Ulasan Xishuangbanna Xixiangyuan Inn (Xishuangbanna Star Night Market)

Cosy and well located hotel, not exactly in the crowded center, but close enough to walk there. There's a tiny swimming pool, a little shallow for an adult but good enough to refresh after a hot day outside. The rooms are quite clean, however, mine didn't have a wardrobe, which was a bit inconvenient, and the water in the shower wasn't hot enough. I'm a foreigner who doesn't speak Chinese, but that wasn't a problem for the stuff, which was very friendly and helpful. They gladly recommended me local specialities and shared all the locations I asked for.

This is an overpriced hotel and it was dirty. To start with the reception area was littered in garbage. As we sat to check in there was a clutter of old take-away containers and dirty tissues, toe nail clippers and full ash trays. This continued for the 3 days we were there. The toilets did not work in our rooms, and when one got fixed eventually the other stopped working. Toilet seats were stained, and the room was not well cleaned. The hall ways looked like of a youth hostel or worse. The pictures of the hotel are deceptive. Highly recommend not staying here. The owner/manager was friendly, but we were really thinking we would have a nice hotel to spend our relaxing vacation. As it turns out it was not comfortable having to sort out so many issues. The beds are also pretty hard and the pillows were old. The teenage son sleeps by the pool which was also very odd. Finally there was yelling in the early morning by some people who live at the hotel. It was not pleasant to listen to so many screams that resembled domestic violence.