Guangdong Yingbin Hotel

Guangzhou is a vast, sprawling city, which can make choosing where to stay a challenge. As a solo female traveller, I selected the Guangdong Yingbin Hotel for its central location and historic character—and it proved to be an excellent choice. The hotel is conveniently close to major attractions, including the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Shamian Island, and Beijing Road. Situated on a main road, it’s easy for Didi drivers to locate, while Dongyuanqian Metro Station is also nearby, making it simple to get around the city. The hotel itself is clean, well-maintained, and efficiently run. There are plenty of cafés and restaurants within walking distance, and the surrounding area feels safe and comfortable to explore. A generous upgrade to a suite for my three days was appreciated. I would highly recommend this hotel to solo female travellers seeking a convenient and secure base in Guangzhou.

Great location, clean, spacious room, comfortable bed, 15-20 minute walk to Beijing Road shopping street, gym, indoor pool, helpful staff anf speaking English. So many good things about this hotel. It's also quite large and almost resort style. After travelling to Beijing, Xian and Zhangjiajie, this is the first hotel with English speaking staff. A very special thank you to Liew Liew (sorry if I spelt her name wrong) who made me feel so welcoming during my staff and for the littlebgift when I was leaving.

Lets start off by saying our June, 2024 stay here was incredible! I'm planning to do a youtube video on it as I don't see anything on this hotel that's useful. Whatever I found online seem ancient. I was very skeptical about this place. My wife and I are very picky with hotels nowadays. Knowing how things are in China, when my dad recommended this place for our family of 6(2 kids, 5 and 11 yo), we were very skeptical about it. My parents are the type that likes to save money and if it were them 2 traveling, they would stay at those hostels or whatever. So we're like...ehh...i dunno about this place. The reason of choise for my dad was /is it's very close to a lot of attractions & the infamous Beijing Road(about a 15 min walk). Mainly, my dad wanted to stay here because it was only a few blocks from where we grew up. I used to live in the slums in Guangzhou; no a/c, no hot water..etc so I wanted to make sure our hotel situation was taken care of nicely. Being that I couldn't find anything useful, I decided to trust our cousins input. They stayed here last year that's from the U.S. like us. He said it was "pretty good" as his wealthy in-laws had them stay here w/ his infant daughter. So I took his word for it. Our backup plan was White Swan or the likes. My skepticism went away when we arrived. After the 3rd day, my wife quickly said lets book this same hotel, same rooms if we can for our returning week. Basically, we stayed in this hotel for 2 weeks. Here are the highlights; - Rooms were clean and staff was wonderful. A quick call and they helped take care of things. Our bathroom personal side mirror fell, one call and it was fixed the same day. The staff open the door for you when you arrive in your vehicle and they help you w/ your luggage. - Rooms didn't smell and had a 5 star hotel feel to it. Don't quote me, but i think it's a 3 star hotel. All the buttons for lights and curtains were modern and so was everything else IMO. Everything was a touch of a button and worked. Ice cold A/C for the 90 deg , 85% humidity weather. - Bathroom was modern, nice, and clean. Shower room was similar and the pressure of the water was very strong. - All the amenities we needed were there; soap, lotion, shampoo, slippers, tooth brush, tooth paste, shower cap..etc. There's a wire in the shower for you to hang your clothes for laundry. Free bottled water like all the hotels in China. Free Coffee. USB plugs for your phones. Everything's in plain site. Large flat screen TV w/ over 60 channels. I'm saying this because we stayed at another 3-5 star hotel and the TV was tiny w/ 10 channels. - Nice swimming pool and a gym room/weight room. It's not large, but it gets the job done if you feel the need to lift weights. Has a traditional dry sauna. - A good restaurant down below. There are other buildings out back that belong to Yingbin. I'm not sure how they're all related. Needless to say again, we love it here. We're planning to come back here again. Hopefully soon or the following year.