Rugao Jinling Jinding Grand Hotel

This hotel has good and bad aspects. The building is grand, clean and has everything you could want. The rooms are excellent, clean comfortable and well maintained. There are three restaurants; Western which serves a great buffet breakfast but seem to be desolate in the evening; Chinese which seems to consist of only private dining rooms though the food was OK; Japanese which serves a range of Japanese hot and cold items in small servings though good quality with a decent range of drinks including draught Kirin; red wine is £100 a bottle for cheap Bordeaux, Sake is good. There is a massive Lobby Bar on the first floor which is totally desolate and with staff who have no idea about serving the small selection of drinks that they have on offer. There is a well equipped gym and a swimming pool though we never found either open at any sensible time of day. Very few staff speak or understand any English; talk to the "Assistant Managers" or the Concierge for any help. During hot weather there is no air conditioning and there is no heating throughout the hotel even with snow on the ground outside. The free wifi is painfully slow. The laundry service was good quality and prompt. This could be an excellent hotel, though it seems to suffer from lack of funding and lack of good management. I suspect that it is by far the best for miles and cost only £65 per night for a room with two double beds including full buffet breakfast. As far as we could tell there are no sensible restaurants or bars nearby accessible to Westerners.

Great upstairs private dining for chinese banquets and the hotel rooms are very spacious. Good value in terms of price and the staff are friendly and helpful. Remember to make sure you lock your bags away on checkout if you are going in for breakfast. Wifi is very good.

The staff was friendly and helpful throughout the stay. They were very helpful in advice on what to do in the city. I knew one Front desk manager named Grace qian who try to find the local guide for me. She was very nice since I have met and very high of service mind too. So much appreciate for her service and help at that time. Parking is sufficient. Hotel was very clean as well as the room. The breakfast was better than what I expected. Fresh fruit and verities of foods especially Chinese tea on second floor. Also, Hotel offers the good price for in-house guest. This is what I love the most. I'll be back to this place and highly recommend to others when in the area. Waralee, from Thailand