Haifeng International Hotel

So, I had to stay in this place because the Marriot 30 minutes away somehow didn’t accept foreigners. I was impressed by the classic Chinese facade and grand lobby. The room looked nice enough as well. It also featured a lackluster AC with a control unit that hung off the wall and beeped every two minutes. Plus a very bright corridor light that could not be turned off. Couldn’t sleep until I moved to the floor so the bed could block the light. As we were checking in, processing my passport was taking the typical long time, and since there was a large group behind us, we kindly said we’ll pick up the passport later so they could get taken care of. Eventually, they called the room and told my wife they had some additional questions, so she went down for the interrogation. Then, when I went down to explore, I was beckoned over to answer questions such as the nature and location of my work, why I was in the town, etc. THEN, someone come to the room (10pm by this time) and interrogated my wife about our kids! I know the Chinese guests did not go through this level of scrutiny. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Also, the shower flooded in the morning and the closet was broken too. Not recommended

In general it is a nice hotel. Things i liked: Good location close to airport, accept foreigners, clean, nice breakfast (they even managed to get us a coffee sachets), view is not bad (high floor), rooms are warm and beds are comfortable. Thinks i found little disappoint - check-in took forever. One lady started checking us in, than another took over and was asking to show the same codes again. Main disappointment however was the SPA. We were told by Ctrip this hotel has a SPA (we asked ctrip to confirm with hotel), but when we arrived we were told SPA is not operational and to make things worsts - the hotel didnt have hot water. The water in the bathroom was around 20 degrees warm maybe - not warm enough to venture into shower. I eventually filled up half of the bath with this semi warm water and added 4-5 kettles of boiled water to get the temperature bit higher - before i could actually wash myself.