THE RIVERSIDE FAIRMONT HOTEL

This hotel enjoys an excellent rating by visitors, but not fully justified. Staffs are friendly and helpful. The design is tasteful, and modern, but not very practical. The tiles become slippery once wet. The breakfast is Chinese only, with tasteful strong Sichuan food for your early morning stomach. One can feel that the management is not the most professional, relying on trend and fashion, rather good for young Chinese girls.

Stayed for 3 nights. Actual name is Kangsun hotel and there is another smaller (older) hotel of the same name just few blocks away. Under the same management. Room is ok. No complaints. Breakfast spread is limited. Location is great. The food district is just on the next road. Within walking distance to chunli street. This hotel is not suitable for group tours as the road leading to the hotel is narrow and with illegal parking on both sides of the road, it is hard for tour bus to pass through. We have to walk to the main road to board our tour bus and on the last day, have to drag along our big luggage out to the main road.

Stayed for five days during September 2014 in the twin room. My booking was in the new building and apparently newly refurbished. The room itself was quite nice and the beds were comfortable. Free WIFI is included along with standard hotel amenities. The fridge that was provided was unfortunately not working, but that was the least of my concerns. The bathroom was where the flaws were at. The shower screen door seemed to be poorly designed, so water managed to sneak out and flood the bathroom floor. Furthermore I noticed a slight sewer-water smell creeping out from the sink. Mind you, as soon as I contacted reception, they were happy to change rooms for me, so kudos to them. Unfortunately the second room still had that shower screen and flooding problem. During my time there I tried both breakfast and dinner options. Breakfast served mainly Chinese cuisine, with only bread, butter and jam the Western options. Variety-wise the food stayed the same for the five days I was there. As for dinner, both the food and price was reasonable. A lot of spicy dishes as you would expect and they were cooked very well. The only complaint I had were that a few of the staff seemed to always get my order wrong. I only spoke in Mandarin throughout my stay so I cannot comment on their English. Location-wise it is very well placed, next to the Mianjiang River, so morning strolls are recommended! Otherwise Chunxi Road is a short walk away for all your shopping and eating needs.