Jinjiang Inn Changchun Railway Station Wanda Plaza

I only stayed here for one night. All the Jinjing Inn hotels are the same layout, even down to the paintings on the wall. Don't confuse this hotel with the Changchun Train Station Hotel in Zhujiang Road. The hotel is about a 5 minute walk from the station. Exit the station via the North Square; facing the IMAX theatre turn left; walk through the car park with KFC on your left to the intersection (about 200m). The hotel is on the right-hand diagonal corner, up about 30m. You can see the JI sign. It's a modern hotel, clean, no carpets on the floor in the room. Beds are firm but comfortable. Bathroom is a little small but there is plenty of hot water. Twin room has one double bed and one single bed. Booking through a web accommodation site is about half the price of the listed "rack" rate at reception. we paid 151RMB/rm/nt.

Location is Jinjiang Inn Changchun Railway Station's best selling point! It has got EVERYTHING! Our 3rd time staying at JinJiang Inn. The chain replicates its decor. All JinJiang Inns in all cities in China look alike. This JinJiang Inn's towels, face towels and paper cups are put into plastic bags, and carefully sealed to preserve their cleanliness. We don't remember it was like this in the other two JinJiang Inns, may be we forgot it was like that(??) Stayed in 622 room for 2 nights starting from 14 May. Positive points :- 1. Located about 10-min walk from Changchun Railway station (长春火车站). Note that it's not Changchun West Station (不是长春西站）. Without luggage, walk will be 6-7 min away 2. 6-7 min walk away from Line 1/3/4 Light Rail lines@Railway Station. However, if you are going to World Sculpture Park, faster if you were to walk to Line 3's Liaoning station (辽宁站）. Hard to describe the route: Leave hotel, turn right, walk straight, pass by 和平大戏院(Heping Cinema), 沈老头(Shen Lao Tou) eatery, cross the road, walk past 百姓家常菜（Baixing Jia Chang Cai）eatery <refrain from eating@Baixing, dirty, dusty, food is expensive for this kind of ambience>, walk straight, go past a vehicular tunnel, follow the pedestrian walkway and Liaoning Station, Line 3 will be on your right, directly opposite a relatively big & modern mall. If travelling with kids, this isn't a safe route because kids may run onto road especially under the vehicular tunnel. This is a safe route for adults only in the day time. Alight 16 stations later at 卫星广场(，Weixing Guang Chang) and walk another 15mins. Please use GPS for more details. Alternatively, catch a cab which we did on our way back- ¥25 only. 3. 5-min walk away Wanda Mall (宽城万达广场）- a big mall with IMAX cinemas. We watched 3D movie, "King Arthur" there and it was in English, not dubbed in Mandarin, just like in Singapore, all English movies are in English. New, modern, clean and good experience! 4. Near Supermarket 永辉超市in Wanda Mall basement. Gotta walk to the furthest end away from JinJiang Inn on first storey (or ground floor), then take the escalator down to the basement. 5. Near many eateries. The ones in Wanda Mall are cleaner and closer to standard in Singapore. We ate twice at Japanese restaurant, Summer Season 晴季(Qing Ji) and the sushi creation was interesting and delicious! It is on the 3rd storey and there are many other restaurants there too. We ate at one eatery (百姓家常菜Baixing Jia Chang Cai)near hotel and the interior was very dirty with used tissue papers on floor & a male guest at the next table kept "toying" with his phlegm. We were so disgusted that we had wanted to leave. This eatery is opposite 沈老子. These two eateries have double-frontages. 6. We also ate at 晋小二牛肉面，ground floor, one block away from Wanda Mall. Beef wasn't nice and tender, unlike Master Kang (康师傅）which we tasted at Harbin West Train Station. 7. Easy to get to 伪皇宫(Puppet Ruler Puyi's Palace~Wei Huang Gong). Walk to train station, take Line 4, 2 stops and you will be at Wei Huang Gong. Wei's Station was extremely dark when we were there, like entering some twilight zone. Wonder if the lighting would have improved that night?? Energy saving?? Never forget our 2014 visual experience at Chongqing which had such beautiful lightings at tourists' spots, while strolling across one of our hotels, we saw lifts in a residential apartment next to hotel that were pitched dark, then, when residents arrived at their apartment floor, lifts' doors opened, light streamed into the lifts from the lobby. Haunted movie scene. 8. Able to check in at about 12noon. 9. Acceptable size 220sf. 10. Room's floor was relatively clean. Note the word, "floor". 11. Essentials were all provided for : 2-in-1 Body Wash & shampoo, bar soap, toothbrush set, hairdryer, kettle, paper cups, Chinese tea bags, bottled water, slippers etc. 12. Service of the reception was not bad, as good as the Zhengzhou Train Station outlet. Lady receptionist always wore a smile on her face. 13. Better security than ibis, Zhaolin in Harbin. Had to tap room card in lift before we could access floor, like other 4-star & 5-star hotels. Negative Points/ Areas to be improved :- 1. Amongst the 3 JinJiang Inns we stayed before, JinJiang Inn Zhengzhou Train Station , JinJiang Inn Ningbo Train Station and Changchun Train Station, the road leading Changchun Train Station JinJiang Inn was the one with the most hurdles, potholes & most difficult to drag our luggage along. 2. Toilet difficult to flush. 3. Some things were very dusty, for eg., table lamps and top, and sprout of the kettle. 4. Room's WiFi signal was very weak. Please note that the front desk staff may not speak English. We are unsure if they do because we speak Mandarin too. Will we recommend this hotel to you guys? If you need a simple & clean abode, not too fussy about the "stars" the hotel has, strategically-located in the heart of EVERYTHING, this is for you! Get a translator app ready if you can't speak Mandarin. Front desk staff seemed nice.