Kempinski Qingdao

Great hotel where we organized a business meeting with almost one thousand attendees l. Elegant and modern impressive structure, with great facilities, from pools to beach access and several meeting room for big conventions. Food is good, my suite room was huge, furniture a bit outdated/not at level of the hotel. Recommended

A boutique hotel with their own private beach. Atmosphere: The atmosphere is luxurious hotel combining light colors with warm colors. Food: 7/10 The continental breakfast buffet consists from Chinese and western Dishes (Open times: 6-9:30am). The variation for many taste. Make sure you check if the food or drinks are warm as it’s buffet. Service: 9/10 The staff takes their work very seriously. At the entrance we where assigned to do shandong health code and staff was helpful to assist with it. Facilities: 2: Chinese restaurant and conference centre. ground floor: reception, lounge area and breakfast area German restaurant -1: swimming pool, gym and entrance to the beach. Beach: well kept and clean beach where one can swim. There is chairs or a tent renting service. Many small crabs and clams on the beach. Overall: the location is very nice isolated area of Qingdao. The beach experience is big bonus.

I’d like to rate Wyndham Grand Qingdao for 3+ Due to some unpleasant memory during my stay at the Hilton years ago, I chose Wyndham Grand Qingdao this time for a business trip. Comparing with Hilton nearby, Wyndham Grand Qingdao is much closer to the beach although you still have to cross a road. So if you are a beach goer, the hotel is more convenient. The hotel is also more family oriented and it is very considerate to prepare three pairs of slippers including one for child, for which I hate to give the hotel for 3+. The deluxe room with sea view on the 9th floor I stayed in was quite spacious and with good condition though it was not a newly opened hotel. However, I have to compare the hotel with other five stars and apparently it fell behind in two major fields. One was the breakfast. Staff were there busy doing something else you didn’t understand and definitely not serving. Food varieties and quality was not typical five star. Asking for an omelet costed you forever. Something I called management was missing at the main Café apparently. This was even the LOW SEASON and I couldn’t imagine what a mess it could be in the summer. The other one was the TV channels. This was my first time in a five-star hotel in which I could only watch domestic TV channels, though interestingly they printed some, not many definitely, international channels on the TV guide card. You just lost your score to even four star hotels. In summary, the location was good, service not so much. If the hotel could improve the service, it could be a good choice for family beach vacation in the northern China.