My stay at the Castle Hotel was just about perfect. The rooms are large, comfortable and tastefully decorated (though the bed was a bit hard as is often the case in China), service is diligent and friendly, breakfast is good and plentiful. I haven''t tried the restaurants; The hotel itself is beautiful and located in very peaceful surroundings, the drawback being that there are no restaurants, shops etc. nearby and transportation options are poor (no convenient bus stop, few taxis). Very highly recommended if you don''t mind being (slightly) removed from the action !
Peaceful surroundings, but the "5 minutes to the beach" I''m not so sure of! TV menu in room had about 30 channels on it, but in reality there was only 5 or so CCTV channels (of which only one is in English) -- I asked about it, and a girl was sent to my room to check, but in the end she had to admit there are nothing else but CCTV. There is a "cafe", but only drinks are served. The Chinese Restaurant was a huge disappointment when I went there for supper. I asked for "fried rice", and even the English-speaking waiter listened to my request, but they told me they don''t have that. About 20 minutes later another man at a table nearby received 2 huge bowls overflowing with fried rice!! Breakfast was okay, but serving about 25 guests by cooking eggs in the different ways in 2 SMALL pans was not very efficient. Some plates and bowls had food specks on them -- typical what you see when the stuff are coming from a dishwasher with rinsing not properly done. Coffee served during breakfast was really good!!
the hotel is located in the old German Official residence, the environment is quiet and relax.the service is good, people are very nice and helpfuland the hotel offers free tickets for guest to visit the German official residence( ticket sells about 20rmb)