Jiade Hotel Xi'an

I've stayed at the Jiade ( formerly Day's) hotel for 2 weeks, and will stay another week. The rooms are clean, and the beds are decent--certainly more soft than many Chinese beds I have slept in. It is quiet, because we are well above the traffic ( 21-27th floors). The bath is small but clean, with plenty of hot water. Nice TV, but only one non-chinese station ( English) There is a small desk in the room, but quite adequate. There is also a small chaise lounge, but this is crammed against the window because of the small space, making it almost useless. The staff are polite, but speak little english. When I've had laundry done, they are prompt and do a good job. Basically, only two things have been less than desirable: 1) you must wait for two separate elevators to get to your room, on taking you from 1st floor to 21, then another to what ever floor your room is on. This is inconvenient, but minor. The thing that disturbs me the most is the condition of the dining room. It is cramped, ugly, and absolutely filthy. It makes me cringe to go in there. ONe of the big problems is that there is an old very worn carpet in the buffet area. Food is dropped on it every day, and the accumulated filth is appalling. I eat breakfast there, but I have to gird my spirits every time I go in there. The food is OK, but rather lackluster. Overall, I'd give it a 3star rating, certainly not 4. Who are they kidding?MAybe they think their location gives them some catche..

good location, massive triple room, comfy beds. staff spoke little english but it was adequate.

I stayed in this hotel for over two weeks on business. As a fellow traveller put it "they're still working the bugs out". The hotel was brand new, but there were all kinds of issues such as bare wires sticking out inside the closet, an electrical panel next to the bed that wasn't particularly well attached and so on. The location is in a commercial district south of the main city. You could walk to the walls of the city, but it would be a bit of a hike. There is a Starbucks and a Pizza Hut nearby if you are craving western food. The two shopping malls are overpriced according to the locals. The room itself was a kind of L-shaped mini-suite. The refrigerator didn't have venting for the radiator, so the top of the counter it was on got hot. The couch was a small love seat, and it wasn't very comfortable - I spent most of my hotel time in bed. There was a small desk in the bedroom area. The bed was basically a futon - comfortable enough, if lower than I was used to. The TV had exactly one English channel - HBO Asia, which is not really worth watching (though I did!) The bathroom was average, and sported a 110V outlet. The staff were friendly enough, and I probably should have talked to them more than I did - I was intimidated by the language barrier, this being my first time in China. Enough staff spoke enough English that you could get through, as long as you were patient. I wasn't patient, so I didn't try room service, instead relying on local supermarkets. My problem, not theirs. I used their laundry service. They were very insistent on delivering the laundry, waking me up when I was sleeping at 8pm or so due to jet lag. The breakfast buffet was OK, but did get a little stale over time. I found myself wishing for some pop tarts.