Gaosu Shenzhou Hotel

We spend only one night. The sleep quality was good as all other room amenities. The breakfast was average and includes a Chinese cousin and a European cousin. The quality of food was very average. It was good for a night.

A beautiful hotel, with good size rooms and ensuites. Bed very comfy, room very clean. Breakfast was excellent, with a good spread and good quality. Make sure you get a good fix of dairy products at the hotel, because when I was there it was almost impossible to find any dairy products outside the hotels. It was the same all over China. Staff are efficient and friendly, and can speak English reasonably well. We visited in October, so can't really comment on the air con. Our room faced the Wall, which lit up every night, so got great views! 10min walk to the Wall entrance, and a short walk to restaurants. Not much retail therapy to be had in this area.

Stayed here twice during transit between cities and both times got the same room. Our room 907 overlooks the front, which gets a great view of the city wall. The room by the window is triangular so it juts out and feels that much bigger otherwise, it’s a decent sized room. It was too bad the windows don’t really open and it was also very dirty and tinted making it hard to see. There was free WiFi and a safe deposit box in the room. We had two queen beds and the room was fairly well-lit. The front desk does not provide plug-pins if you need to so make sure you have your own. Housekeeping leaves two free 330ml water free every day. Slippers, coffee/tea making equipment was available in the room. In the bathroom were the usual suspects of toiletries like toothbrush/paste, comb, etc. The shower has a shampoo/soap dispenser and one side is lined with glass and looks into the room. For privacy, you need to close the curtains to use the restroom/shower. The shower doesn’t drain very well as the slope of the ground isn’t steep enough to guide the water towards the drain fast enough. Add to the slow drainage, the shower door also doesn’t keep the water in. As the shower ground is nearly level with the rest of the bathroom, water seeps out into the bathroom if you have the water on full blast. This wasn’t designed very well. The breakfast was so so. It looks like there are a lot of choices but there really wasn’t. The hotel is located on the southwestern corner of the city wall. To get to the center (Drum and Bell Tower) requires a taxi or the local buses.