Zhejiang Grand

Our travel agent arranged this hotel for us.It’s 4 star and in many ways it was. This is a 3.5 rating. Our room was spacious, hotel was well located and breakfast was satisfying. It was better than a couple of “4 star” that we stayed in. It’s a weird set up for foreign travelers. As you enter the spacious lobby from the street, there is a desk and a couple of uniformed folks standing there but they speak no English. You really have yo spot the sign that tells you reception is on the 25 floor. This is super inconvenient when you have questions, need info Etc to Have to go up to 25. Staff was not super helpful but hope it was just the language barrier. My big beefs were two— superficially our room was great except the shower tile along the bottom was teeming with mildew and the walls and floors were paper thin and whomever was above us was practicing a tumbling act all night long or experiencing one heck of a romp. Walls the same way, we could hear ppl next door sneezing.

We entered the hotel lobby and checked in as a group, we were told however that the real reception is on the 25th(!) floor. We took the liberty of visiting it out of curiocity and it was a small desk nothing spectacular. The walls were nicely decorated though. The breakfast area was spacious and with a good variety. The rooms were also decorated with dark wooden furnitures and shelves. The mini bar was however locked. I assume is because we were checking in as a group. WiFi was free in all areas and since the user name and pass were related to our passport we had to wait some 30 min till they were registered into the system. Overall I would say it is a 4 and a half stars rather than 5 but is was OK and the bed large and quite comfy.

Zhejiang Grand Hotel is the official name of this hotel so don't get it mixed up with Zhejiang Narada Grand Hotel. This was on a busy street so was a bit noisy in the morning. The reception desk was on the 25th floor which was strange. I tried to check out the karaoke but none of the employees on that floor spoke English which cut my efforts short. Breakfast was good enough with Asian and western options.