Boutique Hotels in Jilin, China

We booked a two-bedroom suite for two adults and two children, which was very convenient. We could even play in the living room at night. Breakfast at North Shore Restaurant, just left of the hotel lobby entrance, was also quite good. The butler service throughout our stay was generally satisfactory, however, we weren't informed in a timely manner that the slide facility was closed for maintenance. This led to us climbing for over half an hour with our kids to the slide's starting point early in the morning, only to be told it wasn't open yet – talk about despair… They later compensated us with slide passes, but these didn't include priority access to skip the lines, neither at the top nor the bottom! They also misled us into believing the ride line would be faster than the cable car line at the bottom. In reality, the cable car took 45 minutes, but we waited an hour and a half for the slide on the mountain, right in the middle of the day. We were exhausted and starving, feeling like we were on the verge of heatstroke. If we had known about such long queues, we would have rather foregone the slide passes than wait in line. We had four hours; couldn't we have done something better with our time?! We traveled all this way to the resort just to queue… Later, the manager offered us afternoon tea and buffet passes, and while their attitude was sincere, our overall good mood for the trip was significantly dampened. What was supposed to be a relaxing day at the hotel on our last day turned out to be the most exhausting. Sigh…

Pleasantly surprised! I never expected to find a hotel with such excellent design in the North. It really exceeded my expectations. Here's a hidden gem for photos: check out the corridor in their hot spring changing room – it's incredibly futuristic. Remember the lab corridor where the female protagonist wakes up in Resident Evil? It's just like that!