Bolt Hotel

In the lobby it says it's rated 4 stars by Chinese standards and that last phrase is the key. The rooms are big, the bed is comfortable, the bathroom is big and includes a bath and you have a coffee table and two comfortable chairs. If you want to be near Xian Lu and the new shopping center "the Promenade", the Roosevelt Plaza and the Walmart then this is a good location. The counter staff were helpful when not besieged by hordes of loud demanding Chinese but only a few can communicate in English.We stayed for 6 weeks but only the housemaid made any attempt at friendliness. So Chinese! On the last day I found out they have a recreation area with pool tables, table tennis and gym equipment. There was a sign in the elevator. WiFi is OK in the morning and the usual Chinese snail's pace at night. The big negative is the breakfast - a waste of time for Westerners and made to look poor by the way the Chinese eat breakfast: taking heaped plates because it's free and then wasting or spraying it everywhere on the table and even the floor.. After a week I gave up. C;mon even a toaster for the old bread would help. I can do rice porridge but this was watery prison rations.Maybe passable for Chinese but not even 3-star standard. The hotel has about 4 people checking your room card, how about a cook to do eggs the way you like and can then eat with toast? I would also suggest more than one lounge area in the lobby but the existing one fills up with sleeping, eating, yelling and WiFi-ing Chinese so maybe that isn't a good idea after all. There is a coffee lounge on the 2nd floor I suppose. There is a way you can tell it's designed as a Chinese business hotel: there is no-one walking around in their pajamas, in fact most of the women are putting on a show with their appearance.

Reasonable priced, central and I was pleased that I could park In front easily. As usual in China in this price range you get a big room also as usual a giant hard bed, but you soon get used to the firmness. All the amenities correct as advertised. Just one small critic the shower leaked, but no problem as there was a drain in the bathroom and also a large bath with another shower so not a problem. Ask for a high room to avoid traffic noise. Wifi simple to enter and not too slow. It should be noted that every major restaurant, snack has free Wifi in most Chinese towns.

This Hotel offers good Prices, but is it worthy? The offer claims A/C! But we did find only something making noise and a Little wind - definetely no cooling! My complain at the receptionist was immediatly answerd "Yes we check" ... 4 hours later - still no A/C, so I asked somebody speaking chinese to aks what the Story is. The answer: There is only A/C from .... hours to .... hours ....!!!!!! According to our experience there is no tima with any A/C! The Restaurant was sticky as well, no A/C - and it wasnt a very hot day at all! Breakfast may be fairly ok for chinese, for europeans - nothing Asking for WiFi - useless, there is None The room was very big, awful Illumination. Big bathroom, no shower - only in the bath tube but no shower curtain ....