I was mentally prepared for anything when I booked this hotel. As an older five-star establishment, the facilities are indeed dated. The wallpaper was peeling, and the curtains wouldn't close properly. However, the location is great, the room is spacious enough, and the bedding is quite comfortable. I wasn't disappointed! But after two days, my biggest takeaway is that there must be issues with the management. Almost all the staff, from the front desk to the restaurant servers, seemed unhappy. At breakfast, two out of three coffee machines were broken. When I informed a server, he completely ignored me, didn't clean out the grounds, didn't refill the beans, and just told me to wait at the one working machine. Additionally, there were housekeeping issues. The floor mat in the room when I checked in was dirty, clearly used by the previous guest and not replaced. When I washed my hair, I found the conditioner bottle was empty. I'm not sure what the standard amenities are here, but my room only had a toothbrush and comb, no shower cap or cotton swabs. Furthermore, the fried dough sticks, soup cakes, and rice cakes at breakfast were not fresh, and the Tianjin Jianbing (savory crepe), which I was most looking forward to, was terrible and inedible.
I definitely want to give a shout-out to two front desk staff who were helpful and smiled: Alice, who checked us in and helped us with our luggage 👍🏻, and William, who helped us fix the safe multiple times 👍🏻.
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