Jacob Watkins-Strand
July 24, 2023
You might think something like the following: “The rooms in this hotel look quite good, and the price is very reasonable for Guangzhou: what’s the catch?” In this case, your intuitions would be largely correct: the rooms are quite good and the amenities are plentiful - the location, however, leaves a lot to be desired. You are nominally close to Jiaokou station, but the walk there will add so much time to your trip that you’ll end up taking the bus more often than not. The environs are not particularly nice: you are on a small side street in a neighbourhood of small shops and endless construction sites. Service (at least in my experience) is also weak: the bathroom fan didn’t work in our room; we contacted the front desk about it; they sent someone up and said it’d be fixed ASAP: it was never fixed.