ZhengMing JinJiang Hotel Harbin

A lot of the other reviews have been highly accurate. I picked this hotel based on its location in regard to the train station. However, I later found out that the high speed rail drops you off at a station outside of downtown called the west station. So make sure you know what station you get dropped off at when you visit Harbin. However, the big surprise to me was that it was a 25 minute bus ride to reach the action around the Ice Festival. The hotel service is decent, and the wifi speed was pretty good considering it is China. However, there is a real old stench to the whole hotel. The breakfast does not do well to break a western appetite. They get very confused when you start asking for milk for the coffee. It brags about being a 4-star China hotel, but if it were in the USA it would be closer to a 2-2.5 star.

I am very disappointed. The rooms look much nicer in the internet. They are old and the rooms and bath rooms need renovation badly ! Breakfast is served until 10 o'clock, BUT the tables are being cleared before that. Coffee is Nescafé and not freshly brewed coffee. I perticular did NOT LIKE the constant loud tv in the breakfast room. One wants to have a bit peace and quiet especially in the mornings.

This hotel is slightly better than other Chinese hotels, but the cost per one night was over 580元. If I compare that in some places I got 5* hotel western style for same even lower price it brings me to think that Hearbin is either expensive city or I just made a wrong choice. Yes they have a small swimmingpool and a gym, and the rooms are clean and tidy, but I wasnt so surprised. The breakfast is 100% chinese style... But better than nothing.