Changchun Garden Hotel

I only stayed one night in this hotel. The rooms are clearn, spacious, bed is fine, basically it is very comparable to European standards... apart from the fact that there is no coffee in the room, breakfast is Chinese (with little, but existing Western style food), and personnel that speaks good English in the lobby. However, asking for an iron/iron board via phone was extremely challenging. It was after 22:00 when I checked in, and the English speaking people were no longer there. After a long time, someone could explain the iron/iron board would be send to my room at 7:30 in the morning. This was delivered at 6:55... exactly at the moment I took a shower. You would expect they leave it in front of the room, but they kept ringing/knocking on the door I decided to get our of the shower and open the door (bathrobe is available :-)) before my neighbours would complain. I also had lunch in the restaurant, and the buffet offered plenty of choices. So I would not mind staying in this hotel when I return to this area.

I had a very short stay at this hotel of only a few hours, but it left a decent impression. The room was an okay size and decently equipped. The bed was comfortable. As some of the other travelers commented, the rooms could use some freshening up. An employee told me that approximately 95% of the guests are business travelers related to the automobile industry, as the hotel is located in the FAW (First Automobile Workshop) area of the city. If you are a LaoWai (foreigner to China), you will feel right at home. A sign of the diverse crowd this hotel services, it has a number of different restaurants, Chinese, Japanese, German and International. I only had the breakfast buffet, and was impressed by the freshly made Chinese ramen. I would have given it four stars, but the checkout experience left some to be desired. As is customary in many non-luxury hotels in China, they send someone to check the room when you check out. They said I broke their alarm clock (one of those you can buy from the dollar store for <$2). When I took out the battery at night because the cheap clock had a really loud second arm, I did notice a decorative piece of plastic was broken. I think if I was the concierge, I a) would have replaced the broken item, so each new guest starts with a clean slate; b) would not have confronted a guest over such a cheap item. Conclusion: 1. decently equipped for any business traveler 2. clean 3. many foreigners, you would fit in no matter what nationality you are

Stayed here during a business for one day. Rooms are clean but do need some freshening up soon. The size of the rooms are large enough. The reception area is a bit small but no congestion a during my check-in so I assume it is OK anyway. We had a surprise show in the lobby as the staff had a safety training including what to do during a potential fire. Good to see they took it seriously but also a lot of giggle at the end when all staff pretended to run fast and low to escape smoke during a fire! The staff were all friendly (except for the bell boy carrying my bag to my room and did not get a tip as I was out of cash) and helpful. Good food in the Chinese and German restaurants with some extra stars to the brewery that had real great Bavarian style beer.