Lakeside

I recently stayed at Lakeside Hotel Xiamen Airline and was thoroughly impressed. The hotel offers a breathtaking city lake view, delicious food with exceptional dinner service, and excellent overall service. Special thanks to Mr. Li at reception for his outstanding assistance. Highly recommended for a memorable stay in Xiamen.

1) Excellent hotel to stay in Xiamen: location, service, equipment and food. But a little bit expensive. 2) prepare some changes for transportation in the city because most of the taxi drivers do not have changes. They like digital pay better, such as wechat pay. 3) if you are leaving for international flight, eat food first before you check in. There is no many choices for food in the international departure area, but a lot in the domestic departure area.

This hotel satisfied all our needs during your stay. It is a very high bar to hit especially when we have a senior and a western kid in the group. Lots of little thoughtful things made this stay very special for me and my family. Most of my hotel stay in China are limited to Marriott chain which are considered as luxury places in China. Jinyan might not be as fancy as some Marriott but definitely has surpassed some Marriott hotels in different ways. It is situated in a very nice location in the center of Xiamen with Yundung lake next to it. Worked out with my morning runs and evening walks. The rooms are very clean spacious with a nice sitting area. I was told this is renovated a couple of years ago so room appeared to be pretty modern and bath room is up to date as well. The complementary accessories are plenty without asking for those. I especially liked the hair strings offered. My mom mostly the glasses wipes again without asking. The staff observed someone used glasses in the room and left the wipes there. A local specialty tea bag was provided there with a nice tea trey, pot and cups. Very thought through for the guests. Breakfast buffet was very nice. Lots of options to try for local delicates as well as bakery stuff of my younger one which loved Croissant, egg options, and fruits. I was pretty happy with expresso machine they had. They were also offering Supper – after dinner meal around midnight on site. Not great for my weight but definitely a great time for families to chat before bed time. We were able to rent a wheelchair for my mom so she could go to most places without walking all day. More like a mental relieve for her and myself. We took their shuttle to airport which is quite convenient. You will need to call them to reserve your seat. Only one tip to give: there are None-smoking floors vs smoking floors. Be sure to book or ask the floor you desire. Definitely recommend and will be back when I have the chance.