The hotel's (2 buildings side by side) old building (west building) was built in 30's, and was once the tallest building in Guangzhou. Now the building is classified as historical site, and protected by the city government. It is located at the Pearl river bank of the old city of Guangzhou, one side of the hotel enjoys a spectacular view of the river, the River South (Haizhu district) city skylines. So please book river view room, you will not regret. The hotel has 16 stories, with the 17 story as the revolving rooftop restaurant to view the old city of Guangzhou (it is about 1 hour per rotation), and the guest rooms occupy from 3-12 floor, while the 3rd floor is rented to a travel agency (managed by the travel agency separately), and 14-15 floors ares restaurants (there is none of 13th floor). The lobby is located at the east building (new building), with very high ceiling, and some marble floor. It is somewhat old Cantonese setting of the lobby, with lantterns, and a giftshop. The hotel is a standard 3-star hotel in Gaungzhou, the guest rooms are big and comfortable, with very high ceiling, and some sitting area. The river side rooms have a huge view of the river (east building has bigger glass windows than the west building). The guest rooms are old, and outdated, but I heard they are renovating all the guest rooms in the hotel,...The hotel's (2 buildings side by side) old building (west building) was built in 30's, and was once the tallest building in Guangzhou. Now the building is classified as historical site, and protected by the city government. It is located at the Pearl river bank of the old city of Guangzhou, one side of the hotel enjoys a spectacular view of the river, the River South (Haizhu district) city skylines. So please book river view room, you will not regret.

The hotel has 16 stories, with the 17 story as the revolving rooftop restaurant to view the old city of Guangzhou (it is about 1 hour per rotation), and the guest rooms occupy from 3-12 floor, while the 3rd floor is rented to a travel agency (managed by the travel agency separately), and 14-15 floors ares restaurants (there is none of 13th floor). The lobby is located at the east building (new building), with very high ceiling, and some marble floor. It is somewhat old Cantonese setting of the lobby, with lantterns, and a giftshop.

The hotel is a standard 3-star hotel in Gaungzhou, the guest rooms are big and comfortable, with very high ceiling, and some sitting area. The river side rooms have a huge view of the river (east building has bigger glass windows than the west building). The guest rooms are old, and outdated, but I heard they are renovating all the guest rooms in the hotel, and about ready in next couple months. The beds are in good size, but hard, still getting a good night sleep. Since it is old building, the windows are not double pane, so some street noise penetrating in at night time, ask for a higher floors (above 8th should be fine). In general, the room is good for that kind of money.

The restaurants are the highlights of the hotel. There are 4 floors (14th-17th) for restaurants. They are all managed by a single company. 14th-16th are same price, while 17th (revolving restaurant) is a bit more expensive (same foods), but enjoying a 360 degree view of Guangzhou old city (if you have not seen Guangzhou/Canton in its old view, you should try it). The restaurants offer from morning tea (traditional Cantonese) starting around 7 am to all the way to evening tea after 12 am, with 2 meals in between. Since the restaurants are favorite of the locals, so it is authentic and cheap enough to enjoy traditional Cantonese dishes, and chat with the locals if you like (since open door policy of Guangzhou, it is hard to fine to locals these days, I heard only about 30% of the population are locals in Guangzhou now). I stayed in the hotel amny times since 2005, and most time, I had all my meals in the hotel, and enjoyed it very much. 15th floor restaurant, even has Cantonese opera (recital type) after 2:30pm each afternoon, called concert afternoon tea, which was an old tradition of the weathy and rich locals to spend their afternoon in a classy way in the old days (before 1949). That is worth to spend sometime on.

Interestingly, the hotel is a state owned place, and run by the local government, and is designated for travel stays to other state owned companies, government bodies. The hotel is very safe to stay, the surroundings is fine too. After dinner, take a walk of the Pearl river bank, and the famous Shamian island is just about 10 min walk away along the river bank, lots to do in the local area. You can also take a cruise of the Pearl river (not far away from the hotel), for a couple hours, or dinner cruise etc.

Overall, it is a great hotel to enjoy the locals and a good way to bring back the old memory of Canton, nice and cheap stay in Guangzhou to enjoy local foods, traditions, and sightseeing.More