LLuobinI'm a british traveller with a Chinese wife. I'm mostly located in China and I speak the language.
Hunchun is near to Russia and most of the guests were Russian.
Some of the staff can speak a few words of Russian but not much. And no English!
The Hotel itself is modern, clean and very technically equipped.
The toilet seat is heated, and it flushes itself. The shower took a bit of working out, but once I had mastered it, it was possibly the best shower I'd had in years.
The shower is partitioned from the rest of the toilet, which isn't always the case in China.
There's an AI person who greets you in Chinese when you enter, but we couldn't work out what the purpose of this was. It didn't understand English and my wife couldn't get a lot of sense out of it in Chinese.
But everything else worked, including the curtains which opened and closed remotely.
The TV was large and of an excellent quality. The bed was firm, but not hard like some Chinese beds can be, and we slept very comfortably.
The breakfast was OK, but nothing special. My wife and I are diabetic, so we avoid sweet things.
Although there was plenty of meat, vegetables and eggs to keep us going for the day, there was only sweetened coffee, sweetened milk tea and I think sweetened soy milk, in the drinks machine.
We managed to get plain hot water out of the machine, but there was only paper cups provided, which was a disappointment considering the price we'd paid and the excellent standard of everything else.
I would suggest a coffee machine and milk available at breakfast, and maybe a hot water urn and some tea bags.
And some proper cups!
I think a place of such good quality deserves a bit more of a variety of food. It was OK, but not great. Disappointing.
For people on a low budget (like we were) one should bear in mind that the location isn't very central and it's a bus ride and a 25 minute walk, from the high speed rail station.
Taxis are not very expensive but we don't have much money so we got local buses which are not very frequent.
So I consider the location to be the most disappointing aspect of this hotel.
Everything else was either fine, or excellent.
We would definitely consider going there again in the future.
It was also the only hotel that has allowed us the late checkout which I've been promised by Trip.com.
Thank you!
CCris R.I arrived so early in this hotel that the boss was still asleep. It was easy to locate this hotel if you book a Didi ride from Changchun Railway Station.
Because he was still asleep and didn't hear me entering the lobby, I had to contact Trip and a customer service representative was quick to help me out. Long story short, I was able to leave my luggage and use the bathroom of one of the rooms before I headed out for my one-day Changchun adventure. I visited the former site of the Changchun Film Studio and the Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo.
I had a truly interesting day. I usually take the subway wherever I go but for Changchun, since I only had a day, I chose to take Didi. It was affordable and convenient and the hotel was within easy reach from the spots I enjoyed.
This property is located in an area where there are local eateries and shops so no need to worry about food and drinks. I found a local eatery next to it that served affordable yet delicious dishes and I can easily rank it as one of my favorite meals in northeastern China.
Book this hostel when you're in Changchun. I paid RMB 50 for this room for a one-night stay.