Please see my comment dated April 6, 2005 for Shilin hotel.
Xihai hotel should definitely be downgraded below that of Shilin Hotel.

My group of 27 people stayed for one night each at Xihai (March 29, 2005) and Shilin (March 30). We booked a total of 14 rooms. All group members voted unanimously in favor of Shilin.

At Xihai Hotel, the bathrooms were mostly, if not all, unacceptable. The paints on the curtain rod, walls and ceiling in my bathroom were peeling, the bath tub and the rod were rusty, the floor was dirty. My bedroom was OK but can be improved. We compared our rooms and found mostly that the rooms were in the same not too desirable conditions. So there was no need to complain and try to get another room. Some people said it was a zero star hotel, but I would say it is a one star hotel.

I am debating hard whether to rate this hotel as terrible or OK with some problems, but I 'd have to settle with the latter, considering that the dining room service and the other general conditions were not too bad, even though this will bump up their rating to a two star hotel.

I would not recommend this hotel to my friends, unless there are no more rooms in town.