on uima-allas ja kampaamo. Se tuntuu 2 - 3 aloitushotelli, mutta se on lueteltu 4 tähden. Kaiken kaikkiaan se ei ole huono.

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“Friendly but need to be able to speak much more English”

This is a curate's egg of a hotel. There are plus points. My suite was large, comfortable, well laid out, clean and quiet. The standard of housekeeping was very good on the whole. The staff were very friendly and tried to be helpful. The minus points I think outweighed the plus points. Hardl... lisää

This is a curate's egg of a hotel. There are plus points. My suite was large, comfortable, well laid out, clean and quiet. The standard of housekeeping was very good on the whole. The staff were very friendly and tried to be helpful. The minus points I think outweighed the plus points. Hardly any of the staff spoke more than a few words of English. There were no English language newspapers (not even the China Daily) available in reception. The food was undistinguished on the whole (although I had an excellent and reasonable dinner in the Sichuanese restaurant). The towels in the bathroom were always damp. There was no coffee machine in the suite: just some rather dull teabags. The wifi was slow.

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