No.8 Hotel (Gongzhuling High-speed Railway Station)

Before I start I must say that there might have been better rooms available. The check-in staff were polite but unfriendly. The room had no outside window so was poorly ventilated, having a window opening onto a passageway. This might have been adequate had it been winter. The room hadn't been adequately cleaned, but a staff member happily changed the sheets for us as they'd obviously been slept in. The bathroom had a drain which hadn't been put at the lowest point in the tiled floor, resulting in a pool of water impossible to clear after shower without a mop or similar tool. So the bathroom became virtually unusable after a shower. The shower itself functioned well, except that on certain settings it was dangerously hot. And I thought it strange that there was no extractor fan in the bathroom, considering there are uncovered electricity power points in there. The hairdryer worked, but for some reason not well enough to dry my wife's hair. The bed was very comfortable and we slept well. The breakfast is a buffet style Chinese breakfast, which was adequate for me as I'm now used to a Chinese breakfast, but some westerners might be disappointed. Access is convenient from the main rail station is convenient using the number 7 bus to the O2 Jiu Dian, which only costs 1 rmb/person. Access from the High Speed station is less easy and would probably be worth a 7 minute taxi ride which would probably cost about 8 rmb (max). Shops and restaurants are located up the road and across the intersection - about 10-15 minutes walk. Gongzhuling is a run down and delapidated town without much to look at. However, I found the locals to be friendly and some of the prices to be competitive.

衞生不錯，離高速出入口近，洗漱用品都是一次性用品用着放心。就是樓道鐵門晚上睡醒一直在響，然後房間有陳年煙味。精品大床比輕奢房間好

該酒店地理位置優越，下高速不到2公里就到，適合自駕遊住宿，酒店大廳寬敞明亮，房間內乾淨衞生，設施齊全，房間安靜，服務員熱情周到，早餐小菜及主食及其豐富，非常適合大眾口味，性價比高，非常滿意，下次路過還住這裏。