Mandarin Spring

in my opinion the rooms are just ordinary , not so good, the mattress is not soft, the breakfast menu doesn't fit on my tongue, as i remember their breakfast such as fried rice with diced pork (i didnt eat because i'm moslem) , boiled eggs , bread with jam, and other menus that contain a lot of pork I do not eat, but the reception clerk was friendly enough

We (two families with 8-years-olds) have spent altogether four nights in this hotel and I regret we have chosen this one, on the basis of it being located relatively closely to the South Railway Station (in fact it is half an hour taxi ride). In principle I agree with most of what Dianne S. wrote (large, clean rooms, English not spoken, comfortable bed, only Chinese breakfast) however in our case AC worked ok and some (but few) of the staff were smiling and trying to help. I would add that: 1. Paying with Visa was close to impossible - basically you have to rely on cash. 2. The rooms are DARK! There are hardly any light sources in the rooms and those that do work have very weak bulbs. 3. Check-in / check-out takes at least half an hour 4. Across the busy street on which the hotel is located there is a street with a lot of restaurants and street food, some of which is really good. 5. Although there is wi-fi in the rooms its performance is sketchy and it is slow.

As per other reviews, I was the only westerner staying at this hotel. Reception didnt speak english. Not sure if it was cultural but they didnt even smile. Rooms were big although the air conditioner didnt seem to work. Bathroom was lovely, no fridge. Only one channel of english.Bed was really comfortable. If you dont like the smell of smoke, you might need to upgrade to 5star, there was no smoking signs everywhere, but still had people smoking in rooms. Unfortunately there was a conference there for 3 nights in a row, so noise was a problem. Only chinese brekkie, but McDonalds is a 2 minute walk away.Cleaners were great, they smiled and even said hello. i stayed here because it was close to a friend. I did enjoy the stay, but it took a night to get use to the differences. PS there is a deposit on the room in yuan so you might have to get some money first.