5 Star Hotels in Bao'an, China

Hotel staff friendly. Reasonable English (and one European employee on front desk speaks excellent English). Room Good. Breakfast - buffet needs some work to appeal to Westerners (as do most hotels in China) but they have a good bespoke fry-up area. Location is on the edge of Guan-Lan (and that is a good thing!) handy for the Expressway (go via the Technology park from the Hua Wei exit to avoid traffic). I have stayed twice now and both times have been good. No night Life. Spa not up and running yet (but I imagine it will be good when it arrives). I'm a seasoned traveller in China and this was a good experience - if a little quiet as the hotel has only just opened.

Frustrating experience with the front desk. I was unsure if I needed 2 nights or 4. The front desk manager bullied (best description) into insisting the hotel was filling up fast and if I booked 2 nights I'd might get kicked out nights 3 and 4. 30 days in China up to that point and I just wanted some stability. It was clearly done to get 4 nights booked as the hotel was empty. Then, price was considerably cheaper on Expedia than booking w/ hotel direct (sorry Expedia- a factory booked the room for me direct - ORIGINALLY) So I opened my laptop and booked w/ Expedia while he watched. Told him the reservation would be coming soon, can I have my room key. He then gave me a room key for a room on the original booking ! Then they asked me to change rooms about an hour later (remember the place is empty- lots of room) Apparently the factory had booked me a better room than basic and through the cluster of the front desk I was sent to this room. All told- a miserable check in experience. My mood that day may have played a role, but I still felt the 4 nights was a bunk call and he could have easily left me in the room that apparently was better than the one I ended up with. In the end I stayed only 2 nights and paid for 4 !. It will be my last time staying here, and I've stayed many nights before. Unfortunate.

Noot just thisreached evry point of timethe the hotelworld staff willYou enter the hotel and you will be welcomed with a smile not juust from the receptionists aswell from the concierge staff. I made an entry into the hotel far before the checkin time, althouugh there were no rooms available the hotel manager immediately responded and arranged for an accomodation in the near by hotel.